Writing about literature: Niestety test
Drag each description to the correct location on the table
Determine whether each description defines a strong thesis statement or weak thesis statement.
states a claim that can be backed
up with evidence
states facts about the topic
focuses on a very specific word
answers a major question related
to the literary work
is open to argument
Strong Thesis Statement
Weak Thesis Statement

Which modifier could be used to make a comparison? first identical entirely talented

Question 12(multiple choice worth 2 points) the arrangements of elements in a photograph is called aperture focus composition framing

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme