The following is an example of what type of figurative language: drip, drop, drip, drop
What is an "onomatopoeia"?
100
Translate this statement: "There is a man and his virtures".
What is "There is a man with morals or ethics?"
100
Who is the author?
Who is "Ralph Waldo Emerson"?
100
Is the following statement literal or implied? "Few and means as my gifts may be"
What is "literal"?
200
Which statement that has been said in class refers to your reflection in a mirror?
What is "what you see is what you get"?
200
The following is an example of what type of figurative language: "There was another island; a rock, almost detached, standing like a fort."
What is a "simile"?
200
Translate: "Expect me not to show cause"
What is "do expect an explanation"?
200
What was the focus of Self-Reliance?
What is "rebellion against the norms/tradition"?
200
Is the following statement literal or implied: "It is harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty..."
What is "literal"?
300
A text without words.
What is a "non-print text"?
300
The following is an example of what type of figurative language: "A flurry of wind made the palms talk and the noise seemed very loud now".
What is "personification"?
300
Define conform.
What is "to follow everyone else"?
300
Voices in the reading were considered to be what?
What is "society"?
300
Is the following statement literal or implied: "For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure"
What is "implied"?
400
The reason why inferences are not always true
What is "the reader only see/knows limited information".
400
What type of figurative langauge is shown: The students ran through the building.
What is "none"?
400
Translate: "No law can be sacred to me than that of my nature"
What is "I live by my own rules".
400
The reading encouraged others to be a ____________.
What is a "nonconformist"?
400
Is the following statement literal or implied: "Their two is not the real two, their four not the real four...we know not where to begin to set them right"
What is "implied"?
500
A hyperbole is an exaggeration used to place ______________ on an idea or an event.
What is "emphasis"?
500
What type of figurative language is shown: The wheels sang a song of overuse and abuse.
What is "personification"?
500
Translate: "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist"
What is "a person is only a man if he is an individual"
500
What was the name of the movement in which this selection was written?
What is "Transcendentalism"?
500
Is the following statement literal or implied: "We come to wear one cut of face and figure, and acquire...the gentlest asinine expression"