Look at the comic book panels below. Batman and Robin are trapped and cannot free themselves, then...
This particular piece of poor story telling is an example of which literary device? a. rhetorical device b. deus ex machina c. extended metaphor d. verisimilitude
Scroll down for the answer. _______________________________________ We have several terms that you may not be familiar with. Rhetorical Device - anything that makes the reader look at the text from a different perspective Deus Ex Machina - a plot device that appears only to help a character out of a sticky situation Extended Metaphor - a metaphor that keeps going through a long passage Verisimiltude - resembling truth Of these, the only one that fits is b. deus ex machina. This plot device often cheapens the story so much, that it is rarely used by good writers.
Read this excerpt from The King's Speech" by King George VI as Great Britain was about to enter WWII and answer the following question:
"Such a principle, stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that might is right, and if this principle were established throughout the world, the freedom of our own country and of the whole British Commonwealth of nations would be in danger."
What is suggested by King George's use of the word PRIMITIVE?
a. Germany's pursuit of world domination is the prime reason for Great Britain joining the war b. Germany's pursuit of world domination is crude and uncivilized c. Great Britain needs to join the war for the prime reason that their freedom is in danger d. Great Britain needs to join the war so they can obtain world domination before Germany
Primitive means most basic and when applied here to civilized countries, King George VI is calling them basic and uncivilized. That makes B the correct answer.
Thank you to Ms. Willis from Manteo High School for the question. Her students should thank her for being the most wonderful teacher in their school and should really consider getting her some Starbuck gift cards for teacher appreciation week.
Read the following from J. R. R. Tolkien's work,The Fall of Arthur:
Greatest was Gawain, whose glory waxed as times darkened, true and dauntless, among knights peerless ever anew proven, defence and fortress of a falling world What word could replace "waxed" in the second line? a. faded b. increased c. faltered d. fearless
How cool is it that I own this book?
Scroll down for the answer. ___________________ a. and c. are incorrect. They both mean the same thing, so if one was correct, so would the other. d. means nothing in this sentence. b. is correct. While others failed, Gawain just got stronger, braver, and better. His glory increased.
Read the following page fromMenace #5 (Marvel comics 1953):
Based on how it is used in the opening blurb, what does the word "yarn" mean?
a. a type of string b. a story c. an undead creature d. a type of comic book Scroll down for the answer.
_________________________ The context of the opening blurb suggests that the word "yarn", as used in the blurb, means b. story. However, if you put d. type of comic book, I would say that you at least got the best wrong answer. You're still wrong, though. :)
The way to figure this answer out is to knock out all answers you know are NOT the right one. Apostrophe is probably a term you are not as familiar with, so we can put that as a maybe. The others, however, you are familiar with. We can rule out metaphor because there is no comparison. Likewise with simile - plus there is no "like" or "as". As far as dramatic irony goes, there is nothing that we know that the characters in this song do not, so we can rule that out. That leaves us with 3rd Person Omniscient. Even if you are unclear on which person point of view this is told in, there is not knowledge of Mr. Blue Sky's thoughts, so we are not omniscient in this clip, so we can rule out that answer.
That brings us back to apostrophe. It is the only answer that isn't eliminated, so we can go with that one. Only choose answer choices you are not familiar with if you can rule out the other answers.
Apostrophe - talking to something or some concept that cannot talk back to you.
What literary term is being employed to make this ad effective?
a. archetype b. allusion c. irony d. personification Scroll down for the answer. _____________________ This ad is to make you think about saving the planet by not using too many paper towels. This is only made possible if the towel color is green, since green is an archetypal symbol of life - especially sine the remaining color is black, which is an archetype for death. The correct answer is a.
