English 11A- Semester Exam
Which appeal is most clearly an example of ethos?
As a dietician, I must stress that we should eat fewer carbohydrates.
What is not a question you should ask to evaluate the credibility of a source?
Does the author of the source share my views on the topic?
What statements is an example of sarcasm?
"Nice job, Ted," Al yelled as Ted missed the catch that would've won the game.
In the following conversation, what group discussion technique does Ramona most clearly demonstrate? Ramona:So we've all just read Tim Johnson's biography on the 1950s actress Molly May. Now let's chat! Emily, what did you think of the reading? Emily:I wasn't a huge fan. Ramona:can you point out anything specific that you did not like.
Asking questions to keep things moving
Read the sentence from Commons Sense. Why is this sentence an example of the use of simile? "The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak."
A fracture and an engraved name are compared using the word "like".
What sentence most clearly uses personification?
Huge waves crashed onto the deck, and the ship rejected us.
What statement would William Faulkner most likely agree with, based on his Nobel Prize acceptance speech?
Literature should try to explore people's inner lives
Rad the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby: "Precisely at that point [Gatsby's smile] vanished- and I was looking at an elegant young roughneck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd." What literary device does this passage best exemplify?
Paradox
What statement is most clearly objective?
Professor Summers begins her essay by discussing hunger.
Read the following passage from "Resistance to Civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau: "Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the legislation? why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the night." How does Thoreau use a rhetorical question in this passage?
To prompt the reader to provide an obvious answer
In the following conversation, which group discussion technique does Han most clearly show? Ramona: So you're saying that the evidence collected for Pettit's book came from a fictional source? Han:Yeah. [takes out paper from his pocket and unfolds it] I also found this article written by Francis Eggert that has even more evidence: [reads from paper] "Giovanni Fiorini wrote an exquisite piece of fiction, a novel entitled Medieval Masterpieces. Despite the blurb mentioned in the foreword, to this day people depict this book as steeped in historical accuracy, when in fact it is well-played out imagination written by a master storyteller."
Challenging the credibility of sources
Read the following description of Tom Buchanan from the Great Gatsby: "Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body- he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage- a cruel body." What statement best explains how symbolism is used in characterizing Tom Buchanan?
He is shown to be a powerful man capable of abusing the power he has.
What transition word best connects the ideas within the following paragraph? "Some people who disagree with the idea of climate change may refer it as a "non-science." ____, these people may not realize that this claim is based on non-science."
However
Read the following sentence from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi: "My father was a justice of the peace, and I supposed he possessed the power of life and death over all men, and could hang anybody that offended him." What comedic technique does this sentence best illustrate?
Hyperbole
What best illustrates a strong claim?
It was right for the American colonists to declare independence because the British Government did not support their interests.
Read the following sentence: "The story's premise was weak because the plot was a joke and the characters struck a false note." What word or phrase most clearly makes the tone inappropriate for a class presentation?
Joke
When Justice Black refers to Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. in the dissenting opinion for Tinker v. Des Moines, which kind of reasoning is he using to support his argument?
Precedent
Read this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven": "Leave my loneliness unbroken! -quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" What poetic device is used here?
Repetition
Read the following excerpt from the Great Gatsby : ""You see I think everything's terrible anyhow," she went on i a convinced way. "Everybody thinks so- the most advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything." Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom's, and she laughed with thrilling scorn. "Sophisticated- God, I'm sophisticated!" Based on this excerpt, what statement best explains what Daisy means by referring to herself as sophisticated?
She has everything she could want but is still unhappy.
Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby" ""What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?" cried Daisy, " and the day after that, and the next thirty years?" "Don't be morbid," Jordan said. "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." "But it's so hot," insisted Daisy, on the verge of tears,"and everything's so confused. Let's all go to town!"" Based on this excerpt, what statement best explains what Daisy means in this conversation?
She may have everything, but she is bored with her existence.
In a group discussion, what sentence would be the best example of synthesizing claims and evidence?
Since her acting was so bad and the man she loved controlled so much of her life, it's possible that Molly felt she deserved to be spoiled.
Read the passage and answer the question: "A greedy athlete cheats at a race so she can win the $500 prize. Indeed, she does win, but during the race her house is robbed. The thieves make off with $750." What term best describes the passage?
Situational irony
Look at the thesaurus entry that follows this sentence. Which word is the best replacement for the word "skinny"? Fiona has lost so much weight that to describe her as skinny was not an overstatement. Skinny (adj.) having a very small amount of body fat. Synonyms lean, lithe, slender, slim, scrawny, skeletal, trim, wizened, clean-limbed
Skeletal
Read these words from the Declaration of Independence. What is the main purpose of this excerpt of the document? "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another....a decent respect of the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
To announce the decision of the colonies to sever their ties to England
Read these lines from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": "The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. the last scud of day holds back for me, It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow'd wilds, It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk. I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun, I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift in lacy jags. I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass i love, if you want me again look for me under your boot soles. you will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And to filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you." What is one purpose of the imagery in this poem?
To paint a picture of a decaying body in the reader's mind.
Read the following scene: "In the midst of the shadows of the dark room, she glimpsed a shadow ducking from view. Her heart nearly stopped as her mother materialized in front of her. Face gaunt and bony arms reaching, her mother tried to speak but could not form words. How could it be? She had died five years ago. What characteristic of Gothic writing does this passage best illustrate?
A supernatural theme
Read the following excerpt from Herman Melville's Moby-dick, in which Captain Ahab reacts to his first mate telling him about a leak in the ship's store of whale oil: "Begone! Let it leak! I'm all aleak myself. Aye! leaks in leaks! not only full of leaky casks, but those leaky casks are in a leaky ship; and that's far worse plight than the Pequod's man. Yet I don't stop to plug my leak; for who can find it in the deep-loaded hull; or how hope to plug it, even if found, in this life's howling gale?" What trait of Gothic literature does this passage have in common with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"?
An exploration of humanity's dark side
Read the following passage from "Resistance to civil Government" by Henry David Thoreau: "A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition of slavery, it will be because they are indifferent to slavery, or because there is but little slavery, or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote. They will then be the only slaves. Only his vote can hasten the abolition of slavery who asserts his own freedom by his vote." How does Thoreau use logos in this passage?
By demonstrating the soundness of his argument through analogy
In the following conversation, which group discussion technique does Han most clearly show? Han: Did you guys feel the article was biased? Kim Sato is a newscaster from Japan. Since newscasters get money and game when they deliver a "big" story, I think it's possible that Kim just wants to stir up controversy.
Challenging established ideas
Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby: "And as the time passed and the servants came in and stood waiting in the hall, his eyes began to blink anxiously, and he spoke of the rain in a worried, uncertain way. The minister glanced several times at his watch, so I took his aside and asked him to wait for half an hour. But it wasn't any use. Nobody came." Based on this excerpt, what best explains the irony of the title The Great Gatsby?
Gatsby's greatness is questioned because no one comes to his funeral.
Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby, in which Nick describes how James Gatz decides to become Jay Gatsby: "James Gatz- that was really, or at least legally, his name. He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career- when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior. It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolomee, and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour." What theme does this passage best convey?
Good luck comes to those who are ready for it; ambitious people will go to great lengths to gain status.
Read the following excerpt from Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: "I shall never forget the ecstasy with which I received the intelligence that my old master (Anthony) had determined to let me go to Baltimore, to live with Mr. Hugh Auld, brother to my old master's son-in-law, Captain Thomas Auld." What statement best explains how Douglass uses objectivity in this passage to convey his perspective?
He admits his emotion about Baltimore, but does so in a measure, formal way.
Read this excerpt from Anse's point of view in As I Lay Dying: "Putting it where every bad luck prowling can find it and come straight to my door, charging me taxes on top of it. Making me pay for Cash having to get them carpenter notions when if it hadn't been no road come there, he wouldn't a got them; falling off of churches and lifting no hand in six months and me and Addie slaving and a-slaving, when there's plenty of sawing on this place he could do if he's got to saw." What best explains how Faulkner uses a Modernist technique in this passage?
He captures the imperfect, disorganized way that Anse thinks and feels.
Read the following excerpt from Andrew Jackson's speech on Indian Removal: "Doubtless it will be painful to leave the graces of their fathers; but what do they more than our ancestors did or than our children are now doing? To better their condition in an unknown land our forefathers left all that was dear in earthly objects. Our children by thousands yearly leave the land of their birth to seek new homes in distant regions. Does Humanity weep at these painful separations from everything, animate and inanimate, with which the young heart has become entwined? Far from it." How does Jackson most clearly use a hasty generalization about Indian removal in this excerpt?
He concludes that American Indians hold the same views as whites about settling in a new land.
Read the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government": "All machines have their friction; and possibly this does enough good to counterbalance the evil. At any rate, it is a great evil to make a stir about it. But when the friction comes to have its machine, and oppression and robbery are organized, I say, let us not have such a machine any longer." What statement about Thoreau's rhetorical style is most accurate?
He uses metaphor to portray the government as something driving by greed and evil.
Read these sentences from the Declaration of Independence. How does Jefferson structure the argument to make it clear and convincing? "He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries."
He uses parallelism to create a strong rhythm and memorable ideas
What option is the best example of internal rhyme?
I attest that the chest is the best in the West.
What sentence from Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Delegates best represents an attempt to appeal to logos to persuade the reader?
I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
What sentence is the clearest example of deductive reasoning?
Insects have six legs. Ladybugs are insects. Therefore, ladybugs have six legs.
Read the following excerpt from As I Lay Dying: "I made it on a bevel. 1. There is more surface for the nails to grip. 2. There is twice the gripping-surface to each seam. 3.The water will have to seep into it on a slant. Water moves easiest up and down or straight across. 4.In a house people are upright two thirds of the time. So the seams and joints are made up-and-down. What best explains how the structure of this excerpt reveals Cash's personality?
It numbers cash's ideas to show that he is logical and organized.
Read the introduction from the Declaration of Independence. What conclusion is best supported by the reasoning in this sentence? "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another...a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
People should publicly declare their grievances before taking a drastic action.
Read the following excerpt from the Great Gatsby: "He looked at me sideways- and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying. He hurried the phrase "educated at Oxford," or swallowed it, or choked on it, as though it had bothered him before. And with this doubt, his whole statement fell to pieces, and I wondered if there wasn't something a little sinister about him, after all." What theme does this excerpt best convey?
People shouldn't try to be who they're not because the truth will reveal itself.
Read this excerpt from Emily Dickinson's poem "712" ("Because I could not stop for Death"): "We passed the Setting Sun - Or rather - He passed Us -" What poetic device is used here?
Personification
In the following conversation, what discussion technique do Emily and Han most clearly show? Emily:Hold on- earlier you admitted that we don't have enough butterflies to pollinate all the fruit trees. Han:Yeahhhh....ummmm.....I did say that.....And I still believe it....But still......we don't have enough evidence to prove that the human race will die out if bees become extinct.
Resolving contradictions
Read the following passage from Journal of the Adventures of a Party of California Gold-seekers by Margaret Frink: "Saturday, June 15. This morning we started at eight o'clock. Our friends, the Carson boys, from Cincinnati, came up with use here. We made a long drive today of twenty-six miles and camped within three miles of the crossing of the North Platte. For several days past we have been traveling among extensive thickets of sage-brush, or artemisia. It has the odor of turpentine mixed with camphor, which fills the air." What statement best describes how the author connects the sequence of events in this passage?
She records details of the date, time, and distance traveled.
Read the following excerpt from "I Sell a Dog" by Mark Twain: "I was out of money and I went down to Washington to see if I could earn enough there to keep me in bread and butter while I should write a book." What is the role of the idiom in this sentence?
To indicate that Twain needed money in order to eat
Read these liens from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": "The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." What is on purpose of the personification in this poem?
To make an animal seem like a peer to the speaker.
When a person reads a poem aloud, what technique is most effective for conveying the emotional tone of the poem?
Use a pace that is appropriate for the tone of the poem.
In the following conversation, which group discussion technique does Han most clearly demonstrate? Ramona:O.K., one more time. Did Molly May really love Edward Thomas? Or did she just stay with him for the money? Han:Well, the way Tim Johnson wrote the book made it seem like May was so in love with him that she'd out up with anything. Like when he left her in his mansion for a week without food, water, or electricity. If all she cared about was the money, I don't see why she would do that.
Using evidence to support your opinions
What is the most likely plot setup of a Gothic novel?
A woman is travelling alone on a dark road in a secluded area
What option is the clearest example of deductive reasoning?
Every rose has its thorn. Therefore, any rose I pick will have at least one thorn.
What best explains why the delivery of William Faulkner's Nobel Prize speech does not support its rhetoric and purpose?
He fails to emphasize words to highlight his main point.
Read the following passages from Faulkner's Nobel Prize speech: "He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed- love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice." How does this passage contribute to the overall purpose of the speech?
It establishes the criteria that are necessary for creating lasting fiction.
Read the following excerpt from Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: "We were not regularly allowanced. Our food was coarse corn-meal boiled. This was called mush. It was put into a large wooden tray or trough, and set down upon the ground. The children were then called, like so many pigs, and like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush." How does the objective style of this excerpt add power to the story?
It focuses on facts about mush without including Douglass's own opinion of it.
What best explains how the body of the Declaration of Independence supports Jefferson's purpose?
It lists the ways that King George III has injured the colonists.
Rad this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's essay "Resistance to Civil Government": "Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West. It does not educate." What rhetorical device is used here?
Parallelism
Which fact from the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was protected by the 14th Amendment, which prohibits deprevation of life, liberty, or property?
That they are educating they young for citizenship is reason for scrupulous protection of the constitutional freedoms of the individual, if we are not to strangle the free mind at its source and teach youth to discount important principles of our government as mere platitudes.
Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby: "Gatsby believed in the green light, and the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter- to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And one fine morning--" What is the most likely purpose of the symbolism in this passage?
To stand for the lure of the american Dream that often proves elusive.
Read the following sentence: "When the team won the gold medal at the Olympics, the coach told reporters that he was glad." What technique does this sentence best illustrate?
Understatement
In a group discussion, what sentence is most clearly evaluating an author's point of view?
Was Fernandez's intent to really analyze black hole singularities or to just entertain readers?
What statement includes a rebuttal?
While some say that Twain's use of sarcasm is inappropriate in serious situations, evidence shows that small amounts of humor help people cope with serious topics.
How does Whitman's attitude toward death in "Song of Myself" compare to Dickinson's attitude in "712: Because I could not stop for Death"?
Whitman sees death as a renewing the earth, while Dickinson views death as a spiritual rebirth.
Read the following excerpt from Journal of the Adventures of a Party of California Gold-seekers by Margaret Frink: "Here we again heard alarming and discouraging accounts of deeds of violence and bloodshed that had recently been committed on the plains; along the route that we were very soon to travel over." What word best describes the mood Frink creates with this passage?
Worried
What search would best narrow down your results for this research question? "What kind of food do pet Salamanders eat?"
food AND pet salamander
What is the correct MLA format for a parenthetical citation of this book? Baxter, Harlan. La Nina and El Nino: Two Different Weather Phenomena Meteorological Press, 2012, p.15.
(Baxter 15)
Look at the dictionary entry that follows this sentence. What is the meaning of the word "siren" as it is used in the sentence? "We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth- and listen to the song of the siren till she transforms us into beasts." si/ren (noun) 1: often capitalized: a female, partly human creature in Greek mythology, known for luring sailors to their destruction through tempting song. 2: a female with a captivating or mesmerizing singing voice.
A female, partly human creature in Greek mythology, known for luring sailors to their destruction through tempting song.
Read the following excerpt from the last chapter of The Great Gatsby: "After Gatsby's death the East was haunted for me like that, distorted beyond my eyes' power of correction. So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home." What statement most plausibly analyzes the aesthetic impact of the excerpt?
By bringing the story full circle, the author leaves the reader satisfied, though sad, about unfulfilled dreams.
What should you not do when evaluating an opponents supporting points?
Criticize the opponent's background
Read the following excerpt from Frederick Douglass's autobiography: "I had the strongest desire to see Baltimore. Cousin Tom, though not fluent in speech, had inspired me with that desire by his eloquent description of the place." What did Douglass use to establish ethos?
Formal diction
What best describes the way that Thoreau structured "Resistance to Civil Government"?
He uses logos to show the sensibility of his argument and then ethos to show that he has put his ideas into practice.
Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby: "He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores." What best explains how the point of view affects the tone of this passage?
It lends some insight that makes the narrator sympathetic and credible.
What sentence from the Declaration of Independence best develops the idea that representative government is the basis of our constitutional democracy?
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
In a group discussion, what statement most clearly uses evidence to support a conclusion?
The author proves that he's biased when he uses terms like "silly" and "stupid"
Read the following passage from an analysis essay's body: "The commonality between Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is the sentimentality when describing the trials of Hester Prynne. Meanwhile, Melville's description of Captain Ahab is similarly full of sentimentality." What is the primary weakness of this passage?
The claim is not supported with evidence
Read the sentence from the Declaration of Independence. What idea does this sentence best help develop? "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government...."
The colonists should separate from Great Britain and create their own government
Read the following passage: The Peace Corps was the embodiment of President John F. Kennedy's call to the American people in his inaugural speech to support one's country and not just take from it. In 1993, President Bill Clinton created AmeriCorps. Since the program's founding in 1994, "more than 800,000 AmeriCorps members have contributed more than 1 billion hours in service across America" (Corporation for National Community Service) What method is used to integrate the quotation into this passage?
The quotation is presented as part of the writing and does stand on its own.
What statement best evaluates the use of emotion in a poetry reading?
The reader's deep mournfulness reflected the tragic events described in the poem.
Read the following excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi: "When his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. But when he came home the next week a live, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to use that the partiality of Providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism." How does Twain use irony in this excerpt?
To contrast the concern the boys should have felt with the satisfaction they really felt.
What best explains the purpose of the rhetorical device used in the following sentences? We may have been defeated today, but we will be like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We will be victorious tomorrow.
To create a memorable image by comparing two unlike objects
Read the following excerpt from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain: "The town drunkard stirs, the clerks wake up, a furious clatter of drays follows, every house and store pours out a human contribution, and all in a twinkling the dead town is alive and moving." How does Twain use an idiom in this excerpt?
To describe how quickly the once sleepy town comes alive
