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PRIMAVERA ENGLISH 10B: UNIT 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PRIMAVERA ENGLISH 10B: UNIT 2EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Read the lines from "A Lute of Jade" by Chinese poet Du Fu.
Oh! she is good, the little rain! and well she knows our need Who cometh in the time of
spring to aid the sun-drawn seed; She wanders with a friendly wind through silent nights
unseen, The furrows feel her happy tears, and lo! the land is green.
What does this use of personification suggest about the rain? - Answer-Rain is a
beneficial visitor that transforms a landscape dramatically.
Read the words of the Messenger in Antigone, Part 5.
For when a man has lost what gives him pleasure, I don't include him among the living
—he's a breathing corpse. Pile up a massive fortune in your home, if that's what you
want—live like a king. If there's no pleasure in it, I'd not give to any man a vapour's
shadow for it, not compared to human joy.
What is the effect of the figurative language in this passage?
Select all that apply. - Answer-The oxymoron "breathing corpse" implies that someone
who lives joylessly is not really alive.
Read the sentence.
The _[blank]_ noises coming from the classroom prompted the principal to talk to the
students about their behavior.
Which word would correctly fill the blank? - Answer-intolerable
The word rapture means "a feeling of extreme happiness." How does the word change if
the prefix en- is added to rapture? - Answer-The part of speech changes from a noun to
a verb and the meaning becomes "to cause great happiness."
Read the sentence.
The character lines on the faces of the elderly paint a picture of the trials, tribulations,
and triumphs they have experienced living a rich life.
What is the meaning of the euphemism character lines used in the sentence? - Answer-
It is a more complimentary way of saying "wrinkles."
Read the sentence.
Although the slideshow presentation of famous artwork showed paintings and
sculptures in random order, each artist's work was equally important.
What is the meaning of the oxymoron random order? - Answer-Although the two words
express opposite meanings, together they emphasize the idea that there was no plan
for sequencing the works in the presentation.
Read the description, and examine the illustration.
This illustration in Antigone, Part 5, is the artist's interpretation of the scene in which
Creon discovers Haemon killed himself.
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