She Unnames Them Word Choice

In the phrase "sliding into anonymity as into their element," what effect does the author's word choice create?

• It suggests that the sea animals were reluctant to give up their names.

• It implies that the sea animals found namelessness natural and comfortable.

• It indicates that the sea animals were confused by the concept of anonymity.

• It emphasizes the difficulty sea animals had in adapting to namelessness.

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In the sentence "These verbally talented individuals insisted that their names were important to them, and flatly refused to part with them," how does the author's word choice contribute to the tone and characterization of the animals?

• It suggests that the animals are stubborn and uncooperative.

• It implies that the animals are intellectually superior to humans.

• It portrays the animals as having human-like qualities and preferences.

• It indicates that the animals are confused about the concept of names.

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In the sentence "...and all the Linnaean qualifiers that had trailed along behind them for two hundred years like tin cans tied to a tail," what are TWO statements that illustrate the purpose and effect of this simile?

• It portrays scientific classifications as a persistent annoyance to animals.

• It implies Linnaean qualifiers are physically attached to creatures.

• It humorously critiques the relevance of scientific names to animals.

• It indicates animals have been trying to escape their classifications.

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In the sentence "The insects parted with their names in vast clouds and swarms of ephemeral syllables buzzing and stinging and humming and flitting and crawling and tunneling away," how does the author's use of imagery and word choice contribute to the overall meaning and tone?

• It mirrors insect behavior through language, bringing their unnamed state to life.

• It emphasizes the insects' reluctance to give up their names.

• It creates a sense of chaos and confusion among the insects.

• It suggests that insects have complex communication systems like humans.

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In the sentence "As for the fish of the sea, their names dispersed from them in silence throughout the oceans like faint, dark blurs of cuttlefish ink, and drifted off on the currents without a trace," what is the primary effect of the author's use of simile and imagery?

• It suggests that fish names are permanent and indelible.

• It emphasizes the loud and chaotic nature of the unnaming process.

• It implies that fish actively rejected their names in a dramatic fashion.

• It conveys the quiet, subtle disappearance of the fish names into the vast sea.

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In the sentence "They seemed far closer than when their names had stood between myself and them like a clear barrier," what is the primary purpose of the simile "like a clear barrier"?

• To suggest that names physically separate humans from animals

• To emphasize the visual distinctness of different animal species

• To illustrate how language can create emotional distance

• To imply that humans are superior to unnamed animals

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In the sentence "It is hard to give back a gift without sounding peevish or ungrateful, and I did not want to leave him with that impression of me," how does the author's word choice contribute to the tone and characterization of the narrator?

• It portrays the narrator as indecisive and regretful about her actions.

• It emphasizes the narrator's anger and frustration with Adam.

• It reveals the narrator's concern for social niceties despite her radical action.

• It suggests the narrator is manipulative and insincere in her interactions.

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In the final paragraph, how does the author's use of figurative language in "My words now must be as slow, as new, as single, as tentative as the steps I took going down the path away from the house" contribute to the overall meaning and tone of the passage?

• It emphasizes the narrator's physical difficulty in leaving

• It suggests the narrator's excitement about her new adventure

• It illustrates the profound change in the narrator's relationship with language

• It implies the narrator's regret about her decision to unname herself

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