Question

When I watch you

wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels

Source: Clifton, Lucille. “miss rosie.” Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980. Rochester: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987. Poets.org. Web. 9 June 2011.



Which of the following techniques is used in the excerpt?

I. simile

II. personification

III. sensory imagery

I only
I and II
I and III
I, II, and III
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Answer 1

The answer to this question is that the techniques used in the excerpt are 1, simile (wrapped up like garbage) and 3, sensory imagery (the smell of too old potato peels). The combination of the two here makes for very powerful writing.

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Answer 2

The answer to this question is that the techniques used in the excerpt are 1, simile (wrapped up like garbage) and 3, sensory imagery (the smell of too old potato peels). The combination of the two here makes for very powerful writing.