English 11A Semester Exam

Free birth is an alleged requirement for membership in the Blue Vein Society.

"alleged" = suspected

"Racism is an insidious disease"

"insidious" = harmful

"It will have a tremendous negative economic impact on their organization and, we hope, will convince them that it is not worth it to keep a perjorative name for their team"

"perjorative" = negative

Mark sentence that punctuates the appositive phrase correctly. A. First Lady Michelle Obama graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. B. First Lady, Michelle Obama, graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

A. First Lady Michelle Obama graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

Mark sentence that punctuates the appositive phrase correctly. A. The movie Chariots of Fire is about two British sprinters competing in the 1924 Olympics. B. The move, Chariots of Fire, is about two British sprinters competing in the 1924 Olympics.

A. The movie Chariots of Fire is about two British sprinters competing in the 1924 Olympics.

Which two authors share stylistic similarities, despite their work in different literary movements?

Ambrose Bierce and Edgar Allen Poe

Which literary movement began after the Civil War?

American Realism

Match the literary movement or subgenre with the literature. Henry David Thoreau's Walden

American Romanticism

Match the literary movement or subgenre with the literature. Walt Whitman's poetry

American Romanticism

Mark the sentence that punctuates the appositive phrase correctly. A. New runners especially those who are overweight should not strain themselves. B. New runners, especially those who are overweight, should not strain themselves.

B. New runners, especially those who are overweight, should not strain themselves.

Mark sentence that punctuates the appositive phrase correctly. A. Ten feet of snow more than we had ever seen fell recently. B. Ten feet of snow, more than we had ever seen, fell recently.

B. Ten feet of snow, more than we had ever seen, fell recently.

"'Scuse me, suh, I's lookin' for my husban'. I heard you wuz a big man an' had libbed heah a long time, an' I 'lowed you wouldn't min' ef I'd come roun' ax you ef you'd eber heerd of a merlatter man by de name er Sam Taylor 'quirin' roun' in de chu' ches ermongs' de people fer his wife 'Liza Jane?"

Charles Waddell Chestnutt

Works in the same literary movement would most likely share...

Concerns

Match the literary movement or subgenre with the literature. the sermon "sinners in the hands of an angry god"

Early American and Colonial Literature

Since words have multiple meanings, the context of a word often provides clues to its meaning better than the dictionary's definition. In the following lines from Anna Bradstreet's poem "To Her Father with some Verses," what is the best definition for 'ILL"? Most truly honored, and as truly dear, If worth in me or ought I do appear, Who can of right better demand the same Than may your worthy self from whom it came? The principal might yield a greater sum, Yet handled ILL, amounts but to this crumb; My stock's so small I know not how to pay, My bond remains in force unto this day.

Ill = poorly

"The feller took the money and started away; and when he was going out the door, he sorter jerked his thumb over his shoulder--so--at Dan'l, and says again, very deliberate, 'Well,' he says, 'I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog.'"

Mark Twain

Select form of possessive for the follwing words in sentence below "Mr. Huang": With Mr. Huang assistance, we learned to paddle a canoe.

Mr. Huang's

Which of the following authors is a transcedentalist?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Match literary movement or subgenre with the literature. Letters may be used more than once. Phillis Wheatley's poetry

Realism

Match the literary movement or subgenre with the literature. Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calveras County"

Regionalism

In "Indians Are a People, Not Masots", which of the following assertions does Fred Veilleux make about Native American mascots?

They dishonor the traditions of Native Americans

Which of these authors is best known for a narrative of his journey to America?

William Bradford

Using passage from Willa Carter... Context clues suggest that alluring in line 10 means?

alluring in line 10 = attractive

The suffix -ly, as in the word cautiously, means that cautiously is a(n)...

any word having -ly added becomes an ADVERB

Using same passage by Willa Cather - The phrase "tradesman's wagons were hurrying soundlessly" in line 6 is an example of?

hyperbole

Using prior excerpt... Reread the first sentence of the excerpt. Using context clues, you conclude that sedges are...

plants

Using passage by Willa Carter... Lines 22-23 offers an example of? Lines 22-23: dramas, the text of all romances, the nerve-stuff of all sensations was whirling about him like the snowflakes.

simile

What is a word's connotation?

the attitudes associated with the word

Read following exerpt - then answer questions: I looked upon the scene before me - upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain - upon the bleak walls - upon the vacant eyelike windows - upon a few rank sedges - and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees - with an utter depression of soul, which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the afterdream of the reveler upon opium - the bitter lapse into everyday life - the hideous dropping off of the veil. There was an iciness, a sinking.... What is the author's purpose int this excerpt?

to describe

Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a major influence on the...

American Revolution

Match the author with the regional dialect. Not all authors will be used. "one day, when I was a kid, I was climbing some rocks looking out at da ocean. Down Malaekahana side. All of a sudden, my bruddah start screaming, 'Get down from deah. No good. Da rocks sacred."

Cedric Yamanaka

Essay for "Writing Short Stories" by Flannery O'Connor about characterization.

Context helps to not only provide a vivid setting but also how they help to explain and develop a characters' thoughts, words, and actions. Context helps a reader know what a character is going through, what might be influencing their lives, thoughts and feelings throughout the story. Recommend reading/using "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce to complete this essay - look at the sensory details Bierce uses with this character Peyton Farquhar at the beginning, when wanting and trying to escape, what it means when he visualizes his wife and kids; how does the sensory detail make you feel while reading the story? All of the sensory context helps to keep the reader engaged and feel like they are living the story right next to Farquhar.

Select form of possessive for the follwing words in sentence below "Davis": On Captain Davis advice, we took the boat out of the water.

Davis's

Using prior excerpt... Based on the style of the excerpt, the author is most likely...

Edgar Allen Poe

"Unmoved, she notes the chariot's pausing at her low gate; unmoved, an emporer is kneeling upon her mat."

Emily Dickinson

Which of the following poets is best known for writing poetry in free verse?

Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman

Essay about 19th century philospher, Alexis de Tocquerville, stating "The inhabitants of the United States have...properly speaking, no literature". Evaluate contributions of 2 or more writers from this semester and the development of uniquely American Literature. What genres, subjects, themes, settings or characters did these writers develop?

I believe his quote is not accurate as there are various levels and intricacies within literature and no definite requirements or standards. Many different grammar and syntaxes could be used about anything written and thus could be considered "literature". I compared Mark Twain (regionalism/realism) to Edgar Allen Poe (gothic and romanticism). Compare their writing styles (Twain's dialect vs Poe's use of punctuation), themes (Twain writing about life in the American West vs Poe writing about death, burials etc) and how they created or brought their character to life. Both of these authors chose a unique but different way to bring their message to their readers, but it does not mean either of their writings is not considered "literature".

Which of the following terms refers to the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?

Meter

Select form of possessive for the follwing words in sentence below "Mondays' ": On Mondays' we have soccer practice.

Mondays

Using prior excerpt... Which of the following statements best paraphrases the first sentence of the excerpt above?

The appearance of the house depressed me.

Using prior excerpt... What poetic device is used in the sentence "there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart -"?

consonance

The following quote from "Young Goodman Brown" reflects what type of mood in the short story? "He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through and closed immediately behind. It was all as lonely as could be, and there is this peculiarity in such a solitude, that the traveler knows not who may be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overhead..."

dark and mysterious

Select form of possessive for the follwing words in sentence below "days": After two days vacation, we returned home.

days'

Using passage by Willa Carter... The reader can infer that Paul values?

fantasy more than reality

Paul's Case by Willa Cather From this passage, the reader can infer that Paul...

had dreamed of being on Fifth Avenue