Kane Lit
The main shift in the passage occurs within which of the following sentences?
"Her descent...manifest" (lines 44-48)
All of the following are used to refer to novels EXCEPT
"strains" (line 27)
From line 13 on, the narrator is speaking primarily as:
A novelist
In line 26, "drew" is the best interpreted to mean
Brought
By most clearly doing which of the following?
Depicting silence as though it were a kind of sound
In the passage, Clytie's character is best described as:
Dutiful
By describing Clytie's "words" (line 44) rather than quoting them, the author primarily:
Emphasizes Clytie's anguished emotions
The narrator suggests that the abridgments and collections referred to in lines 35-40 are:
Excessively praised
In lines 43-50, the description of Clytie's lingering attention to her father's face suggests her
Growing realization of his impending death
The passage primarily focuses on:
Mental and physical worlds of Clytie as her father is dying
The description of Katherine in the first paragraph (lines 1-30) primarily emphasizes her
Passive participation in events she cannot fully understand
Othello
Pathos
The "fervent embrace" (line 27) suggests that Katherine's mother is
Pleased by her daughter's resemblance to a famous ancestor
The narrator uses the word "body" (line 29) primarily to
Reinforce a feeling of community
In the above stanza, the writer makes use of:
Rhyme royal Pentameter with some deviations
The narrator's attitude toward "Reviewers" (line 25) is best characterized as:
Scornful
In lines 38-39 the phrase to whom she gave the names of primarily emphasizes Katherine's
Sense of connection to an exalted literary tradition
The portion of the narrative involving Lethy (lines 11-21) severs primarily to:
Show what Octavia is like
The description of an old man as sitting "somewhat apart" (lines 17-18) primarily serves to emphasize his
Status compared with that of other people who visit the family
In context, the statement "Yes,novels" (line 13) does all of the following EXCEPT:
Suggest that an earlier observation is inaccurate
In line 23, "patronized" is best interpreted to mean:
Supported
Line 5-9 ("and she... man") suggest a contrast between
The impact that a statement had on Katherine and the statement's simplistic content
The absence of "fresh proof" (line 5) suggest S which of the following about Catherine and Isabella?
Their friendship had developed fully
Which of the following best states the narrator's central point about novelists?
They inappropriately malign their own profession
The speaker in the poem "The Sun Rising"
An apostrophe Colloquialism
The opening paragraphs of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities most notably employs the use of ____
An antithesis
William Shakespeare makes use of _______ in this excerpt from his play Macbeth:
Apostrophe
In context, the friendship between Catherine and Isabella is best understood as a:
Contrast to the lack of loyalty novelists show to one another
In lines 52-56 ("The thick....breathed"), the physical description of Octavia primarily conveys:
Her coarse vitality
Octavia's dialogue with Clytie is characterized by
A terseness that conveys dominance
Animal Farm written by George Orwell, employs______
Allegory
The poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake has a speaker who uses the noun "foe" as _____ and replaces it with "if" in the very next line
An antecedent
Taken as a whole, the passage is best characterized as:
An impassioned defense
The first line from the song "Zealots" by the Fugees best demonstrates:
Antithesis
What does the cooking of three separate meals primarily reveal about Clytie?
Her acquiescence to seemingly unreasonable requirement
The last line of the passage accomplishes which of the following?
I. It provides structural closure. III. It suggests an unvaried pattern.
In the above stanza, the speaker makes use of:
Iambic pentameter
In the above excerpt from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Iambic pentameter Personification
The sentences in lines 53-55 ("It seems.... leaf") makes use of
Imagery
The word "oozed" (line 1) serves to suggest both
Katherine's gradual perception of her family legacy and the growing presence of that legacy in her life
The passage features all of the following contrasts EXCEPT
Joy and despondence
Tupac Shakur best makes use of _____ in the poem "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"
Allegory
The following excerpt from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Ambiguity
Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as
An account of gradual realization
Which of the following statements best captures the central irony presented in the passage?
A distinguished family background may actually be a burden in some ways
The statement in lines 22-24 ("Alas...regard") produces its effect primarily by
Imagining a kind of sisterhood among fictional protagonists
Clytie's behavior in lines 43-47 suggests that she
Is overcome by a sense of powerlessness