UNDERSTANDING HOW TEXTS ARE INFLUENCED BY CULTURE, HISTORY,

UNDERSTANDING HOW TEXTS ARE INFLUENCED BY CULTURE, HISTORY, ENVIRONMENT OR OTHER FACTORS

QUARTER 2

WEEK 3

Learning Objectives:

• analyze literature as a means of discovering the self;

• express appreciation for sensory images used

• explain how a selection may be influenced by culture, history, environment or other factors

Multiple Choice

Directions: Read each item carefully. Then, choose the answer to each question/item

1. What is the literary device used by writers to appeal to the reader’s senses usingdescriptive language?

• A. anaphora

• B. chiasmus

• C. imagery

• D. pun

Multiple Choice

2. Which of the basic senses is the writer appealing to in the following line?

“The night is dark and full of terrors” (McGinley 2020).

• A. hearing

• B. sight

• C. smell

• D. taste

Multiple Choice

3. The following statements about imagery are true EXCEPT one. Which one is it?

• A. It refers to the mental pictures that readers experience when reading literature.

• B. It is not possible to engage more than one or the reader’s senses using imagery.

• C. Imagery can also pertain to details about movement, emotions and sensations.

• D. It is achieved through the use of descriptive language which helps the reader better

  understand what is happening.

Multiple Choice

4. Which of the following senses is predominantly engaged by the following lines?

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

(Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost)

(Poetry Foundation 2020)

• A. hearing

• B. sight

• C. smell

• D. taste

Multiple Choice

5. The statements below appeal to the sense of touch EXCEPT one. Which one is it?

• A. She gently stroke her silk scarf.

• B. The door slammed shut, echoing through the entire house.

• C. As I rubbed the silky fur of the small cat, I felt like I was touching a delicate cloud.

• D. He picked up the ice-cold fountain pen, the cool metal barrel resting against the side of

  his index finger and sat down to write his last letter.

Multiple Choice

6. Which of the following BEST illustrates a statement appealing to the sense of sight?

• A. The sun light filled the fields with golden rays.

• B. She opened the curtains wide as was met with an orchestra of birdsong.

• C. The frosting melted on her tongue making her forget everything but its sweetness.

• D. As soon as the cilantro hit his tongue, it erupted into a flavor sensation achieved by

  only the finest salsa.

Multiple Choice

7. The following comparisons were made by Langston Hughes to a dream deferred. Which

one is NOT one of them?

• A. dried up raisin

• B. fested sore

• C. roasted peanut

• D. rotten meat

Multiple Choice

8. Which of the following appeals to the sensation that something is in motion?

I. flipping the pages

II. riding the horse

III. tossing away the pillow

• A. I and III

• B. II only

• C. I and II

• D. I, II and III

Multiple Choice

9. Which of the following phrases is implied in the phrases, green mangoes with bagoong,

kimchi rich in chili, ice cream melting, and lechon slowly roasting?

• A. hearing

• B. sight

• C. smell

• D. taste

Multiple Choice

10. Which of the following senses is predominantly implied by this scene?

"Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world."

(Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Teen Vogue, 2020)

• A. hearing

• B. sight

• C. smell

• D. taste