English lll: Unit Seven
What attitude does Crevecoeur seem to express about America?
A land of opportunity
The Tatler and Spectator papers were produced by:
Addison and Steele
An author's story about himself is an
Autobiography
An Englishman who wrote essays about travel, truth, riches, and other serious subjects was
Bacon
Poe states that the province of a poem is
Beauty
One of the earliest American autobiographies was written by
Benjamin Franklin
A very famous six-volume biography is
Carl Sandburg's biography of Abraham Lincoln
A helpful method for showing the relationships between parts is
Classification
The two English poets who wrote literary essays about poetry were:
Coleridge and Wordsworth
The point-by-point method is suitable for:
Complex and Lengthy essays
Bradford's biography of Robert E. Lee reveals him as a general who felt that war was
Cruel
Cheerfulness, sadness, or nostalgia in descriptive writing is known as
Dominant mood
The types of issues commonly dealt with by editorialists are:
Economic, political, and social
The line "give me liberty or give me death" is an example of
Ethos and Pathos
Analytical papers may not be written about abstract subjects.
False
Argumentative writing uses comparison and contrast.
False
Biography and autobiography are actually a form of fiction since much of the details are not true in fact.
False
Byrd explains the problems he encountered with Powhatan.
False
Coherence literally means analytical.
False
For the remainder of his moments, he would enjoy his few remaining pleasures, the company and conversation of female ephemera and the knowledge that he had meant well in life.
False
Since an editor is giving his opinion, facts are not important.
False
The Diary of Anne Frank is a record kept by an early Dutch settler.
False
The elderly ephemera felt that his struggles in life were worth it because he gained a name for himself.
False
The account of Pocahontas's rescue of John Smith is believed to have been
Fictional
When a writer describes one thing by comparing it to something else, he is using
Figurative Language
Two styles of essays are:
Formal or Informal
What tool can a skillful author use to relieve tension and give the reader a break from heavy emotional material?
Humor
Franklin claimed to have heard and understood the conversation of ephemera, a type of
Insect
The Declaration of Independence was written by
Jefferson
The selection illustrating the idea that "the pen is mightier than the sword" is
Jefferson's letter to Paine
Two of the most popular forms of nonfiction are:
Magazines and Newspapers
The word essai, or essay, was first used by a French man named
Montaigne
At the time that Franklin's brother started his newspaper, how many newspapers were already in circulation?
One
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" is the name of a speech by
Patrick Henry
The central thesis of biography is the
Personality of the subject
Douglas S. Freeman wrote an account of the life of
Robert E. Lee
he blending of humor with criticism to attain social or political reform is called
Satire
Setting and historical events play a ____ in good biography.
Secondary role
The ephemera's lifespan was so ___ that it measured its life by ___
Short, Minutes
Poe says that the sole arbiter of poetry is
Taste
Biography can be used to reveal a historical period through the examination of one representative person's life.
True
Captain John Smith may have exaggerated or even invented parts of his account, A True Relation.
True
The Diary of Anne Frank describes the life of a Jewish girl during World War I I.
True
The analytical pattern is used in literary criticism.
True
The use of details is commonly used in illustrative writing.
True
Thomas Jefferson's letter applauds Thomas Paine's efforts.
True
William Byrd II wrote an informal, yet informative, account of a trip to Virginia and the Carolinas.
True
The first book to be written in America was Smith's
True Relation
Which is an example of the analytical method?
Walden
Select all questions that any of the three patterns of exposition should answer.
What is it? What are some examples of it? What is it like? What is it not like? What caused it? What did it affect? How can it be classified or divided?
metaphor
a direct comparison between two different things
anti-Semitism
a hatred for Jews and Jewish customs
simile
a statement that one thing is like another
corroborative
able to be proved or demonstrated
Which are major writing patterns of exposition?
analytical, argumentative, illustrative
Reader's Digest and Science Digest are examples of the _____ type of magazine.
anthology
In an effort to be published, Franklin the boy
changed his handwriting on an anonymous paper
Which of the following are characteristics of exposition?
clarity, coherence, completeness, conciseness
Which are methods used in illustrative exposition?
comparison, definition, example, supporting detail
argumentative
debatable; writing that presents various sides of an issue
A type of writing that paints with words is known as
descriptive
An essay type of writing stating the opinions of the publisher is called a(n)
editorial
A good argument should never be controversial.
false
personification
gives human qualities to inanimate objects or ideas
The houses built by Byrd were constructed of
logs, with pine and cypress shingles
Three ways to arrange details are:
order of importance, order of place, order of outstanding feature
The Declaration of Independence states that
people tend to endure hardships, rather than rebel
vignette
short descriptive literary sketch
The block method is suitable for:
shorter essays
Jesse Stuart wrote an autobiography about his life as a
teacher in rural Kentucky
Emerson's essay tells of: ______
the importance of natural resources to man, all of nature works together for man's benefit
figurative language
the use of comparisons to enhance writing; descriptions not to be taken literally
French writings similar to essays were called pensees, or
thoughts
A persuasive argument should be logical and tactful.
true
The purpose of argumentative writing is to change a reader's opinion.
true
The word essay originally meant
try
hyperbole
uses exaggeration for a particular effect
An author combines words, phrases, and clauses to create a
visual image
The questions a newspaper article should answer are
who, what, when, where, how
aphorism
witty, concise sayings, like proverbs