An epic simile is different from a normal simile in that...
a. an epic simile is only associated with an epic hero
b. an epic simile begins with "like" or "as"
c. an epic simile contains personification
d. an epic simile is more broad and complex than one single image
d. an epic simile is more broad and complex than one single image
a. A servant explains to Capulet that cooks should lick their own fingers.
a. Our grief is the best evidence that we have loved a person, but it is not right to overdo it.
b. my tongue
c. There is a clear comparison between a man's finger and the dream bringer
d. Works Cited
c. fled
c. dangers of disobedience.
a. Hyperbole
c. title of a book
a. Why did you interfere? Your arm allowed him to stab me.
c. hard work is associated with dignity and gratification.
c. Denotation
How does the audience see comic relief in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
a. A servant explains to Capulet that cooks should lick their own fingers.
b. Capulet believes that Juliet is dead when she is really only sleeping.
c. A servant exclaims that the story is a pitiful case.
d. A nurse claims to be too tired to give Juliet Romeo's message.
In Act III, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet, who thinks Juliet is lamenting the death of Tybalt, tells her, "Therefore have done. Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit."
What is the best paraphrase of the passage?
a. Our grief is the best evidence that we have loved a person, but it is not right to overdo it.
b.Therefore, keep crying. Eventually, you will work out your grief.
c. So stop grieving. Some mourning is a natural result of love, but too much grief is foolish.
d. We all feel grief at a person's death, whether we loved the person or not.
Read the following line from Act IV, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, when Capulet speaks of Juliet's death:
Death, that hath ta'en her hence to make me wail, ties up my tongue, and will not let me speak. What is being personified?
a. let me speak
b. my tongue
c. Death
d. ta'en her hence
Examine the imagery in the following passage about the "bringer of dreams" for Romeo and Juliet. What is the impact on the audience from the monologue?...
she comes in shape no bigger than an agate- stone on the fore-finger of an alderman, drawn with a team of little atomies athwart men's noses as they lie asleep;
a. The reader understands why Shakespeare includes the character
b. Mercutio's dream description is presented as a formal speech
c. There is a clear comparison between a man's finger and the dream bringer
d. The reader has a divide description of her
A __ includes all the works an author cited in their paper.
a. Parenthetical Citation
b. In-text Citation
c. Title Page
d. Works Cited
Which of the following is the most negative connotation of the word absconded?
a. exited
b. left
c. fled
d. departed
A controlling Idea in the final act of Romeo and Juliet presents the
a. power of chance.
b. evils of money.
c. dangers of disobedience.
d. joys of love.
What is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis?
a. Hyperbole
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. Alliteration
On a Works Cited page, or in a citation for a bibliography, which of the following should be in italics?
a. title of a newspaper article
b. title of a webpage
c. title of a book
d. title of a short story
After he is wounded in Act II, Scene 1, Mercutio says the Romeo, "Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm."
Which of the following is the best paraphrase of Mercutio's words?
a. Why did you interfere? Your arm allowed him to stab me.
b. Why has the devil caused me bad fortune?
c. I am so badly wounded that I feel I will die.
d. Your arm could not save me, Romeo.
Which of the following is the idea presented from this line in " To Be of Use"?
"I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,"
a. Animals are more valuable than people
b. people should relax while the animals do the hard work
c. hard work is associated with dignity and gratification
d. loving animals means taking the place of beasts of burden
The literal or primary meaning of a word ( the dictionary definition) is called...
a. Root word
b. Connotation
c. Denotation
d. Definition
What is a Comparison that extends over several lines and uses the word like or as?
simile
metaphor
a. simile
Latanya and ___ are getting ready to go camping at the lake.
us
he
me
him
c. me
Which word in the sentence has an error in capitalization?
When aunt Joy bakes and pie, it tastes like heaven.
heaven
Joy
pie
aunt
aunt. (It should be Aunt)
In the Odyssey, penelope is loyal and devises a plan to delay her marriage is Odysseus' absence.
direct characterization
1st person point of view
indirect characterization
internal conflict
a. direct characterization
Which of the following would be accomplished by using hyperbole?
explaining a character's musical skills so that readers know he is able to tame animals with his music
providing comparisons between music and nature
foreshadowing future events in the plots so readers understand how a character will succeed
exaggerating a characters beautiful music so readers understand its powerful effects
d. exaggerating a characters beautiful music so readers understand its powerful effects
Which of the lines from Marge Piercy's poem "To Be of Use" best demonstrates the speaker's view the work is desirable?
the work of the world is common as mud
and a person [cries] for work that is real
greek amphoras for wine or oil
botched it smears the hands, crumbles to dust
b. and a person [cries] for work that is real
Choose the pronoun that best completes the sentence. Both Stevie and Daphne have returned ___ bowling shoes.
their
her
his or her
they're
their
Either of the girls___ a good choice for a leader.
make
are
were
is
is
Which word in the sentence has an error in capitalization? Jo hopes to earn a scholarship to Georgia state University.
scholarship
state
University
Georgia