English 10 Midterm Exam Review 2020-2021: Literature

Which rhetorical appeal relies on imagery to evoke emotion?

ID strategy: Powhatan says, "Why should you take by force that from us which you can have by love?"

Correct or Incorrect Format? John Proctor exclaims, "God is dead!" (Miller 83).

Definition: a brief usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event real or fictional

In the Iroquois creation myth, “The Earth on Turtle's Back,” which animal dives to the bottom of the ocean to bring back

Early Native American literature includes all of the following EXCEPT ____.

ID rhetorical appeal: Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Which appeal?: "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations..."

When the Preamble includes the words “Order,” “Union,” “Justice,” and “Tranquility,” it uses ____ to comfort citizens.

The juxtaposition of two opposite ideas in parallel structure to achieve a contrasting effect.

The repetition of an initial consonant sound

ID rhetorical strategy: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Because Native Americans did not have a writing system yet, their early literature is ___.

While Native Am. literature focused on creation, morals, and nature, exploration literature is about...

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

What are the rhetorical appeals?

Which type of irony is used when something happens other than what one expects?

Which rhetorical appeal reveals the speaker's credibility and trustworthiness?

When Banneker refers to slavery as "under groaning captivity and cruel oppression," he uses ___.

Comparing two seemingly unlike things using like or as

ID: Who wrote that Pocahontas “hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine”?

Who was Pocahontas's father?

When the audience knows that Abigail Williams is lying, but Judge Danforth believes her, it is ____.

ID appeal: Powhatan says, "Why should you take by force that from us which you can have by love?"

Recurring patterns in mythology, religions, & stories across cultures & time periods; universal

Parris expresses his fears that "a faction will drive me from my pulpit" (Miller 21).

Elizabeth responded humbly; "I cannot judge you, John" (Miller).

When the Preamble begins with “We the People of the United States,” the 1st person pronoun "we" builds...

When Jefferson rejoices in his own freedom yet doesn't free the slaves, this is an example of ____.

What is a diver myth?

To whom did Chief Powhatan write in his famous address?

Which rhetorical appeal uses facts, data, and/or reasoning to convince?

Which type of irony involves the audience knowing something the characters don't?

Which type of irony occurs when a speaker uses sarcasm?

What was the primary purpose of John Smith’s Letter to Queen Anne?