Themes That Withstand Time

Which text from N. Scott Momaday's "The Way to Rainy Mountain" uses a simile to create a vivid picture? 

• The grass turns brittle and brown, and it cracks beneath your feet.

• Great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass, popping up like corn to sting the flesh,

• hot tornadic winds arise in the spring

• distance in July or August the steaming foliage

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Sunny Spring Scent is an example of what figurative sound device?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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What does the underlined word mean in this sentence?

"However tenuous their well-being, however much they had suffered and would suffer again, they had found a way out of the wilderness."

• fragile

• lobby

• pensive

• antagonist

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In this sentence what is the meaning of the underlined word? "A delegation of old men journeyed into Texas, there to beg and barter for an animal from the Goodnight herd."

• pensive

• fragile

• antagonist

• lobby

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Which of these newspaper headlines employs a figurative sound device?

• "Eat More Protein," Doctors Say

• Why Protein Will Never Go Out of Style

• Think You Get Enough Protein? 

• Put Your Priority on Protein

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What common theme do Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams." share?

• the sanctity of marriage

• the inability of people to solve problems

• the dynamics between genders

• the state of mental healthcare

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Why might a commercial use a literary device such as repetition when advertising a product?

• to call attention to the product

• to help consumers remember the product's name

• to show the intellectual value of the product

• to show the consumers the product

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What sentence structure can an author use to create a sense of urgency in a text? 

• long, elaborate sentences with multiple clauses and phrases

• both long and short sentences that imitate speech

• run-on sentences that feature dialogue and inner thoughts

• short sentences that are direct and to the point

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In the 4th paragraph of N. Scott Momaday's "From The Way to Rainy Mountain" he explains the Kiowan creation story begins with...

• the Kiowan entering the world through a log

• the Kiowan entering the world through the dirt

• the Kiowan entering the world through the water

• the Kiowan entering the world through the sky

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What is are enmities?

• person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection

• a person who shares the experiences of another, especially when these are unpleasant or unwelcome.

• feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

• feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness.

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