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English 11: Spring Trimester
English 11: Spring Trimester
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1
About how many words long is the Gettysburg Address?
About 270 words
About 770 words
About 470 words
About 70 words
2
While in prison, what did Malcolm X learn how to do?
sew
ride a bike
algebra
read
3
What is a rhetorical question?
Asking three questions in a row.
Asking a question and immediately giving the answer.
Answering a question with a question.
Asking a question and not giving any answer.
4
We read a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti that repeated one phrase over and over. What was the phrase?
I wish...
I never knew...
I am angry...
I am waiting...
5
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Tell me
and I forget.
Teach me
and I may remember.
Involve me
and I will learn." What rhetorical device is this?
epistrophe
anaphora
parallelism
hypophora
6
Test your memory: In 'The Great Gatsby', what is the narrator's last name?
Carraway
Fitzgerald
Callahan
Buchanan
7
Rhetoric originated in ancient Greece. Who was the famous philosopher who "wrote the book" on the theories of rhetoric?
Aristotle
Socrates
Pythagorus
Plato
8
What is the name of the poet who wrote "This is Just to Say" (the one about eating the plums)?
William Carlos Williams
Carlos Williams Carlos
james charles james
Donald Kaplan Donalds
9
Test your memory: who was Willie in "Homegoing"?
She was the one who fought for Civil Rights.
He was the one who worked at the shipyard in Baltimore.
She was the one who wanted to sing in Harlem.
He was the one who worked in a mine.
10
Modernist poetry is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
adherence to rules
rule-breaking punctuation
unconventional structure
experimentation
11
Which rhetorical appeal is the one that is about the credibility and reliability of the speaker or writer?
Pathos
Credos
Ethos
Logos
12
Repetition at the START of successive phrases is called:
anaphora
allusion
alliteration
anecdote
13
What was Malcolm X's last name before he changed it to "X"?
Small
Smith
Jones
Little
14
Test your memory: who wrote the poem "Let America Be America Again"?
Maya Angelou
F. Scott Fitzgerald
James Baldwin
Langston Hughes
15
The best thing about summer is...
sleeping in
no homework
no Assembly
no Chef's Choice
16
We started the Spring Trimester with a unit on Modernist poetry. Who was the first modernist poet we learned about?
e.e.e.e. cummings
e.e. cummings
a.b.c. cummings
E.E. CUMMINGS
17
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Fun-day Monday!
Thank God it's Friday!
Hump-day Wednesday!
Taco Tuesday!
18
Allen Ginsberg's most famous poem was called:
"Help"
"Growl"
"Yowl"
"Howl"
19
Which rhetorical appeal is about appealing to the emotions of the audience?
Telos
Ethos
Pathos
Emogos
20
Name that rhetorical device: when you place opposite words, ideas, or qualities parallel to each other.
hyperbole
antithesis
allusion
metaphor
21
Test your memory: what happens to Mrs. Mallard at the end of "The Story of an Hour"?
She decides to stay with her husband.
Her husband dies.
She leaves her husband.
She dies.
22
Test your memory: who was James in "Homegoing:?
He is the one who falls in love with his friend.
He is the one who leaves the slave trade to be a farmer.
He is the one who battles an addiction to drugs.
He is the one who becomes a lawyer.
23
Amiri Baraka wrote: Poems are bullsh*t unless they are teeth or trees or __________________ piled on a step.
lemons
shoes
flowers
rocks
24
Which rhetorical appeal is about the awareness of the time and place of a particular piece of rhetoric?
Kairos
Chronos
Timeos
Placeos
25
The Beat Generation poets emerged following which war?
World War I
World War II
The American Revolution
The Civil War
26
We read an essay by James Baldwin that is also considered to be a letter. To whom did James Baldwin address this letter?
To his mother
To his nephew
To his son
To his brother
27
What phrase best describes your feelings about English 11?
If I never see a Google slides presentation again, it'll still be too soon.
Could have been worse.
I will treasure my English 11 memories forever.
Thank God for SparkNotes.
28
Test your memory: in 'The Great Gatsby', how many characters die?
1
3
2
4
29
How many assignments (homework, classwork, writing assignments) do you think we did in English 11 all year long?
77
102
96
64
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Repetition at the END of successive phrases is called:
hypophora
parallelism
epistrophe
allusion
