English II, Blind + Sight test 3/1/24

Whats the type of figurative language in the quote "...There was the Hudson—more like the flash of a sword-blade than a noble river.(paragraph 8)"

simile

transcend

to go beyond

Why was Keller so in awe about the Empire state building?

Cause of the builders, she was impressed that people could create such a thing.

Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire | hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, | think | know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. in this poem by Robert Frost, What message is the speaker conveying about the feelings he describes in the poem? Refer to specific lines in the poem to support your interpretation.

Desire, like fire is destructive, but that hate is equally destructive

"On His Blindness:"

Grants of world lit by Jorge Luis Borges sight to no sight still has his verse(poetry) even though has no sight

Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire | hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, | think | know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. in this poem by Robert Frost, What does the speaker compare to fire?

He compare fire to desire

Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire | hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, | think | know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. in this poem by Robert Frost, What does the speaker compare to ice?

He compares ice to hated

Who accompanies Keller to the top of the Empire State Building?

Her friend who was blind and their guides

"Blind seer of Ambon":

Plant guy by W.S Merwin earthquake lost his life work, daughter, wife and sight

In the poem "Blind,"= the speaker refers to a "drained memory" in the fifth and sixth stanzas of the poem. What is the drained memory she has and how does the speaker use this analogy to contemplate blindness?

She has a drained memory of two people, one a lighting technician and another who tried to read. The speaker uses this analogy to explain how sight doesn't always lead to "seeing," or more specifically to understand.

What symbolic meaning does Keller find in the Empire state Building?

She thinks the symbolic meaning of the Empire state Building is poetic, spiritual, inspirational and mystical.

According to Keller, how does a Frenchman describe the way Americans imagine themselves?

The Frenchman think Americans think their demigods and that they are always wanting more.

In "On His Blindness," the speaker refers to "a luminous mist" that surrounds me, unvarying,/that breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless." What is the "luminous mist" and what does the speaker mean when he says, "It breaks things down into a single thing, colorless, formless?"

The mist is the speakers blindness, as a mist obstructs vision. Likewise, a mist obscures the distinction between forms and obscures color.

In the first two stanzas of "The Blind Seer of Ambon," the speaker describes coming from "another language" and continuing to "arrive at words.' What is the other "language" that the speaker describes? How does the analogy help the reader understand what it is like to be blind?

The speaker is referring to the other language of touch to help them draw meaning from the world.

What question is Helen Keller answering in her letter?

What she thought of her trip to the top of the empire state building

In "on his blindness," What does the speaker long to see just once?

a human face

In "the blind seer of ambition," what happens to the speakers house?

an earth quake happened and the house fell

According to the speaker in Blind, how does the poem's main character ("she") gain the sense of sight?

an intricate operation Performed in a hurry

what are sensory details?

are descriptions that appeal to the reader's sense of sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste

elemental

basic, found in nature

In the "blind" after she regains her sight, what does she find missing from the world?

books

indomitable

bravely or stubbornly unyielding

luminous

bright; brilliant; glowing

Whats the type of figurative language in the quote, "I saw countless skilled workers welding together that mighty symmetry. I looked upon the marvel of frail, yet indomitable hands that lifted the tower to its dominating height. (paragraph 11)"

hyperbole because words like, countless, marvel, indomitable and dominating are exaggerating.

What's the type of figurative language in the sentence, that interview would be the door

metaphor

What's the type of figurative language in the sentence, The fire leaped into life;

personification

What's the type of figurative language in the sentence, all the heat, which meant light to me, had diedout of the atmosphere.

personification

Whats the type of figurative language in the quote "'... that is to the burning eye of the sun..." (paragraph 11)

personification

dominating

rise high above, towering over

What's the type of figurative language in the sentence, the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist.

simile

What types of figurative language in the quote "..the little island of Morison set like a jewel in its nest in rainbow waters..." (paragraph 8)

simile and metaphor

unconquerable

unable to defeat

In "on his blindness," Having lost sight, what does the speaker still have?

verse-poetry

In "the blind seer of ambition," Whom and what does the speaker lose?

whom-wife and daughter what- his life work and sight

"Blind":

woman who had operation By Fatima Naoot no sight to sight couldn't read, illiterate