ENG I Unit 4 Quiz 3 TO2

What makes an epic simile different from other similes?

• It makes a simple comparison between two things.

• It makes an elaborate comparison over several lines of text.

• It makes a comparison between two seemingly different things.

• It makes a comparison about qualities rather than appearance.

Read these lines from Part 2 of the Odyssey. ". . . Salt tears / rose from the wells of longing in both men, / and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering / as those of the great taloned hawk, / whose nestlings farmers take before they fly." This simile is comparing —

• the saltiness of the tears to the longing in the men

• the longing in the men to the farmers found nearby

• the cries the men make to the sounds of a hawk

• the movements of a hawk to the ways farmers work

Read the following lines. Hope pirouetted within her soul, / leaping and twirling / light like tulle, studded with jubilance / from the wings to the stage cradled in her chest / shattering her anchoring doubt / forever. What is being compared in these lines and for what purpose?

• Hope is compared to doubt to create a conflict in the reader’s mind.

• Hope is compared to a dancer to develop the idea of hope’s power.

• A dancer is compared to doubt to emphasize an aspect of human nature.

• none of the above

Which of the following spelling patterns often creates the yoo sound?

• the middle pattern yeu

• the end pattern ew

• the middle pattern yo

• the end pattern uew

Read these lines from Part 2 of the Odyssey. . . . She made him / taller, and massive, too, with crisping hair / in curls like petals of wild hyacinth / but all red-golden. Think of gold infused / on silver by a craftsman, whose fine art / Hephaestus taught him, or Athena: one / whose work moves to delight . . . Which word from the excerpt includes a spelling pattern that makes the yoo sound?

• too

• curls

• infused

• whose

Which sentence uses a word that follows the “u–e” (u / consonant / e) spelling pattern for the yoo sound?

• He will pursue another degree after he graduates.

• Lifeguards learn ocean rescue before beginning to work.

• The workers refuse to lower their standards for any reason.

• My nephew threw the ball across the yard for the playful puppy.

What is inversion?

• when customary syntax is reversed

• when a noun is placed in front of a verb

• when an adjective is placed in front of a noun

• all of the above

Read this passage from Part 2 of the Odyssey. ". . . From the air / she walked, taking the form of a tall woman, / handsome and clever at her craft, and stood beyond the gate in plain sight of Odysseus, / unseen, though, by Telemachus, unguessed, / for not to everyone will gods appear." Which words are an example of inversion?

• “From the air”

• “taking the form of a tall woman”

• “and stood beyond the gate in plain sight”

• “for not to everyone will gods appear”

Read the lines from a poem. "Villains, / she cried / her hands, drummers beating the concrete / an improvised instrument. / Grief, her shoulders enrobing, / lacking the comfort of a winter’s cloak." What is the effect of inversion in this passage?

• It highlights her injury before describing how she received it.

• It highlights her anger before describing why she was feeling it.

• It highlights her sadness before describing her degree of pain in its face.

• It highlights who has wronged the speaker before describing her emotions.