english 11 credit 9

bountiful

abundant

the main idea of this essay that the author's experiences shaped her personality and writing or that traveling throughout the world has not changed the author?

author's experieances shaped her personality and writing

which of the following details does not belong in a summary of this essay? cisneros was an excellent student or cisneros was close to her family, especially her parents and brother, kiki?

cisneros was close to her family, especially her parents and brother, kiki

is the most vibrant character in the story the dead man or the older woman?

dead man

when the speaker says, "last year's massacres" fade like "the faceless numbers?that bewilder you in your telephone diary", does he mean that we become numb to the unceasing terror in the world or that it is difficult to keep track of the different wars around the world?

difficult to keep track of the unceasing terror in the world

it is suggested, when personifying writing with "throat slit by the paper knife of the state" in the seventh stanza, that even writers cannot combat injustice or that the state fear the power of writing?

even writers cannot combat injustice

does the speaker blame people who don't grasp the reality of suffering or evil politicians who create it?

evil politicians who create it

virile

having strength (man)

frivolity

lack of seriousness

does the drowned man come to symbolize life's richer, deeper possibilities or the waste of human potential?

life's richer deeper possibilities

haggard

looking unwell

when their men come back, are the women happy because no neighboring village has claimed the body or because they want to get his corpse buried, because it is starting to smell?

no neighboring village has claimed the body

by repeating the word somewhere, does derek walcott suggest that terrorism is not here for the moment or does he simply imply that no one is really sure where conflicts will erupt?

no one is really sure where conflicts will erupt

destitute

not having

does the straw in the title symbolize the raw materials of cisnero's life or the burnt tortillas?

raw materials of cisneros's life

is the title of this essay an allusion to the fairy tale "rumpelstiltskin" or "cinderella?"

rumpelstiltskin

is the story's title an example of magic realism because as a drowned man is realistic; "handsome " makes him extraordinary or because it shows our need for heroes?

shows our need for heroes

list the reasons that repetition is used in poetry

to enhance a poem's meaning or overall effect