English 1127 Test

Steps to writing an essay in chronological order

1. Select a topic 2. Write your thesis statement 3. Develop a brief outline of your opening paragraph 4. Write a rough draft of your opening paragraph 5. Complete your outline 6. Research your topic 7. Write the rough draft of your essay 8. Proofread your work 9. Write the final draft

The _____ Amendment ended slavery in the United States.

13th

The Period of National Struggle covered the years ____ to ____.

1851....1866

Normally an essay is composed of ___ major divisions.

3

"Second Inaugural Address

Abraham Lincoln

_______ was the President during the War Between the States.

Abraham Lincoln

Four ways essays may be classified are:

expository, narrative, descriptive, persuasive

querulous

fretful

genial

friendly

Name two good results coming out of the war.

it settled the issue of slavery and the Union was not severed

mirth

joy

solitude

loneliness

The _____ develop the major points of the essay.

middle paragraphs

The thesis and major points of an essay are stated in the ______.

opening paragraph

ruddy

reddish

mute

silent

anecdotes

stories

Another name for the South during the war was ______.

the Confederacy

The _______ helped slaves flee the South before the war.

underground railroad

ominous

warning

As one gains _______, he acknowledges that he is unable to resolve conflicts in his own ______, and he needs ______ to resolve those conflicts.

wisdom....strength....God's help

Galatians 6:9

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

"Laus Deo!"

John Greenleaf Whittier

"Snow-Bound"

John Greenleaf Whittier

"Song of Slaves in the Desert"

John Greenleaf Whittier

The literary work which fueled antislavery feelings was _____.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

"Beat! Beat! Drums!"

Walt Whitman

Those who wished to rid the country of slavery were known as ____.

abolitionists