Quiz 1

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1. This text is describing ________. - a sarcastic expression - a country at war - a country at war and a realistic expression - the devastation of a drought - a realistic expression

a country at war and a realistic expression

2. Pierce in the phrase of paragraph 1 is used ______. - denotatively - connotatively - sarcastically - with a violent nuance - connotatively and with a violent nuance

connotatively and with a violent nuance

4. Peril means ________. - prosperity - safety - popularity - danger

danger

7. In context, mutilated means _______. - killed - in pieces - butchered - crushed

in pieces

8. Idle means ________. - waiting - broken - not busy - stolen

not busy

5. Impalpable means ________. - indigestible - unknown - not noticeable - smooth

not noticeable

9. Fate means ________. - hope - solution - location - outcome

outcome

10. The phrase cattle had been harassed means ________. - the cows were yelled at - the cows were chased - the cows were worn out - the cows were taken for food

the cows were taken for food

6. In the phrase, the iron of war had entered into their souls, the author is suggesting _______. - the townspeople started to train to fight - the effects of war were coming upon them - the children were eating and drinking heavy metals - the soldiers had come to kill them

the effects of war were coming upon them

12. Match the words with the definitions. - a shared cultural heritage originating from a common ancestry, a nation, or a cultural tradition - slight difference in meaning, expression, or sound - circumstances or environment of an event or word meaning - suggestive meaning of a word - the primary meaning of a word

- ethnicity - nuance - context - connotation - denotation

11. Match the words with the definitions. - when words are not used for what they actually mean - the main idea or underlying meaning of a creative work - underlying theme and intent - to take notes alongside a text - a language form that varies from the dominant regional language

- verbal irony - theme - subtext - annotate - dialect


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