Which of the four literary theories is most often taught in school? A. mimetic theory B. formal theory C. rhetorical theory D. expressive theory

What does William Wordsworth mean by \"inward eye\" in the following bolded line?I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
(They flash upon that inward eye)
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

A.) this poem
B.) Wordsworth's mind
C.) Wordsworth's picture frame
D.) someone's story

Advertising has no influence over language.
a. True
b. False

One of the most widely used indexes is the Guide to Periodical Literature.

Which lines in this excerpt from Anita Desai’s "Games at Twilight" clearly show an omniscient narrator? They faced the afternoon. It was too hot. Too bright. The white walls of the veranda glared stridently in the sun. The bougainvillea hung about it, purple and magenta, in livid balloons. The garden outside was like a tray made of beaten brass, flattened out on the red gravel and the stony soil in all shades of metal—aluminum, tin, copper, and brass. No life stirred at this arid time of day—the birds still drooped, like dead fruit, in the papery tents of the trees; some squirrels lay limp on the wet earth under the garden tap. The outdoor dog lay stretched as if dead on the veranda mat, his paws and ears and tail all reaching out like dying travelers in search of water. He rolled his eyes at the children—two white marbles rolling in the purple sockets, begging for sympathy—and attempted to lift his tail in a wag but could not. It only twitched and lay still. Then, perhaps roused by the shrieks of the children, a band of parrots suddenly fell out of the eucalyptus tree, tumbled frantically in the still, sizzling air, then sorted themselves out into battle formation and streaked away across the white sky. The children, too, felt released. They too began tumbling, shoving, pushing against each other, frantic to start. Start what? Start their business. The business of the children’s day which is—play.

If we omit [the chance for a new government] now . . . Massanello . . . may sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge. What kind of figurative language does Thomas Paine use here?

As you read the poem “The Raven,” which words from the poem did you need to look up in a dictionary? List at least three and provide their definitions. Include both the literal meaning and the meaning within the context of the poem.