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Acuff Jr. Benchmark review
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Identify some of the writers from the Romantic Era
Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe
Frederick Douglass, Stephen Crane, and Mark Twain
Anne Bradstreet, Thomas Paine, and Ben Franklin
Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and E.E. Cummings
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Which mode of writing tries to convince readers to think or act in a certain way
narrative
expository
reflective
persuasive
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An Annotated bibliography includes a list of sources with a _______for each.
quote
web page
book review
summary and/or analysis
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Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter and rhyme scheme is called
blank verse
free verse
5
If certain
personality types are best suited to certain careers. The bold words should be
If, certain
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Certain
If, certain,
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"Life is a carnival" is an example of a(n)
metaphor
simile
archetype
idiom
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The use of storytelling, personal anecdotes, imagery, and descriptions may be used to appeal to
emotion
reason and logic
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On a Works Cited page, the words "Works Cited" should be located
at the bottom left corner.
At the top left corner.
at the top right corner.
at the top, centered on the page.
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When words do not rhyme exactly, it is called
slant rhyme
internal rhyme
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The uses of statistics, facts, and strong claims may be used to appeal to a reader's sense of
emotion
reason and logic
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This writing is informative, helps readers understand new info. Can be step-by-step, etc
persuasive
narrative
reflective
expository
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"Almighty God!... but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" appeals to the readers
reason or logic
emotion
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The tone of the work is most often revealed by the
writer's choice of words
reader's opinion of the work
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Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings" (263).
feelings (Wordsworth 263)."
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feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
feelings (263)."
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Personification can best be described as the
creation of vivid characters
giving human characteristics to an object or animal
use of realistic dialogue
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The most common forms of Puritan writing included
drama and novels
diaries and histories
novellas and short stories
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Writers use imagery to
give their writing a pleasing sound
evoke pictures in the mind of the reader
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According to Max
Simon, "More
than 90 percent of civil cases are settled,...
Simon "more
Simon "More
Simon, "more
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19
Nick gives a muted tribute to the
hero "Gatsby
turned out all right at the end"Fitzgerald 176).
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hero: "Gatsby
hero, "Gatsby
hero. "Gatsby
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Mandy went to the store for bread she also went for milk. This is an example of
fragment sentence
comma splice
fused sentence
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Elements of Realism (from the Civil War to 1914) include
detailed descriptions, realistic events, and everyday speech
stream of consciousness, imagism, and everyday speech
abstract symbolism, realistic events, and ornate language
no descriptions, supernatural entities, and ornate speech
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When the teacher lectured before the noisy, obnoxious students, who threw erasers. This is a
run-on sentence
fragment sentence
comma splice
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In general, American Romantics value
society, logic, and industrialism
love stories, royalty, and heroes from the upper class
individuality, imagination, and nature
educated sophistication and city life
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In MLA, entries for sources on an annotated bib are formatted the same as a Works Cited page.
False
True
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This writing tells a story about a personal experience or reports on an observed event
persuasive
descriptive
narrative
expository
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Appeals to reason and emotion are both types of
explanations
description
paraphrasing
persuasion
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The purpose of writing an annotated bibliography is
to choose quotes for a research paper
to review the current research on a specific topic
to publish a research paper
28
According Foulkes's study, dreams may express "profound aspects
of personality (184)."
of personality (184).
of personality." (184)
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of personality"(184).
29
Common stereotypes include
old women
drivers and wild, crazy teenagers.
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old, women
old, women,
old, elderly
30
Most reptiles,
of course have
the uncanny ability to survive. The words in bold should be
of course, since have
of course, thus
of course, have
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31
The entries on a Works Cited page should be organized in what order?
numerical order of how many times they are cited
numerical order by number of pages in the work
alphabetical order of the first word in the entry
alphabetical order of the publisher
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What is irony?
a contrast between what we expect and what actually happens
a negative or critical remark
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Purtitan's favored a(n) _________ style of writing.
ornate
plain
ironic
figurative
