Part 4--Frankenstein

On the first paragraph of page 56, what is the purpose of listing the senses: "saw, felt, head and smelt"?

• To describe to the reader the Creature's abilities.

• To influence the reader into believing that the Creature was in fact a living monster.

• To convince the reader that the Creature was able to feel, just like any human.

• To suggest the idea that the Creature needed help.

On page 57, line 12, the Creature says he "shivered with cold". What is the purpose of utilizing the word "shivered?"

• To convince the audience that the the Creature can also feel temperatures like humans.

• To suggest the idea that the Creature needed an extra layer of warmth.

• To describe the possibilities that exist in the Creature's development.

• To illustrate how the Creature was doing during his journey.

On page 57, on the last line, the Creature says he found a place to hide from "the weather and from the violence of human beings". What is the purpose of this phrase?

• To urge the idea that the Creature really hates human beings' behavior.

• To illustrate the emotional state that the Creature might find himself in.

• To demonstrate the irony in how the Creature sees humans versus how humans see him.

• To support the idea that human beings can be a really cruel species.

Look on page 58, 2nd paragraph, last line. The Creature says he was "unable to bear my emotions". What is the meaning of this phrase?

• The Creature was scared because a bear was running after him.

• The Creature was afraid to get out of the Hut in case the others attacked him.

• The Creature did not know how to deal with the emotions he was feeling.

• The Creature could not understand why the girl was crying and laughing.

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Look on page 60, paragraph 2. The Creature says, "I wanted very much to learn to speak". How do you think the author was appealing to the audience?

• The author was trying to use pathos here by making you sad that he could not speak.

• The author was trying to use logos by trying to get you to think about the importance of being able to speak.

• The author was trying to use ethos by establishing the idea that the Creature knows first hand what being sad is like.

• The author was trying to use logos by establishing the idea that we know what it's like to cry and laugh.

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The feeling that a word transmits is its ​ (a)   whereas the meaning you would find in a dictionary is its ​ (b)  

• connotation
• denotation
• definition
• emotion
• standard
• significance

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On page 61, 2nd paragraph, the Creature states: "I knew that I could not show myself to the cottagers until I had mastered their language". Let's rewrite the sentence with another word that keeps a similar connotation and denotation as "mastered".

"I knew that I could not show myself to the cottagers until I had​ ​ (a)  

• grasped
• learned
• tried
• acquired

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The three elements that authors use to appeal to the masses is called the

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Match the following:

• Logos

• Emotions

• Word Choice

• Credibility

• Pathos

• Diction

• Ethos

• PIE

• Author's Purpose

• Logic

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On page 62, paragraph 3, the Creature asks himself, "How could human beings be so powerful, noble, and good, but at the same time, so violent and evil?"

What is the purpose of this statement?

• To demonstrate the Creature's confusion on human behavior.

• To illustrate the Creature's capability of understanding.

• To convince the audience that human beings really are a cruel species.

• To influence the audience into seeing that the Creature is really just a human being with bad luck.

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