Dealing with Difficulty Unit Test 88%

The following question refers to "The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe. According to Poe, which poem will he use to explain his "philosophy of composition"?

"The Raven"

Read the selection below from the poem "The King Sends Three Cats to Guinevere" by Marjorie Allen Seiffert and answer the question that follows. I send you three grey cats with gifts— (For uniformity of metaphor, Since Bacchus, Satan, and the Hangman Are not contemporaneous in my mythology) I send you three grey cats with gifts, Queen Guinevere, To warn you, sleekly, silently To pay the forfeit. Source: Seiffert, Marjorie Allen. "The King Sends Three Cats to Guinevere." BlackCatPoems.com. Black Cat Poems, n.d. Web. 7 July 2011. Which excerpt indicates that King Arthur knows Queen Guinevere has been unfaithful to their marriage?

"To warn you"

What is one key difference between the critical acclaim received by Edgar Allan Poe and that received by Stephen King?

Acknowledgment of Poe's skill came primarily after his death, while King has received numerous awards during his lifetime.

Which statement about facts in memoirs is not correct?

An author's thoughts are used to indicate facts in a memoir.

Read the poems below and answer the question that follows. "The Taxi" by Amy Lowell When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. I call out for you against the jutted stars And shout into the ridges of the wind. Streets coming fast, One after the other, Wedge you away from me, And the lamps of the city prick my eyes So that I can no longer see your face. Why should I leave you, To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night? Source: Lowell, Amy. "The Taxi." Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds. New York: MacMillan Co., 1914. Google Books. Web. 29 June 2011. "Where Have You Gone" by Mari Evans Where have you gone with your confident walk with your crooked smile why did you leave me when you took your laughter and departed are you aware that with you went the sun all light and what few stars there were? Where have you gone with your confident walk your crooked smile the rent money in one pocket and my heart in another . . . Source: Evans, Mari. "Where Have You Gone." I Am a Black Woman. New York: Morrow, 1970. Google Books. Web. 29 June 2011. Compare the two poems in terms of presentation, poetic devices, and technique.

Both poems are written in free verse and use enjambment to enhance fluency and add emphasis. For example, Lowell runs the first three lines without end punctuation until the third line. Evans' poem does not use any punctuation at all until the ellipsis at the end of the poem, implying that the feeling continues still. Both poets are mourning being apart from their loved one and trying to express their feelings about the separation. Evans uses apostrophe to question her absent love, while Lowell's poem is more self-reflective. Both poems use metaphor or simile. Lowell's "world beats dead/[l]ike a slackened drum," and Evans claims that when her love left, "the sun/all light/and what few stars/there were" left too. Lowell ends her poem with an especially vivid metaphorical image of wounding herself "upon the sharp edges of the night," while Evans closes with an ironic image of her love's "confident/walk," "crooked smile," and the "rent money/in one pocket and/[her] heart in another." The love appears to have had more than just a crooked smile! Lowell's poem seems to indicate a temporary parting, while Evans' love indicates a permanent parting.

Read the poems below and answer the question that follows. "Listening to Her Practice: My Middle Daughter, on the Edge of Adolescence, Learns to Play the Saxophone" by Barbara Cooker For Rebecca Her hair, that halo of red gold curls, has thickened, coarsened, lost its baby fineness, and the sweet smell of childhood that clung to her clothes has just about vanished. Now she's getting moody, moaning about her hair, clothes that aren't the right brands, boys that tease. She clicks over the saxophone keys with gritty fingernails polished in pink pearl, grass stains on the knees of her sister's old designer jeans. She's gone from sounding like the smoke detector through Old MacDonald and Jingle Bells. Soon she'll master these keys, turn notes into liquid gold, wail that reedy brass. Soon, she'll be a woman. She's gonna learn to play the blues. Source: Cooker, Barbara. "Listening to Her Practice: My Middle Daughter, on the Edge of Adolescence, Learns to Play the Saxophe." Ordinary Life. New York: ByLine Press, 2000. El Camino College. Web. 6 May 2011. "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde I am fourteen and my skin has betrayed me the boy I cannot live without still sucks his thumb in secret how come my knees are always so ashy what if I die before the morning comes and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. I have to learn how to dance in time for the next party my room is too small for me suppose I die before graduation they will sing sad melodies but finally tell the truth about me There is nothing I want to do and too much that has to be done and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. Nobody even stops to think about my side of it I should have been on Math Team my marks were better than his why do I have to be the one wearing braces I have nothing to wear tomorrow will I live long enough to grow up and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. Source: Lorde, Audre. "Hanging Fire." The Black Unicorn: Poems. New York: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1978. El Camino College. Web. 06 June 2011. Which statement is the most accurate comparison of the two poems?

Both poems deal with adolescence but from different perspectives.

How do facts in a memoir differ from facts in other types of nonfiction?

Facts in a memoir are filtered through the perception of the author.

Which of the following types of details that appear in a memoir are used by the author to show opinions? I. author's commentary II. thoughts of the author III. descriptions of events

I and II

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. "Fog" by Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Source: Sandberg, Carl. "Fog." Chicago Poems. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. 71. Web. Representative Poetry Online. Web. 9 June 2011. Which of the following excerpts from the poem reflects the use of figurative language? I. "The fog comes/on little cat feet." II. "It sits looking/over harbor and city" III. "on silent haunches/and then moves on."

I and III

Which of the following techniques is a specific type of figurative language? I. conceit II. personification III. metonymy

I, II, and III

How does diction affect theme in a story?

It affects the tone of the story, which affects how theme is communicated.

Which statement about facts and opinions in memoirs is true?

Many of the facts in memoirs would be considered opinions in other types of nonfiction.

The question below refers to the selection "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. What does the following excerpt from the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant reveal about Mme. Loisel's character and her circumstances? At the end of ten years they had paid everything back, everything, with the rates of usury and all the accumulation of heaped-up interest. Mme. Loisel seemed aged now. She had become the robust woman, hard and rough, of a poor household. Badly combed, with her skirts awry and her hands red, her voice was loud, and she washed the floor with splashing water. But sometimes, when her husband was at the office, she sat down by the window and she thought of that evening long ago, of that ball, where she had been so beautiful and so admired. What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows? Who knows? How singular life is, how changeable! What a little thing it takes to save you or to lose you. Then, one Sunday, as she was taking a turn in the Champs Elysées, as a recreation after the labors of the week, she perceived suddenly a woman walking with a child. It was Mme. Forester, still young, still beautiful, still seductive. Mme. Loisel felt moved. Should she speak to her? Yes, certainly. And now that she had paid up, she would tell her all. Why not?

Mme. Loisel has suffered greatly for her initial pride and envy, the pride and envy that led her to borrow the necklace and then not confess for having lost it. Yet, she still has not realized that she alone is the cause of her hardship and suffering. She reflects on the ball and "How singular life is, how changeable! What a little thing it takes to save you or to lose you." She remains naive in her pride and her idea that wealth and material things define one's happiness.

Read the poems below and answer the question that follows. "The Taxi" by Amy Lowell When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. I call out for you against the jutted stars And shout into the ridges of the wind. Streets coming fast, One after the other, Wedge you away from me, And the lamps of the city prick my eyes So that I can no longer see your face. Why should I leave you, To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night? Source: Lowell, Amy. "The Taxi." Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds. New York: MacMillan Co., 1914. Google Books. Web. 29 June 2011. "Where Have You Gone" by Mari Evans Where have you gone with your confident walk with your crooked smile why did you leave me when you took your laughter and departed are you aware that with you went the sun all light and what few stars there were? Where have you gone with your confident walk your crooked smile the rent money in one pocket and my heart in another . . . Source: Evans, Mari. "Where Have You Gone." I Am a Black Woman. New York: Morrow, 1970. Google Books. Web. 29 June 2011. Which statement offers the best comparison of the two poems?

One poem uses free verse, while the other is written in blank verse.

Each sentence below describes a cause-and-effect relationship. Which of the following sentences has the cause underlined?

Our apartment is on the 11th floor; therefore, we have a great view of the city.

Which statement is not a similarity between Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King?

Poe and King were born in the 1900s.

Read the selection below from the short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe and answer the question that follows. Amid the thought of the fiery destruction that impended, the idea of the coolness of the well came over my soul like balm. I rushed to its deadly brink. I threw my straining vision below. The glare from the enkindled roof illumined its inmost recesses. Yet, for a wild moment, did my spirit refuse to comprehend the meaning of what I saw. At length it forced—it wrestled its way into my soul—it burned itself in upon my shuddering reason. O for a voice to speak!—oh, horror!—oh, any horror but this! With a shriek I rushed from the margin and buried my face in my hands—weeping bitterly. Based on the passage above, which statement best summarizes why the reader may not be sympathetic to the narrator?

The narrator appears to be weak minded, which is not an admirable character trait.

When the plot of a story includes the main character's internal conflict, which of the following may be true?

The protagonist and the antagonist are the same.

Which statement about memoirs is most true?

They use narrative elements to recount personal experience and development.

__________ point of view is when a story is told from the perspective of an outside narrator who reveals the thoughts and ideas of one character.

Third-person limited

Read the poem below and complete the instruction that follows. "Autumn Gilt" by Valerie Bloom The late September sunshine Lime green on the linden leaves Burns bronze on the slated roof-tops, Yellow on the farmer's last sheaves. It flares flame-like on the fire hydrant, Is ebony on the blackbird's wing, Blue beryl on the face of the ocean, Glints gold on the bride's wedding ring. A sparkling rainbow on the stained-glass window, It's a silver sheen on the kitchen sink, The late September sunshine Is a chameleon, I think. Source: Bloom, Valerie. "Autumn Gilt." Let Me Touch the Sky. New York: MacMillan Children's Books, 2000. The Poetry Archive. Web. 7 June 2011. Analyze the use of figurative and literal language, poetic techniques, and sound devices in this poem. Refer to specific lines in your answer.

This poem uses vivid imagery and careful word choice to convey the beauty of autumn. The second and fourth lines of each stanza rhyme and the poet uses irregular rhythm. Alliteration is a regular technique in this poem. We see it in the lines "September sunshine/Lime green on the linden leaves/Burns bronze" with the repeated "s," "l," and "b" sounds. A dominant example is found in the first line of the second stanza: "It flares flame-like on the fire hydrant." The poet is using both literal and figurative language throughout the poem. She observes the sun shining on various things (literally) and uses vivid imagery to emphasize the beauty she finds in this autumn day. Figurative language is found in her descriptions. She says the sunshine "flares flame-like on the fire hydrant," using a simile to show how brightly it shines. She ends with a metaphor comparing the September sunshine to a chameleon.

What is character motivation?

a character's ultimate desire or goal

What is the definition of "memoir"?

a narrative that recounts personal experience and development

Which type of protagonist is common to psychological suspense?

ambiguous

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. "The Taxi" by Amy Lowell When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. I call out for you against the jutted stars And shout into the ridges of the wind. Streets coming fast, One after the other, Wedge you away from me, And the lamps of the city prick my eyes So that I can no longer see your face. Why should I leave you, To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night? Source: Lowell, Amy. "The Taxi." Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds. New York: MacMillan Co., 1914. Google Books. Web. 29 June 2011. Which poetic techniques does Lowell use in the first three lines of this poem?

apostrophe and allusion

Facts, statistics, examples, and anecdotes are all types of __________.

details

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. "Fog" by Carl Sandburg The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Source: Sandberg, Carl. "Fog." Chicago Poems. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. 71. Representative Poetry Online. Web. 9 June 2011. Which two things are being compared in the poem?

fog and cats

Which two factors come together to create psychological suspense?

horror and suspense

In the movie X-Men: First Class (2011), the character Mystique must decide between defending the people who hate her or using violence to gain human rights. What type of conflict does Mystique face?

internal

Which genre uses techniques such as figurative language to explore thoughts about a subject in a concise way?

lyric poem

When writing a psychological suspense, which type of activity does an author use to develop the plot?

mental

Into what genre do both Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition" and Stephen King's On Writing fall?

nonfiction

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde I am fourteen and my skin has betrayed me the boy I cannot live without still sucks his thumb in secret how come my knees are always so ashy what if I die before the morning comes and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. I have to learn how to dance in time for the next party my room is too small for me suppose I die before graduation they will sing sad melodies but finally tell the truth about me There is nothing I want to do and too much that has to be done and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. Nobody even stops to think about my side of it I should have been on Math Team my marks were better than his why do I have to be the one wearing braces I have nothing to wear tomorrow will I live long enough to grow up and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed. Source: Lorde, Audre. "Hanging Fire." The Black Unicorn: Poems. New York: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1978. El Camino College. Web. 06 June 2011. Which poetic techniques are illustrated in the opening lines "I am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/the boy I cannot live without/still sucks his thumb/in secret"?

personification and enjambment

All of the following are characteristics of psychological suspense except __________.

research-like writing style

All of the following are common organizational strategies except __________.

sentence structure

All of the following are types of details except __________.

spatial

Which term is a type of detail?

statistic

What is conflict?

the struggle between forces in the plot

What major topic do both Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition" and Stephen King's On Writing address?

the writer's craft

Which phrase best defines "figurative language"?

writing that is meant to be imaginative and vivid rather than literal