Question 10 • *KCPS English Language Arts 11 (2027)
Read the quotation from "Song of Myself." I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags. How do the words “effuse” and “drift” affect the tone of the second line?
Answer
A
They give the actions described a feeling of importance.
B
They give the line a distanced tone.
C
They make it difficult to comprehend the line’s meaning.