American Lit EOC practice 2

The literature period that covered both World Wars and the Great Depression and included writers who were becoming disillusioned with the American Dream

• Realism period

• Contemporary Period

• Modernism period

• Romanticism period

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Haley worked all summer baking cakes. In the fall she baked cookies and cakes on the weekends for birthday parties. She saved her birthday money. When she was sixteen, she bought a car with her earnings. Her friends were jealous at first, but they remembered how hard she had worked.

Choose the accurate theme.

• Friends shouldn't get jealous.

• Diligence and work ethic benefit those who practice them consistently

• Haley is great at saving money, but her friends are not

• Baking is an easy way for teenagers to earn money.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is tone?

• The author's opinion on the subject

• The author's attitude problem

• How the reader feels about the text

• The author's attitude towards the subject

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these would NOT be a reason for an author / poet to use repetition?

• To reinforce key ideas or concepts

• To emphasize an especially important point

• To keep the reader from going to sleep

• To make comparisons between similar concepts

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is text evidence?

• Lines copied and pasted from the text

• A direct or paraphrased quote from a text used to support an idea

• A summary of the text

• Evidence of who the author is

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following is FALSE about main / central idea?

• The main idea is always the first sentence of a paragraph.

• You discover it by asking what is being said about the topic.

• It's the main point the author is trying to make.

• It can be found by looking at several places in the paragraph.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence best represents a theme?

• Even though there may be obstacles, one should never give up on his / her dreams.

• Does she listen to the negative voices telling her she's a failure?

• The character experienced rejection based on her looks.

• Melissa became a ballerina due to her hard work.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence:

Whenever students are under a great deal of stress, ________ often stop studying.

• he / she

• they

• we

• them

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the main idea of the paragraph below?

The attitudes of Americans toward gambling are amazingly contradictory. You may find, for example, that horse racing is legal in your state, but that you cannot legally play poker for money on your front porch; bookies may be prosecuted by state law, but they are supposed to purchase a federal license nonetheless; one church condemns gambling, while another raises money by sponsoring bingo games. Gambling laws are inconsistent from state to state or even from town to town and are very difficult to enforce. 

• All Americans have negative attitudes toward gambling.

• Gambling laws are difficult to enforce.

• Gambling laws are inconsistent from place to place.

• Churches do not have uniform ideas about gambling.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"I loved to swim.  The feeling of weightlessness felt better than anything I had ever experienced."    These sentences are written in what point of view?

• first

• second

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6