Question
Question 11
A)Match the key term with its example.(2 points)
Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse.
motif
sarcasm
symbol
tone
Question 12
The Interlopers
by Saki
In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Karpathians, a man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle. But the game for whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsman’s calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy.
The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with game; the narrow strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it harboured or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all its owner’s territorial possessions. A famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the Courts, and a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between the families for three generations. The neighbour feud had grown into a personal one since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the tireless game-snatcher and raider of the disputed border-forest. The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other, and this wind-scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but to keep a look-out for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of being afoot from across the land boundary. The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things to-night, and there was movement and unrest among the creatures that were wont to sleep through the dark hours. Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the forest, and Ulrich could guess the quarter from whence it came.
"The Interlopers" by H.H. Munro ("Saki")
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Select the correct answers from the lists to analyze the motif’s effect on theme.
(1 point)
The text has a motif of
that suggests a theme related to
.
Question 13
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Stepping off the train, Fernando’s senses were overwhelmed by the sights, sounds, and smells of the city. Sky-scraping buildings loomed overhead, seeming to look down on him and laugh at his smallness. People were moving in all directions, all living their own lives. He had never felt more alone than in this crowd. Fernando longed for the familiar faces of home, not these strange people who neither knew or cared anything for him.
What hidden truth is expressed by the paradox in this paragraph?
(1 point)
Responses
The more people you know, the more alone you are.
The more people you know, the more alone you are.
Being around strangers can be a lonely experience.
Being around strangers can be a lonely experience.
Existence is lonely because nobody can truly know another person.
Existence is lonely because nobody can truly know another person.
People who live in small towns are generally happier than people in cities.
People who live in small towns are generally happier than people in cities.
Question 14
Code Talker and Navajo Marines of WWII
by Joseph Bruchac
The next thing I knew, I was on an alligator rumbling over the reef. I could hear the roar of the LVT’s engines, the whap-whap-whap of small waves hitting the metal side of the boat, and the coral being crushed by the treads, sort of like the sound sugar cubes make when they are crushed between teeth.
But I don’t even remember hearing the whistle and the order to land the landing party. Once again, I had that familiar, unsettling feeling of being in a movie where the film has been broken and then spliced together a whole scene later. All of a sudden sand was churning under my feet as I sprinted across the beach. It was easier for me to run now because all us code talkers had the new lighter portable radio units. But it was not just because the new unit on my back was lighter that I ran so much faster. I no longer had forty pounds of TBX radio to hide behind and I needed to get to cover as fast as I could.
Excerpt(s) from CODE TALKER: A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO by Joseph Bruchac, copyright © 2005 by Joseph Bruchac. Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
What does the comparison to “being in a movie” suggest about the narrator’s experience of World War II?
(1 point)
Responses
It was basically trivial and hard to take seriously.
It was basically trivial and hard to take seriously.
It was fragmented, with gaps in memory and understanding.
It was fragmented, with gaps in memory and understanding.
It was best understood in the context of the era’s blockbuster war movies.
It was best understood in the context of the era’s blockbuster war movies.
It was classically heroic, reminding him of the glory of the cause.
It was classically heroic, reminding him of the glory of the cause.
Question 15
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Not surprisingly, Abuela was busy cooking up a storm for our family dinner. I spied the freshly made salsa on the counter and couldn’t resist sneaking a spoonful. It was superb as always, and I savored the fire on my tongue.
Select the two types of figurative language that are used to develop the cultural setting of the passage.
(1 point)
Responses
metaphor
metaphor
idiom
idiom
allusion
allusion
simile
simile
personification
personification
Question 16
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Not surprisingly, Abuela was busy cooking up a storm for our family dinner. I spied the freshly made salsa on the counter and couldn’t resist sneaking a spoonful. It was superb as always, and I savored the fire on my tongue.
Write a brief paragraph explaining how the figurative language in the passage relates to its cultural setting.
(4 points)
A)Match the key term with its example.(2 points)
Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse.
motif
sarcasm
symbol
tone
Question 12
The Interlopers
by Saki
In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Karpathians, a man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle. But the game for whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsman’s calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy.
The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with game; the narrow strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it harboured or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all its owner’s territorial possessions. A famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the Courts, and a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between the families for three generations. The neighbour feud had grown into a personal one since Ulrich had come to be head of his family; if there was a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the tireless game-snatcher and raider of the disputed border-forest. The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill-will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other, and this wind-scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest, not in quest of four-footed quarry, but to keep a look-out for the prowling thieves whom he suspected of being afoot from across the land boundary. The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things to-night, and there was movement and unrest among the creatures that were wont to sleep through the dark hours. Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the forest, and Ulrich could guess the quarter from whence it came.
"The Interlopers" by H.H. Munro ("Saki")
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Select the correct answers from the lists to analyze the motif’s effect on theme.
(1 point)
The text has a motif of
that suggests a theme related to
.
Question 13
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Stepping off the train, Fernando’s senses were overwhelmed by the sights, sounds, and smells of the city. Sky-scraping buildings loomed overhead, seeming to look down on him and laugh at his smallness. People were moving in all directions, all living their own lives. He had never felt more alone than in this crowd. Fernando longed for the familiar faces of home, not these strange people who neither knew or cared anything for him.
What hidden truth is expressed by the paradox in this paragraph?
(1 point)
Responses
The more people you know, the more alone you are.
The more people you know, the more alone you are.
Being around strangers can be a lonely experience.
Being around strangers can be a lonely experience.
Existence is lonely because nobody can truly know another person.
Existence is lonely because nobody can truly know another person.
People who live in small towns are generally happier than people in cities.
People who live in small towns are generally happier than people in cities.
Question 14
Code Talker and Navajo Marines of WWII
by Joseph Bruchac
The next thing I knew, I was on an alligator rumbling over the reef. I could hear the roar of the LVT’s engines, the whap-whap-whap of small waves hitting the metal side of the boat, and the coral being crushed by the treads, sort of like the sound sugar cubes make when they are crushed between teeth.
But I don’t even remember hearing the whistle and the order to land the landing party. Once again, I had that familiar, unsettling feeling of being in a movie where the film has been broken and then spliced together a whole scene later. All of a sudden sand was churning under my feet as I sprinted across the beach. It was easier for me to run now because all us code talkers had the new lighter portable radio units. But it was not just because the new unit on my back was lighter that I ran so much faster. I no longer had forty pounds of TBX radio to hide behind and I needed to get to cover as fast as I could.
Excerpt(s) from CODE TALKER: A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO by Joseph Bruchac, copyright © 2005 by Joseph Bruchac. Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
What does the comparison to “being in a movie” suggest about the narrator’s experience of World War II?
(1 point)
Responses
It was basically trivial and hard to take seriously.
It was basically trivial and hard to take seriously.
It was fragmented, with gaps in memory and understanding.
It was fragmented, with gaps in memory and understanding.
It was best understood in the context of the era’s blockbuster war movies.
It was best understood in the context of the era’s blockbuster war movies.
It was classically heroic, reminding him of the glory of the cause.
It was classically heroic, reminding him of the glory of the cause.
Question 15
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Not surprisingly, Abuela was busy cooking up a storm for our family dinner. I spied the freshly made salsa on the counter and couldn’t resist sneaking a spoonful. It was superb as always, and I savored the fire on my tongue.
Select the two types of figurative language that are used to develop the cultural setting of the passage.
(1 point)
Responses
metaphor
metaphor
idiom
idiom
allusion
allusion
simile
simile
personification
personification
Question 16
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Not surprisingly, Abuela was busy cooking up a storm for our family dinner. I spied the freshly made salsa on the counter and couldn’t resist sneaking a spoonful. It was superb as always, and I savored the fire on my tongue.
Write a brief paragraph explaining how the figurative language in the passage relates to its cultural setting.
(4 points)
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Certainly! Here’s how the responses to each question can be organized based on the information provided:
### Question 11
**A)** Match the key term with its example.
- **motif**: The recurring mention of the forest and its dangers symbolizes the ongoing feud.
- **sarcasm**: N/A (not applicable in the provided text)
- **symbol**: The forest represents the conflict between the two families.
- **tone**: The tone is tense and foreboding as Ulrich waits in anticipation.
### Question 12
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
The text has a motif of **feud** that suggests a theme related to **the destructive nature of resentment and conflict.**
### Question 13
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
What hidden truth is expressed by the paradox in this paragraph?
**Being around strangers can be a lonely experience.**
### Question 14
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
What does the comparison to “being in a movie” suggest about the narrator’s experience of World War II?
**It was fragmented, with gaps in memory and understanding.**
### Question 15
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
Select the two types of figurative language that are used to develop the cultural setting of the passage.
- **metaphor**
- **personification**
### Question 16
**A)** Write a brief paragraph explaining how the figurative language in the passage relates to its cultural setting.
The figurative language in the passage, particularly the metaphor of "cooking up a storm," vividly evokes the bustling energy and warmth of family gatherings typical in many Hispanic cultures. This metaphor paints a picture of not just the act of cooking, but the love, care, and traditions that are passed down through generations during family meals. Furthermore, the description of savoring the "fire" of the salsa on his tongue reflects the cultural significance of spicy foods in the narrator's heritage, symbolizing both the intensity of flavors and the richness of familial ties that bring people together. Overall, the figurative language enriches the cultural setting by highlighting the importance of food and family in embracing one's cultural identity.
### Question 11
**A)** Match the key term with its example.
- **motif**: The recurring mention of the forest and its dangers symbolizes the ongoing feud.
- **sarcasm**: N/A (not applicable in the provided text)
- **symbol**: The forest represents the conflict between the two families.
- **tone**: The tone is tense and foreboding as Ulrich waits in anticipation.
### Question 12
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
The text has a motif of **feud** that suggests a theme related to **the destructive nature of resentment and conflict.**
### Question 13
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
What hidden truth is expressed by the paradox in this paragraph?
**Being around strangers can be a lonely experience.**
### Question 14
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
What does the comparison to “being in a movie” suggest about the narrator’s experience of World War II?
**It was fragmented, with gaps in memory and understanding.**
### Question 15
**A)** Use the passage to answer the question.
Select the two types of figurative language that are used to develop the cultural setting of the passage.
- **metaphor**
- **personification**
### Question 16
**A)** Write a brief paragraph explaining how the figurative language in the passage relates to its cultural setting.
The figurative language in the passage, particularly the metaphor of "cooking up a storm," vividly evokes the bustling energy and warmth of family gatherings typical in many Hispanic cultures. This metaphor paints a picture of not just the act of cooking, but the love, care, and traditions that are passed down through generations during family meals. Furthermore, the description of savoring the "fire" of the salsa on his tongue reflects the cultural significance of spicy foods in the narrator's heritage, symbolizing both the intensity of flavors and the richness of familial ties that bring people together. Overall, the figurative language enriches the cultural setting by highlighting the importance of food and family in embracing one's cultural identity.