Rhetorical Devices
What type of Rhetorical Device is the following sentence:
“Her voice was as cool as the morning.”
Simile
The driver's test represents more than simply getting a license. It represents a person's struggle for this.
Freedom
Who is the main character and what is his main motive?
Robert Proctor and he wants to get his driver's license
Robert is described as being good at doing this.
A good driver
Robert is driving with this person at the beginning of the story.
His mother
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is called ______.
Personification
What could the 'long white coats' symbolize?
Long white coats are usually associated with doctors, nurses or scientist - may symbolize health, 'help', hospitals etc
Where does the crash take place?
In Robert's mind, stimulated by the hypnosis.
What Point-of-View is used in this story?
Third-person omniscient pov
Where is Robert in reality?
At the DMV/driving test place.
“The road seemed to stretch forever.” is an example of what?
Hyperbole
The men who take Robert away at the end can symbolize the power of this over an individual.
Government/control
Has Robert changed or matured by the end of the story? (Is he a static or dynamic character?)
For the most part he was a static character; he didn’t go through any maturing experience. This can be seen by his reaction to being told he was hypnotised.
The biggest twist in the story is that Robert thinks he has survived a real accident, but he eventually discovers this.
He was under hypnosis
What could the 'grooves in floor' symbolize?
It means that other people have also failed the test is dragged away for treatment. He's not the first to have this happened to him and it is a reoccuring event.
“Fear was a monster inside him.”
Answer: What is a metaphor?
What could Robert's mom symbolize?
Robert's Guilt
What time of day and month does this take place?
Takes place on a morning in May.
Why did Theodore Thomas wrote "the test"?
To show people’s fear of a powerful government aided by futuristic technology
Which is the best reason to why Robert failed the driving test?
a) He had a head on-collision with another car on the road
b) He signed the application for the license however the accident Robert endured should have made him hesitant to drive for years.
c) He is mentally ill
d) He is too broke to reseat for the driving test
b) He signed the application for the license however the accident Robert endured should have made him hesitant to drive for years.
Robert feels responsible for the death by causing a head-on car crash and even after the hypnosis is broken, but in reality no accident or death takes place. What type of rhetorical device is seen here?
Irony
The car can symbolize this because it allows Robert to travel where he wants and control his own movement.
Independence
What happens to Robert at the end?
→ Two men take him away for treatment.
Robert hears his mother doing this during the accident.
screams
The story is told from this point of view.
third person