ILC Semester 1 Exam 2018

What is the closest definition of “naturalization”?

What is the closest definition of “assimilation”?

In “The Seventh Man”, what does the seventh man see inside of the second wave?

ToF: A central idea is the chief point that an author is making about a topic.

What is personification?

What is the closest definition of “minority”?

In “Immigrant Picnic” by Gregory Djanikian, on what day does the picnic take place?

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What is an allusion?

Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical device?

Which of the following is NOT a fallacy?

What is the tone?

ToF: I should study the rest of the questions from the skillz test b/c they r all on the final

In “The Writing on the Wall”, why were the poems inscribed on the walls so hard to see?

In “Immigrant Picnic”, do the immigrants try to assimilate to typical American picnic foods?

What kind of writing is The Voyage of the James Caird from The Endurance?

What is a rhetorical device?

What way do people learn?

What main event does “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen centralize around?

ToF: Written language has different grammatical rules than spoken language.

In “With a Little Help From My. . .”, What did Americans no longer give to Iranian immigrants?

What type of writing is "The Cost of Survival"?

ToF: This sentence is grammatically incorrect: Joe (and his trusty mutt) was always welcome.

What is contrasting?

ToF: Immigrants have always been welcomed with open arms

ToF: You can learn different information by looking at a story in different mediums

Which of the following words could be used to describe an American identity?

ToF: Argumentative essays should be written in first person.

What does Kennedy state are the two main reasons immigrants come to the United States?

In "The Moral. . ."What does the author suggest that soldiers need as a part of moral repair?

In Life of Pi, what is the difference between the flying fish and the dorado?

What emotion does the narrator deal with when K dies in "The Seventh Man"?

What is a simile?

In “Music for My Mother” by Elfrieda Hiebert, what has music done for her family?

ToF: Survival is more than being physically alive after a situation

What types of words help you determine the tone of a poem?

Argumentative Essays need to be CDRM. Which of the following is incorrect?

In “The Key to Disaster. . .”, why are friends and neighbors the key to disaster survival?

What is a metaphor?

What senses can imagery appeal to in poetry?

Who went to Angel Island? Why?

What is the main idea of “The Immigrant Contribution”?

ToF: In order to be a homophone, it must sound and be spelled the same.

ToF: People learn in different ways

In “Morning Talk”, what have bird watchers agreed according to the speaker?

Why does Pi use the metaphor that the people were animals?

Why would you use rhythm and rhyme scheme in a poem?

ToF: Being an American is dependent on both geography and feeling

What was the central idea of The Voyage of the James Caird from The Endurance?

In “The Cost of Survival” who does the author say should foot the bill for rescues?

What is the most common meter?

ToF: Personal narratives use first and second person pronouns.

In “Morning Talk”, according to the robin, where did the speaker’s people come from?

ToF: A personal narrative is a completely fictional piece of literature.

In “A Quilt of a Country”, what does the author suggest brings the nation together?

What kind of literature is“The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt” by Nancy Sherman?

ToF: America is a nation of immigrants.

In “American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, what day does the story take place on?

What kind of literature is“The Key to Disaster Survival? Friends and Neighbors”?

In “With a Little Help From My Friends” what type of gifts does the narrator’s mother give?

ToF: There is almost no reason to have to use a dash while you’re writing.

What is comparing?

In “American History”, what is the reason that Eugene’s mom turns Elena away?

Why is it important we looked at the pictures of The Endurance and the James Caird?

In “American History”, why does Elena’s mom say she’s “heading for humiliation and pain”?