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| Flood: Which of the following sentences from Flood is a factual statement: (a) I look at the creek at my feet. (b) it's hard to take it all in, it's all so new. (c) It takes a bit of nerve even to stand on the bridge. (d) it smashes under the bridge like a fist. |
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| I look at the creek at my feet. |
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| Flood: The author's use of descriptive language in the essay is intedned mainly to: (a) persuade readers to accept her point of view. (b) entertain readers with interesting anecdotes (c) inform readers about people's behavior in an emergency. (d) help readers share her experience. |
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| help readers share her experience. |
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| Flood: The feature of this selection most characteristic of a descriptive essay is the author's (a) analytical style (b) use of imagery (c) detached perspective (d) focus on nature. |
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| Flood: The author's account of her initial reaction to the flood conveys a feeling of: (a) anger and bitternenss (b) desperation and fear (c) frustration and disappointment (d) impontence and confusion. |
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| impontence and confusion. |
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| Flood: A major theme of Flood is that: (a) the human capacity for adaptation is limitless. (b) natural disasters cause greater emotional damage than physical destruction. (c) the balance between order and chaos in nature is fragile. (d) natural disasters make people more appreciative of what they have. |
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| the balance between order and chaos in nature is fragile. |
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| Flood: The author's primary purpose in the seleciton is to : (a) describe her feelings and observations during a flood. (b) ananlyze the causes and consequences of a flood. (c) examine how communities react to floods. (d) demonstrate the destructiveness of floods. |
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| describe her feelings and observations during a flood. |
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| Flood: Which of the following sentences best appeals to the reader's senses of sight, feel, and sound? (a) I hear a roar, a high windy sound more like air than like water, like the run-together whaps of a helicopter's propeller after the engine off..." (b) All the familia land looks as thouh it were not solid and real at all, but painted on a scroll like a backdrop, and that unrolled scroll has been shaken, so the earth sways and the air roars" (c) Everywhere windfall and flotsam twigs and leafy boughs, wood from woodpiles, bottles, and saturated straw spatter the ground or streak it in curving windows." (d) the river leaps its banks and smashes into the woods where the motorbikes go, devasting all but the sturdiest trees. |
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| All the familia land looks as thouh it were not solid and real at all, but painted on a scroll like a backdrop, and that unrolled scroll has been shaken, so the earth sways and the air roars" |
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| Flood: Which of the following sentences from the selection best expresses an opinion? (a) When the rain stopped today I walked across the road to the downed log by the steer crossing. (b) The steers were across the creek, a black clot on a distant hill. (c) Still, the day had an air of menace. (d) A knot of yellow, fleshy somethings had grown up by the log. |
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| Still, the day had an air of menace. |
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| Flood:The description of the children's interaction with the snapping turtle and the rattlesnake evokes a feeling of (a) fear and separation. (b) nature's abundance and strangelness (c) innocence and novelty (d) playfullness and paint |
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| Flood: The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements? (a) People tend to behave irrationally during moments of great danger. (b) one must be willing to accept nature in its destructiove as well as its tranquil moments (c) Floods are the most destructive form of natural disaster. (d) Animals are better able to adjust ot natural disasters than human beings. |
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| one must be willing to accept nature in its destructiove as well as its tranquil moments |
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