Fantasy Literature: J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring

Question 1

Which statement best explains the effect of the word clean in this passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It suggests that the speaker finds the sound of digging to be pleasant and wholesome.

Question 2

Question 2

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that the father feels very comfortable digging

Question 3

Question 3

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comfort and warmth

Question 4

Which words in the passage are linked by assonance?

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boot, rooted, and cool

Question 5

Which lines from the poem use alliteration? Check all that apply.“My father, digging. I look down”“Bends low, comes up twenty years away”“The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft”“He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”“Once I carried him milk in a bottle”“Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“My father, digging. I look down”; “He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep”; “Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods”

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