Read the following excerpt from The First Men in the Moon, then answer the question below. The trees about the building swayed and whirled and tore themselves to pieces, that sprang towards the flare. My ears were smitten with a clap of thunder that left me deaf on one side for life, and all about me windows smashed, unheeded. Based on the excerpt, the word, "smitten," most nearly means: obsessed removed touched struck

smashed un need smitten

Answer:

"struck"

Explanation:

My ears were smitten with a clap of thunder...

My ears were struck with a clap of thunder...

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Well, son, I'll tell you:

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor - Bare.

But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,

And reachin' landin's,

And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the dark

Where there ain't been no light.

So boy, don't you turn back.

Don't you set down on the steps

'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now -

For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

—“Mother to Son,”
Langston Hughes

Which metaphor from the poem compares life to something enjoyable? Answer by completing the sentence.

The metaphor __________ compares life to something enjoyable.

o."goin' in the dark"
o. "crystal stairs"
o. reaching landin's"
o. "climbin' on"

Match the word to an antonym.
1. broad
strong
2. begin
cease
3. weak
lose
4. silent
noisy
5. difficult
narrow
6. stretch
different
7. similar
shrink
8. win
retreat
9. advance
easy