Unit 4 Review

Question 1

this reads like it’s being directed to the readers

Answer 1

audience

Question 2

note

Answer 2

• one would find it odd that learning, which represented freedom of thought, would lead to misery
• varied syntax
• it uses weak verbs such as show, tell, use
• “i could spend the rest of my life reading” is a hyperbole
• “transience of material being” “lost everything” “cast it away” “healthy state of mind”

Question 3

this passage seems to provide a valuable lesson and hence would fit best in which SOAPSTONE category (a thing I cannot use or make useful…)

Answer 3

purpose

Question 4

used to determine the style

Answer 4

contrast “seldom do lasting harm to a healthy person” “often first symptom is death”