Unit 5 Exam

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• “it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards”
• parallel syntax, specific analogous examples
• “i wanted to cut it off” “I saw my father testing the sharpness of tools on his own skin”

Question 2

this text incorporates the metaphor “the crescent moon” “rose across the pink sky of my thumbnail”

Answer 2

style

Question 3

claim: the author uses an extended metaphor to signify that it’s important to know one’s place in this world

Answer 3

parallel syntax, listing

Question 4

the jargon gives insight into the time frame of the piece

Answer 4

occasion

Question 5

claim: truth uses rhetorical questions to convey that gender stereotypes should not define people

Answer 5

“ain’t I a woman?”