AnswersRMA FL-1001370-English 3 Semester 2Author's Style and Layers of Meaning in Cane

Author's Style and Layers of Meaning in Cane Answers

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Read the excerpt from "Fern” in Cane.Nothing ever really happened. Nothing ever came to Fern, not even I. Something I would do for her. Some fine unnamed thing. . . . And friend, you? She is still living, I have reason to know. Her name, against the chance that you might happen down that way, is Fernie May Rosen.

A
by repeating “ever” to create hyperbole
B
by referring to the reader as “friend” and “you”
C
by using the word “I” to signal a personal story
D
by including the proper name of “Fern”
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Read the excerpt from "Rhobert” in Cane.He is way down. Down. Mud, coming to his banty knees, almost hides them. Soon people will be looking at him and calling him a strong man. No doubt he is for one who has had rickets. Lets give it to him. Lets call him great when the water shall have been all drawn off. Lets build a monument and set it in the ooze where he goes down. A monument of hewn oak. [. . .] Lets open our throats, brother, and sing "Deep River” when he goes down. Brother, Rhobert is sinking.Lets open our throats, brother,Lets sing Deep River when he goes down.

A
The phrase “open our throats” shows that Rhobert cannot speak.
B
The use of the word “oak” implies that Rhobert is large like a tree.
C
The phrase “for one who has had rickets” suggests Rhobert is not in fact strong.
D
The connotation of the word “monument” emphasizes Rhobert’s greatness.
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Read the excerpt from "Fern” in Cane.From force of habit, I suppose, I held Fern in my arms—that is, without at first noticing it. Then my mind came back to her. Her eyes, unusually weird and open, held me. Held God. He flowed in as I’ve seen the countryside flow in. Seen men. I must have done something—what, I don’t know, in the confusion of my emotion.

A
The em dashes imply that the narrator is flustered during this situation.
B
The em dashes establish an interruption in the narrator’s thought process.
C
The commas show that the narrator is able to be calm in this moment.
D
The commas suggest that the narrator feels conflicting emotions.
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Read the excerpt from "Fern” in Cane.From the train window I saw her as I crossed her road. Saw her on her porch, head tilted a little forward where the nail was, eyes vaguely focused on the sunset. Saw her face flow into them, the countryside and something that I call God, flowing into them. . . . Nothing ever really happened. Nothing ever came to Fern, not even I. Something I would do for her. Some fine unnamed thing. . . . And friend, you? She is still living, I have reason to know. Her name, against the chance that you might happen down that way, is Fernie May Rosen.

A
It creates a defiant tone.
B
It creates a desperate tone.
C
It creates a resigned tone.
D
It creates a critical tone.
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Read the excerpt from "Fern” in Cane.One evening I walked up the Pike on purpose, and stopped to say hello. Some of her family were about, but they moved away to make room for me . . . if I knew how to begin. Would you? Mr. and Miss So-and-So, people, the weather, the crops, the new preacher, the frolic, the church benefit, rabbit and possum hunting, the new soft drink they had at old Pap’s store, the schedule of trains, what kind of town Macon was, Negro’s migration north, boll-weevils, syrup, the Bible—to all these things she gave a yassur or nassur, without further comment.

A
It suggests that the narrator feels excited.
B
It shows that Fern inspires conversation.
C
It demonstrates the narrator’s obsession with the community.
D
It emphasizes what the narrator and Fern have in common.
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Read the excerpt from "Fern” in Cane.From the train window I saw her as I crossed the road. Saw her on her porch, head tilted a little forward where the nail was, eyes vaguely focused on the sunset. Saw her face flow into them, the countryside and something that I call God, flowing into them.

A
The repetition of the phrase “saw her” suggests that the speaker is intensely focused on Fern.
B
The word “vaguely” implies that the speaker does not have much memory of his time with Fern.
C
The description of Fern’s head as “tilted a little forward” suggests that she be sleeping.
D
The use of the word “God” illustrates that the narrator and Fern are relying on religion to comfort them.
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Which sentence contains a metaphor?

A
María’s couch weighs 10 tons, so she needs to recruit the help of several friends to move it to her new apartment.
B
Jolene’s new bed is like a cloud; when she sleeps on it, she feels like she is transported to an entirely new plane of existence.
C
When Ella went sailing, she found that the winds were majestic trumpet blasts, allowing her to speed away into the distance.
D
Sahita went to the seashore yesterday, and she spent time searching for sheer and shiny seashells from the ocean.

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