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Cultural/Historical Context and Author's Purpose Review

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An #english Quiz! review for cultural/historical context and its relation to #authorspurpose.

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1
Which of the following are cultural influences?
Family Traditions
Declaration of Independence
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Religion
2
Which of the following are historical influences?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Religion
Declaration of Independence
Family Traditions
3
Why is it important to recognize and evaluate how a literary work reflects its time?
Impossible to read a text without examining its time period
Allows a reader to better understand his or her own culture.
Works comment on struggles occurring when they were written
4
Why is it important to examine the time period in which a literary work was written?
Both of the above.
Social values of a time influence how a piece is written.
People of different time periods have different world views.
5
What are universal themes?
Ideas about the universe incorporated into literature
Ideas about life shared by many cultures
Ideas about life only expressed in one culture's literature
6
Many authors and story-tellers use archetypes to help convey the meaning in their stories.
Universalthemes that are present in the lit of one culture.
Flat characters that only display one personality trait.
Charcters,situations,or images appear in different cultures