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Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

State whether True or False.
Imagery is the use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in a such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language used especially in a literary work to describe various scenes, ideas and objects. Such language is very appealing to our senses. In this context, the given statement holds true. Option A is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

The following sentence is an example of ________.
The old man took the handful of dust and sifted it through his fingers.

  1. imagery

  2. farce

  3. metaphor

  4. fable
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language used especially in a literary work. The descriptive language used in the given sentence appeals to our sense of smell and as such is an example of imagery. Option A is the best answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

State whether True or False.
When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing; he/she has used imagery.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language used especially in a literary work. Such language is very appealing to our senses. In this context, the given sentence holds true. Option A is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

Identify the literary device used in the given sentence:
Glittering white, the blanket of snow covered everything in sight.

  1. pastoral

  2. imagery

  3. parable

  4. satire
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language used especially in a literary work. In this context, the given sentence uses descriptive language to create a vivid visual of a snow covered scene. So, the given sentence is an imagery. Option B is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

State whether true or false.
Parody is an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A parody is a literary device that is employed to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric, exaggeration, humor or ironic imitation. In this context, we can conclude that the given statement holds true. Option A is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

State whether true or false.
Parodies are never exaggerated in the way that they do not imitate the original in order to produce a humorous effect.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Parody is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Imitating an original is one of Parody's main features. In this context, we can agree that the given statement is false. Option B is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

Choose whether the following is True or False:
Poets, novelists, and playwrights do not use imagery at all.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language used especially in a literary work. Therefore, we can conclude that the give statement is false. Option B is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

State whether true or false.
While parodies are generally intended to amuse, they are not always comedic in nature and sometimes take on fairly serious subject matters. 

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A parody is a literary device that is employed to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation. A parody is also employed to pay tribute to a certain literary work or author and it deals in both serious as well as lighthearted issues. In this context, the given statement holds true. Option A is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

State whether true or false.
Parody, whether in literature, art, music, or other forms, find something to ridicule within the original piece of work, whether lightly or harshly.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A parody is a literary device that is employed to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation. In this context, the given statement holds true. So, option A is the answer.

Multiple choice techniques of style reading comprehension english

State whether true or false.
The following sentence is in the first person singular point of view.
"Whenever we saw Mrs. Lisbon we looked in vain for some sign of the beauty that must have once been hers."

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Here, the use of 'we' indicates that the given sentence is in first person plural. So the claim that the sentence is in first person singular is false. Option B is the answer.