Gulliver’s Travels: The Letters and Lilliput – Flashcards

I had, as I before observed, one private pocket, which escaped their search, wherein there was a pair of spectacles (which I sometimes use for the weakness of my eyes) a pocket perspective, and some other little conveniences; which, being of no consequence to the emperor, I did not think myself bound in honor to discover, and I apprehended they might be lost or spoiled if I ventured them out of my possession. What event is being described in the passage above?

After the emperor of Lilliput has finished visiting with Gulliver, why does the Lilliputian colonel order six men to be punished?

Which statement about narrator reliability is true? I. Narrator reliability is the level of trust we should give the narrator. II. A narrator's reliability is partially determined by the prejudices of the narrator. III. Narrators are always reliable if they present circumstances that are familiar to them.

After three years' expectation that things would mend, I accepted an advantageous offer from Captain William Prichard, master of the Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Sea. We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage at first was very prosperous. Which aspect of the travel narrative genre is reflected best in the passage above

I had, as I before observed, one private pocket, which escaped their search, wherein there was a pair of spectacles (which I sometimes use for the weakness of my eyes) a pocket perspective, and some other little conveniences; which, being of no consequence to the emperor, I did not think myself bound in honor to discover, and I apprehended they might be lost or spoiled if I ventured them out of my possession. What evidence from the passage above suggests that Gulliver may have hidden motives for writing the travel narrative?

Which statement about description is true? I. Authors usually include description to make literary works more difficult to understand. II. Authors might use description to foreshadow important events in a literary work. III. Authors use description for a variety of purposes.

After three years' expectation that things would mend, I accepted an advantageous offer from Captain William Prichard, master of the Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Sea. We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage at first was very prosperous. Which excerpt from the passage above illustrates setting? I. "Bristol" II. "May 4, 1699" III. "voyage to the South Sea"

Which phrase defines "literary description" best?

What does Gulliver do to better see the palace of the emperor of Lilliput?

My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge, at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies; but the charge of maintaining me, although I had a very scanty allowance, being too great for a narrow fortune, I was bound to apprentice to Mr. James Bates, an eminent surgeon in London, with whom I continued four years; and my father now and then sending me small sums of money, I laid them out in learning navigation, and other parts of the mathematics, useful to those who intend to travel, as I always believed it would be, some time or other, my fortune to do. What would be the best suggestion to give Jonathan Swift to improve the narrator's reliability in the above passage?