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| What war had an impact on the writing of realistic authors? |
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| Ms. Mangum has asked her students to identify some complications in the conflict. What stage of the story's plot is Ms. Mangum asking her students to identify? |
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| Which of the following is a general type of theme in a Short Story? |
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| (WIP)NOT!!!: D. A resolution of a problem. |
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| What word best describes the characters in realistic writing? |
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| Marlene is trying to identify the different stages of a story's plot. She has reached a point in the story where the characters, setting and conflict have been introduced. What stage of the story's plot is being described? |
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| Which one is NOT one of the ways that the climax of a story can occur? |
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| NOT!!! The characters reach a decision. |
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| In realistic writing, how is character analysis considered? |
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| B. More important than the plot |
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| Which items make up the setting of a Short Story? |
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| What are the major elements of a Short Story? |
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| C. Characters, Setting, Plot, and Theme. |
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| How did realists and romantics differ? |
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| A. Realists only wrote stories with a realistic view of life. |
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| Select the items that foreshadow the trouble the Wesley family encounters in Flannery O'Connor's “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” |
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| (1/2!!!) B. When the Grandmother wants to turn around and go back to the house she remembered from years ago |
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| Why did the family in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor end up driving down an abandoned dirt road? |
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| C. Grandmother told them about a house that she wanted to visit nearby. |
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| What is the setting in Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path"? |
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| B. Natchez Trace at Christmas. |
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| Select the elements that show the rising action in Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." |
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| C. When Jim Smiley trains his frog to jump. |
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| Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" at first seems to be only a simple, humorous story, but in reality it is: |
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| B. Satire of American literature, social conventions, and politics. |
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| In Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path," the old woman is associated with which mythical figure? |
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| Who is the main character in Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path"? |
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| In Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which of the following is the main character? |
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| Select the elements that were most influential in Flannery O'Connor's short stories. |
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| What is the theme of Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"? |
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D. One should never bet on anything. |
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| in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, what did the Misfit mean by saying "she [the grandmother] would have been a good woman, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life?" |
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| A. People will always be good if their life is threatened |
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| Why does Phoenix Jackson make her journey in Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path"? |
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| A. To get medicine for her grandson. |
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| Select the main characters in Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find." (Choose all that apply.) |
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| ONLY 2.5/5 POINTS FOR THIS Q, but 7800307:A. Bailey Wesley. ,7800308:B. The Grandmother. ,7800310:D. The Misfit. |
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| What is the destination of Phoenix Jackson in Eudora Welty's “A Worn Path”? |
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| What is the setting in Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"? |
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| B. Angel's mining camp in late 1849 or early 1850. |
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| In plot development, the exposition provides what information? |
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| A. Background information |
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| Complications in the conflict develop in which part of the plot structure? |
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| Jonathan has created a diagram from his list of possible ideas for his writing topic? More than likely, which intervention technique is he using? |
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| What are the purposes of the concluding paragraph? |
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| (2/3) 7800468:C. Restate the thesis of the essay ,7800469:D. Summarize the essay |
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| Which type of an expository essay would you use to show how to build something? |
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| What are brainstorming, clustering, and directed questions are examples of |
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| NOT!!! D. Writing process |
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| Which of the following is a general type of theme in a Short Story? |
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| ALSO NOT A LESSON ABOUT LIFE |
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| Identifying patterns, major ideas, or groups from a list of ideas, in order to organize and develop your writing is referred to as which intervention technique? |
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| What stage of plot identifies the effects of the climax of a story? |
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| Which of the following is NOT a way in which a Climax can occur in a Short Story? |
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| NOT THE CHARACTERS REACHING A DECISION |
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| Marlie is preparing to write an essay. She is listing as many ideas as she can think of about the topic she has chosen. Which intervention technique is she using? |
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| Ms. Smith class is writing an essay about ways to clean up the community. As a group, the class starts calling out possible ideas about the topic and Ms. Smith writes the ideas on the board. Which invention technique is Ms. Smith's class using? |
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| Which type of an expository essay would you use to write a research paper? |
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| Which technique provides a clear picture of the supporting details needed to develop the body paragraphs of an essay? |
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| Which intervention technique provides a clear visual of the major points for a thesis? |
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| In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," what is one reason Mark Twain named the frog Daniel Webster? |
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| What are the three types of Five Paragraph Essays? |
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| C. Expository, Narrative, and Persuasive. |
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| Which type of essay should include a plot, dialogue, and characters? |
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| What stage of plot would be referred to as the conclusion of a story? |
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| What stage of plot would be referred to as the introduction of a story? |
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| In "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, why was the grandmother suddenly embarrassed about searching for the old plantation house? |
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| B. She remembered that the house was actually in Tennessee. |
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| Which one is NOT true of the theme of a short story? |
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| NOT!!! D. It presents a lesson that a character or characters learn. |
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| Suzette has been asked to identify all of the characters in a story that have no impact on the story. What type of character is she identifying? |
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| Nathan has been asked to identify the time and place of story. What element of a short story is he being asked to identify? |
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| In realistic writing, what is the typical type of conflict? |
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| Which of the following best describes the resolution in Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"? |
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| D. When the narrator realizes Simon Wheeler has no information to help him find Rev. Smiley. |
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| The attitude taken towards characters in a short story is defined as what? |
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| What type of short story is Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"? |
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| In realistic writing, how does the writer typically depict the setting of a story? |
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| In "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, what does the grandmother blame for the apparent downfall of the world? |
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| D. Europe taking America's money. |
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| n "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, throughout most of the story, the children act… |
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| Which intervention technique uses journalistic questions to focus an essay? |
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| What is a common characteristic of realistic writing? |
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| NOT!!!C. The characters have little control over their destinies. |
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| Diction refers to the writer’s choice of words in a story. |
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| Which is NOT a key concept of drama outline in the literary work Poetics? |
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| Which famous theorist outlined key concepts of drama in the literary work Poetics? |
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| Steinbeck’s diction indicates that Jim Casy is_____________. |
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| Which of these items is a convention of a screenplay? |
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| The term “dialogue” refers to speaking, or conversation between characters in a drama. |
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| Drama is best defined as what? |
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C. An attempt to make other's laugh at the expense of another's downfall |
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| What social movement was Susan Glaspell, author of ""Trifles,"" involved with? |
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| Compared to prose fiction, drama is what? |
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| Which character does NOT appear onstage during ""Trifles""? |
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| The narrative structure of a play differs from a novel in what way? |
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| C. In a play, the stage lighting , props and music are used to define the setting and mood of the story line. |
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| According to Susan Glaspell's news article that she based the play ""Trifles"" on, what statement given by Mrs. Hossack seemed the most suspicious to the policement and the coroner's jury? |
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| A. That she did not hear her husband get attacked |
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| Which is NOT a key concept of drama outline in the literary work Poetics? |
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| Sherita can't remember when she needs to use single spacing when writing a screen play. Between which elements of a screenplay would you tell her to single space? |
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| C. Character name and Dialogue |
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| The author of ""Trifles"" based her play on what real-world event? |
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| C. The murder of a wealthy farmer in Iowa |
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| Drama is best defined as what? |
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| A. A person's quest to reach a specific goal within a social situation |
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| Ms. Karl's class is learning about the narrative structure of different literary genres. The work they are currently studying uses audio and visuals to tell the story. More than likely, her class is studying the narrative structure of which genre? |
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| Steinbeck’s diction indicates that Jim Casy is_____________. |
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| Which of these items is a convention of a screenplay? |
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| how does the narrative structure of a screenplay differ from a play? |
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| C. A screenplay uses descriptive narratives to indicate changes in setting and mood. |
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| Jonah is writing a screenplay. He wants to make sure that it is formatted correctly. What font should he use? |
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| Which famous theorist outlined key concepts of drama in the literary work Poetics? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what country did the Dauphin say he should rightfully rule? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what realization began to give Huck so much anxiety that he wished he were dead? |
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C. He worried that he may never see Tom again. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, how does Huck keep the two men from the skiff from coming aboard the raft? |
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| C. He says his companion has small pox. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, why do the Grangerfords move about so cautiously and carefully? |
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| D. They have an on-going feud with the Sherperdsons family. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what does Miss Sophia Grangerford ask Huck to go back to the church and get? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, where did Jim hideout while Huck was at the Grangerfords? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what did the Duke do so Jim wouldn't have to stay tied up all day? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what event sets off the final gunfight between the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords? |
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| C. Sophia Grangerford's elopement with a Shepherdson |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what special talent(s) did the late daughter of the Grangerfords' have? |
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| D. She was a poet and an artist. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what did the note from the Sherperdsons' say? |
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| B. Let's run off half past two |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, how do Huck and Jim initially acquire the raft? |
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| D. They find it during a flood |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, where did Huck hide the gold the king and duke stole from the Wilks family? |
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| C. In the Peter Wilks' coffin |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, what do the Duke and Dauphin dress Jim as to allow him to stay on the raft without being tied up? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which of the following was not one of Jim's freedom hopes? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, how does Huck and Jim's raft get damaged? |
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| B. It hits a barge ferry. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, why did Huck refrain from telling Jim that the two men weren't royalty? |
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| B. Huck did not want to cause any trouble. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, when do Huck's racial attitudes begin to change? |
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| NOT NO NO NO A. After Bogg's death |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which action shows Huck acting on morals rather than on his own desires? |
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A. He doesn't like traveling on the river but does so anyway. |
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| Huck's sense of growing maturity is best described by which of the following quotes: |
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| B. All right, then, I'll go to hell! (discussing releasing Jim from slavery) |
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| All of the following are used to find dead bodies in the river except: |
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| NOTNOTNOT B. Firing a cannon over the surface of the water |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, when Huck escaped from Pap what did people in town think happened to him? |
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| In response to Huck's comment that a black man was killed when the cylinder-head blew, Aunt Sally replies: |
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| A. Well, it's lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer each received ________ dollars when they found money that the robbers had hidden in the cave: |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which of the following is false? |
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| D. Buck joined Huck and Jim. |
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| With whom does Huck start to fall in love in the novel? |
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| Twain puts in a scene where Jim tells Huck about his daughter Elizabeth in order to: |
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| NOTNOTNOTNOT C. Show that Jim is a good father. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, how did Huck know his name the next day? |
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| A. He asked Buck to spell his name. |
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| From which family do the Duke and the Dauphin try to steal the inheritance? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, during their travels down the river, Huck talks to Jim about all of the following except |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck's Pa returns because he: |
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| The final climax of Huck's adventures occurs: |
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| D. When Jim learns he is free, and Huck learns his Pa is dead. |
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| The Royal Nonesuch is exactly what the name implies. The fact that it sells out is an example of: |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Jim is all of the following except: |
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| NOTNOTNOTNOTNOT C. Motherly |
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| Which character does Huck Finn live with in the opening chapters? |
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| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain can best be described as: |
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| The dead man that Huck and Jim find on the floating house is: |
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| What does Huck's remark indicate when the Duke and Dauphin pretend to be the brothers of Peter Wilks? |
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| A. Huck's growing maturity and disgust with the Duke and Dauphin. |
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| Huck assumes all of the following identities except: |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, when Jim first sees Huck Finn on the island, he thinks Huck: |
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| What year was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn first published? |
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| B. He is killed during the feud |
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| The narrator of the story is: |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck escapes to Jackson Island and discovers that: |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the river best serves as a symbol of which of the following? |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer has the other boys form a band of: |
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| There are several revelations at the end of the novel. Which of the following is revealed by Tom Sawyer? |
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| B. That Jim is a free man. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, why does Huck's Pa show up at Miss Watson’s? |
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| B. He wants Huck's money. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the river provides all of the following except: |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Jim runs away from Miss Watson because: |
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| B. She is planning to sell him to a slave trader who will take him to New Orleans |
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| Huck pretends to be _______ when he is caught pretending to be a girl: |
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| The central conflict of the novel is: |
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| D. Huck’s internal struggle with himself and society |
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| The Duke and the Dauphin are primarily: |
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| What are the three main symbols of Huckleberry Finn? |
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| What animal does Huck kill to convince the town he has been murdered? |
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| The Grangerfords are feuding with what family? |
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| Jim and Huck are trying to reach which town during their trip downriver? |
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| Which Shakespearean plays do the Duke and the Dauphin perform scenes from? |
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| D. Romeo and Juliet and Richard III |
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| Huck pretends to be all of the following except: |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Mark Twain's approach to the issue of racism in Huckleberry Finn is that: |
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| B. He sarcastically denounces it. |
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| Twain sarcastically portrays religion in all of the following ways except: |
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| C. Having the Grangerford's carry their guns with them to church. |
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| Greed is present in all of the following except: |
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| C. The floating bread with quicksilver inside it. |
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| The Dauphin represents what historical character? |
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| NOTNOTNOT C. The son of the Duke |
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| Which paradox is inherent in Huck Finn's character? |
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| C. He has a realistic approach to life but is superstitious. |
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| In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, where is Huck once he leaves home at the beginning of the novel? |
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| A. In the woods with his father |
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| What is the primary focus of the literature during the Realism and Modernism movements? |
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| A. Everyday people's ability to logically reason |
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| Which literary movement spanned from the end of World War I to end of World War II? |
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| Which literary movement began directly after the Civil War? Which literary movement began directly after the Civil War? |
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| How do Realists and Romanticists differ? |
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| D. Romanticists believed people were the center of the universe and Realists did not. |
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| Manny is reading a series of stories with unusual plot sequence and broken story lines. Which literary movement is he most likely studying? |
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| Calla is reading literature by Mark Twain, Jack London, and Willa Cather. Which literary movement is she most likely studying? |
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| Which literary movement consists of honest and open descriptions the setting and characters? |
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| What word best describes the Realist's and Modernist's perspective on the world? |
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| Ms. Jones asked her students to write a paper about various writers from different literary movements. She wants students to explore how the writer's connect with each other despite coming from different eras and places. What is Mrs. Jones asking her students to explore? |
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NOOOT C. Universal connectedness
NOOOOT TIMELESS CONNECTIONS |
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| What was a factor in societies rejection of Romantic's and Transcendentalist's views? |
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| B. Rapid industrialization |
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| The new semester is a blank page for each student. is an example of: |
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| The Form of a poem is the way it looks and how it is arranged on the page. |
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| Poetry that is like everyday conversation is called? |
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| Which of the following best describes alliteration? |
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| C. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. |
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| What is the beat made by syllables in a word? |
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| Which of the following may be used as an alternative to rhyme? |
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| Which of the following is NOT an example of rhyme? |
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| What is the main idea or message of a poem? |
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| The theme of a poem is the message about life or human nature the poet imparts to the reader. |
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| Which of the following best describes assonance? |
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| D. Repetition of vowel sounds within words. |
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| What does the line She sells sea shells by the sea shore represent? |
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| Free verse poetry is written to sound like |
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| Which element uses details that appeal to the five senses? |
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| Assonance is the repetition of the same consonant sound in words close together. |
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| Which element of poetry is most obvious in this line? Her fiery eyes swept away his heart. |
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| What is unusual about the format of “In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound? |
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| A. The poem contains only two lines |
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| Select the Imagists Robert Frost became acquainted with while in England. |
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| 7801566:A. Amy Lowell. ,7801569:D. Ezra Pound. |
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| Postmodern writers highlight that they are writing fiction within the text. Which of the following words, best describes this style? |
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| NOT NOT NOT B. Instinctive |
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| Which statement is true of themes in literature? |
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| B. Past and present ideas are melded together by themes in literature. |
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| Which is true of Postmodernism? |
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| A. It is comprised of many different literary movements. |
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| What was Postmodernism a direct response to? |
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| NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT A. Changes in contemporary writing styles. |
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| What statement is true of Postmodernist? |
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C. They believe the story being told should reflect the writers rejection of the chaotic nature of society. |
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| Postmodernism was a direct response to which literary movement? |
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| Which is true of Postmodern literature? |
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| A. Different from one work to the next. |
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| What word best describes the literary approach of a Postmodernist? |
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| What is NOT true of the techniques used by postmodernist writers? |
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| D. Only uses techniques proven effective by other writers |
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| D. Only uses techniques proven effective by other writers |
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| D. Post World War II to current |
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