Literary Devices/Figurative Language
What is line 18-20 "Each square holds... into the silence" an example of?
B is the correct answer because the “square” is illustrated as having fingers which is a human quality. The object is characterized with human features.
In the poem the quilt best represents?
C is the correct answer because throughout the poem, the speaker introduces her sister, father, and her grandma, and connects the quilt to her family’s history and memories.
Which of the following is true about the use of colors as a motif in the poem?
D is the correct answer because in lines 25-27, the speaker reiterates that she has “yellow sisters” and a “white family” which explains that each square represents a family member in her mixed-race family.
The passage serves mainly to?
B is the correct answer because the speaker continuously talks about her mixed heritage (lines 15-17) and introduces her family members by connecting them to memorable moments (lines 28-31) in her life.
The descriptive imagery in lines 15-17 best supports a _______ tone?
C is the correct answer because lines 15-17 uses figurative language to describe the speaker’s family who are of different races. Each square, whether that is a “brown”, “white”, or “yellow brown”, represents a family member.
In this context, line 22 “A hundred years under this quilt” best represents?
A is the correct answer because the speaker is referring to the future when describing how she wants to spend “a hundred years under this quilt”. Her Meema’s quilt represented her family’s culture and diversity, and she hopes that hers can represent something similar for the coming generations.
The final two lines, “I’d call it…..of leaves” (Lines 44-45) does all of the following EXCEPT
D is the correct answer because leaves were never a motif that was used in the poem compared to the use of colors.
A main shift in the passage occurs within which of the following sentences?
B is the correct answer because on lines 36-37 the author shifts from talking about his grandma and her past with her blanket to talking about themselves and their quilt.
In line 4 the term “issued to Daddy by Supply” refers to?
E is the correct answer because in the previous sentence, the term “army green” is used and the word “supply” indicates that their father was in the army. In order to get this question right, it takes some inferences from previous sentences of the poem.
In lines 41-42, the phrase “within the dream of myself perhaps I’d meet my son”, the break represents
D is the correct answer because the speaker says “I’d meet my son” which indicates that the quilt will sustain in their family for generations.