9.
Match each example of figurative language with its interpretation. (10 points)
1.
"He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls."
2.
"I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil."
3.
"I have seen flocks streaming south in the fall so large that they were flowing over from horizon to horizon in an almost continuous stream all day long."
4.
"As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche."
5.
"O if we but knew what we do When we delve or hew—Hack and rack the growing green!"