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In the carton The Lorax, what is the grassland replaced by?
The grassland is replaced by cities and Once-ler’s factory.
In A Fable for Tomorrow, who brought all the disasters to the town?
The people had done it themselves.
Allusion refers to a direct reference or an indirect one?
Allusion refers to an indirect reference to some idea, figure, other text, place, or event that originates from outside the text.
In story of Hermie, Hermie descried the beaches that he moved to before with words, “Everywhere is sticky water, sharp unnatural pebbles, and invisible seaweed that tastes awful”. What is the technique used in this description?
Imagery is used here.
The sticky water, sharp unnatural pebbles, invisible seaweed and awful taste appeal our sense of sight and tastes.
Who is the original singer of Big Yellow Taxi?
Joni Mitchell is the original singer of the song, Big Yellow Taxi.
What did we create in the fourth age in the Time Capsule Found on The Dead Planet?
In the fourth age we created deserts.
What else idea did Michael Jackson want to convey through the lyrics of Earth Song besides the protection of environment?
He wanted to appeal people to stop war.
Which technique gives human characteristics to something non-human?
Personification needs us to give human characteristics to something non-human.
In a political cartoon, what are the analysis techniques used that there is an direction board linking the cliff to the “COVID”?
Analogy and Labels (captioning) are used here to show the same fatal result of the cliff and COVID-19.
What do the farmers use to prevent spots on apples in the song, Big Yellow Taxi?
They used D.D.T. on the apples.
(An insecticide put on crops in the mid-1900s)
What are the excuses the narrator used to refuse Hermie’s request to live with him?
He said that his wife was allergic to shellfish and the airport would not let Hermie though.
Why people created the deserts in the fourth stage in the TIME CAPSULE FOUND ON THE DEAD PLANET?
They made these deserts from the desire for more money and from despair at the lack of it.
Which kind of statement is represented by Hyperbole?
An exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally is represented by hyperbole.
The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields.
What are the techniques used in this sentence? (Please write at least two of them.)
Personification, Metaphor, Imagery and analogy are used in this sentence.
In the second stage, people severed the natural things on the face of money for comfort. What is on the other side of the money?
People severed head that of a king or some other noteworthy person.
What did Once-ler give to the little boy at the end of the story?
Once-ler gave the last seed of the tree to the little boy.
In the song, Big Yellow Taxi, what is the object which we don't know that we've got until it's gone?
People in the lyrics didn't know that they had the beautiful environment, which is the paradise, until they gave the nature all away.
In the Earth Song, what is the purpose of repeating these three similar questions?
What about sunrise?
What about rain?
What about all the things?
The purpose is to show that there are two or more words or ideas which are of equal importance.
What is the technique that is used most frequently in Hermie?
Irony is used most frequently.
The narrator of Hermie study coastal regions for a living. What is his major?
Marine biology is his major.
Why the narrator stopped visiting Hermie?
His mom said that he was too old to play with imaginary friends, and he went to a boarding school and college.
Hermie moved to three other beaches after the disappearance of the Turtle Beach, but he was still homeless in the end. All the animals living in the forest were forced to leave their habitats by human in The Lorax. What problems do these two similar things show?
The animals don’t have natural space to live due to the urbanization. The natural environment has been destroyed.
What are the difference between irony and analogy?
Analogy shows the shared characteristics, while irony shows the difference between the expectation and reality.
What is the technique used in Hermie when the author present a different world through Hermie’s memories?
Flashbacks/analepsis are used.
What does the further meaning that seed in the end of the Lorax stand for? (opening question)
The seed can be the symbol of hope and the continuation of life.