test 5-7

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All of the following poems were written by Keats EXCEPT:

'Ode to the West Wind'

Confessional poetry emerged during the _____.

1950s

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is:

An autobiography

What is John Milton's most celebrated work of prose?

Areopagitica

Why do some suspect that the story of Pocahontas saving John Smith is false?

Because he told it 17 years later, rather than including it in his first book that was published a year after the event supposedly happened.

When writing a paper, how do you go about making the reference material you've used your own?

By synthesizing what you have learned and sharing insights not found in your research

The Canterbury Tales is probably Chaucer's most famous work. It is likely that Chaucer had the ability to write about all of the different included characters because:

Chaucer did many different jobs, traveled, studied, and had many friends of different backgrounds to give him context.

Which author coined the phrase 'The Human Beast'?

Emile Zola

What amount of text can be paraphrased?

Even text as long as a paragraph or more can be paraphrased.

You've been given a selection titled 'My First Day in College'. What is the first step you'll take to engage with the text?

Examine the text features.

During the English Civil War, why did John Milton support Oliver Cromwell?

He favored republicanism.

What happened to Samuel Beckett during WWII?

He joined the French resistance.

Which region is known for being the standard language of American English?

Inland North

Why is the use of language in H.D.'s Oread considered unique?

It blends together land and sea.

How does E. M. Forster's A Passage to India differ from his other novels?

It focuses on issues of race.

How was Keats' 'Endymion: A Poetic Romance' received by critics?

It garnered very negative reviews.

Why is the style of The Bridge by Hart Crane unique?

It was both lyric and epic in form.

The term 'Beat Generation' is attributed to _____.

Jack Kerouac, who felt 'beat down'

What does MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

Why did Sir Walter Scott first publish his novels anonymously?

Novels were looked down upon at the time.

Which of the following research-based components of reading best describes the connection between letters and their sounds?

Phonics

What profession did Samuel Richardson take up before becoming a novelist?

Printer

Which of these rhetorical devices started out as a Greek military term?

Procatalepsis

What led to Tennyson's recognition as England's Poet Laureate?

Queen Victoria's attention to his poem, 'In Memoriam A.H.H.'.

You're about to read an essay on dog breeds. You review what you know about different types of dogs and what you know about how essays are set up. What is the term for these categories that already exist in your mind?

Schema

Whose plays were so political it caused Yeats to refuse to perform one?

Sean O'Casey

The study of symbols, signs, and other types of visual communication is referred to as what?

Semiotics

The behaviors and activities that are commonly associated with a particular group is which of the following?

Signifying practices

In Gorgias, Plato argues against the teachings of what group of rhetoric teachers?

Sophists

What is mood?

The feeling we get when reading a story

According to the Transcendentalists, what is the 'eternal ONE'?

The universal soul

Why are Samuel Beckett's plays considered to be 'Theater of the Absurd?

They are darkly funny and preoccupied with meaninglessness.

What is the most important aspect of decoding nonverbal cues?

To look at the context of the message.

Why did Penguin publishing house go to trial in order to publish the full version of D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterly's Lover?

To prove that its pornographic content had literary merit.

Why did Spenser write 'The Faerie Queene'?

To validate the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

How does a map represent a part of Earth?

Two dimensions

What work borders between religious text and classic literature?

Vedic Poetry

In which state did John Smith settle?

Virginia

In Shakespeare's Richard III, why is the eldest prince initially suspicious of Richard?

When he arrives in London, he's greeted by Richard and no other family members.

Some people say the word 'wonder' with a distinct pronunciation of the 'r' at the end. Others, might say the same word and leave the 'r' sound off to end their pronunciation sounding more like 'ah'. These differences in pronunciation are called _____.

accents

Which is a Spanish loanword we use in present-day English?

alligator

The idea of 'rhetoric' can be defined most simply as the art of _____.

effective communication

The component of language that involves two parts, syntax and morphology is known as _____ development.

grammatical

Emily Dickinson used _____to illustrate how we are all interrelated.

imagery and metaphors

Which of the following would be an example of process writing?

instructs the reader in how to do something, so a car repair manual would be an example of process writing: A 1989 Honda Accord repair book

An epic poem

is a long, narrative poem

The component of language that involves the rules of structure and speech sounds is called _____.

phonology

In which of the following systems is direct translation encouraged?

systems that allow the use of native language

Asking 'What else does this remind you of?' allows students to make ____ connections.

text-to-text

In literature, deconstructionism takes into account both _______________.

the 'whole' of a text and 'holes' of a text

What is juxtaposition?

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.


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