Question 1 Reread the highlighted stanza. What two things are compared in a
simile?
Rise and Shine!
by Ike Batiste
the sun and a toddler
a toddler and a game
All want is to sleep a bit longer
But the sun pokes its bright head above my sill,
Like an eager toddler who can't wait to play
"Peek-a-bool I see you!
Not yet! Not yet! I'm having the nicest dream!
But sleep, that thief, sees the sun coming
And silently slips out the back door,
Stealing my sweet dream away.
What was I dreaming? It's coming back to me!
But scraps of dream memories drift just out of reach
Like foll leaves dancing in the wind
That I chose madly but cannot catch
a toddler and the person sleeping
the sun and a dream

The correct answer is The sun and a toddler

Explanation:

In the first stanza of this poem, there is a simile in the section "But the sun pokes its bright head...Like an eager toddler who can't wait to play" because in similes two elements are compared by using words such as "like" or "as". Moreover, this simile focuses on comparing the sun and the toddler because the author expresses similar to a toddler who is anxious to play the sun keeps shining at him even he wants to sleep more. According to this, the two elements in this simile is the sun and a toddler.

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