RISE ELA Grade 7 Practice Questions - RISE English Language Arts - Grade 7 Exam

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Read the lines from the poem 'Desert Night': The canyon rocks retain the noon-day heat, While shadows stretch like giant velvet hands. A lonely coyote calls in cold retreat, And stars ignite across the silent sands. What impact does the simile 'like giant velvet hands' have on the tone of the poem?

It creates a soft, mysterious, and gentle imagery of nightfall. It conveys a feeling of intense danger and violent threat. It emphasizes the harshness and roughness of desert rocks. It highlights the loud noise made by the canyon wind.

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It creates a soft, mysterious, and gentle imagery of nightfall.

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