True or false? Our competitive natures encourage us to duplicate the lives of others so we can try to be just like them.

Is the following true? Description creates a picture in words to help a reader visualize something a writer has seen, heard, or done. It helps the reader understand or share a sensory experience by showing rather than telling. Description is one of our primary forms of self-expression.

According to the poetry video lectures, what is the term for when a line in a poem ends but the idea of that line continues to the next line or lines before making a completed thought?

True or false? Specific details and examples are not necessary for a Compare/Contrast essay.

True or false? Definitions are the building blocks that help us make sure both writer and reader (or speaker and listener) are working from the same basic understanding of terms and ideas.

When Mephastophilis first appears to Faustus, their conversation clarifies whether Faustus or Lucifer is in charge of Mephastophilis. Which of these two characters has ultimate power over Mephastophilis?

The audience (is/are) demanding a refund because of the actor’s poor performance.

You can organize the ideas in the body of your speech by using different organizational patterns. Which of these has the correct organizational patterns?

In the chorus’ “Prologue,” Faustus is compared Icarus from Greek mythology, which suggests to us that Faustus, like Icarus, will have a great fall. What is the term for this literary technique? 

True or false? Revising involves the development and organization of your ideas, while editing focuses on correctness. Revising is not editing.