English 11B FANNY - End of Semester Test Preparation

What literary element can varying sentence structure and length affect in a story?

• theme

• pacing

• plot

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

How is the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki viewed?

• a destructive event

• a joyous event

• a learning experience

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which literary movement at the end of the nineteenth century helped shape American theater?

• romanticism

• transcendentalism

• realism

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which of these excerpts from Dr. Seuss's book Bartholomew and the Ooobleck uses onomatopoeia?

• As he ran he could hear the "Plop! Plop!" of the oobleck on the windowpanes. It was pelting against the palace walls as big as greenish cup-cakes now!

• "And it's going to keep on falling," he shouted, "until your whole great marble palace tumbles down! So don't waste your time saying foolish magic words."

• "I mean," said Bartholomew, "this is all your fault! Now, the least you can do is say the simple words, 'I'm sorry.'"

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

Based on this excerpt, what is White’s purpose in writing this essay?

• to reflect on an important experience in his life that he hopes to pass on to his children

• to discuss the infallibility of memory to recall facts correctly from the past

• to emphasize how different the experience of swimming in a lake is from a pool

Why does the caged bird in Maya Angelou's poem sing?

• to hear his song

• to express itself

• to pass the time

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Which point of view is used in the following sentence from 'Once in a Lifetime' by Jhumpa Lahiri? 'This is beautiful,' you added, looking around at our lawn, which the snow had transformed.

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

• third-person objective

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which description best illustrates the plain folks propaganda technique?

• connecting celebrities or other famous people with a particular product

• making a politician or famous person appear in simpler terms

• having children act in roles typically filled by adults

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What effect does Ezra Pound achieve by excluding the phrase "are like" in favor of a semicolon in this poem, turning the lines into a metaphor instead of a simile?

• It reflects the imagist ideal of capturing as many impressions of a subject as possible.

• It reflects the imagist ideal of imitating impressionism and blurring images.

• It reflects the imagist ideal of joining separate ideas with a semicolon instead of a comma.

What type of jazz influence is displayed in these lines from the poem "Cabaret" by Sterling A. Brown?

• improvisation

• swing

• blues