Comp Kahoot 1 & 2 Questions
What is an example of imagery? (author creates an image you can see)
"The scent of apples / I got from looking through a pane glass" by Frost.
What is the right way to cite poem lines 1st time quoted and the author not mentioned?
(authors last name _ lines 1-2) (Obi-Wan lines 1-2)
Which of the following is a legit INTERNET source?
A peer reviewed journal published by Yale analyzing Poe.
What is an example of a primary source?
A play - Textbook authors' background chapter - Library database article - Google article - A play
Khullar's essay "We're Bad at Death.." could be best described as
A secondary source
You want to find a legit secondary source on the writer Henry James; what's the best strategy?
Access the Literature resouce center because it focuses on literature.
What elements would you include in an introduction?
All choices are correct - thesis statement - Name of Author and work - Short overview of ideas coming up in the body paragraphs. - All choices are correct
Which of the following is not a primary source
An academic essay from Jstor - a poem by Poe - a short story by Jackson - a memoir by John Smith - An academic essay from Jstor
Which is NOT an example of a primary source?
An article from Literature Resource Center database
New Criticism / Formalism seeks to
Analyze the literary elements of a work
What is the best sentence?
Because good writers copyedit carefully, they rarely have comma splices.
What makes a good thesis?
Debatable claim
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Emily finds creativity in her mother's & her adversity; her mom has not.
Feminist Criticism seeks to
Expose the patriarchy
Which has the correct pronoun use?
Forcing people to make a decision against their wishes is not right.
Revise the topic sentence: Komunyakaa describes the wall in "Facing It".
He compares the wall to a mirror to reflect on his past.
Choose the sentence with the correct pronoun usage.
I coerced someone into betting against his or her home team.
What would be the best way to research for good supporting quotes from a source?
Literature Resource Center database from WS library & use title of work.
Make this more debatable: Mathilde Loisel likes nice things.
Mathilde's greed for things causes her to lose all values.
The conclusion usually features...
None of the above - An analysis of the last line of the poem. - A word-for-word restatement of the thesis - New quotes from the primary source. - None of the above
Choose the correct sentence.
None of the above - I walked to the game; but my feet hurt afterward - I walked to the game; therefore my feet hurt afterward. - I walked to the game but, my feet hurt afterward. - None of the above.
Which of the following is a formal outline?
None of these. - Same as informal or scratch outline plan - Does not have a thesis statement - Includes Fragments - None of These
What is often excluded from the intro?
Personal beliefs about the topic.
Which of the following is NOT a step in planning a literary argument about 2 short stories?
Revising essay to include 2 secondary sources, 1 for each story.
Which uses college level diction?
The citizens stone Mrs. Hutchinson.
Which would be an effective thesis statement for Wordsworth's "The World Is Too Much With Us"?
The poem expresses the theme of alienation from nature.
Which sentence uses diction (wording) most appropriate for a formal college paper?
The young girl stands up to play the piano, sounding beautifully.
Which of the following is not a tertiary source?
They're all tertiary sources. - An encyclopedia article from the data base - An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia - A dictionary article from Webster. - They're all tertiary sources.
There are 100,000 gods, and they are the only way to Heaven.
This is a belief.
Isben lived in self-exile for most of his career.
This is a fact
Shirly Jackson was a writer during the Cold War according to the Norton Anthology of Lit.
This is a fact with a strong source
According to the blog, Shakespeare for Kids, Helena was modeled after Shakespeare's daughter.
This is presented as a fact, but it has a poor source.
Blake uses hearing imagery to make the populous seem oppressed in "London".
This is stated as an opinion.
What is not in the research process?
Writing your thesis statement
Who wrote "When You Are Old" about a woman who does not realize a man's love for her now?
Yeats
Andy just completed his rough draft, he will have plenty of time to make corrections.
comma splice
Which of the following is NOT a good rhetorical pattern for a literary analysis?
expedition
Poet Blake uses fire imagery to make a tiger seem more dangerous. This is a ____.
opinion
What would be inappropriate for constructing an outline for a literary analysis paper?
plot summary
Exemplification is
providing examples
Grammar: Mrs. H straightened her dress she walked across the room and hugged her son.
run-on
If a short story & poem express same ideas, they share the same what?
theme
If you were finding a source on Shakespeare's The Temptest, the best method would be to
use a scholarly work from a peer reviewed journal.
A blog written from a Yale sophomore titled "Hermia's Folly" says AMND was written by Shakespeare.
Fact with. dubious source.
Bret Harte wrote about real people as he traveled to goldfields & mining camps in his 1870 publication. This is a ___.
fact
Over 400 million people speak English worldwide. This is a _____.
fact
What error is in the sentence? Andy finished his draft he will have time to make corrections.
fused sentence
Which makes the best thesis idea for the poem "The World Is Too Much with Us"?
theme of humanity's alienation from nature
