The Feather Pilllow DOL #1

Which is most symbolic of the lack of affection Jordan shows to his wife, Alicia?

• The Garden

• The sky

• The House

• The River

Which is an example of imagery?

• The carpet swallowed his steps.

• The she opened her mouth to scream, and pearls of sweat suddenly beaded her nose and lips.

• Doubtless she would have wished less severity in the rigorous sky of love, more expansive and less cautious tenderness, but her impassive manner always restrained her.

• All of the above

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Which word choice in the following sentence from “The Feather Pillow” most effectively conveys a sense of unease?

“Alicia lay in bed, her eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling with a fixed, unblinking gaze.”

• "lay"

• "wide open"

• "unblinking"

• "gaze"

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5. A spider who gradually drains the life of its victim day by day while growing to gargantuan proportions would be classified as which literary genre?

What is syntax?

• The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

• The arrangement of letters in a word that spell it correctly

• The order of operations that should be performed in an equation to find the correct answer.

• The length of a sentence to tell a reader if the sentence is complex enough.