English 1020: Post-Test Review

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a part of the planning process while writing an essay?

Accepted Answer

revising

Question 2

Willy Loman shapes the quintessentially American tragic hero as one who elicits commonality, catharsis, and hope.

Accepted Answer

argumentative (ideal)

Question 3

Which parenthetical citation is correct for this sentence: The poem reads, "I've done it again" (???).

Accepted Answer

(Plath line 1).

Question 4

When a student is asked to write at the college level about literature, their ideal (or ultimate) action is to:

Accepted Answer

argue

Question 5

True or False: Students can and should include a quote and citation in a topic sentence for a body paragraph.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Which of the following would be a secondary source in an argumentative literary analysis on poetry?

Accepted Answer

M. H. Abram's "The Greater Romantic Lyric"

Question 7

The speaker self-medicates to cope with loss. "Sometimes when my eyes are red" (Ginsberg line 1).

Accepted Answer

not good

Question 8

What kind of error is in this sentence?: My busy aunt loves lilies they are drought-resistant.

Accepted Answer

fused sentence

Question 9

What separates a good story from a great one is when it presents:

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opinions presented as facts

Question 10

Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman dies with the belief that his son loves him.

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expositional (not ideal)

Question 11

The unnamed narrator of "The Black Cat" incrementalizes his manipulation through unreliability.

Accepted Answer

opinion

Question 12

Which is an opinion presented as a fact from Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants"?

Accepted Answer

A couple cannot build a life together if their views differ too much.

Question 13

How should a possessive be typed if it is singular: my sisters keeper

Accepted Answer

my sister's keeper

Question 14

What is the literary term for a "main idea"?

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 15

Which verb is best associated with the concept of a thesis statement?

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debates

Question 16

Tennessee Williams' stage directions sentimentalize, yet realisitically illustrate memory. This thesis comes from the:

Accepted Answer

primary source

Question 17

True or False: If asked on the Post-Test about diction (word choice), I should select the one without slang.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

A strong topic sentence for a body paragraph will:

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contain bold and hooking language, assert the claim, include the appropriate literary vernacular

Question 19

In English 1020, the most important question that we should answer after reading a great piece of literature is:

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how it challenges stereotypes or the status quo

Question 20

Critic Harold Bloom is correct when he says that Hamlet's tragic flaw is "inaction" (4). This thesis is derived from a:

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secondary source

Question 21

We know something is a fact when:

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it exists based on indisputable evidence., it has been tried and proven true.

Question 22

Correct this comma splice: Her cakes are usually dry, she overbakes them.

Accepted Answer

Because she overbakes them, her cakes are usually dry.

Question 23

True or False: Expedition is a strong rhetorical mode to employ in an argumentative literary analysis.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

True or False: We can have more than one primary source in a paper.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

If proper context is not given, then the parenthetical citation for a poem should include:

Accepted Answer

author's last name and line number

Question 26

Which of these should be written in the introductory paragraph of an argumentative literary analysis?

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the author and title(s) of the literary text(s) analyzed, context for the ideas covered in the essay, argumentative thesis statement as its last sentence

Question 27

In English 1020, we should construct a thesis statement from a:

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primary source

Question 28

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman focuses on a schizophrenic old man who loses out on all opportunities for success.

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expositional (not ideal)

Question 29

Which of the following publishes the most credible secondary sources for college-level analysis?

Accepted Answer

Literature Resource Center

Question 30

Primary or secondary?: Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "The Birth-Mark." Mosses from an Old Manse, Harcourt, 1843.

Accepted Answer

primary

Question 31

Which of the following points of view (or perspectives) should students and scholars write in for a formal paper?

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third-person

Question 32

The poet seethes, "I rise with my red hair / And I eat men like air" (Plath lines 83-84).

Accepted Answer

good

Question 33

Select the one with correct noun-pronoun agreement:

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A student should be able to make their own decision about a career., Students should be able to make their own decisions about their careers.

Question 34

Ernest Hemingway was married four different times and died by suicide.

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fact

Question 35

Edgar Allan Poe struggled with alcoholism and mental illness.

Accepted Answer

fact

Question 36

In a confessional poem like Sylvia Plath's "Lazy Lazarus," which point of view would be a strong key point in a thesis?

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first-person

Question 37

True or False: The main difference between a formal and informal outline is that a formal one contains full sentences.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

True or False: A good strategy to recognizing imagery is when literature "shows" rather than "tells."

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

The Post-Test includes questions that ask you to choose the "best" thesis statement. The "best" thesis will have:

Accepted Answer

a strong verb, a claim about what the literary text means

English 1020: Post-Test Review

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English 1020: Post-Test Review

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