Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 8: Answer and Explanation
Question: 8
"A Jelly-Fish" is an early 1900s poem by Marianne Moore. In the poem, the speaker metaphorically alludes to giving up on trying to find meaning: _________
Which quotation from "A Jelly-Fish" most effectively illustrates the claim?
- A. Visible, invisible, / A fluctuating charm, / An amber-colored amethyst / Inhabits it;
- B. your arm / Approaches, and / It opens and / It closes
- C. You have meant / To catch it, / And it shrivels; / You abandon / Your intent-
- D. It opens, and it / Closes and you / Reach for it- / The blue / Surrounding it / Grows cloudy,
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
(C) In the last part of choice (C) it states You abandon / Your intent, which metaphorically illustrates that the speaker is giving up on trying to find meaning. The other options focus on the physical description of and the narrator's interaction with the jelly-fish.
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