Question

1. The guide and narrator for the play Our Town is _____. A. Dr. Gibbs. Emily B. the newspaper editor C. the stage manager

2. The use of exaggerated language in writing is _____. A. hyperbole B. symbolism C. metaphor D. image
3. The phrase "to jump" is an example of a _____. A. gerund B. preposition C. verbal D. direct object
4. The American poet who pioneered free verse was _____. A. William Cullen Bryant B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Walt Whitman. D. Emily Dickinson
5. When an author writes the story of his own life, that book is classified as _____. A. a journal B. an autobiography C. an essay D. a novel

Answer 1

C, A, C, C, and B are the correct answers.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Our Town is a play written by Thornton Wilder. C is correct because the main character is the stage mangers and he addresses the attention of the public along the whole play.

2. Derived from the Greek, hyperbole is a rhetorical device that involves the exaggeration of language to add emphasis, making B correct.

3. Letter C is correct because verbal is a verb form that serves as part of a sentence, maybe a noun or an adjective or and adverb. There are three types: infinitives, participles, and gerunds. In the question, we can identify the infinitive by "to".

4. Walt Whitman was an American poet who is considered as the Father of the free verse, as seen in his main works, so letter C is correct.

5. An autobiography is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as "a book about that person's life, written by that person." The question asked mentions the story of the author's life written by him/herself, making B the correct answer.

Answer 2

1. The guide and narrator for the play Our Town is C. the stage manager.
2. The use of exaggerated language in writing is A. hyperbole.
3. The phrase "to jump" is an example of a C. verbal, or infinitive, to be more precise.
4. The American poet who pioneered free verse was C. Walt Whitman.
5. When an author writes the story of his own life, that book is classified as B. an autobiography.