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What technique is Phelps using when he says "Most of my indoor life is spent in a room containing six thousand books"?
Sharing a personal experience
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According to Phelps, a person should have what kind of bookshelf?
One that is out in the open and accessible
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lifesaver
Give 10 points!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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gift
Win 25 points!
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Give 5 points!
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What argument is William Lyon Phelps making in "The Pleasure of Books"?
That books are amazing
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What counterargument does Phelps conceed to?
Phelps admits that having real friends is better than book friends
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What claim does Phelps make to reply to his own counterargument?
That real friends come and go, but friends in books will always be there
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Phelps makes a point about borrowed books. What point does he make?
We need to treat them carefully
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trap
No points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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lifesaver
Give 10 points!
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Which of the following words - unsure, decisive, hostile - best describes the following quotation; "The best of mural decorations is books"?
Decisive
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"Everyone SHOULD begin collecting a private library in youth". What type of language is Phelps using here?
Persuasive language
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"if you sit alone in the room in the firelight, you are surrounded with intimate friends" is what kind of language?
Pathos
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Phelps makes a point about books we own. What point does he make?
We treat them with an affectionate intimacy that annihilates formality
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Reset score!
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Take 5 points!
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shark
Other team loses 20 points!
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Phelps makes readers feel imporant by making what point in the final paragraph?
That the authors need the readers (persuausive)
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Phelps states what it is like to have borrowed books and what it is like to own your own books. What technique is he using here?
Giving both sides of the argument
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boom
Lose 50 points!
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shark
Other team loses 25 points!
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fairy
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lifesaver
Give 15 points!
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