Quiz: Understand the Effects of an Author's Choices
Read this scenario:
Gina sat on the steps in front of her city apartment. Kids
whizzed by her in a game of tag. Cars zipped up and down
the streets. Neighbors stood here and there chatting. Yet,
ever since she lost her job, she just couldn't take a step to
the sidewalk.
What is the symbol and its hidden meaning?
A. The city apartment is a symbol for overcrowding.
B. The apartment steps symbolize Gina's lack of motivation.
C. The cars symbolize the life opportunities Gina has missed.
D. The game of tag is a symbol for the fast pace of life.

When you go to the writing center for identifying problems in organization, logic, expression, and/or format, which of the following should happen?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

In this excerpt from act 1 scene v of macbeth what does lady macbeth imply about macbeth