MODULE 7

Question 1

This is the combination of setting, characters, and action in the
a poem that is supposed to engage readers.

Answer 1

Dramatic Situations

Question 2

It is one of the considerations in inferring the literary meaning of
words/groups of words

Answer 2

Figurative Language

Question 3

This is the symbolic representations of the truths or generalization
about human existence

Answer 3

Allegory

Question 4

This refers to taking the meaning of the individual words

Answer 4

Literal meaning

Question 5

This refers to understanding the meaning of words in relation to
the entire text

Answer 5

Literary meaning

Question 6

Which of the following statements uses the phrase red flag in a literal way?

A. I hate to see a red flag in this room.
B. My boss’ raised eyebrows caused a red flag.
C. He raised his red flag after being teased for quite some time.

Answer 6

A. I hate to see a red flag in this room.

Question 7

Which of the following instances could call for the idiom break a leg?

A. eating out with friends
B. taking a college entrance exam
C. going to the salon for a makeover

Answer 7

B. taking a college entrance exam

Question 8

What literal meaning could be inferred from this poem?

Your absence has gone through me
    Like thread through a needle.  Everything I do is stitched with its color.

A. a man pierced with needle
B. a man with colorful threads around him crying for help
C. a sad man doing a simple chore but with colorful threads surrounding
him

Answer 8

C. a sad man doing a simple chore but with colorful threads surrounding
him

Question 9

What literary meaning then could be inferred from the poem?

A. an allegory of an attempt to move on after a significant other’s loss
B. an allegory of an attempt to forget a significant other’s loss despite being
reminded of it in every move
C. an allegory of an unexpectedly great impact of someone’s loss to the
extent of seeing him in everything you do

Answer 9

C. an allegory of an unexpectedly great impact of someone’s loss to the
extent of seeing him in everything you do

Question 10

Which of the following could best explain the dramatic situation used to
present the allegory presented by the poem?

A. the use of colorful threads stitched to a man and his work
B. the use of simile to compare somebody’s absence to that of a thread
through a needle
C. a man with a needle pierced to his heart from whose colorful threads
attach him to his usual work

Answer 10

C. a man with a needle pierced to his heart from whose colorful threads
attach him to his usual work