Which statement best describes a way that the passage is different from the poem?
1. Specific details in the passage create a vivid
picture for the reader
Read the excerpts.
Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands:
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands:
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
His face is like the tan:
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can
(from "The Village Blocksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
02. The point of view in the passage reveals the
inner thoughts of the narrator,
3. The use of past tense in the passage suggests
that the narrator is unreliable,
4. Comparison is used in the passage to help the
reader imagine physical features.
from My Antonia
At that moment the father came out of the hole in the bank. He wore no hat
and his thick, Iron-gray hair was brushed straight back from his forehead. It was so
long that it bushed out behind his ears, and made hirh look like the old portraits
remembered in Virginia. He was tall and slender, and his thin shoulders stooped. He
looked at us understandingly, then took grandmother's hand and bent over it.
noticed how white and well-shaped his own hands were. They looked calm.
somehow, and skilled.
(from My Antonia by Willa Cather)
ML 2010
Question # 27