These are examples of personification; they describe the balloon man to readers.

These are examples of sensory language; they capture the appearance and mood of the world in early spring.

These are examples of similes; they depict the movement of the children in the poem.

These are examples of allusion; they establish the rhyme scheme of the poem.

The lines uses similes and remind readers of the sweet aromas of the flowers

The lines use personification and help readers visualize the shape and color of the flowers.

The lines use metaphors and describe how the heat affects the flowers.

The lines use personification and explain which flowers bloom in summer.

Its lines are all the same length.

It has a distinct rhyme pattern.

It does not have regular rhyme or meter.

It uses an internal rhyme scheme.

iambic pentameter

An ABAB rhyme scheme

free verse

that of a sonnet

It follows a strict pattern of syllables.

It is the same length as the other lines.

It uses gaps between words to guide the reader.

It emphasizes action words.

It follows a strict pattern of syllables.

It is the same length as the other lines.

It emphasizes certain words.

It emphasizes action words.

accent

centipede

scientific

cent

security

segment

crawdad

senior

The sad mood emphasizes the coming of winter.

The happy mood emphasizes the arrival of spring.

The joyful mood tells the reader that death is only a stage of life.

The resentful mood supports the idea that life goes by too quickly.

The sad mood emphasizes that the fall must transition to the cold death of winter.

The happy mood emphasizes that spring will soon arrive.

The joyful mood tells the reader that the joy of rebirth is near.

The resentful mood supports the idea that nature is uncontrollable.

It is an appeal to hearing, as a cap is an outdated term for a hearing aide.

It is personification, as a cobweb is described as "pulling" and a cornflower is described as wearing a cap.

It is a metaphor, as the cobweb actually represents the world the poet has created.

It is an appeal to the reader's sense of touch, as one can almost feel the sticky fibers of the tangled cobweb.

The device is a metaphor; it compares water to silver.

The device is a simile; It appeals to the sense of sound by comparing the water to a sigh.

The device is sensory language; it appeals to hearing by suggesting the creek is mostly quiet because the heat of Summer has dried up its water.

The device is a motif; It creates a sense of softness due to the repetition of the ssound.

simile; snow is like a fence

metaphor; snow is a bully

imagery; the snow if deep

personification; snow reaches

simile; snow protects like a high fence

metaphor; snow is a schoolyard bully

imagery; the snow is deep and slippery

personification; the snow commands its workers

It creates an image of the snow as soft and fluffy.

It shows that snow is falling slowly.

It creates an image of sheep.

It shows that snow is falling heavily.

It creates an image of the snow falling uniformly like a blanket.

It shows that snow is falling slowly.

It creates an image of a human face.

It shows that snow is falling heavily.

The metaphor compares the snow drifting downward to baker's flour as it is sifted; this creates the idea that the snow is falling steadily and evenly.

The metaphor compares the snow to facial powder dusting the world; this creates the idea that each snowstorm offers a fresh new world.

The metaphor compares the snow to leaden sieves; this creates the idea that surviving a snowstorm requires serious preparation.

The metaphor compares the snow to powdered wood; this creates the idea that the powdery snow is falling on top of a layer of thick, frozen ice.

The metaphor compares the falling snow to baker's flour being sifted; this creates the meaning that the snow is drifting downward and blanketing the earth.

The metaphor compares the snow to leaden sieves; this creates the idea that surviving a snowstorm requires serious preparation.

The metaphor compares the snow to powdered wood; this creates the idea that the powdery snow is falling on top of a layer of thick, frozen ice.

The metaphor compares the snow to facial powder dusting the world; this creates the idea that each snowstorm offers a fresh new world.

ordered

informed

commanded

demanded

chubby

plump

fat

dumpy

It shows the reader that the boy is not very tough.

It suggests that the boy is unhappy with this move.

It reveals that the boy's mother is not taking care of him.

It allows the reader to understand abuse.

It contains personification; it shows the reader that the boy is not very tough.

it contains a simile; it reveals that the boy is small and insignificant on the vast prairie.

It contains a metaphor; it reveals that the boy's mother is not taking care of him.

It contains an allusion; it allows the reader to understand prairie life.

After Fred said goodbye, he went by the market to buy spaghetti Sauce.

The fruit cellar at the farmer's market said I could store apples for months in the seller.

When I am chili after a day of skiing, nothing tastes better than a big bowl of chilly.

Everyone nose that the human knows never stops growing.