English III Semester Exam 2020-2021
simile example
"He is as hungry as a horse"
Which statement from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 5? Answer choices for the above question
"There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature."
What is a simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is one of the main ideas of the story?
A woman discovers she has felt burdened by her marriage and looks forward to living independently of her husband.
Pathos
Appeal to emotion
Theme of On Being Brought from Africa to America
Black people can be christians too. Basically, the central idea is Christianity.
Theme
Central idea of a work of literature(story)
context clues
Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word
Constitution of the Iroquois
Dekanawidah
Indian Boarding School- The Runaways
Louise Erdrich
Which irony is most strongly represented in the story?
Mrs. Mallard's doctors believe she has died from a shock of happiness but Mrs. Mallard has died from disappointment.
The Story of an Hour Setting
Mrs. Mallard's home, early 20th century, when women were treated unfairly
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In which paragraph does the author introduce an important discovery that is made by Mrs. Mallard?
Paragraph 11. Mrs. Mallard realizes she is "'free, free, free!'"
On Being Brought from Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley
Plot
Sequence of events in a story
Which of the following sentences best describes Mrs. Mallard's revelation in the story?
She sees the flaws in marriage and her relationship.
direct characterization
The author directly states a character's traits
metaphor example
The snow is a white blanket.
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the first line of the poem? 'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
The speaker considers being brought from Africa to America to be a blessing
Which paragraph from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?
This paragraph most strongly presents the irony in the previous question by showing what the doctors believe while the reader knows how Mrs. Mallard truly felt. ["...of joy that kills."]
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams
When do we use context clues?
We use context clues to be able to figure out the surrounding text's meaning.
What is a metaphor?
comparison not using like or as
Ethos
credibility
plot structure
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
The following passage (lines 5-6) mainly refers to . Some view our sable race with scornful eye,"Their colour is a diabolic die."
negative views towards African people
Characterization
the act of creating and developing a character
Rhetoric(ethos, pathos, logos)
the art of using language effectively and persuasively
author's point of view
the opinion of the author; the author's viewpoint. The Iroquois Constitution explains that the nation can work together and stop engaging in civil wars.
Logos
Appeal to logic
indirect characterization
Author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions. An example is in the Scarlet Letter when Hester holds her baby close to herself. She is showing emotion by action.
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
An Address to Phillis Wheatley
Jupiter Hammon
The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin
Setting
The time and place a story takes place
What is most closely the meaning of delicious breath as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 5)? "She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring of life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves."
a welcome sense of relief
Which sentence from the excerpt shows that Mrs. Mallard is a sensible person?
"She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance."
