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- Who is the speaker in both of the poems "The Creation" and "The Last Judgment"?
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- B. God
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- What is a recurring pattern of character, symbol, or situation found in the mythology, religion, and stories of all cultures?
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- B. Archetype
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- The attitude that the author (through the work) has toward its subject or main idea.
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- B. Tone
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- Refers to the main idea. All stories will have one or more of these.
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- C. Themes
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- In the poem "I'm Explaining a Few Things," what figure of speech is used in the following lines?
- "…the blood / of Spain tower like a tide / to drown you in one wave"
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- C. Simile
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- Which of the following is NOT a category of mass media?
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- C. Personal media
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- What literary term is being used in the following piece:
- The hot summer sun beat relentlessly down,
- casting an orange glare over the fields, houses, and the river.
- Even the fragrant yellow flowers bordering the river hung wilted and dry.
- Our sun-baked backs ached for relief.
- We quickly pulled off our sweaty clothes and plunged into the river,
- but the cool water only stifled us and we soon climbed onto the brown, dusty bank.
- Our parched throats longed for something cool--a tall frosted glass of lemonade.
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- C. imagery
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- Read the first two stanzas of “La Belle Dame sans Merci” by John Keats. Choose the statement that correctly describes them.
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- O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
- Alone and palely loitering?
- The sedge has wither’d from the lake,
- And no birds sing.
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- O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms! 5
- So haggard and so woe-begone?
- The squirrel’s granary is full,
- And the harvest’s done.
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- A. Both stanzas are written from the perspective of one speaker.
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- Any sensory detail or evocation in a work.
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- C. Imagery
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- Choose the word(s) that should be capitalized in the following sentence: I enjoy going to Olive Garden and ordering spaghetti, which is my favorite italian food.
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- C. Italian
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- Choose the word(s) that should be capitalized in the following sentence: I absolutely love opening christmas presents early in the morning.
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- B. Christmas
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- Choose the word(s) that should NOT be capitalized in the following sentence: Do you like to watch the little mermaid?
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- D. You
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- Choose the word(s) that should be capitalized in the following sentence: When she was a child, Brenden lived in an old victorian house.
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- D. Victorian
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- Choose the word(s) that should NOT be capitalized in the following sentence: Do you like jif peanut butter or peter pan peanut butter better?
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- C. Peanut
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- Which of the following is the best definition of personification?
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- D. A type of metaphor used to compare nonhuman objects to humans
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- Choose the word(s) that should be capitalized in the following sentence: Levi is excited to get a chance to learn about american history this school year.
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- A. American
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- Which of the following is key to identifying theme?
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- B. Generalizing a statement about life
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- Choose the word(s) that should NOT be capitalized in the following sentence: The sales person at the electronics store asked “do you like dell computers or apple computers better?”
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- C. Do
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- What is meant by the following example of figurative language:
- "The fog crept in on cat feet."
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- C. The fog came quietly and unnoticably.
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- Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein is based on what creation story archetype?
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- C. Supreme Being
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- Why might the author have used the following example of alliteration:
- "Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."?
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- A. The soft sound of the "S" gives the sentence a calming effect.
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- What is the following simile comparing?
- "Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep." -Carl Sandburg
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- C. Peeling layers of an onion and living life
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- According to the Egyptian creation story, what was the order called that was established out of chaos?
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- C. Nu
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- What are two primary differences in mainstream media and alternative media?
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- C. The number of users and point of view
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- Why is the following an example of personification:
- "The alarm clock shouted at me as it alerted me to get up."
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- A. An alarm clock can not literally shout.
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- How are literary terms used in the study of literature?
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- D. all of the above
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- In the plot of “La Belle Dame sans Merci” the resolution has the main speaker
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- B. singing a song of grief.
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- This question will refer to the following passage:
- That floats on high o'er vales and hills, (1)
- When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils,
- Beside the lake, beneath the trees
- Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. (4)
- Continuous as the stars that shine (5)
- And twinkle on the Milky Way,
- They stretched in never-ending line
- Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance
- Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. (9)
- What literary term is being used in line 5?
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- A. voice
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- What is the main "theme" of the following piece:
- "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," by Randall Jarrell.
- From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
- Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
- When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
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- B. Dying in war is horrifying, not heroic
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- What two natural circumstances does the Ojibwa story "The Importance of Plants" explain?
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- D. It explains why rabbits have long ears and why roses have thorns.
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- In "The Creation," what figure of speech is used in these lines?
- "This Great God, / Like a mammy bending over her baby, / Kneeled down in the dust"
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- C. Simile
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- In the Shoshone story "Why People Die," who is the Creator God?
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- D. Wolf
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- Choose the word(s) that should be capitalized in the following sentence: During class the other day, Carlos asked, “how do you tell the difference between nouns and verbs?”
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- A. How
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- Which of the following is NOT true about economic growth of the United States during World War II?
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- C. Personal income and standard of living increased.
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- In Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, he uses "voice" to make his speech come alive.
- Which one of the following statements best portrays King's "voice:"
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- B. hopeful
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- The speaker or the person telling the story.
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- C. Narrator
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- Choose the word(s) that should be capitalized in the following sentence: Sometimes, Jason pretends he is a dancer in the musical Cats.
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- B. Dancer
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- In which kind of creation story is there a void or chaos before creation?
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- A. Creation out of nothing
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- In which kind of creation story would people migrate from one world to another?
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- B. Emergence
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- What is the purpose of "deluge" stories?
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- D. They warn us of the power of angry gods.
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- According to the Egyptian creation story, when Shu and Tefnut were lost amid the dark waters of Nu, the swirling chaos, whom did Atum send to find them?
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- D. The all-seeing eye
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- Many authors use references to other authors, works of art, or historical events. What is this literary device called?
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- A. Allusion
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- Why is the following an example of a hyperbole:
- "I was so embarrassed I wanted to die!"
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- C. Because no one would really be so embarrassed that they would choose death.
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- Which of the following is the best definition of a metaphor?
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- A. A type of figurative language that implies a comparison between two unlike things
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- "My computer hates me," is an example of personification. How would a computer given this characteristic be performing?
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- B. Poorly
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- Choose the word(s) that should be capitalized in the following sentence: Carmen loved the food and dancing at the hawaiian luau.
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- C. Hawaiian
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- The Hoh story of the Thunderbird and the Whale tells about what kind of event?
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- A. Earthquake
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- What sort of woman did the speaker meet in "La Belle Dame Sans Merci?"
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- B. a two-timer
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- How does setting reinforce the meaning and the mood of the poem?
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- C. Pale knights, princes, and kings imply death.
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- In "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," why would the speaker rest (sojourn) on a hillside that is very cold and unwelcoming?
- Your Answer
- C. He wants to be left alone by others.
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