Question

at this point in the poem paul revere’s friend looks at a town from a church tower. drag each item to indicate whether it is a simile, metaphor, or personification. (2 points)
simile
metaphor
personification
\beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, / in their night-encampment on the hill,\
\that he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread,\
\the watchful night-wind, as it went / creeping along from tent to tent, / and seeming to whisper, ‘all is well!’\
\the watchful night-wind, as it went . . . seeming to whisper, ‘all is well!’\
\on the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.\

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each item:

1. "Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, / In their night - encampment on the hill," - This just describes the dead in the churchyard, no figurative language here (but maybe misread? Wait, no, other items:
2. "That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread," - Uses "like" to compare, so Simile.
3. "The watchful night - wind, as it went / Creeping along from tent to tent, / And seeming to whisper, 'All is well!'" - The wind is given human actions (creeping, whispering), so Personification.
4. "The watchful night - wind, as it went... seeming to whisper, 'All is well!'" - Same as above, Personification (wait, maybe the first part of this? Wait, the item with "creeping" and "whispering" is personification.
5. "On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats." - Uses "like" to compare tide to bridge of boats, so Simile.

Now, for the blue - boxed item: "That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread" - "like" indicates simile, so drag to Simile. The item "On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats" - also simile. The items with the wind whispering/creeping - personification. The description of the dead - maybe not, but the other items:

Wait, the task is to drag each item to simile, metaphor, or personification. Let's re - evaluate:

• Simile: Uses "like" or "as" to compare. So "That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread" and "On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats" are similes.
• Personification: Gives human traits to non - human things. The wind "creeping" and "whispering" is personification (the items with the night - wind's actions).
• Metaphor: Implied comparison (no "like"/"as"). None of the given items seem to be metaphor here.

So for the blue - highlighted item: "That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread" → Simile. The item "On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats" → Simile. The items with the wind → Personification.

Answer:

• "That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread" → Simile
• "On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats" → Simile
• "The watchful night - wind, as it went / Creeping along from tent to tent, / And seeming to whisper, 'All is well!'" → Personification
• "The watchful night - wind, as it went... seeming to whisper, 'All is well!'" → Personification (if it's a separate item, but likely grouped with the wind's actions)
• "Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, / In their night - encampment on the hill," → Maybe no figurative language, but since we have to choose, maybe it's a distractor, but the other items: the "like" ones to Simile, wind - related to Personification.