Simile Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ODYSSEY STUDY GUIDE PART 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ What is an invocation? - -a prayer, asking the gods for something Who does Homer address in the first line and what is he asking? - -Homer address the Muse, who is the daughter of Zeus. He is asking for divine inspiration. What is the epithet used in line 3 to describe Odysseus? - -when odysseus is referred to as the wanderer Who is described in the epithet, "he who moves all day through the heaven"? - -Helios How long has...

Figurative Language Quiz 2 Latest Update 100% Pass Their thoughts were like golden birds. a. simile b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. personification A Fear lurks, watching me, waiting for the moment to pounce. a. hyperbole b. metaphor c. simile d. personification D The sound of your breath is a music of which I will not soon tire. a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile C . After she left, the sun never shined again. a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile A Their...

During the early letter-name alphabetic stage in spelling development, a student might write U for "you," BD for "bed," Y for "when," DF for "drive," and SHP for "ship." Which of the following is characteristic of what students do correctly during the stage? Select all that apply. A. Use consistent directionality B. Demonstrate letter-sound correspondences C. Spell consonant blends partially D. Use vowels in unstressed syllables correct answers A, B, C For vacation this year ou...

Which of the following words would a student working on short vowel sounds most likely decode easily? -Farm -Was -Pig -The - Pig A teacher shows the word "chip" along with a picture of a potato chip. Teacher: if we want to sound out the word "chip" we would say /k/ /h/ /i/ /p/. Student: No, that doesn't sound right. Teacher: you are correct. Instead of saying the /k/ and /h/ sounds we say the special sound /ch/ at the beginning of the word. What skill is being introduced? -Cons...

English Literature CLEP Questions Correctly Answered 2024. heroic couple - correct answer a rhyming pair of iambic-pentameter lines, first used extensively in English by Chaucer and later developed as a syntactically complete unit, esp. by Dryden and Pope (Ex.: "In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend") terza rima -(tert′sə rē′mə) - correct answer a verse form of Italian origin, made up of tercets, the second line of each tercet rhyming w...

How did the boys come to be on the island? They were born on the island. Their boat capsized at sea. They are imprisoned on the island. Their plane crashed Their plane crashed Who is described as "the fair boy"? Piggy Jack Ralph Simon Ralph Which of the following choices BEST describes Piggy? Vengeful Intelligent Slim All of the above Intelligent Why does Ralph's talk of rescue sound naive or innocent? He thinks Piggy's aunt will rescue them. He thinks the boys wi...

Figurative Language Practice = Language where you must FIGURE Out the meaning 100% Pass They have watered the street, / It shines in the glare of lamps, / Cold, white lamps, And lies / Like a slow-moving river What technique is being used? simile Life is a stream / On which we strew / Petal by petal the flower of our heart; What technique is being used? metaphor The daisy hugging the earth / in August, ha! What technique is being used personification Don't worry about the Alex / She's ...

Epic Simile - An epic simile is an extended, elaborate comparison that runs over several lines and is not limited to a single image. Hyperbole - A figure of speech that uses exaggerated statements to produce a strong impression on the reader. Foreshadowing - The process of providing hints and information about an event that takes place at a later stage in the story to help build suspense. Alliteration - The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Onomatopoeia - A word that imitates the so...

The use of the parallelism "of the people, by the people, for the people" from the Gettysburg address was probably meant to remind the North and the South that: a) they were once united under that Constitutional phrase b) there were too many people c) they were the divided d) they were separate countries - a (they were once united under that Constitutional phrase) Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech is credited with: a) leading to his assassination b) causing more r...

ENG1501 Exam Portfolio October/November 2023 100% TRUSTED workings, explanations and solutions. For assistance call or us on +/ 2/ 5/ 4 /7 /7 /9 /5 /4 /0 /1 /3 /2 . QUESTION 1: POETRY: ‘Point of View’ – Gabeba Baderoon Read the poem “Point of View” by Gabeba Baderoon and then answer the questions that follow. Please adhere to the following guidelines: • You need to answer in full, grammatically correct sentences. Each sentence must be cohesive (one idea flows into another)....