Abeka English IV Test 1 Review

author of "The Death of the Hired

'I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;I galloped, Dirk galloped, we galloped all three"

He planted a kiss on Miss Dove's cheek

The term for the time, place, and general background of a story

In "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver", what did the mother give her son

"You've need of clothes to cover you, and not a rag have I."

The field in which Mr. Gradgrind was employed in

Capitalize    ?    in the titles of works.

What is a highwayman?

When writing scholastic degrees after a name that comes in the middle of a sentence, place a comma ? the abbreviation

The abbreviation B.C. comes    ?    the year number.

The hired man that came "home" to die.

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Do not capitalize    ?    unless they are personified.

Known as Mr. Boston

What is a marquee?

method of presenting the reader with the material of the story

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."

Writer who wrote novels describing the life of the poor in early nineteenth-century England

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Author of "The Highwayman"

conversation between characters

Author of "The Garden-Party".

What country was Katherine Mansfield born in?

Writer considered by many to be the outstanding American poet of the twentieth century

Writer who developed and perfected the dramatic monologue

The person who carries out the action of the plot is called ?

a character who undergoes some change and is different at the end of a story

The horse that carried his rider all the way to Aix

the author of "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"

Names of numbered streets are preferably    ?   .

an imaginative prose narrative designed to produce a single impression and to be read in one sitting

A neighbor of the Sheridans was killed while riding

The "landlord's black-eyed daughter"

The number of years that the deacon's masterpiece lasted.

"Thut the weakes' place mus' stan' the strain;'N' the way t' fix it, uz I maintain, is only jestT' make that place uz...

What Subject did Miss Dove teach?

Writer who won a Pulitzer Prize for several volumes of poetry.

Writer who is known as "Mr. Boston" and is the author of "The Deacon's Masterpiece"

What Laura took to the grieving family

The event that happened on the same day the deacon built his "one-hoss shay".

A proper noun or adjective that has lost its original meaning through frequent usage    ?   .

the author of "A School of Facts".