Unit 12 Review

Question 1

2009

Answer 1

• a strong, growing free-market economy, not creeping socialism, is what’s best for America (style; personification)

Question 2

part i (environmentalists v people)

Answer 2

wilson uses name calling and distorted claims to show how both groups exaggerate

Question 3

part iv (environmentalists v people)

Answer 3

environmentalists structure with repeated “they”

Question 4

2003B

Answer 4

• there is much attention paid to dress as at any of the watering places in England (style; figurative language)
• there is no improper or disgusting equality, (style; figurative language)

Question 5

iii. exaggeration (John Downe)

b. ?

Answer 5

says “plenty of room yet, and will for a thousand years to come”

Question 6

ii. listing (John Downe)

b. ?

Answer 6

says “table pudding, pyes, and fruit of all kind that was in season, and preserves, pickles”

Question 7

2007

Answer 7

• only a populace drunk on driving, (style; play on words)

Question 8

iii. metaphors (Russell Sanders)

c. ?

Answer 8

these comparisons help us understand that movement is not inherently good

Question 9

i. introduction (Russell sanders)

c. ?

Answer 9

sanders utilizes Rushdie’s Words and Catalog History to convey staying in place is the best choice

Question 10

2014

Answer 10

• then, in a well-developed essay, analyze the rhetorical strategies… (task)
• compares a judicious traveler to a river that increases its stream the further it flows (style; metaphor)

Question 11

iii. rhetorical questions (abigail adams)

c. ?

Answer 11

adams wants her son to realize that great men, like anthony, endured great struggles

Question 12

what part of the task defines the claim? (2015)

Answer 12

… analyze the rhetorical choices Chavez makes…