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- English III B Diagnostic Test 2
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- If the Brown vs. Board of Education Case had been tried in front of a jury, which of the following strategies would represent the rhetorical strategy of pathos?
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- C. Commentary that focuses on the impact of denying a person a public education
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- What was the intent of the Harlem Renaissance?
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- A. To idealize black life through art.
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- She is persistent as gum on the bottom of your shoes is an example of:
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- D. Simile.
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- What is the main idea or message of a poem?
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- D. Theme
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- In the essay "Mother Tongue," why was Amy Tan once ashamed of the way her mother speaks English?
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- B. Because other people often treated her mother poorly because of the way she spoke.
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- In the essay "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan, a synonym of the word impeccable is:
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- B. Absolute
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- What word best describes the Realist's and Modernist's perspective on the world?
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- A. Objective
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- What was Postmodernism a direct response to?
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- B. Modernism after World War II
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- Which is true of Postmodernism?
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- A. It is comprised of many different literary movements.
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- What event and which U.S. President does Martin Luther King allude to at the beginning of his I Have a Dream speech?
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- C. Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.
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- What is unusual about the format of “In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound?
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- A. The poem contains only two lines
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- The new semester is a blank page for each student. is an example of:
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- A. Metaphor.
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- What is NOT revealed in the analysis of a rhetorical situation?
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- D. Situations of the speaker or writer
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- In "Martin Luther King Jr.: He Showed Us the Way" by César Chávez, nonviolence is more powerful than violence because:
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- D. All of the above.
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- What type of poem is Langston Hughes’ "Theme for English B"?
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- C. Lyric.
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- Which element uses details that appeal to the five senses?
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- A. Imagery
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- Why did William Carlos Williams use simple language in his poetry?
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- C. He was a medical doctor and never studied literature.
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- Ms. Jones asked her students to write a paper about various writers from different literary movements. She wants students to explore how the writer's connect with each other despite coming from different eras and places. What is Mrs. Jones asking her students to explore?
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- B. Timeless universals
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- Which literary movement spanned from the end of World War I to end of World War II?
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- A. Modernism
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- Who did Martin Luther King study as he developed his non-violent strategy for social change?
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- C. Mahatma Gandhi.
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- In the essay "Mother Tongue," what does Amy Tan mean when she states that she has many "Englishes?"
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- D. She learned both British and American English dialects.
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- Which of the following is NOT an aspect of perspective in persuasive rhetoric?
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- D. Understanding the writer's view's
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- What document did NOT have passages or phrases incorporated in the American Creed?
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- A. Bill of Rights
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- Ms. Staples' class is completing a rhetorical analysis on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Ms. Staples wrote this question on the board: "What other people would benefit from Dr. King's letter?" What element of a rhetorical situation is being addressed by this question?
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- C. Purpose
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- What does the wall symbolize in “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost?
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- A. Divisions between humans
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- In Langston Hughes’ "I, Too, Sing America," what is the literal meaning of the line "They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes"?
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- C. There is a table in the kitchen where the black people in the house prefer to sit.
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- Why does the narrator in Robert Frost’s "Mending Wall" tell his neighbor that his apple trees will never get across and eat the pine cones?
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- B. To get him to see the silliness in always repairing the wall.
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- The best word to describe the tone of Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” is:
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- A. Defiant
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- Which timeline best describes the Postmodernism movement?
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- D. Post World War II to current
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- In the poem "On the Pulse of the Morning" by Maya Angelou, what does The Rock symbolize?
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- A. Struggle
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- What statement is true of Postmodernist?
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- B. They believe the message is more important than the story and the characters.
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- In "The Red Wheelbarrow" what is the pun William Carlos Williams used when he wrote, "so much depends upon a red wheel barrow"?
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- D. The word “upon” dates from 14th Century English and meaning “obsolete”, which is what Williams thought of Eliot’s poetry.
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- Determine if the example is an argument, a persuasion, or propaganda. An auto company creates a poster that points out why their line of trucks is better than another company's trucks. The poster provides specific information about each line of vehicles to support the company's statement.
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- A. Argument
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- Determine if the example is an argument, a persuasion, or propaganda. A church group uses the media in a purposeful manner to convince the public that their beliefs are superior to other religions.
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- C. Propaganda
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- According to Maya Angelou, what is the best definition of collective pacifism?
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- C. A group of people choosing peaceful protest over violence.
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- In "Martin Luther King Jr.: He Showed Us the Way" by César Chávez, which statement is an example of logos?
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- A. If we resort to violence then one of two things will happen: either the violence will be escalated and there will be many injuries and perhaps deaths on both sides, or there will be total demoralization of the workers.
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- What makes perspective a challenging concept to define?
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- A. It consists of a groups undefined traditions or rituals.
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- What blends proven facts and opinions to win over the audience?
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- B. Persuasion
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- In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, what is the speaker’s regret?
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- A. He would never come back to this point again.
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- What is the “interlude” in Amy Lowell’s poem "Interlude"?
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- B. The movement of the moon.
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