Mid-Term Review

Question 1

the grandmother, who favored little sprout,

Answer 1

cast the other twin into a hollow tree

Question 2

an evidence form the story that the Iroquois valued balance is that

Answer 2

one twin dwells in day; the other twin dwells in night

Question 3

which passage below shows the contrast between what the Europeans feared from the Native Americans and what actually happened?

Answer 3

par 11: “we could not defend ourselves…each one of them gave me an arrow in token of friendship”

Question 4

what shows that the Puritans contributions to our history were not wholly good nor wholly bad

Answer 4

they believed in free education for all but not in religious freedom for all

Question 5

which two similar lines does Anne use to compare her love and her husband’s love?

Answer 5

“My love is such… Thy love is such”

Question 6

which line below uses inverted syntax

Answer 6

and them behold no more shall i

Question 7

according to the text of Edward’s sermon, who are in the hands of an angry God

Answer 7

• “all you that were never born again”

- “all you that never passed under a great change of heart, by the mighty power of the Spirit…”

Question 8

what lines seem to show a contradiction in Edwards depiction of the character of God

Answer 8

“…him who has loved them…/ The God that holds you over the pit of hell, abhors you…”

Question 9

to make your sentences/writing more interesting

Answer 9

vary the length and form of your sentences

Question 10

which sentence below punctuates the appositive correctly

Answer 10

Staci, a graphic artist, is good at making flower arrangements

Question 11

which sentence below is not a good example of “Expository writing”

Answer 11

“this is a wonderful turnout,” said Jane, blushing as some of her fans waved from the stands

Question 12

not a good example of persuasive writing

Answer 12

a novel about a historical event

Question 13

which lines below from Lowell’s poem, “The First Snowfall,” would be best to cite to show the Romantic writer’s characteristic love of nature

Answer 13

5 - very pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl

Question 14

what figure of speech does Thoreau use in the underlined passage from Section 2 of Walden

Answer 14

simile or extended simile

Question 15

which sentence best expresses the meaning of the following aphorism from Section 16 of Thoreau’s Walden? sec 9: let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails

Answer 15

spend a day that is focused and intentional and not subject to significant, little distractions

Question 16

the following lines in Whitman’s poem, “I Hear America Singing,” show the free verse element of Line 4-9: the carpenter singing… the mason singing… the boatman singing… the deckhand singing…

Answer 16

repetition

Question 17

in lines 9-10 of her poem, “Because I could not stop for Death,” Dickinson uses descriptive words to create a sensory experience or paint a picture, the poetic device of
We passed the School, where Children strove at Recess - in the Ring -

Answer 17

imagery

Question 18

incorrect vocab

Answer 18

• if you hadn’t had so much ostentation, you wouldn’t have fallen off your bike

Question 19

according to irving’s tale, “the devil and tom walker,” deacon peabody had unusual trees on his land in that they

Answer 19

were fair and flourishing without, but rotten at the core

Question 20

in which of the following paragraphs does washington irving use description to characterize tom walker’s feelings about his wife in “the devil and tom walker”

Answer 20

paragraph 22

Question 21

incorrect vocab

Answer 21

• his handshake was firm and placid,like the grip of a man who knows where he is going

Question 22

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines from the raven
lines 16-17: ‘tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door - some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door

Answer 22

repetition

Question 23

incorrect vocab

Answer 23

there was so much wind and rain that the plane encounter a great impede on landing

Question 24

the directions appointed in each chamber by prince propsero were characterized by his taste for

Answer 24

the beautiful, but also the bizarre

Question 25

What elements of Gothic fiction do you find in Paragraph 13 of Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death”?

Answer 25

element 9

Question 26

in the followning passage from “dr. heidegger’s experiment,” hawthorne uses what figure of speech
paragraph 28: “my dear widow, you are charming!” cried colon Killigrew, whose eyes had been fixed upon her face, while the shadows of age were flitting from it like darkness from the crimson daybreak

Answer 26

simile

Question 27

one of the themes of Hawthorne’s “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” that is illustrated by the passage below, is that paragraph 47: “I love it as well thus as in its dewy freshness,” observed her, pressing the withered rose to his withered lips

Answer 27

we should love life in all of its stages

Question 28

incorrect vocab

Answer 28

he was filled with vengeance and delight at the prospect of seeing his dreams finally come true

Question 29

in melville’s moby dick, queenqueg’s description of moby dick from paragraph 29 tells us that

Answer 29

many whalers had attacked moby dick but failed to kill him