Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SOUND?

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of TOUCH?

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SMELL?

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of TASTE?

Identify the sensory language BEST represented in the passage below:

"But Morena had unsettling eyes. She would stare at you; those crazy brown eyes were powerfully expressive and you couldn't tell what the hell it was they were telegraphing. Whatever was going on in her head, it was taking a lot of effort for her to restrain it, and her eyes were giving her away. It wasn't just me who noticed her spooky eyes" (Kerman 118).

Identify the sensory language BEST represented in the passage below:

"Morena laughed, a throaty, crazy laugh... (Kerman 118).

Identify the sensory language BEST represented in the passage below:

"Big vats of watery coffee sat next to cold drink dispensers filled with water and something like weak Kool-Aid" (Kerman 63).

Identify the sensory language BEST represented in the passage below:

"Straightening up, he was struck with a humid waft of boiled hot dogs and some kind of furry bean-based soup that threw him right back into tenth grade" (Proust).

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"Young children were growing up while their mothers did time, trying to have a relationship via fifteen-minute phone calls and the hours spent in visitation. I never saw these women look happier than when they were with their children, playing with the small collection of plastic toys kept in the corner and sharing Fritos and Raisinets from the vending machine. When visiting hours were over, it was gut-wrenching to watch the goodbyes. In one year a child could change from a squirming baby to a boisterous talkative toddler and mothers would watch football championships and prom nights come and go from the distant sidelines, along with their children's graduations, wedding days, and funerals" (Kerman 133).

The author uses descriptive examples in the paragraph above to

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"Compared to the drug offenders, the 'white-collar' criminals had often demonstrated a lot more avarice, though their crimes were rarely glamorous - bank fraud, insurance fraud, credit card scams, check kiting. One raspy-voiced fiftyish blonde was in for stock fraud...;a former investment banker had embezzled money to support her gambling habit; and marriage-minded Rosemarie was doing fifty-four months for Internet auction fraud" (Kerman 138-139).

From the context in the paragraph, a close reader can infer that “avarice” is a character trait that conveys

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"One day when we got to work, DeSimon stepped out of his office and locked the door. 'Today we're going to practice with the lift,' he announced....The lift turned out to be a mechanical hydraulic lift....'I want to try!' I climbed onto the platform, and DeSimon handed me the control button. Up, up, up--my heart beat hard as I left the concrete behind....The entire platform was swaying in the breeze....I wanted to go all the way up, even though I was clutching the railing with white knuckles and the blood was pounding in my ears....I peered over the railing that I was clinging to, grinning. Mr. DeSimon appeared to be trying to hide a smile in his beard. 'Come on down, Kerman. No one wants to clean you off the concrete.' I almost liked him that day" (Kerman 145-146).

Which quotation provides the best evidence of the narrator’s sarcasm?

BONUS: Why is the photograph an effective accompaniment to this quiz?