Fall Semester English 3 Review

What correction needs to be made to the following sentence:

She was not prepared for an overnight stay, that is; she had not brought a change of clothes.

• She was not prepared for an overnight stay; that is, she had not brought a change of clothes.

• She was not prepared for an overnight stay: that is; she had not brought a change of clothes.

• She was not prepared for an overnight stay, that is she had not brought a change of clothes.

• No change needs to be made to this sentence.

The following is a writer’s draft of a paragraph. Read the paragraph, then answer the question that follows:

I longed to do the same things. It was against the law to teach enslaved persons to read. Mrs. Auld broke the law by starting to teach me. I’m forever grateful to her for that. Everything changed. Mr. Auld found out. He forced Mrs. Auld to stop our lessons.

Which revision creates a cohesive passage with a better flow?

• Mrs. Auld broke the law against teaching enslaved persons even though I longed to read, she started teaching me, everything changed because Mr. Auld found out and made her stop, but I’m grateful,

• After Mr. Auld found out that it was against the law to teach enslaved persons to read, Mrs. Auld broke the law even though I longed to do the same things. Everything changed because I’m grateful to her for that, he forced her to stop our lessons.

• I longed to do the same things, but it was against the law to teach enslaved persons to read. Mrs. Auld broke the law by starting to teach me. I’m forever grateful to her for that, but everything changed when Mr. Auld found out. He forced Mrs. Auld to stop our lessons.

• No changes need to be made to the original draft.

In literary works, mood refers mainly to

• the emotional effect the text creates for the audience.

• how the author feels about the subject or audience.

• the message the author is trying to communicate to the reader.

• the reason an author chooses to write about a particular subject.

Not long ago there lived in uptown New York in a small, almost meager room, though crowded with books, Leo Finkle, a rabbinical student in the Yeshivah University.

—Bernard Malamud, from “The Magic Barrel”

Which of the details from the description above of Leo Finkle is an example of direct characterization?

• “lived in uptown New York”

• “in a small, almost meager room”

• “though crowded with books”

• “a rabbinical student”

To create effective imagery, writers primarily use:

• Realistic dialogue

• Emotional descriptions

• Sensory details

• Sound devices

Read the excerpt from the U.S. Constitution:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

What is the purpose of the excerpted text?

• to protect people accused of crimes from being tried in secret

• to prohibit trials from taking place in certain districts of the country

• to declare that the accused has the right to choose his or her own jury

• to indicate that every crime can be prosecuted by either federal or state authorities

A student is writing an essay on the history of music and how it has changed over time. Which organizational pattern would help them best organize that information?

• compare and contrast

• sequential

• cause and effect

• chronological

The theme of a literary work is its central message, which can be either

• fictional or nonfictional

• a main idea or a detail.

• directly stated or implied.

• summarized or paraphrased.

I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. Always the soul hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men,—that is genius. Speak your latent conviction and it shall be the universal sense; for always the inmost becomes the outmost,—and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment.

Based on the passage above, what conclusion can you draw about the author’s values?

• The author values originality over conformity.

• The author values conformity over originality.

• The author values irrational thinking.

• The author values ignoring one’s own thoughts.

Which of the following lines contains a metaphor?

• “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately ….”

• “Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.”

• “After a night’s sleep the news is as indispensable as the breakfast.”

• “Still we live meanly, like ants.”