Skills Eng III Midterm Review

The Dark Romantics explored the psychological effects of love and happiness.

Two common causes of a run-on are lack of punctuation and comma splice. (Short answer listing on exam)

Dark Romantics saw darkness in the external world.

a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. 

What are examples of personification

Which is NOT correct?

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia from "Song of Myself"?

Dark Romantics focus on the ___________ effects on characters in their stories.

the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.

a comparison between two unlike things that uses a comparing word such as like, as, resembles..

words that sound like what they name.

Dark Romantics' stories focused on actions.

Dark Romantics studied struggles of human nature.

Sentence or Fragment: The car honking its horn

grim, ghastly, & gaunt are alliteration

The Dark Romantics thought this lurked everywhere

an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human

narrator uses I, we, our, my...in addition to other pronouns

Which is not an element of Dark Romanticism?

Dark Romantics' writings encouraged readers to question everything around them.

WHich is NOT a way to fix a comma splice run-on?

a comparison between two unlike things that does not use a comparing word.

Simile or Metaphor?

Nathaniel Hawthorne's greatest Dark Romantic work is

a complete thought that has a subject and a verb

the use of the same exact words in the same line or nearby lines of a text

Due to the effects of guilt and sin, narrators in Dark Romantic works were often

Simile or Metaphor?

the natural rise and fall of sound that contributes to a melodic pattern of a poem.

Identify Bold: Slowly crossing the road, the turtle made several cars swerve.

characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. 

Identify Bold: Because I was late to school, I got a detention

does not have its own subject and verb; cannot stand on its own; does not have a subordinating conjunction

Identify Bold: Even though I made straight As the last few weeks, I still made a B on my report card.

repetition of an initial word or phrase

has a subject and a verb but cannot stand on its own; starts with a subordinating conjunction like after, although, if..

Which of the following should NOT be used in a literary analysis when discussing the text?

when the author speaks to the reader, often using 2nd person "you"

the central idea of a text

poetry without rules; no set rhyme, rhythm, or pattern

Choose the alliteration:

Which is an example of anaphora?

A good thesis statement should have all of the following EXCEPT

lists of items

All of these authors are Dark Romantics EXCEPT

Sentence or Fragment: The car honked its horn