Final Review 2

Which phrase from the poem "Starfish" is an example of personification?

• Together: little martyrs, soldiers, artless suicides

• Thousands of baby stars. We touched them

• They were lovely in the quartz and jasper sand

• We gathered what we could in the approaching darkness.

After warning his neighbor to stay off his property, Dan's only ________ is calling the police.

• jurisdiction

• recourse

• inalienable

• compelled

The setting of sci-fi short story "Men Are Different" includes details such as "dead planets and stars" to help the reader feel...

• cozy and welcoming.

• cheerful and lighthearted.

• abandoned and lonely.

• fear and regret.

Choose the images that best represent positive connotations of the word "discipline".

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Which sentence has a negative connotation?

• I got an inexpensive gift for my birthday.

• I got a cheap gift for my birthday.

• I got a good deal on a gift for my birthday.

• I got an affordable gift for my birthday.

What is Old Man Warner suggesting when he says:

"used to be a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' First thing you know, we'd all be eating stewed chickweed and acorns"?

• The lottery provides money to support farmers.

• The lottery tells farmers when to plant.

• The lottery helps ensure a good harvest.

• The lottery determines who will harvest first.

The flowers were blooming _____________.

• sparingly

• profusely

• forcefully

• perfunctory

Choose the image that best represents the denotation of the word "defiantly".

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How does Shirley Jackson help the reader get the feeling that the stones were innocent details in the setting of "The Lottery"?

• The author showed the children playing and collecting stones in the beginning.

• The author showed the children throwing stones at the end.

• The author showed the parents scolding their children in the beginning.

• The author showed the parents making jokes and making piles of stones.

In the poem "Without Title", how does the speaker recognize her father for working to provide for the family?

• I remember the silence of his lost power

• Without a vision he migrated to the city

• but my father went out each day to hunt

• It's hard you know without the buffalo