Question

Help with a few English questions?

Choose the best description of the tone in each selection from the unit.  (1 point)

Answer 1

"The Gift of the Magi": ironic and condescending
"Fabric of Their Lives": admiring and appreciative
"To Be of Use": earnest and judgmental
"I Hear America Singing": honoring and lauding
"The Necklace": reproving and mocking

"The Gift of the Magi": witty and sardonic
"Fabric of Their Lives": outraged and angry
"To Be of Use": earnest and enthusiastic
"I Hear America Singing": honoring and admonishing
"The Necklace": realistic and ironic

"The Gift of the Magi": ironic and compassionate
"Fabric of Their Lives": admiring and appreciative
"To Be of Use": enthusiastic and earnest
"I Hear America Singing": honoring and admiring
"The Necklace": realistic and ironic

"The Gift of the Magi": humorous and ironic
"Fabric of Their Lives": condescending and cold
"To Be of Use": persuasive and judgmental
"I Hear America Singing": passionate and cheerful
"The Necklace": ironic and sardonic

Answer 2

Summarize the author's intentions in writing "Fabric of Their Lives."  (1 point)

-Wallach wrote to convey—through the history of their quilting—the societal changes undergone by the African American women in the South, and how their history influenced the construction and design of the quilts.
-Wallach wrote to express her sense of outrage at the poverty and lack of opportunity experienced by the African American women in the town of Gee's Bend, Alabama.
-Wallach wrote to establish a historical record of the artform of African American quilts made in the South.
-Wallach wrote to give her support to the civil rights movement through eyewitness accounts and detailed descriptions of vernacular art.

Answer 3

Interpret the common message contained in Marge Piercy's and Walt Whitman's poems.  (1 point)

-Manual "blue-collar" laborers have benefits not experienced by "white-collar" workers who only work intellectually.
-Honest work is good for a person emotionally, physically, and mentally.
-A peson's heritage is part of his or her values.
-Useful objects and useful people share one thing in common: genuine need.