Question

read this excerpt:

ah, love, let us be true
to one another! for the world, which seems
to lie before us like a land of dreams,

— matthew arnold, \dover beach\

which type of figurative language is the author using in this excerpt from matthew arnold’s \dover beach\?

a. personification

b. simile

c. oxymoron

d. allusion

Explanation:

To determine the figurative language, we analyze each option:

• A. Personification: Gives human traits to non - human things. The excerpt doesn't do this.
• B. Simile: Uses "like" or "as" to compare. The line "To lie before us like a land of dreams" uses "like" to compare the world to a land of dreams, so this is a simile.
• C. Oxymoron: Combines contradictory terms. Not present here.
• D. Allusion: References another work/idea. Not seen here.

Answer:

B. Simile