A Private Plague
in paragraph 3, the author typifies cancer primarily through
personification
The tone of paragraph 3 can be described as
thoughtfully appraisive
according to paragraph 3, both cancer and the modern era are commonly defined by
volatility
as a whole, the structure of the passage is best described as
an assertion followed by several qualifications
the primary purpose of the passage is to
discuss varying perspectives on two diseases
in lines 28-30 the author employs parallel structure in order to
explain a key idea
which of the following rhetorical strategies does the author employ in describing cancer and tuberculosis
he employs illustrative lists of adjectives, adverbs, and phrases to establish intensity
the author incorporates the Sontag quote in lines 5-6 specifically to
introduce the abhorrent traits shared by two separate diseases
As used in line, 19 the term "riddled" most nearly means
permeated
the references to Keats, Byron, and Thoreau in the second paragraph emphasize which of the following
the romantics' fascination with the disease
by describing tuberculosis as the pathological extreme of Victorian romanticism, the author suggests that
the symptoms of these disease were complementary to the romantic values of the day