Question

nt activity: the late nineteenth century:
identify the author’s use of literary devices in these excerpts from \the open boat.\ drag each tile to the correct box.
tiles
metaphor simile personification symbolism
pairs
\the crest of each of these waves was a hill, from the top of which the men surveyed, for a moment, a broad tumultuous expanse, shining and wind-riven.\
the open boat is described as \bobbing along among the universe’s uncertainties.\
\as each wave came, and she the boat rose for it, she seemed like a horse making at a fence outrageously high.\
\if this old fool woman, fate, cannot do better than this...\

Explanation:

1. The first excerpt directly states a wave's crest "was a hill," equating two unrelated things without a comparison word, which is a metaphor.
2. The second excerpt uses the boat's journey through waves to represent the human experience of navigating life's unknowns, which is symbolism.
3. The third excerpt uses the word "like" to compare the boat rising to a horse jumping a fence, which is a simile.
4. The fourth excerpt gives Fate, an abstract concept, human traits (being an "old fool woman"), which is personification.

Answer:

• "The crest of each of these waves was a hill, from the top of which the men surveyed, for a moment, a broad tumultuous expanse, shining and wind-riven." → metaphor
• "The open boat is described as 'bobbing along among the universe's uncertainties.'" → symbolism
• "As each wave came, and she [the boat] rose for it, she seemed like a horse making at a fence outrageously high." → simile
• "If this old fool woman, Fate, cannot do better than this..." → personification