12/16/2019 Test: guiding questions- "called out" | Quizlet NAME 3 Matching questions 1. what are some examples of nonscientific reasons for the desert's flowering in lines 16-49? how do these references help shape kingslover's central idea of that flowering in the desert can't be explained? 2. what are specific strategies desert ephemerals use to survive? what is the main idea of lines 89-107? 3. what examples of figurative language are in the final A. "God planted them" "some higher power" these show unpredictability of the event and its inexplicably. B. desert ephemerals vary their schedules for germination, flowering, and seed-set. the main idea is that variation reduces competition within species and invasion by annuals. C. "captive to the calendar" language in the final paragraph is paragraph? how is this language different from that in the more scientific. kingslover suggests that understanding previous paragraph? what might kingslover choose to end on nature doesn't remove the mystery. this note? 3 Multiple choice questions 1. Haley's comet, el niño rain brought flowers to the desert in 1998. significant because of the sheer amount of flowers. A. how does kingslover's use of dialogue advance her purpose and affect the reader? B. what are specific strategies desert ephemerals use to survive? what is the main idea of lines 89-107? C. based on the opening paragraph, what idea will Knigslove explore? what is its significance? D. what examples of connotative language are in these lines? how do these words affect the reader? 2. she uses more technical terms. some examples of scientific language are "ephemeral" "dormancy" the main idea is that seed banks and wildflowers have developed methods they can use to protect themselves and survive. A. what examples of figurative language are in the final paragraph? how is this language different from that in the previous B. C. D. paragraph? what might kingslover choose to end on this note? explain how kingslover's tone shifts in this paragraph. what examples of scientific language can you find? what is the main idea of lines 70-80? what examples of personification are used in lines 57-69? how does this language affect how the reader perceives this information? what are specific strategies desert ephemerals use to survive? what is the main idea of lines 89-107? 3. "colonized" "wild" "cursing" "cheering" "transformed" "Crayola" these terms allow the reader to better understand what this event was like for the author at the time. A. what are specific strategies desert ephemerals use to survive? what is the main idea of lines 89-107? B. what examples of connotative language are in these lines? how do these words affect the reader? C. what examples of personification are used in lines 57-69? how does this language affect how the reader perceives this D. information? what examples of figurative language are in the final paragraph? how is this language different from that in the previous paragraph? what might kingslover choose to end on this note? 2 True/False questions https://quizlet.com/194851651/test 1/2 12/16/2019 Test: guiding questions- "called out" | Quizlet 1. male rains are seen as stormy and unhealthy while female rains are seen as calm and productive. these make the natural world seem alive and as a character of sorts. → what examples of personification are used in lines 57-69? how does this language affect how the reader perceives this information? True False 2. even though it is a scientific essay, the use of dialogue makes the passages more relatable to the reader. → how does kingslover's use of dialogue advance her purpose and affect the reader? True False https://quizlet.com/194851651/test 2/2
