Virtual Day 5/26

___________, buying an investment property like a house, villa or apartment can be risky and dangerous.

• Of my opinion

• According to me

• In my opinion

• According to myself

A statement that disagrees with itself.
Examples:
"War is peace."
"Freedom is slavery."
"Ignorance is strength."
"My weakness is my strength."

• Hyperbole
• Symbolism
• Alliteration
• Paradox

What is the subject of the cartoon?

• winter is better when you have company

• technology is destroying relationships

• Apple is responsible for the lack of true communication between people

• technology companies are adapting to the needs of their customers

What metaphors does Dr. King use in his speech?

• "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice..."
• "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom..."
• "Let freedom ring."
• "I have a dream today."

"And when he did this he saw that his father was pleased, and no longer rebuked him or beat him. So Nwoye and Ikemefuna would listen to Okonkwo's stories about tribal wars, or how years ago, he had stalked his victim..."

When Nwoye and Ikemefuna listen to Okonkwo's stories, how does he feel?

• Confused

• Happy

• Angry

• Tired

In the middle of the night, our cat yells at us for not giving her treats.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

The tone in the following passage would BEST be described as:
"I went back to the Devon School not long ago, and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before. It seemed more sedate than I remembered it, more perpendicular and strait-laced, with narrower windows and shinier woodwork, as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation. But, of course, fifteen years before there had been a war going on. Perhaps the school wasn’t as well kept up in those days; perhaps varnish, along with everything else, had gone to war."

• reflective
• apathetic
• wry
• detached

The tone in the following passage would BEST be described as:
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter–tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…. And one fine morning– So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

• exuberant
• critical
• didatic
• desperate

Based on context clues, how would you define the word unscrupulous from the following passage:
"If you knew Stradlater, you'd be worried, too. I'd double-dated with that bastard a couple of times, and I know what I am talking about. He was unscrupulous. He really was."

• lacking morals
• attractive
• conceited
• unintelligent

Do you plan on taking the final exam?

• Yes, I want to try and improve my grade! :)

• No, I don't need to and I don't want to :)

• UGH I should but I don't want to :(

• Yes, I have to take it or I won't pass... >:(