Language and Style Unit Test
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Question
Which sentence contains an allusion?(1 point)
Sarah ate buttery popcorn while she watched Cinderella the movie.
Sarah ate buttery popcorn while she watched Cinderella the movie.
Cinderella is one of the most well-known fairytales of all time.
Cinderella is one of the most well-known fairytales of all time.
Sarah worked like Cinderella until all of her chores were done.
Sarah worked like Cinderella until all of her chores were done.
Cinderella meets a fairy godmother who saves her from her wicked stepmother and stepsisters.
1: Sarah worked like Cinderella until all of her chores were done.
2: "influence" and "affect"
3: "tolerate" and "bear"
4: An artist needs a canvas just like a potter needs clay.
5: antonyms
6: confidence
7: Force and course
8: By making the night a character that can move and see
here are the correct answers for connexus
(i might put the written answers later)
alright ima give yall the written answers <3
9. Scrooge is a cartoon character that's personality is being cold-hearted or a miser. Although if someone doesn't know this they might think differently about what Miranda said.
10. A tire is a small part of a bicycle, and a window is a small part of a house. The tire of a bicycle is like the window to a house.
11. The word "remarkable" from the passage has a denotative meaning of "unusual, notable, or worthy of attention." Its connotation in this context is positive, meaning that the Mississippi River is noteworthy and exceptional.
12. Figurative language is used in writing by authors because readers will stop to understand a simile or something like "the wind whispered in my ear" to try to comprehend it.
13. Two stylistic devices that the author used to make the poem more interesting are parallelism and consonance. For example in the 7th line, parallelism was used to show grammatical agreement. In that same line, consonance could be seen in the repetition of the letter 's.'
they might not be correct but it's still trying so idk
100%
1 sarah worked like Cinderella-
2 shape and affect
3 tolerate and bear
4 an artist needs a canvas-
5 antonyms
6 confidence
7 force and course
8 by making a night character-
@happys answers r right for the open ended
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Happy is still right 2.2023
For me it says "shape" and "affect"
please help i cant fail this
Yes! I believe that is right?? “Shape” and “affect” ?? I’m taking the test atm
idk if they are correct but here's what I put (13, I got wrong so I'm not putting that one)
9: Scrooge had a lot of money saved up, so i can tell that Miranda had a lot of money. The others that weren't saving their money and spending it would have a lot less then they won't be able to buy something important.
10: It's something they need. A tire is a part of the bicycle as a window is a part of a house.
11: remarkable: worthy of attention and striking
(it's hard to miss)
12: it's like describing things on a different level.
They might use it because they want to create a mental picture in the reader's mind.