English 11 A Semester Review

Works in the same literary movement would most likely share which of the following characteristics?

• concerns

• comparable plots

• related titles

• renowned publishers

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary movement began just after the Civil War?

• Romanticism

• Transcendentalism

• Regionalism

• Modernism

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following was influenced by Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

• the Puritan sermon

• the Great Awakening

• the American Revolution

• the Civil War

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following poets is best known for writing poetry in free verse?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Jonathan Edwards

• Walt Whitman

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

Which two authors wrote narratives of their journeys to America?

• Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman

• Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine

• Olaudah Equiano and William Bradford

• Jonathan Edwards and Phillis Wheatley

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Ambrose Bierce and Edgar Allan Poe share stylistic similarities despite being part of two distinct literary movements,

• realism and romanticism.

• classicism and colonialism

• Puritanism and gothic romance.

• romanticism and modernism.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which of the following defines the meter of a poem?

• the number of lines

• the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables

• the rhythm of end rhymes

• the number of words in a line

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

In "Indians Are a People, Not Mascots," which of the following assertions does Fred Veilleux make about American mascots?

• They realistically portray Native Americans.

• They reflect the history of Native Americans.

• They dishonor the traditions of Native Americans.

• They are respectful of Native American cultures.

Which poetic device is used in the sentence "There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart–"?

• enjambment

• metaphor

• consonance

• assonance

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

What is a word’s connotation?

• its synonym

• its antonym

• its literal meaning

• the attitudes associated with the word

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4