Composition II Final Exam Study Quiz

What is the musical quality of poetry?

Within "The Things They Carried," what do the letters from Martha provide Lieutenant Cross?

The speaker in “If We Must Die“ calls for men to do what?

What kind of stories does the narrator tell herself early in "Boys and Girls"?

What term describes using specific words/phrases from an already published author that helps to prove a statement?

As the play opens, how is Mrs. Wright‘s kitchen described within Trifles?

In Shakespeare's sonnet [My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun], what is meant by the final couplet?

What kind of poem is Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess"?

Blanche's first line in the play A Street-Car Named Desire ultimately sums up what theme William was trying to portray.

What term describes something the writer states is true about the text?

How many periods are there in the short story "Girl"?

The focus of an analysis is the author's ability to support their claims.

What is the theme in “Ode to a Nightingale”?

What description represents a lyric?

Which statement explains the simile located in Langston Hughes' "Harlem": "Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load".

What is the name of the alien species in "Bloodchild"?

How do a poem's theme and tone differ?

In Fences, Troy is skeptical about Cory's recruitment to play college football because

Symbolism is used in literature to do which of the following?

Which of the following does Asterion not do in the story?

As used in line 7 of “The White House,“ which states, ”A chafing savage, down the decent street,” the word decent means

“Joan knew that writing Jamie’s paper was wrong, but $100 was a lot of money to pass up. She feels bad” Literary Term?

In "The Lives of the Dead," how could the soldiers keep the dead alive?

Which term is what is suggested by a word, apart from what it literally means or how it is defined in the dictionary?

What is the primary setting of the story "The Veldt"?

Why does the speaker in "Porphyria's Lover," strangle Porphyria?

In The Importance of Being Earnest, who is Bunbury?

A poem that expresses a story and usually has a refrain like a song?

What lesson does the excerpt from "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" present?

What is the comparison being made in Countee Cullen’s “Saturday’s Child”?

How does the speaker's point of view in "O' Captain, My Captain" affect his impression of the poem's subject?

In The Importance of Being Earnest, why does Jack decide to “kill off” his brother Earnest?

The Harlem Renaissance influenced American society by

Which term is an example of the following? “While I nodded, nearly nappy”

The best definition of the literary term tone is?

Which description represents a sonnet?

In Fences, for Rose fences symbolize

In A Streetcar Named Desire, the play's climax occurs when

In Raymond Carver's story "Cathedral," how does the narrator feel about the blind man coming to visit his wife?

Correct citation for an article with no author found on a webpage titled Poetry Elements page numbers from 25-30?

Reading actively often means looking for ________.

There are two basic pieces of info needed for a citation. Which combination below is the correct one?

What is the excerpt referencing within "Ballad of Birmingham"?

What political issues are addressed in "The Times They Are A-Changin"?

The central idea in a literary work is called its

What is the theme of “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes?

Why is it decided that the Lusus Naturae should die?

Which of the following is an effective strategy to write more concisely?

What happens in "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised By Wolves," when Claudette is given a special pass to visit home?

In "Trifles," what does the reader know about Minnie Wright? What kind of person was she before she married Mr. Wright?