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Question 1: Rom./Trans.
Which of these Romantic elements does not
overlap with Transcendentalism?
A. Emphasis of a love of nature
B. Intuition
C. Individualism
D. Interest in the gothic
Answer 1: Rom./Trans.
D. Interest in the gothic
Question 2: Rom./Trans.
Which movement focused on divinity &
a relationship with God?
A. Romanticism
B. Transcendentalism
C. Both
D. Neither
Answer 2: Rom./Trans.
B.
Transcendentalism
Question 3: Rom./Trans.
True of False:
Romanticists believed
that the ills of society
were a result of
urbanization
Answer 3: Rom./Trans.
TRUE!
Romanticists believed
that the ills of society
were a result of
urbanization
Question 4: Rhetorical Précis
Put the rhetorical précis sentences in correct order:
1. A description of the intended audience and/or
relationship the author establishes with the audience
2. An explanation of how the author develops and
supports the thesis
3. A statement of the author’s apparent purpose,
followed by an “in order” phrase
4. Name of the author, genre, and title of work, date in
parenthesis; a rhetorically active verb; and a THAT
clause containing the major assertion or thesis in the
text.
Answer 4: Rhetorical Précis
4. Name of the author, genre, and title of work,
date in parenthesis; a rhetorically active verb;
and a THAT clause containing the major assertion
or thesis in the text.
2. An explanation of how the author develops
and supports the thesis
3. A statement of the author’s apparent purpose,
followed by an “in order” phrase
1. A description of the intended audience and/or
relationship the author establishes with the
audience
Question 5: Theme
Which is the most specific and thus least universal
or broad theme topic?
A. Alienation
B. Relationships
C. Censorship
D. Family Interaction
Answer 5: Theme
D. Family Interaction
Question 6: Theme
Which universal theme topic, or subject,
could be defined as “the optimistic
anticipation of something only to then
discover that what you want is impossible?”
A. Pursuit of goals
B. Reality & Illusion
C. Alienation
D. Hope & Disillusionment
Answer 6: Theme
D. Hope &
Disillusionment
Question 7: Theme
Which theme subject could be defined
as the importance of authentic contact
with others?
A. Human Interaction
B. Relationships
C. Tradition & Change
D. Alienation
Answer 7: Theme
A. Human Interaction
Question 8: Theme
Which of the following should you not do when
writing a theme statement?
A. Draw a general insight from a character’s
behavior
B. Express the theme as an insight into life
C. Express the theme as an expansion of a
subject
D. Express the theme as an adage or familiar
saying
Answer 8: Theme
D. Express the theme
as an adage or
familiar saying
Question 9: Theme
Which of these should you do when
writing a theme statement?
A. Use qualifying words such as:
sometimes, can, may, and often
B. Refer to specific characters
C. Express the theme as a subject
D. Express the theme as a command
Answer 9: Theme
A. Use qualifying
words such as:
sometimes, can, may,
and often
Question 10: Theme
Which is a question that needs to be
asked when developing a theme from a
topic?
A. Why is the topic an important issue?
B. How does the topic affect the way
society functions
C. Neither
D. Both
Answer 10: Theme
D. Both
Question 11: Theme
Identify the error in each theme
statement:
“Always appreciate what you
have”
“Honesty is everything”
“What goes around comes around”
Answer 11: Theme
Command
Vague
Cliché
Question 12: Theme
True or False: Beginning your theme statement with the
words “the theme is” is good.
A. False
B. True
True or False: In rare cases a quote may stand alone
with no lead-in.
A. False
B. True
True or False: All quotes must be explained and
connected to a theme.
A. False
B. True
Answer 12: Theme
True or False: Beginning your theme statement with the
words “the theme is” is good.
A. False
B. True
True or False: In rare cases a quote may stand alone with no
lead-in.
A. False
B. True
True or False: All quotes must be explained and connected
to a theme.
A. False
B. True
Question 13: MLA Paper
When writing essays, which is
the appropriate perspective?
A.First Person
B. Second Person
C.Third Person
Answer 13: MLA Paper
C. Third
Person
Question 14: MLA Paper
Does the following sentence properly
introduce the quote?
Dr. Strudel’s research beckons a
question based on the following
problem; “Ashish plays Candy Crush
during class, but somehow he makes
good grades. Does he cheat off Chloe”
(26)?
Answer 14: MLA Paper
No.
Dr. Strudel’s research beckons a
question based on the following
problem; “Ashish plays Candy
Crush during class, but somehow
he makes good grades. Does he
cheat off Chloe” (26)?
Question 15: Literary Style
From Robert Frost’s “Stopping by the Woods on a
Snowy Evening:”
Whose woods these are I think I know His house in
the village though
The underlined portion represents which element
of literary style?
A. Use of dialogue
C. Allusion
B. Word color/word sound
Answer 15: Literary Style
B. Word color/word
sound
Question 16: Literary Style
What is this particular device called?
Whose woods these are I think I know His
house in the village though
Answer 16: Literary Style
Alliteration
Question 17: Literary Style
From Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven:”
Presently my soul grew stronger: hesitating then no
longer.
“Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I
implore.”
The underlined portion represents which element of
literary style?
A. Use of dialogue
C. Allusion
B. Word color/word sound
Answer 17: Literary Style
A. Use of dialogue
Question 18: Literary Style
In jovial sallies right and left, his white teeth flashing into he
rollicked along, the centre of a company of his shipmates.
These were made up of such an assortment of tribes and
complexions as would have well fitted them to be
marched up by Anacharsis Cloots before the bar of the
first French Assembly as Representatives of the Human
Race.
The underlined portion represents which element of
literary style?
A. Use of dialogue
C. Allusion
B. Word color/word sound
Answer 18: Literary Style
C. Allusion
Question 19: Literary Style
A. Point of View
B. Tone
C. Expansive/Economical Diction
D. Vocabulary
The use of making writing tight &
efficient, or perhaps elaborate & longwinded
Can be: First, second, third, omniscient,
limited omniscient, multiple, inanimate
Answer 19: Literary Style
C &
A
Question 20: Literary Style
A. Metafictional Techniques
B. Pace
C. Experimentation in Language
D. Time Sequencing/Chronology
The use of unusual techniques in literary style
A text’s structural “rhythm”
Answer 20: Literary Style
C & D
Question 21: Literary Style
A.
Figures of Speech
B. Kanye West
C. Word Color, Word Sound
–Probably the most annoying man; married to
inarguably the most annoying reality star
–Use of words to make comparisons that
enhance the text–exemplified through:
personification, metonymy, etc.
–Quality of language exemplified through:
alliteration, assonance, consonance,
dissonance, rhythm, unusual word choice, etc.
Answer 21: Literary Style
B&A&C
Question 22: Literary Style
A. Metafictional Techniques
B. Pace
C. Experimentation in Language
D. Time Sequencing/Chronology
–Begs the question from the reader: Is the
writing heavily descriptive, with emphasis on
setting and atmosphere, or does it focus on
action and plot movement?
–Begs the question from the reader: “Does the
author call attention to his or her own process
of narration?”
Answer 22: Literary Style
B&A
Question 23: Literary Style
A. Point of View
B. Tone
C. Expansive/Economical Diction
D. Vocabulary
–The use of words that may be simple or
fancy words…perhaps such words are
technical, flowery, colloquial, cerebral,
punning, obscure…and so on…
–The author’s attitude that sets a story’s
mood
Answer 23: Literary Style
D&B
Question 24: Characterization
1 Mr. Hale is nearing forty, a tight-skinned, eagereyed intellectual.
2 Like almost all men of learning, he spent a good
deal of time pondering
3 the invisible world, especially since he had himself
encountered a witch in his parish not long before.
Which line shows characterization through “looks?”
Answer 24: Characterization
Line 1
Question 25: Characterization
That woman, however, turned into a
mere pest under his searching scrutiny,
and the child she had allegedly been
afflicting recovered her normal behavior
after Hale had given her his kindness and
a few days of rest in his own house.
Where do we see characterization
through “effects on others?”
Answer 25: Characterization
…recovered her normal
behavior after Hale had
given her his kindness and
a few days of rest in his
own house.
Question 26: POV
Which point of view is used for the purpose of
providing the most emotion and connection
with the speaker?
a) First person
b) Second person
c) Third person limited
d) Third person omniscient
Answer 26: POV
a) First person