Unit One: Final Test Review

Unit One: Final Test Review

Analyzing Style and Content

"The Origin of the Robin": An Objiwa Myth

Analysis of "The Origin of the Robin"

• the myth is a narrative

• it has long, complex sentences

• it uses precise words like perch for how a bird would sit

• It also uses eloquent words like "lad" for boy

• Although there is tension between the father and son at the beginning of the story it has an optimistic tone at the end.

The Origin of the Robin

There once was a boy lived with his father. When he became of age, he began to fast in order to get blessings from the spirits. Then His father would visit him, and ask, "My son, what spirits have blessed you this day?" But his son would always answer that so far he had not dreamt of anything. As a consequence, his father forbade him to eat anything at all. Night after night the boy would report that he had not dreamt, and again his father would give him nothing at all to eat. Soon the boy became very pitiable indeed. On the tenth night he asked, "Father, might I take a little something tonight?

Multiple Choice

According to this excerpt below in red, which best describes the father’s hope for his son?

His father visited him regularly every morning, to encourage him to perseverance, describing at length the honor and renown that would attend him through life if he accomplished the full term prescribed.

• A. that he will be physically strong.

• B. that he will be smarter than all others.

• C. that he will be revered and respected.

• D. that he will be clever and cunning.

The Origin of the Robin (continued)

If I do not eat I will certainly die."

"No," his father replied, "perhaps tomorrow you will be able to eat."

The evil spirit takes pity on him and instead of cursing his future, turns him into a robin as a tribute to his devotion. The boy tells his father that as a robin he shall be a cheerful presence around human dwellings, but his glory as a human will never come to be.

Multiple Choice

What does “The Origin of the Robin” suggest about Ojibwa views of the parent-child relationship?

• A. It suggests that children were encouraged to disagree with parents if necessary.

  
  

• B. It suggests that parents’ words were held in very high regard.

• C. It suggests that parents were encouraged to allow their children liberty.

• D. It suggests that parents preferred that their children be independent.

Analyzing Style and Content

Bannekar's Letter to Jefferson

Multiple Select

Sir, I freely and cheerfully acknowledge that I am of the African race. Unlike so many of my luckless brethren, I am fortunate enough not to be a slave. I have abundantly tasted the fruits of that free and unequaled liberty which you too possess. Sir, may I remind you of that time during which the British crown exerted every powerful effort to rob you of your liberty. Think about the author's style in Banneker's Letter to Jefferson. Then check all that apply.

• writing is full of pathos

• imagery

• inforrmative

• persuasive

• contains long, complex sentences

Analyzing Style and Content

Banneker's Letter to Jefferson

• Banneker's letter employs all three rhetorical devices-ethos, pathos and logos in a convincing way.

• He uses long, complex sentences in a formal way.

• His writing is persuasive.

• It contains imagery.

Multiple Choice

The author most likely chooses words such as “distinguished” and “dignified” in order to create the following tone?

• A. Anger and contempt toward a distinguished member of the government

• B. Reverence and respect for a leader with influence and power

• C. Seriousness and gravity toward an impactful topic.

• D. Submission and compliance for a situation in which he was powerless

Multiple Choice

Read the following selection from the letter.

Although sympathy for my brethren led to my remarks thus far, touching on these matters was not my original reason for writing you. My purpose was to present you with a copy of my almanac, which I have calculated for the upcoming year. It provides much useful information about sunrises and sunsets, tides, weather patterns and the best dates for planting crops. As I began composing a message to accompany my gift, I was unavoidably led to the other subjects I have addressed.

How would Jefferson likely respond to this claim?

• A. with praise for Banneker's confidence in his almanac

• B. with doubt that the almanac was the real purpose of the letter

• C. with criticism for writing so much about other issues

• D. with great thanks to Banneker for the valuable gift