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If I can stop one Heart from breaking

A Lyric Poem by Emily Dickinson

Vocabulary:

in vain = without success

Multiple Choice

What sentence best paraphrases everything the speaker in the poem says?

• I would like to stop all the pain in the world

• I would like to stop cruelty in nature

• If I can stop a heartbreak, I will be well-known

• If I can relieve just one person's pain, my life will matter

Multiple Choice

The meaning of the line, "Help one fainting Robin Unto his nest again" is closest to...

• helping a homeless person find shelter

• helping a fainting person sit down

• calling a doctor to an accident on the highway

• sharing your lunch with a friend

Multiple Choice

Which of the following phrases could best be substituted for the words "in vain" in the poem without changing the meaning of the poem?

• with pride

• with anger

• full of sadness

• as a failure

He ate and drank the precious words

A Lyric Poem by Emily Dickinson

Vocabulary:

robust= strong and healthy

dingy= dirty or discolored

bequest= gift or inheritance

Multiple Choice

True or False: A "dingy" house would be dirty or discolored.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or false: If a painting is a "bequest" to a museum, the museum did not buy it.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or false: A man who is "robust" takes medicine and has long stays at the hospital.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

(To Build a Fire) Which two sentences from the text best support the inference that the man is cautious and alert?

• “Once, coming around a bend, he shied abruptly, like a startled horse, curved away from the place where he had been walking, and retreated several places back along the trail.”

• “He knew that the coldest snaps never froze these springs, and he knew likewise their danger.”

• “As he walked along he rubbed his cheek-bones and nose with the back of his mittened hand.”

• “He was sure to frost his cheeks; he knew that, and experienced a pang of regret that he had not devised a nose-strap of the sort Bud wore in cold snaps.”

• “Also, he noted that the stinging which had first come to his toes when he sat down was already passing away.”

Multiple Choice

1. (To Build a Fire) Which inference about the man is best supported by the events in the text?

• The man is trying to meet up with others where he will be safe.

• The man is involved in some kind of race across the wild forestland.

• The man is out on a hike enjoying the elements of nature around him.

• The man is searching for a missing person whom he needs to find soon.

Multiple Choice

(To Build a Fire) Which statement best expresses a theme of the text?

• One should not travel the woods in winter.

• Any careless behavior can result in disaster.

• Those who are prepared will always survive the wild.

• Animals are better equipped for danger than humans.

Multiple Choice

(To Build a Fire) Which sentence from the text best supports the theme that “Any careless behavior can result in disaster”?

• "Once in a while the though reiterated itself that it was very cold and that he had never experienced such cold."

• "He stood and studied the creek-bed and its banks, and decided that the flow of water came from the right."

• "The bulge of the earth intervened between it and Henderson Creek, where the man walked under a clear sky at noon and cast no shadow."

• "He chuckled at his foolishness, and as he chuckled he noted the numbness creeping into the exposed fingers."

Multiple Choice

(To Build a Fire) Which sentence from the text best supports the idea that dangers are often disguised by seemingly harmless elements?

• "But rub as he would, the instant he stopped his cheekbones went numb, and the following instant the end of his nose went numb.”

• “Sometimes a skin of ice half an inch thick covered them, and in turn was covered by the snow.”

• “Once again, however, he had a close call; and once, suspecting danger, he compelled the dog to go on in front.”

• “He struck the fingers repeatedly and returned them to the mitten, baring the other hand for the purpose of eating.”

Multiple Choice

(To Build a Fire) Once again, however, he had a close call; and once, suspecting danger, he compelled the dog to go on in front. The dog did not want to go. It hung back until the man shoved it forward, and then it went quickly across the white, unbroken surface. Suddenly it broke through, floundered to one side, and got away to firmer footing. It had wet its forefeet and legs, and almost immediately the water that clung to it turned to ice. What does the word floundered most likely mean?

• Staggered helplessly

• Swam strongly

• Spotted unexpectedly

• Paddled calmly

Multiple Choice

What does the word crypts most likely describe?

(To Build a Fire) To permit the ice to remain would mean sore feet. It did not know this. It merely obeyed the mysterious prompting that arose from the deep crypts of its being. But the man knew, having achieved judgement on the subject, and he removed the mitten from his right hand and helped tear out the ice-particles.

• The dog’s learned talents

• The dog’s thought process

• The dog’s disorderly nature

• The dog’s innermost impulse

Multiple Choice

What point of view is the excerpt of To Build a Fire?

• First person point of view

• Second person point of view

• Third person point of view

Multiple Choice

(To Build a Fire) Which sentence supports that this excerpt is third person point of view?

• I stood and studied the creek-bed and its banks, and decided that the flow of water came from the right.

• He had felt the give under his feet and heard the crackle of a snow-hidden ice skin.

• But it didn't matter after all.

• You should be especially cautious when exposing bare skin to extreme cold temperature.

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) When Mary sits with her baby, her captors --

• tell her that her master will hit the child in the head
• give her comfort
• show her herbal remedies to take care of the child
• sing chants to her

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) At the beginning of the narrative, Mary Rowlandson is --

• very ill 
• wounded
• full of energy
• frightened

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) In this selection, Mary Rowlandson's main intention is to --

• write a bestseller
• analyze another culture
• arouse hatred toward the Wampanoag
• show how her experience revealed God's purpose

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) The group that captures Rowlandson is forced to keep moving because...

• colonists are chasing them
• need for food
• treaty with the colonists
• religious practices

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) The best description of Rowlandson's attitude toward her children might be that she --

• misses them but believes that it builds character to live separately
• treats them as if they were adults capable of taking care of themselves
• cares passionately about them and feels bad about being apart from them
• sternly disapproves of their weeping when she sees them

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) Rowlandson primarily draws strength from --

• her desire to return and tell her story to the Puritans
• her belief in God's ultimate plan
• the medicine that a sympathetic woman gives her
• her desire to avenge the death of her child

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) Rowlandson receives food from several members of the tribe in exchange for --

• cooking
• washing clothes
• sewing
• gathering firewood

Multiple Choice

Mary Rowlandson writes "There was a squaw who spoke to me to make a shirt for her sannup." Her use of this Indian word for her husband tells us that she --

• has connected with some aspects of American Indian culture
• is being ironic about her captors' habits
• is not yet comfortable with her captor's ways
• must be an expert in foreign languages

Multiple Choice

When Mary Rowlandson writes, "the Lord would gather us together, and turn all those curses upon our enemies," the style of her language is most likely inspired by --

• the Bible
• an almanac
• Indian dialect
• novels 

Multiple Choice

From his plunder (objects taken from others during the war), an Indian gives Mary Rowlandson an item that she sees as evidence of "God's mercy." That item is a --

• sewing machine
• Bible
• book of poetry
• small knife

Multiple Choice

Which of the following events occurs in the narrative?

• Mary Rowlandson's master leads her to her son.
• Mary Rowlandson's child dies.
• Mary Rowlandson eats bear meat and ground nuts with a kind Indian
• Mary Rowlandson helps carry an American Indian on a bier.

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) Which of the following events occurs first in the narrative? 

• Mary Rowlandson is reunited with her daughter.
• Mary Rowlandson learns to eat bear meat.
• Mary Rowlandson cares for her sick baby.
• One of the American Indians gives Mary Rowlandson a Bible.

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) Why were she and her children captured?

• The Indians wanted to increase their tribe

• The Indians wanted to torture them

• The Indians wanted to learn about her faith in God

• The Indians wanted to trade them for money or supplies

Multiple Choice

(Mary Rowlandson) What was one unintended consequence of popular "captivity narratives?"

• Indians made alliances with the French and started the American Revolution

• Settlers stopped colonizing

• Mary Rowlandson became rich

• Relations between settlers and Indians deteriorated

Multiple Choice

What core value does the following piece of text show?

"...fetched them wood, made them fires, dressed them meat, made their beds,

washed their loathsome clothes..."

• piety

• courage

• industry

• monarchy

Multiple Choice

William Bradford and the Puritans left England to...

• find more money

• discover new land

• escape religious persecution

• start a new church

Multiple Choice

What core value does the following piece of text show?

"...being infected with the scurvy and other diseases, which this long voyage and this

inaccomodate condition that had brought upon them; so as their died some times

two or three of a day, in the foresaid time; that of 100 and off persons,

scarcely 50 remained.

• piety

• courage

• industry

• monarchy

Multiple Choice

What core value does the following piece of text show?

"In the name of God AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our

dread sovereign Lord king James, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France,

and Ireland King, defender of the Faith, etc."

• piety

• courage

• industry

• monarchy

Multiple Choice

Which of the 3 core values is identified in this quote:

"And in one of them, as they thus lay in lull at a mighty storm, a lusty young man called John Howland, was, with a roll of the ship, thrown into sea, but it pleased God that he caught hold of the topsail halyards...until he was hauled up..."

• Industry

• Piety

• Courage

• Poverty

Multiple Choice

In the new land, who did the Puritans elect as their FIRST leader, and what did they call their new set of rules?

• John Carver, Mayflower Compact

• William Bradford,

  Plymouth Plantation

• Ezekial Lowes,

  Cape Cod Governance

• Joseph Rodgers,

  Massachusetts Revival

Multiple Choice

In times of trouble, happiness, and confusion, to what did the Puritans turn to?

• Each other

• Farming

• Writing

• Bible

Multiple Choice

Which Native American helped the Puritans communicate with his community?

• Firecloud

• Chief Wapokonetta

• Samoset

• Squanto

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the peace rules the Puritans made with the Native Americans?

• They shall not bring war against each other.

• They shall give each other $50 every year.

• They shall not injure each other.

• They shall bring no weapons when they visit each other.

Multiple Choice

The purpose of William Bradford's journal was to...

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• attack

Multiple Choice

In the selection from Sinners, what is the author's main intention?

• to tell his listeners of God's love and mercy

• to frighten his listeners into seeking salvation

• to inform his listeners of the life of Jesus Christ

• to persuade his listeners to form a new church

Multiple Choice

What is the main message of Sinners?

• No one has any hope of salvation

• Salvation is gained through good deeds

• Salvation is gained through Christ

• Salvation is gained through prayer

Multiple Choice

What does Edwards think is true of the members of his congregation in Sinners?

• They are all church supporters

• They are all sinners

• They are all worthy of salvation

• They are all saved

Multiple Choice

After persuading his listeners of their sinfulness during most of the selection from Sinners, how does Edward's attitude change at the end of the sermon?

• He becomes angrier

• He becomes hopeful

• He becomes sorrowful

• He becomes humorous

Multiple Choice

When Edwards says that "men are held in the hand of God," he means that----

• all human being can fit into the palm of God's hand

• God is a kind father

• the fate of human beings is determined by God

• God will save everyone

Multiple Choice

In his sermon, Edwards mainly taps into his audience's fear of--

• their minister's wrath

• associating with sinners

• burning forever in a fiery pit

• floods and other natural disasters

Multiple Choice

When Edwards refers to the "unconverted persons in this congregation," he chiefly addresses

• men and women who do not believe in themselves

• church visitors who are followers of other religions

• parishioners who don't want Edwards as their leader

• members who do not accept Christ as their savior

Multiple Choice

Edwards builds a sense of urgency and peril by suggesting that---

• death and damnation may occur at any moment

• the church is being persecuted by unholy forces

• ministers alone can determine who is to be saved

• the end of the world is coming soon

Multiple Choice

Edwards contends that the only way people can escape from God's anger is to

• obey the Ten Commandments

• attend church regularly

• experience a "change of heart" and accept Christ

• reform all aspects of their life

Multiple Choice

Edwards's purpose in delivering this sermon to--

• frighten his listeners so much that they never return to church

• jolt his congregation into mending their ways and seeking salvation

• give such a memorable speech that his congregation will never forget him

• dominate his congregation and maintain his position in the church

Multiple Choice

What does Edwards mean when he says, "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string"?

• God is violent

• God's wrath is misdirected

• God is prepared to demonstrate his anger

• God's anger will cause much pain

Multiple Choice

Edwards probably uses the device of comparing God's fury to natural forces in order to---

• put abstract things into physical terms people can understand

• achieve a poetic effect

• suggest that it is nature, not God, that people should fear

• make God seem less terrifying

Multiple Choice

Edwards's primary intent in using such strong, graphic language is to---

• terrorize his audience

• make real the concept of sin and its punishment

• parade his own rhetorical gifts

• shock the staid Puritans

Multiple Choice

Edwards uses this literary device to create vivid pictures in the minds of his audience

• Theme

• Inversion

• Tone

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

Of the options listed, which do you think was MOST emphasized during the Romantic Period?

• Love

• Math

• Logic

• Art and Beauty

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would NOT be important to a Romantic Artist

• Intuition

• Individualism

• Industry

• Idealism

Multiple Choice

Romanticism can be broadly referred to a

• a movement in the scientific realm

• a movement for singers

• a movement across the wealthy

• a movement across all the arts

Multiple Choice

American Romanticism refers to romantic love.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Which of the following are authors of American Romanticism?

• Hawthorne

• Dickinson

• Emerson

• Shakespeare

Multiple Choice

Romantic Writers liked to focus on-

• the community

• the individual

• the powerful

• the people in love

Multiple Choice

Romantic artists loved

• nature

• reason

• education

• death

Multiple Choice

What years are associated with American Romanticism?

• 1600-1680

• 1720-1800

• 1800-1860

• 1920-1980

Multiple Choice

Romantics value ____________ over reason

• Ambition

• Education

• Intuition

• Society

Multiple Choice

Romantics believed that youthful _________ is better than educated sophistication

• beauty

• innocence

• ignorance

• energy

Multiple Choice

What are the two major categories of American Romanticism?

• Gothic Romantic & Religiousness

• Realism & Transcendentalism

• Gothic Romantic & Transcendentalism

• Realism & Regionalism

Multiple Choice

Who wrote Nature & Self-Reliance?

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Arthur Miller

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

Multiple Choice

What author is know for writing Gothic Romantic works such as the Fall of the House of Usher and The Raven

• Walt Whitman

• Harper Lee

• Herman Melville

• Edgar Allan Poe

Multiple Choice

What did the Romantics value more?

• City Life

• Life in Nature

Multiple Choice

What is the transcendentalist belief about nature?

• nature is "just there"

• nature is awe-inspiring and reflects spirituality

• nature is unstable and changes too much

• nature is the origin of evil

Multiple Select

The word "wrathful" is used to describe the Puritan's god. What does wrathful mean in this context?

• helpful

• angry

• happy

• distainful

Multiple Choice

What does "Theocracy" mean?

• A democracy

• A government that includes god/church

• A government that keeps church separate from government business.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is something you could do on the Sabbath without getting into trouble?

• Drink

• Swear

• Cheat on your spouse

• go to church

Multiple Select

The "elect" were (two answers)

• chosen by god (predetermined) to go to heaven

• revealed to be the elect by a vision

• the wealthiest people in town

• the members of the government

Multiple Select

Some Puritan beliefs include: (multiple answers)

• strong work ethic

• self-reliance

• frugality

• education

Multiple Choice

Plain style is the way the Puritans wrote. This means

• They would write clearly to express their beliefs.

• They would include metaphors and similes to help the reader get a better picture of what is being said.

• They would be very, very, very brief in their sentences.

Multiple Choice

The tenets of Puritanism tell us that the people were

• God-centered

• Afraid of God

• Not concerned what God thought of them

Multiple Choice

Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"

• Annoying
• Excited
• Calm
• Scary

Multiple Choice

Today is very boring, it’s a very boring day, there is nothing much to look at, there is nothing much to say. There’s a peacock on my sneakers, there’s a penguin on my head, there’s a dormouse on my doorstep; I am going back to bed.

• bored
• tired
• fanciful
• exciting

Multiple Choice

Ling was chewing the gum. When her teacher told her to spit it out and throw it in the trash, she talked back.
What tone did Ling use with her teacher?

• Apologetic
• Sarcastic
• Disrespectful
• uncertain

Multiple Choice

It was the first football game for the Gators.  The coach asked if everyone was ready.  The players jumped and replied, "Yes!" 
In what tone did the Gators's reply?

• Calm
• Serious
• Happy
• Enthusiastic

Multiple Choice

The Blue Jay is jumping on the tree singing and dancing happily.
What is the blue jay's tone while singing?

• Joyful
• Dreamy
• Confused
• sweet

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?

• he is a yellow sponge with holes, he has blues, buckteeth, skinny arms and legs, and wears a white shirt and brown pants

• he is happy because he is smiling and making the thumbs up sign

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?

• he is a pink starfish who is overweight, he has big eyes and no teeth, and he wears green shorts with purple flowers

• he is happy because he is smiling and jumping for joy

Multiple Choice

Makayla is kind to everyone.  Last week, when a new girl came to Makayla's class, Makayla showed her around the school and introduced her to all of her friends.
Which word best describes Makayla?

• cruel
• compassionate
• cheerful
• friendly

Multiple Choice

Tom is described as being very fit, healthy, tall, and strong. Based on this description, we can guess that Tom ___________________.

• eats junk food all day.

• likes to stay healthy and probably exercises a lot

• doesn't care about his health.

• likes to sleep in on the weekends.

Multiple Choice

After glancing around to make sure she wasn't being watched, Marissa slide the candy bar into her pocket. She walked out of store casually, not stopping to pay.

• selfish

• sneaky

• thrifty

• rude

Multiple Choice

Jonathan looked at the homeless dog walking down the street of his neighborhood. He approached the dog, slowly cautiously, with his hands stretched outward. After gaining his trust, Jonathan took the dog home, gave him a warm bath, and big bowl of food.

• impulsive

• obsessed

• humble

• compassionate

Multiple Select

Select ALL of the examples of onomatopoeia below.

(There is more than one correct answer.)

• The leaves crunched under Aliyah's feet as she walked through the woods.

• Aiden's teeth chattered as he stood in the snow.

• Talya ran to school.

• Esau stood on a rock.

Multiple Choice

Explain the meaning of the personification below.

The trees danced in the wind.

• The trees were falling down.

• The trees were swaying back and forth.

• The wind was really loud.

• The trees were doing the griddy.

Multiple Choice

Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.

Todd is a walking dictionary!

• Todd knows the meaning of many words.

• Todd looks like a dictionary.

• Todd has a dictionary with him.

• Todd is actually a dictionary.

Multiple Choice

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

Anna cried like a baby.

• Anna was sleepy.

• Anna's cry was high-pitched.

• Anna cried for two minutes.

• Anna would not stop crying.

Multiple Choice

Explain the meaning of the simile below.

The road was as flat as a pancake.

• The road was the color of a pancake.

• The road had a lot of bumps.

• The road was very flat.

• The road was in Waco.

Multiple Choice

The dragon was as big as a house.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

I'm sorry I was late for school, but it wasn't my fault. First, my alarm didn't go off in time and then it took my mom about a million years to make my breakfast. Then, I spilled syrup on my shirt and had to change it. Then, I couldn't I find my homework.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Keith is a shining star

• Metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• simile

Multiple Choice

Dying of Laughter

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Multiple Choice

The trees danced in the window.

• Personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• hyperbole