Question

question 8 of 10
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. oxymoron
b. allusion
c. personification
d. simile

Explanation:

A simile is a figurative language device that directly compares two unrelated things using the words "like" or "as". In the excerpt, the line "the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams" uses "like" to compare the world to a land of dreams, which fits the definition of a simile.

• An oxymoron (A) combines contradictory terms, which is not present here.
• An allusion (B) references a well-known person, place, or work, which does not occur in this excerpt.
• Personification (C) gives human traits to non-human things, which is not used in this line.

Answer:

D. Simile