Review – Week 4

In the following sentence, what part of speech is underlined? "...humans are the only devices in the universe that respond to danger, praise, English, and beauty."

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

• nouns

In the following list, differentiate the nouns/phrases as concrete or abstract: solitude, toys, eyeball, amusement, vision, empty chair, smoke, danger

• ABSTRACT: toys, eyeball, solitude, smoke

  CONCRETE: amusement, vision, danger, empty chair

• CONCRETE: toys, eyeball, empty chair, smoke

  ABSTRACT: amusement, vision, danger solitude

• ABSTRACT: toys, eyeball, empty chair, smoke;

  CONCRETE: amusement, vision, danger solitude

• CONCRETE: vision, eyeball, empty chair, solitude

  ABSTRACT: amusement, toys, vision, smoke, danger

On the "Developing an Analytical Voice" bookmark:

• L1 refers to text evidence, while L2 refers to associative (abstract) concepts

• L1 refers to associative (abstract) concepts, while L2 refers to text evidence

In the following sentence, identify the L1 (evidence level) and L2 (associative level) language: "He held the photo in his trembling hand, nostalgia consuming him."

• L1: "nostalgia consuming him"

  L2: "He held the photo in his trembling hand"

• L1: "He held the photo in his trembling hand"

  L2: "nostalgia consuming him"

Using our "Developing Analytical Voice" bookmark, a writer seeking to create an analytical statement with a strong voice, would create an L2-L1-L2 sentence such as:

• The driver raced through the streets – disregarding danger – and he careened around the corner in a flash of smoke.

• Disregarding danger, the driver raced through the streets, fearing no one.

• The driver raced through the streets, fearing no one.

• The driver raced through the streets and careened around the corner in a flash of smoke.

In a claim statement/thesis, the write should use

• L1 language (details, images, diction from text)

• L2 language (associative/conceptual level; abstract)

• An equal mix of L1 and L2 language

Which of the following sentences contains technical jargon?

• Here we give space to the motherboard manufacturer to talk about their marketing points, and we assess them and provide our point of view on the claims.

• The Godlike will have to prove its meddle in this pack, and we will check out how its feature set and performance stack to the other motherboards that have come through our lab.

• MSI has stated that the Godlike with four single-rank DIMMs installed, and a capable IMC can push over 4400MHz on DDR4, which is an impressive feat.

• (all of the options are equally jargon-heavy)

A student is analyzing a Hamilton song, and when she reads the text lines "If I could spare his life/If I could trade his life for mine" she associates this with feelings of regret and a despairing sense of loss. The student wants to write an L2-L1 sentence in her analysis. Which is correctly showing this syntactical form?

• Echoing regret and a despairing sense of loss, Hamilton sings, "If I could spare his life/If I could trade his life for mine."

• Hamilton sings, "If I could spare his life/If I could trade his life for mine," echoing regret and a despairing sense of loss.

A student analyzing a Hamilton song reads the text lines "If I could spare his life / If I could trade his life for mine," lines that show which rhetorical device and effect?

• a metaphor that conveys regret or a desire to repair a mistake

• repetition that conveys that conveys regret or a desire to repair a mistake

• an allusion that conveys regret or a desire to repair a mistake

• a simile that conveys regret or a desire to repair a mistake

Which of the following sentences contains an allusion?

• The MMA fighter, strong as an ox, defeated his opponent.

• The MMA fighter defeated his opponent with the extreme and unyielding strength.

• The MMA fighter defeated his opponent with Herculean strength.