Question

Read the excerpt below from the poem “miss rosie” by Lucille Clifton and answer the question that follows.



when I watch you
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels

Source: Clifton, Lucille. “miss rosie.” Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980. Rochester: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987. Poets.org. Web. 9 June 2011.



Which of the following techniques is used in the excerpt?

I. simile

II. personification

III. sensory imagery

I only
I and II
I and III
I, II, and III

Answer 1

The figure of speech technique that is used in the given excerpt is; I. Simile

What is the figure of speech technique used?

The technique that was used as a figure of speech in the given excerpt is called; Simile

Simile is defined as a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

Now, from the given excerpt we see that simile is used because the way he is wrapped is compared to how a garbage sitting is wrapped.

He is also described with a simile by being surrounded by the smell of potato peels.

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