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
