Exam 4: Describing

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Which of the following constituted Lahiri's American culture?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What is the main subject of Lahiri's writing?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -If I look upon my whole life, I cannot think of another time when I felt more comfortable: when I had no worries, fears, or desires, when my life seemed as soft and lovely as lying inside a cocoon of rose silk.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -According to the narrator, in what style is her new home built?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -The narrator describes the bed as both

Which of the choices describes the organization used in this paragraph? I feel really comfortable in my bedroom because I have a soft, plush carpet in the entry. Its brown and tan hues are calming colors that put me at ease as soon as I walk in. The thin and breezy white curtains are sheer so they allow just enough sunlight to warm my bedroom with the golden light of the afternoon sun. Beside my bed is my white nightstand that holds my radio, and its relaxing music tinkles and hums while I sit back on my six puffy pillows. My favorite, the giraffe print, has a silky exterior and is filled with a spongy stuffing. On the other side of my bed is a row of five vanilla-scented candles that radiate a warm and tempting fragrance.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What does the narrator's mother do at night with her daughter?

Most descriptions are organized from ____________ to ________________, from _______________ to _______________, or ___________________.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The narrator and her mother had stayed at ____________ house before moving.

Effective description will allow you to

Answer the following questions about the essay. -On which items does Tan focus her descriptions? What tone do these items set? What other items were probably in the house but were not described? Why do you think Tan doesn't describe them?

Choosing a dominant impression will give your description ____________ and unity.

Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph. Nameless, Tennessee, was a town of maybe ninety people if you pushed it, a dozen houses along the road, a couple of barns, same number of churches, a general merchandise store selling Fire Chief gasoline, and a community center with a lighted volleyball court. Behind the center was an open-roof, rusting metal privy with PAINT ME on the door; in the hollow of a nearby oak lay a full pint of Jack Daniel's Black Label. From the houses, the odor of coal smoke. -William Least-Heat Moon -List three details that show rather than tell.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Lahiri's first book was published in ________________________.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Where is Lahiri's family from?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What protects Lahiri from being an "imposter"?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -What sort of change was the move for the narrator and her mother?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -I felt doomed by their pronouncement, misunderstood and gradually defiant .

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What ability does the narrator learn from her experience with the clock?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Which of the following is not a reason Lahiri considers herself different from her American classmates?