The Writing Life by Anne Dillard 1.6.23

1. Which of the following terms can be used to describe the imagery of the last sentence in the first paragraph ("An ordinary...and softs")?

I. Simile

II. Metaphor

III. Synthesthetic

• I only

• II only

• I and III only

• II, and III only

• I, II, and III

2. In the second paragraph of the passage, the speaker employs a(n)...

• concession to an opposing point of view

• cause and effect relationship

• simile

• metaphor

• extended definition

3. Which of the following best describes how the second and third paragraphs are related?

• The second paragraph makes an assertion that is qualified by the third paragraph.

• The second paragraph asks a question that is answered by the third paragraph.

• The second paragraph describes a situation that is paralleled in the third paragraph.

• The second paragraph presents as factual what the third paragraph presents as only a possibility.

• There is no clear relationship between the two paragraphs.

4. The "nine-foot handsome face" (line 25) refers to...

• the female butterfly

• literary creativity

• a television image

• an image in the movies

• how the imagination of a reader may see a face

5. In the fourth paragraph, the speaker argues that...

I. action scenes are better in films than in books

II. novels written with an eye on future film adaptations stink

III. novels specifically written to be adapted into films do not make superior films

• II only

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II, and III

6. The last sentence of the fourth paragraph ("Such books...onto screens") contains an example of...

• personfication

• understatement

• irony

• simile

• syllogism

7. According to the passage, literature is likely to be characterized by all of the following EXCEPT...

• colloquial language

• imagination

• verbal skill

• moral sense

• intelligence

In the last sentence of the last paragraph, the phrase "sorrier pursuit" can be best understood to mean...

• more regretful chase

• poorer occupation

• more sympathetic profession

• sadder expectation

• more pitiful striving

9. In the last paragraph, the phrase "a poor thing, but our own" is adapted from Shakespeare's "a poor...thing sir, but mine own." The change from the singular to the plural pronoun is made in order to...

• avoid the use of first person

• include all readers of this passage who prefer literature

• avoid direct quotation of Shakespeare and the appearance of comparing this work to his

• suggest that the number of readers is as great as the number of moviegoers

• avoid overpraising literature compared to films, which are more popular