Svhs English Unit 10 Practice Final

Match the forms of time in literature with their correct definitions (some terms may be used more than once): 1. the actual time in which the work was written or published by the writer 2. it often is told in flashback, or at a later time than the events in the narration took place 3. the supposed time in which the storyteller in the story reveals the story to the reader 4. the actual time it takes to see the work "performed" 5. the supposed time in which the events in the story took place

1. Author time 2. NOT Narrator time 3. Narrator time 4. Reader time 5. Plot time

Match the prefix with its meaning. 1. Dis- 2. Sub- 3. Hyper- 4. Co- 5. Omni- 6. Pre- 7. Trans- 8. Un- 9. Mono-

1. Opposite of, not 2. Under 3. Over, Above 4. With 5. All, Everything 6. Before 7. Across, Beyond 8. Reverse of, not 9. One

What is Lucky Dragon No. Five according to John Hersey's Hiroshima?

A Japanese fishing vessel irradiated by hydrogen bomb tests

Propaganda has several techniques. A famous one is, of course, name-calling. What names (good and bad) does the speaker use here that are obviously propagandistic name-calling? Brainworkers Comrads Jones

All of the above

What is a suffix?

An ending added to a root word to change its meaning.

Which scene from Animal Farm shows that all of the animals WERE equal?

Animals singing song of revolution.

Objectivity in journalism is a "goose chase." In other words, it may an ideal and not be realistically attainable. Yet, it still should be the highest standard for a journalist. Or maybe, a journalist should seek to _________, which is more realistic and scalable.

Be transparent

In the novel Animal Farm, which animal from the novel appears to be the most stubborn and unchanged from the beginning to the end?

Benjamin

Proving a prediction to be true calls for _______ reading of the text.

Careful

Which informational text structure uses these signal words? herefore, as a result, lead(s) to, because of, in order to, for these reasons, thus, if-then, may be due to

Cause and effect

Put the following episodes of Ulysses' (Odysseus') adventures in the correct order:

Cicones - Lotus Eaters - Polyphemus

A critical thinker ________ with others in figuring out solutions to complex problems.

Communicates effectively

Which informational text structure uses these signal words? like, similar to, unlike, in contrast, whereas, while, although, different from, as opposed to, instead of, however, as well as either/or

Compare and Contrast

What word, borrowed from the Russian Revolution, is used by Squealer especially to create a feeling of brotherhood and togetherness?

Comrades

________ is the first woman to recognize Ulysses (Odysseus) because she notices his ______, as all the foreshadowing will soon be achieved in a bloody revenge.

Eurycleia, Scar

The four types of literary style are _________.

Expository or argumentative, descriptive, persuasive, and narrative.

T/F? A soft lead is also called an "emotional lead".

False

T/F? In his satire Animal Farm, Orwell is NOT ONLY criticizing the pigs (Soviet leaders) BUT ALSO the other animals (country's citizens) who do not think for themselves.

False

Which of the following people was not in Hiroshima during the explosion?

Father Siemes

_______ vocabulary commonly involves longer words or words with origins in Latin and Greek.

Formal

"Siren Song" is a _______ poem of nine stanzas, with 27 lines in total. There is _______ rhyme scheme and the meter has _______ pattern, so the _______ change from stanza to stanza.

Free verse, no, no set, rhythms

Which of the following countries did not have nuclear capabilities in 1974?

Germany

__________ are questions that a reader asks about each chapter heading before they read the section.

Guide questions

At the end of the story, Ishwari's Children, why is the narrator confused?

He doesn't understand why a mother did not console the crying child.

In the novel Animal Farm, which of the following was NOT a wording change under Napoleon's leadership?

I will work much harder

According to the Narrative View applied to Ulysses' (Odysseus') identity... Early in his life, Ulysses (Odysseus) must have thought he was _________. Later, after being away from home and family for 20 year, he realizes he is _______.

Immortal (godlike), mortal (human)

What are some characteristics of semi-formal English?

In semi-formal English phrasal verbs and contractions are okay, some idioms are okay, but avoid slang and text speech. Use polite English and avoid saying negative things too directly.

After the Trojan War, it takes 10 more years for Odysseus to return home because he ________.

Incurred the wrath of the gods

Contractions, relative clauses without a relative pronoun and ellipsis are more common in ______ language.

Informal

From the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the etymology of the word "text" comes from:

Latin

The majority of English words come from _____ roots.

Latin

The problem with the Narrative View is that it explains the identity and significance of ________ instead of ________. These stories we construct depend upon their ending, which we cannot predict.

Lives, Selves?

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the most comprehensive dictionary assembled, but it requires a subscription. According to the editors at Oxford Online English, they recommend that intermediate and advanced English users should use the________ online dictionary, and lower level learners should use _______.

Longman, Lexico

On the island of the _______-Eaters, Ulysses' crew, after tasting the plant, no longer wish to return _______.

Lotus, home

Animal Farm is set and was written in the __________ period.

Modern

According to the "Meaning Behind Animal Farm" lesson, match the following humans to their allegorical characters in the novel: Czar Nicholas II leaders of England capitalists who did business with the Soviets Czarina Alexandra leaders of Germany (likely Hitler)

Mr. Jones Mr. Pilkington Mr. Whymper Mrs. Jones Mr. Frederick

There are major ways in which the novel is uniquely different than other forms of writing. The distinguishing features below are part of which of those ways? style subplots structure parallel plots

NOT Character

Which of the following is NOT of the omens or divine signs that occur in books 19-20?

NOT a thunderbolt from Jove (Zeus)

According to "Western vs. Eastern Storytelling," what is the distinctive band of "friends," "companions" who share the hero's destiny in Eastern myths?

Nakama

Book VI: Who says, "Hush, my dears, for I want to say something. I believe the gods who live in heaven have sent this man to the Phaeacians. When I first saw him I thought him plain, but now his appearance is like that of the gods who dwell in heaven. I should like my future husband to be just such another as he is, if he would only stay here and not want to go away. However, give him something to eat and drink"?

Nausicaa

The Cyclopes are sons of __________ who follow no __________. In this way, they are foils of the Greeks, who take pride in their customs, especially xenia.

Neptune (Poseidon), law

According to the "Meaning Behind Animal Farm" lesson, match the following humans to their allegorical characters in the novel: Karl Marx (and Vladimir Lenin) Josef Stalin Russian media Leo Trotsky

Old major Napoleon Squealer Snowball

How does one make a prediction while reading a text?

One thinks about what they have already read and decides what they think will happen next.

What is a phrasal verb?

Phrasal verbs are two-word or three-word verbs. They are usually a verb plus a preposition.

Propaganda 101: Endorsements from the common people. For example, Napoleon uses the sheep to say that they're so well fed in earshot of Mr. Whymper in order to drive up prices. What more common name is this method known by?

Plain Folks

There are major ways in which the novel is uniquely different than other forms of writing. The distinguishing features below are part of which of those ways? tension foreshadowing genre allegory flashback

Plot

When taking notes, you ________ preview the assignment before you begin. When taking notes, you _______ use the ends of sections as cues to stop and summarize.

Should Should

Dickens wrote that their (the tricoteuse) knitting was a "mechanical substitute for eating and drinking."[4]...What Dickens and others may have missed is that in the eighteenth-century women were expected to use their free time in productive pursuits. Thus, it was a fad to be busy, and the tricoteuses may have been in the habit of knitting because of ______.

Social expectation

A hard lead, also called a __________ , "contains the most important parts of the 5 W's and an H".

Summary lead

Before Ulysses (Odysseus) finally does it, who comes closest to nearly stringing the master's old bow?

Telemachus

What sudden change in Hiroshima gives Miss Sasaki the creeps?

The thick, new growth of wildflowers

What are context clues?

They are other words or expressions in a sentence used to help to figure out what an unknown word might be.

Why does Updike use the verb "walks," which agrees with third person singular, instead of "walk," third person plural? "In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits."

To make the girls seem like they are one thing or unit, all together.

Why does Updike shift from present verb tense to past verb tense at the end? Closing paragraph: I look around for my girls, but they're gone, of course. There wasn't anybody but some young married screaming with her children about some candy they didn't get by the door of a powder- blue Falcon station wagon. Looking back in the big windows, over the bags of peat moss and aluminum lawn furniture stacked on the pavement, I could see Lengel in my place in the slot, checking the sheep through. His face was dark gray and his back stiff, as if he'd just had an injection of iron, and my stomach kind of fell as I felt how hard the world was going to be to me hereafter.

To show a change in the narrator in how he starts to realize the consequences of his actions.

How does the author develop tone?

Tone is developed through the author's choice of words, the author's bias or opinion on the topic, or through the character's actions.

T/F? In order to avoid the news "attention trap" and to get the most reliable information, it is best to buy/subscribe to a newspaper and read the news with no time constraints or distractions.

True

T/F? In the story, Ishwari's Children, the narrator's father grew up on the river where the story takes place.

True

T/F? It is not until Book IX (9) that Ulysses (Odysseus) reveals his true identity to another person, in this case, King Alcinous.

True

T/F? News bias is driven by profits/sales.

True

T/F? One easy way to understand literary style is to think about fashion styles. Clothes can be formal and dressy, informal and casual, preppy, athletic, and so forth. Literary style is like the clothes that a text puts on.

True

T/F? The story is an example of the "male gaze" problem in literature: Male Gaze: a story from the perspective of a typical male, idealizing a male audience, and characterized by a tendency to objectify women, or to treat as them as objects. Closing lines: "I look around for my girls, but they're gone, of course."

True

T/F? Writing style reveals the writer's personality, as well as his/her voice, and also shows how he or she perceives the audience.

True

A definition of "questioning the text" is the act of asking questions about the text while reading it. Level 1 questions can be answered by only looking for facts contained in the text. Level 2 questions can be answered by going beyond the text to a discussion about abstract ideas or issues.

True True False

Geri Walton's article "Tricoteuses: Knitting Women of the Guillotine" she wrote: The French government saw the women's rowdy and unpredictable behavior as a liability to the increasingly authoritarian revolutionary government. When executions were underway, it was these zealous tricoteuses who bellowed and jeered. The word "tricoteuse" appeared in French literature about 1788. Some people believe that the tricoteuses knitted because knitting alleviates stress and depression, which in turn helped them relax.

True True True True

An author that is telling a story to appeal to your imagination is typically doing what?

Trying to entertain you.

The eagle flying overhead with a dove in its talons represents or symbolizes _______ and _______, respectively.

Ulysses (Odysseus) and the suitors

According to the Narrative View of identity, we are characters in our own stories. Early in life, we ask, "Who are we?" Later in life, we start asking what question? (Later, in fact, we will likely actualize it.)

What should I do (for a living)

In "The American Embassy," Ugonna's death is foreshadowed near the beginning of the story by the author's use of imagery. How does she describe the boy?

a chest so red like the color of palm oil

Match the root word with its meaning. Cent Multi Crypt Cred Norm

a hundred many hide believe typical

In the passage below, from the story Ishwari's Children, what gift is given, or taken, by Dadajan? "Of course. Your only son, of course, he must have this. There is no need to pay us for it. You must take it as a gift, from us poor charuas." Question 51

a rooster

We make inferences __________.

all of the time, in life, as well as when we read, watch a movie, or listen to music

Propaganda 101: Create a false dichotomy. This is also known as an Either-Or fallacy or a Black-or-White fallacy: "Either you're with us or against us." How is this achieved in Animal Farm? Squealer constantly says that Jones will come back. "Either you're with us or with the cruel Jones (who will come back)." Old Major in his dream says Man is a tyrant master. "Either you're with us animals or Man, the tyrant." all of these Napoleon turns the former hero Snowball into a traitor. "Either you're with Snowball the traitor or me."

all of these

The Odyssey was composed before the Greek _______ , and it was told by oral poets, called __________. The most famous is Homer, who was thought to be blind.

alphabet, Rhapsodes

An inference is ______________.

an educated guess based on evidence that is right in front of us, combined with our past experiences.

In "Siren Song" the lines are short, which means the reader has to focus on a careful read through. Pauses play an important role in the reading because of enjambment - when a line or stanza continues to the next with no punctuation, maintaining the sense - which occurs in every stanza. Where does enjambment take place below (line numbers in parentheses)? I will tell the secret to you, (19) to you, only to you. (20) Come closer. This song (21) is a cry for help: Help me! (22)

between lines 21 and 22

How does the speaker of Atwood's poem "Siren Song" lure in her reader?

by using a cry for help, saying 'only you can help me; only you are unique'

When citing a quote in an essay, a writer must first give _________, or the background as to the who, what, when, and where the quote originated in the text.

context

Let's say you're writing an essay on Of Mice and Men. What is missing in this dropped quote? "Almost automatically George shuffled the cards and laid out his solitaire hand. He used a deliberate, thoughtful slowness" (Steinbeck 93).

context, lead-in, and explanation

When reading actively you should identify ________ any unfamiliar terms. A passive reader is ________ likely to comprehend what they read than an active reader.

define, less

Expository writing's main purpose is to _____.

explain

In "Using Textual Evidence in Essays," which of the following goes last? citation context quotation explanation lead-in

explanation

T/F? Figurative language is language that has the same meaning as its literal interpretation.

false

In the statement, "Now first let me tell you my name, so that all of you may know me...I am Ulysses (Odysseus), son of Laertes, known before all men for the study of crafty designs, and my fame goes up to the heavens. I am at home in sunny Ithaca," what elements of identity are Ulysses (Odysseus) revealing?

family ; fame ; citizenship

What literary term is this? a character who contrasts the epic hero in order to create conflict and highlight the hero's strengths or weaknesses. (Telemachus vs. his father. The suitors vs. Ulysses (Odysseus). Penelope vs. Ulysses' mother, etc.)

foil

In general, a _________ speaker uses a sophisticated voice—longer sentences, fewer first-person pronouns and more low frequency (less commonly used) words.

formal

What is Michael Obi's tone in this conversation? "Well, I don't know," replied the [teacher] with a shrug of the shoulders. "But I remember there was a big row some time ago when we attempted to close it." "That was some time ago. But it will not be used now," said Obi as he walked away. "What will the Government Education Officer think of this when he comes to inspect the school next week? The villagers might, for all I know, decide to use the schoolroom for a pagan ritual during the inspection."

frustrated and sarcastic

Homer uses much _______ that appeals to the senses. He vividly describes the natural world and the sea, and fantastic new places, even familiar places. "There was a large fire burning on the hearth, and one could smell from far the fragrant reek of burning cedar and sandal wood."

imagery

In "The American Embassy," when does someone offer the protagonist an orange and some advice?

in line outside the embassy

Context clues help to ____ what an unknown word might mean.

infer

Some historians maintain the tricoteuse were ________ women who deviated from the norm and helped to shape the political reality of the French Revolution by knitting in assembly debates and crossing "the threshold between home and politics."

lower-class

NOTE: Some historians maintain that the tricoteuse were a counter-revolutionary _________, that they never existed at all, kind of like fake news.

myth

John Hersey's book Hiroshima exposed the atomic bomb's _________, which the U. S. government initially tried to downplay.

permanent damage to its victims

The words biologist and chemist both have the suffix "-ist." What does the suffix "-ist" mean?

person or member

Which of these words is NOT one of the 5 categories that make up the acronym PIE'ED?

proofread

Adichie's tone throughout "The American Embassy" is tense and suspenseful. Her protagonist makes a grueling decision at the end of the story. Even though we don't know what's going to happen to her, the mood, or the feeling created by the author and felt by the reader, at the ending of the story is...

resolute or decisive

Penelope devises a test for the suitors. Whoever can ________ and _______ will be her new husband and king of Ithaca.

string Ulysses' (Odysseus') bow, shoot an arrow through 12 axe handles

Mood can be defined as ____.

the feeling the reader gets from reading the text

Good readers support their predictions with evidence from _____.

the text

What literary term does Achebe use to end his story? Obi woke up next morning among the ruins of his work. The beautiful hedges were torn up not just near the path but right round the school, the flowers trampled to death and one of the school buildings pulled down . . . That day, the white Supervisor came to inspect the school and wrote a nasty report on the state of the premises but more seriously about the "tribalwar situation developing between the school and the village, arising in part from the misguided zeal of the new headmaster."

use of irony

How does Atwood's poem "Siren Song" end?

using irony, as it is implied that the speaker kills the reader