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English, 30.12.2019 19:31 anthonybowie99

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ellen was known for having diverse talents; she ran a successful flower shop and repaired cars in her spare time. her talents were

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common and boring common and boring

different and varied different and varied

artistic and intellectual

repetitive and predictable

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the butcher unsheathed his knife and began cutting the meat. by “unsheathed,” we mean that he:

question 2 options:

placed it into a wooden knife block

sharpened it with a whetstone

set it down on a table

removed it from a protective case

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in the poem "the tropics in new york," in lines 6–8, where does the speaker envision the fruit to be?

…of fruit-trees laden by low-singing rills,

and dewy dawns, and mystical skies

in benediction over nun-like hills.”

question 3 options:

on trees

at a church

in a kitchen

at a fair

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in “the tropics in new york,” the speaker remembers the homeland’s skies as being

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blocked by skyscrapers.

forever cloudy.

dusky gray.

mystical blue.

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which line from “the tropics in new york” tells you the speaker is not in the tropics when the poem is written?

question 5 options:

“bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root”

set in the window, bringing memories”

“in benediction over nun-like hills.”

“i turned aside and bowed my head and wept.”

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when a person gives a benediction at a meal, he or she is giving a

question 6 options:

compliment to the cook

serving the meat

blessing over the food

serving the dessert

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when a person gazes at a piece of art, they are

question 7 options:

looking intently

staring into space

closing their eyes

looking away

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in “mother to son”, langston hughes most likely uses words like i’se, climbin’, kinder, and ain’t because of all of the following except

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he wants to create a lyrical, rhythmic quality

he wants to convey the dialect and essence of the time period

he uses contractions that mirror everyday speech to the reader relate to the character.

he wants to portray the mother as an african-american from a rural area who is most likely uneducated

question 9 (1 point) question 9 unsaved
in “mother to son”, which poetic device does langston hughes use and why?

question 9 options:

he uses similes to compare life’s hardships to ordinary, everyday things

he uses a metaphor to compare life to a staircase

he uses an extended metaphor to compare life’s hardships and successes to a staircase

he uses hyperbole because everybody knows that life is a lot different than a staircase

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in “mother to son”, “tacks” most likely represents

question 10 options:

something that hurt us physically

small obstacles that we don’t necessarily see coming and can slow us down or cause harm

small obstacles that can be easily overcome

events in life which are emotionally painful

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