oday, few people have heard of Jundi Shapur. But in its time, it was an exceptional university. Jundi Shapur was built in what i
s now Iran sometime between the 400s and mid-500s A.D. We can only guess the dates, but we do know more about the school. It was the meeting place of the world's great minds. In 529, Christians closed the school of Athens—the last link to the academies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The remaining Greek scholars moved to Jundi Shapur. Jews joined them, as did a group of Christians called Nestorians, who had their own ancient and scholarly traditions. Persians added their voices, and one of their learned doctors set off for what is now India, to gather and translate the wisdom of the Hindus. The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine observatory to track the heavens. At Jundi Shapur the best scholars west of China all gathered to think and study together. –Sugar Changed the World, Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos Which details from the text support the central idea of this passage? Check all that apply. “Today, few people have heard of Jundi Shapur.” “Jundi Shapur was built in what is now Iran.” “We can only guess the dates.” “Greek scholars moved to Jundi Shapur.” “Nestorians . . . had their own ancient and scholarly traditions.” “The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world.”
“The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world.”
Explanation:
The main idea of this passage is that Jundi Shapur was one of the most important institutions of its time, and a place where the world's knowledge was collected and expanded upon. The details that support this idea are the fact that Jundi Shapur was built in Iran (located at the intersection of various great civilizations), that Greek scholars moved there (carrying their knowledge with them) and that the school created the first teaching hospital in the world.
A thing that represents itself and something else – symbol. An example would be the dove, or the colour white, symbolizing peace.
One thing IS another – metaphor. What distinguishes the metaphor from the simile is that the metaphor is directly introducing the imagery in the text without a comparison word. An example would be: "he is such a pig."
One thing is like another – simile. The simile introduces the comparison with a word such as "like" or "as." "He eats like an ogre" could be an example.
Mental pictures created through descriptions which appeal to the senses – imagery. In literature, the purpose of imagery is to enrich the text by enabling the reader to picture elements of it in their mind.
Use of one word in place of another word associated with it – metonymy. A common type of metonymy is the designation of something by where it is contained, for example "the White House" for the President's administration.
A word which imitates a sound – onomatopoeia. Such as <em>woof</em>, <em>crack</em>, <em>bang</em>.
Exaggeration – hyperbole.
Apparent contradiction – paradox.
Repetition of initial consonant sounds – alliteration. This is often used in poetry, but also in prose, to help the reader imagine the sounds of the scene which is being described (like lots of <em>L</em>s when writing about water, or <em>S</em>s when writing about a snake).
