October 23 HW

[Big Walnut AP Language Class]

1. For each paragraph, write a 2-3 sentence summary or explanation.
2. Identify the periodic sentence in the final paragraph and comment
on it in some way: what effect does the p.s. have on the paragraph or
essay? Why might the author have chosen a periodic sentence rather
than an inverted or loose sentence?
3. Identify the use of an inverted sentence in the first paragraph
and explain why the inverted sentence is effective.
4. What might be a synonym for "celerity" in line 6?
5. What is the argument Johnson is making about mankind? (Hint: the
pyramids are not the subject of the argument; they are merely the
vehicle Johnson uses to make his argument.)
6. What might be a more modern term for "folly"?
7. Is the simile in line 5 "as vulatures descend upon domesti fowl"
apt? Explain. Why might Johnson write "domestic fowl" instead of
just "fowl"?