Question

Which one of the following statements contains a metaphor?

A. My dream vanished as a puff of smoke.
B. The water shone like a thousand diamonds.
C. She was like a bird in a cage.
D. The mighty oak is the king of the forest world.

Answer 1

Do you know what a metaphor is?

Answer 2

A metaphor is any sentence that compares two things without using like or as. Can you find the answer now?

Answer 3

would it be d ?

Answer 4

i thought b at first until you explained it

Answer 5

Correct!
Another way to find this answer would be to know the definition of a simile. If you don't know, a simile is any sentence that compares two things and DOES use like or as. It is the opposite of a metaphor :)

Answer 6

okay i get it now (:

Answer 7

Awesome, if you have any other questions, you could just post them here instead of making new ones :) It's allowed, but it might be easier for you :P

Answer 8

Some say life's a monopoly game,
spread like a picnic to kill the grass,
assuring no winners save some ants,
until amid the fading rants,
none there are to punch one's pass
into the halls of fame.

6. The metaphor for life in this poem is

A. a monopoly game.
B. a picnic.
C. some ants.
D. halls of fame.

Answer 9

i think A is the answer .

Answer 10

That is correct :)

Answer 11

Which one of the following sentences best explains the term bias?

A. Bias is an opinion that favors one point of view.
B. Bias exchanges a negative opinion for a positive one.
C. Bias is an interpretation of something.
D. Bias is a negative opinion.

Answer 12

A right (:

Answer 13

That's also correct :)

Answer 14

(1) After my interview with these four young people, I reflected on the quiet sense of "difference" I sensed with many of these Upward Bound students. (2) As a college teacher who has also taught seventh-grade science, I have some experience with the faces and attitudes of adolescence. (3) Upward Bound students had those faces. (4) There was the puzzled coping with changing bodies—hormone hell. (5) There was ambivalence about "authority figures" and uncertainties about whether or not the world would have some place for them. (6) There were the studied rationalizations about lapses on homework assignments, moments of despair, adolescent angst—all of that. (7) But there was also that "difference." (8) Maybe it's one part knowing people care and one part beginning to trust the future. (9) I wasn't sure.

(Turner, "Onward and Upward: Upward Bound Helps Open College Doors," Virginia Journal of Education, June 1992. Adapted as fair usage.)

8. Which statement best summarizes the conclusion one may draw from this passage?

A. The "difference" may result from emotional support and increased self-confidence.
B. It is clear that positive role models and emotional support are keys to success.
C. Adolescents need a firm hand.
D. One can draw no conclusions about the "difference" shown by Upward Students

Answer 15

Hm. Which do you say it is?

Answer 16

im thinking B or maybe D

Answer 17

im not sure tho

Answer 18

Alright, well, here's an SAT tip. If you don't know the answer, start by eliminating answers you KNOW are wrong. Is that possible in this case?

Answer 19

okay it wouldnt be A , and im sure its not C , now i think its D

Answer 20

and B doesn't sound right ether , so D .

Answer 21

Well, it's definitely not C. Which is right, it's also not B. So that's also right. Now we're down to A and D. Why do you think it wouldn't be A, but it would be D?

Answer 22

okay i think its A , because its showing the differences in the students . and D draws no conclusions .

Answer 23

I think that it is A but I'm not sure :/

Answer 24

i think A too (:

Answer 25

:D

Answer 26

The Call of the Wild is a story about a dog named Buck. Buck is a pampered dog who lives with a wealthy family in southern California. During the Gold Rush, Buck is captured, sold, and eventually shipped to Alaska to work as a sled dog. Along the way, Buck is mistreated by a series of owners. Eventually he learns to survive as a member of a dog sled team. As a result, Buck soon realizes that in the Yukon of Alaska, "the law of club and fang" is stronger than the rules of civilized society. With each new experience, Buck becomes more acquainted with his primitive past. Finally, after losing the one person who treated Buck well, Buck decides to return to living in the wild.

9. From the information above, which one of the following headlines would best represent the theme of Jack London's story?

A. Dog Learns the Ropes of Sled Teams
B. Dog Mistreated by Owners
C. Pampered Dog Moves to Alaska
D. Dog's Roots Call Him Back

Answer 27

Alright, same process as the last one :)

Answer 28

im saying its D because he goes back to the wild . i dont think it would be A because its not just about him becoming a sled dog , and it wouldnt be B because he was mistreated by a few owners , and C isnt right its not about a pampered dog moving to alaska he was kidnapped and was all over not just in alaska (:

Answer 29

That is correct! :)

Answer 30

awesome (:

Answer 31

10. Which one of the following phrases contains vivid words that create imagery?

A. Traveled far
B. Sang a solo
C. Twenty soldiers
D. Cotton-like clouds

Answer 32

imagery means showing emotion in words right ?

Answer 33

No, imagery means that it describes it so you can almost see it in your mind. like
The purple polked-dotted one eyed scaly monster growled ferociously at me.

Answer 34

so it would me D right (:

Answer 35

Right!

Answer 36

12. Below is the last stanza of a poem, "Dover Beach," written in 1876 by Matthew Arnold.

   Ah, love, let us be true
   To one another! for the world, which seems
   To lie before us like a land of dreams,
   So various, so beautiful, so new,
   Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
   Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
   And we are here as on a darkling plain
   Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
   Where ignorant armies clash by night.

Which of these statements best describes the remedy Arnold proposes for the world?

A. Look to your dreams for answers to life's questions.
B. The world may end, but love conquers all.
C. Our faith in each other can shelter us from deceptive chaos.
D. In this deceptive world, ignorance requires faith.

Answer 37

im thinking C , it wouldnt be A no where in the poem is it talking about dreaming , and it wouldnt be D because we ignorance does not require faith . and not B because it only talks about love in the first sentence .

Answer 38

I think that is right :)