Exam 4: Describing

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 -The author uses the senses to communicate his dominant impression. List three details from this paragraph and the senses they draw on.

Description allows you to

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -How does the narrator's uncle feel about the marriage of his mother to Wu Tsing?

Mrs. McWeeney was dry, tight, small, and pig-eyed. She had hard gray hair pressed into waves that grasped her scalp like a migraine… . She wore a creaky white uniform and spongy ripple-soled nurse shoes that she painted white every week; we could watch the paint cracking and peeling off between Monday and Friday… . Mrs. McWeeney was unpredictable. She'd gnarl her face up for no reason while giving us our bedtime meds and slam back into the nursing station without a word. We'd have to wait for her to calm down before getting our nightly [medicine]; sometimes we waited for as long as half an hour. -Susanna Kaysen -How does Kaysen organize the details in these paragraphs?

Describing is a ____________ process that we engage in every day.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -It was three stories high, of mortar and stone, with long metal balconies on each floor and chimneys at every corner.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -These ordinary facts seemed part of a secret, utterly alien way of life, and I took pains to hide them from my American friends.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -In what order does Tan describe the house? Is this effective, or could she have chosen a better method of organization?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What is the first thing the narrator sees in her new bedroom?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The immigrant's journey, no matter how ultimately rewarding, is founded on departure and deprivation , but it secures for the subsequent generation a sense of arrival and advantage.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Lahiri says that as she reaches middle age, "one plus one equals two" and the "traditions on either side of the hyphen dwell in me like siblings." What two things is she adding together, and what hyphen is she referring to? Explain the meaning of these quotes in your own words.

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 -What dominant impression does William Least-Heat Moon communicate in this paragraph?

The ____________ senses you draw on, the ________________ interesting your description will be.

Which of the choices describes the organization used in Bruchac's descriptive paragraph?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Lahiri's parents listen to _________________ songs.

Mrs. McWeeney was dry, tight, small, and pig-eyed. She had hard gray hair pressed into waves that grasped her scalp like a migraine… . She wore a creaky white uniform and spongy ripple-soled nurse shoes that she painted white every week; we could watch the paint cracking and peeling off between Monday and Friday… . Mrs. McWeeney was unpredictable. She'd gnarl her face up for no reason while giving us our bedtime meds and slam back into the nursing station without a word. We'd have to wait for her to calm down before getting our nightly [medicine]; sometimes we waited for as long as half an hour. -Susanna Kaysen -The author uses the senses to communicate her dominant impression. List three details from these paragraphs and the senses they draw on.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What does Lahiri now appreciate about using the term "Indian-American"?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Around non-Indian friends, I no longer feel compelled to hide the fact that I speak another

Mrs. McWeeney was dry, tight, small, and pig-eyed. She had hard gray hair pressed into waves that grasped her scalp like a migraine… . She wore a creaky white uniform and spongy ripple-soled nurse shoes that she painted white every week; we could watch the paint cracking and peeling off between Monday and Friday… . Mrs. McWeeney was unpredictable. She'd gnarl her face up for no reason while giving us our bedtime meds and slam back into the nursing station without a word. We'd have to wait for her to calm down before getting our nightly [medicine]; sometimes we waited for as long as half an hour. -Susanna Kaysen -List three details that show rather than tell.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -As a child, Lahiri felt comfortable with having both Indian and American cultures.