Literary Terms
Women
Expect Nothing
Parallel Structure
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This sentence contains an example of which literary terms: "Maggie's hand is as limp as a fish, and probably as cold, despite the sweat, and she keeps trying to pull it back."
What is simile
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After who was the poem written?
What is Alice Walker's mother.
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When a poem doesn't use punctuation, what literary device is this?
What is enjambment.
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Rewrite the following sentence so that it's in the correct parallel structure: To go swimming, rent a cabin, and visiting old friends are popular vacation activities.
What is To go swimming, rent a cabin, and visit old friends are popular vacation activities.
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persecute; put down by unjust use of power
What is oppress
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She talked a blue streak is an example of
What is idiom.
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What side of the women do the rough hands represent?
What is tough.
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What do the lines "Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart" represent?
What is Keep desires to a minimum.
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Rewrite the following sentence so that it's in the correct parallel structure: I think of myself as someone who enjoys good food and liking adventure
What is I think of myself as someone who enjoys good food and adventure.
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Women in Costa Rica obtained the right to vote in which year?
What is 1948.
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The following exert is an example of which literary term: "I real life I am a large, big boned woman with rough, man-working hands. In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day."
What is imagery.
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What side of the women do the soft hands represent?
What is loving, gentle, motherly, etc.
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What is the theme of the poem, "Expect Nothing?"
What is Don't set expectations too high, live realistically, don't overlie the little things in life.
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She likes to play soccer, baking cakes, and to take her dog Oliver on a walk.
What is She likes to play soccer, bake cakes, and take her dog Oliver on a walk. OR She likes to play soccer, to bake cakes, and to take her dog Oliver on a walk.
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Which COUNTY is Alice Walker From?
What is Putnam county.
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The following includes an example of which literary term: "Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car...that is the way my Maggie walks."
What is personification.
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From which generation are these women from?
What is the early 1900's.
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What is the theme of "Expect Nothing?"
What is living simply, don't expect too much from people, etc.
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Chelsea had to paddle past a school of jellyfish, kick a small sand shark in the nose, and was untangling seaweed from her surfboard before she reached her favorite point break
What is Chelsea had to paddle past a school of jellyfish, kick a small sand shark in the nose, and untangle seaweed from her surfboard before she reached her favorite point break
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“Dee burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn’t necessarily need to know.” Which literary term does this quote contain?
What is metaphor.
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"Dee next. A dress down to the ground...a dress so loud it hurt my eyes."
What is exaggeration.
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What do the lines "How they battered down Doors" represent? Which literary term is presented? What do the doors refer too?
What is a metaphor. The doors represent how the women had to overcome segregation, racism, women's rights, slavery, and poverty.
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What doe the lines "Discover the reason why So tiny human midget" represent? Which literary device is used?
What is "Tiny human midget" is a symbol for humble actions. It represents remaining humble and living a simple life.
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In the restroom, Tishena was brushing her hair, freshened her lip-gloss, and took deep breaths, trying to work up the courage to walk to her first speech class
What is In the restroom, Tishena was brushing her hair, freshening her lip-gloss, and took deep breaths, trying to work up the courage to walk to her first speech class
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Which 5 states make up the original "deep south?"
What is Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, and South Carolina.
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