Question

Just one quick question.

Answer 1

What is defined as "an expression meaning something different from the literal definition of its parts"; for example, "falling in love"?

allusion
idiom
symbol

Answer 2

Would it e idiom?

Answer 3

Yeah I'm pretty sure... cause it isnt a reference (allusion) nor is it a representetive (symbol)

Answer 4

Okay, could you help me out on a different question?

Answer 5

Shoot

Answer 6

Which of the following is not a consideration for understanding an author's cultural background?

Answer 7

Answers?

Answer 8

There isn't one, my teacher did half-half. Meaning half has answer choices the rest doesn't have one.

Answer 9

Well it says which of the following...?

Answer 10

Hld on let me check back again.

Answer 11

Hold*

Answer 12

the author's purpose
where and when an author grew up
the writer's traditions and values

Answer 13

This is a tough one... Understanding an author's purpose is important too know why he writes, knowing where and he grew up is probably right, because knowing his traditions and values could help you Understand alot

Answer 14

We could eliminate the author's purpose.

Answer 15

I think it's C.

Answer 16

Yeah... But then again, everyone's background comes from where they grew up...

Answer 17

I'll leave it too you man

Answer 18

Wel, if we think about it again, the're asking for what is NOT a consideration for understanding an author's cultural background.

The author's purpose isn't part of his background.

Answer 19

From this passage from Richard Wright's "Black Boy," we can infer that the living conditions got worse when the family moved to Memphis:

Hunger stole upon me so slowly that at first I was not aware of what hunger really meant. Hunger had always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at me gauntly.