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Question 10: Which detail in the memoir "First Love" best establishes the theme you chose in your previous answer?

Question 10 options:

Judith later realized that her mother didn't care about her daughter's unhappiness.

When Judith least expected it, the boy she idolized kissed her.

Judith was heartbroken when she learned her family was moving to Puerto Rico.

As an adult, the author recalled how sweet the anguish of first love was.

Question 11: What literary device is used in the quotation below from "First Love"? "My mother had no great skill as a seamstress. The best she could do was hem a skirt or a pair of pants. That night I would have traded her for a peasant woman with a golden needle."

Question 11 options:

metaphor

personification

iambic pentameter

hyperbole

Question 12: What literary device is used in the passage below from "First Love," and why is it important? "Sophia glittered like a golden statue."

Question 12 options:

This is a simile, and it is important because it shows how inferior Judith feels compared to Sophia.

This is a simile, and it is important because it makes the reader dislike Sophia for showing off.

This is a metaphor, and it is important because it emphasizes that Sophia thinks she is better than everyone else.

This is a metaphor, and it is important because it shows that Sophia really is the most beautiful girl in the room.

Question 13: What literary device is used in the passage below from "First Love"? "...my heart was a chorus. It was an opera I was composing, and I wanted to stand very still and just listen."

Question 13 options:

personification

onomatopoeia

metaphor

simile

Question 14: Which literary device is used in the passage below from "First Love"? "I relished the shadow of his eyelashes on his ruddy cheeks, his pouty lips smirking sarcastically at the ridiculous sight of our little play."

Question 14 options:

imagery

hyperbole

refrain

theme

Question 15: Which literary device is used in the passage below from "First Love"? "I fell in love, or my hormones awakened from their long slumber in my body, and suddenly the goal of my days was focused on one thing: to catch a glimpse of my secret love."

Question 15 options:

alliteration

personification

onomatopoeia

symbolism

Answer 1

10) Answer: As an adult, the author recalled how sweet the anguish of first love was.

Explanation: This is one of the ways in which the author lets us know how her disappointment and bitterness eventually dissolved and gave place to a kind of wisdom from which she could now appreciate her memories of first love and the lessons learned from it.

11) Answer: Hyperbole

Step-by-step explanation: A hyperbole is an exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally; in this case, the reader is not supposed to believe Judith would actually trade her mother for another person, but the absurd exaggeration paints a clear picture of how desperate she felt.

12) Answer: This is a simile, and it is important because it shows how inferior Judith feels compared to Sophia.

Explanation: The use of the word "like" is the hallmark of a simile. Judith compares Sophia to something perfect and valuable, like a golden statue, to emphasize how inferior she felt in front of her beauty.

13) Answer: Metaphor

Step-by-step explanation: Here Judith needs to convey a complex idea about how she had felt at that time, and she does so by speaking about her heart as if it was something more complex (a chorus singing an opera).

14) Answer: Imagery

Step-by-step explanation: This is a transparent example of imagery; we can tell Judith is trying to make the reader see what she was seeing as she resorts to numerous descriptions (shadow on his eyelashes, ruddy cheeks, pouty lips smirking sarcastically...)

15) Answer: Personification

Explanation: The author speaks about her hormones as if they were people who had been sleeping and now awaken.