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."