Which is not an example of Diversion (aka a Red Herring)?

In conversation - "I really want to bring my grade up in the class. I think I will write book recommendations since they would give me extra credit points.

In business, arguing against giving raises - "Sure, we haven't given raises in over five years to our employees. You know, we work really hard to make a good product. We try to ensure the best customer service, too."

In government, arguing for raising taxes - "We need more revenue to support the programs that we have. Children are our future. Let's support children."

In conversation - "When you start saying things to me like I need to eat healthier or get more exercise, that says to me that you think I'm fat. I like me, and I like the way I look and more people should have better self esteem."

Parallelism is a rhetorical technique in which a writer

expresses ideas in the same grammatical form

What is the thesis of the Declaration of Independence?

the colonies should be free and independent states

governments should not be changed

we pledge to each other our lives

antithesis (choose all that apply)

"To err is human; to forgive is divine."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

idiom (choose all that apply)

your feet stink like rotten meat

I wish I could just click my heels and be home.

She felt like she had a golden ticket.

A magician who cuts in half a box that has a person inside without cutting the person

paradox (choose all that apply)

the louder you are, the less they hear

third person limited point of view

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda.

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda, but Brenda likes Blake and thinks waffles are disgusting.

You love waffles and have a crush on Brenda.

I love waffles and I have a crush on Brenda.

third person omniscient point of view

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda, but Brenda likes Blake and thinks waffles are disgusting.

You love waffles and have a crush on Brenda.

I love waffles and I have a crush on Brenda.

John loves waffles and has a crush on Brenda.

first person point of view

I went to the store and bought carrots for the dogs.

Her feelings were hurt when she realized they were talking behind her back.

You should make up your mind about college.

Both parties were staring at each other suspiciously, thinking the other was to blame.

second person point of view

You should make up your mind about college.

I went to the store and bought carrots for the dogs.

Her feelings were hurt when she realized they were talking behind her back.

Both parties were staring at each other suspiciously, thinking the other was to blame.

Romantic Period (choose all that apply)

rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified Classicism

emphasized the the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous

emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational

emphasized the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following authors became famous for his horror writing during the Romantic period?

Walt Whitman

Edgar Allan Poe

Kurt Vonnegut

Thomas Jefferson

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Religious writing was characteristic of which of the following time periods?

Revolutionary

Colonial/Puritan

Modernism

Realism

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Urban life and African-American culture were focuses of which time period?

Harlem Renaissance

Colonial

Modernism

Naturalism

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Romantic period introduced an emphasis on ________________________________________

guilt and sin.

emotions, personality, and imagination.

independence and self-sufficiency

simple language and ordinary people

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following authors became popular during the Harlem Renaissance?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Anne Bradstreet

Langston Hughes

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

specific details from the text that support the author’s tone,
purpose, characterizations, or central theme. (RL1)

inferences

fiction

textual evidence

theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction,
allegories, parodies, and satires (RL)

fiction

nonfiction

drama

essays

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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Am Lit Milestones Review

Which of the following authors became famous for his horror writing during the Romantic period?

Religious writing was characteristic of which of the following time periods?

Urban life and African-American culture were focuses of which time period?

The Romantic period introduced an emphasis on ________________________________________

Which of the following authors became popular during the Harlem Renaissance?

specific details from the text that support the author’s tone,
purpose, characterizations, or central theme. (RL1)

adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction,
allegories, parodies, and satires (RL)

When a person mentions a specific portion of a text in order to support an analysis of the text. A person may choose to do so as a direct quotation (a word-for-word repeat of the text using quotation marks) or a paraphrase (rewriting the detail from the text in his or her own words).
(RL1)

the deeper message or central idea about life and/or society that can be discerned from the reading of a text; the meaning the reader takes away from it.

The method used by the author to reveal a character to an audience.

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Which of the following authors became famous for his horror writing during the Romantic period?

Religious writing was characteristic of which of the following time periods?

Urban life and African-American culture were focuses of which time period?

The Romantic period introduced an emphasis on ________________________________________

Which of the following authors became popular during the Harlem Renaissance?

specific details from the text that support the author’s tone,purpose, characterizations, or central theme. (RL1)

adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction,allegories, parodies, and satires (RL)

When a person mentions a specific portion of a text in order to support an analysis of the text. A person may choose to do so as a direct quotation (a word-for-word repeat of the text using quotation marks) or a paraphrase (rewriting the detail from the text in his or her own words).(RL1)

the deeper message or central idea about life and/or society that can be discerned from the reading of a text; the meaning the reader takes away from it.

The method used by the author to reveal a character to an audience.

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specific details from the text that support the author’s tone,
purpose, characterizations, or central theme. (RL1)

adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, myths, science fiction, realistic fiction,
allegories, parodies, and satires (RL)

When a person mentions a specific portion of a text in order to support an analysis of the text. A person may choose to do so as a direct quotation (a word-for-word repeat of the text using quotation marks) or a paraphrase (rewriting the detail from the text in his or her own words).
(RL1)