Sample response: the men who ate the lotus plant did not want to continue on the journey. they did not want to do anything except eat more lotus. the lotus made them forget about their home. what did you include in your response? check all that apply.

Which poetic techniques are illustrated in the opening lines “i am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/the boy i cannot live without/still sucks his thumb/in secret”? alliteration and metaphor allusion and alliteration apostrophe and simile personification and enjambment