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Early American Literature and SAT Vocabulary #1
Early American Literature and SAT Vocabulary #1
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From The Big Idea Unit 1
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1
The Revolutionary War encouraged independent intellectual exploration and debate
False
True
2
An
account
of something is...
a statement
a report or description
a bank account
a question
3
What are the major groups that influenced Early American Literature?
Native Americans, Eskimos & Europeans
Native Americans, Africans, & Europeans
Native Africans, Europeans, & Samoans
4
Alliteration is:
occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of words
story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
5
Insensible
means unaware of or indifferent to.
False
True
6
The Constitution of the Iroquois Nation included the idea of
self-government
False
True
7
The Enlightenment period..
promoted emotion over logic and reason
promoted reason and logic over emotion
8
The best example of
plotting
would be:
Pablo is making a plan for his vacation.
Shea is making a plan to steal Avery's boyfriend.
Teresa is planning what to make for dinner.
Roberto is making an announcement about the soccer meeting.
9
What are the traditional colors of Halloween?
Black and Red
Black and Blue
Black and Orange
Pink and White
10
Pathos is an appeal to:
appeal to logic
appeal to ethics
appeal to emotions
11
concentration
can be defined as:
to firmly decide
the act of focusing attention on something
the act of accounting for someone
12
These facts have a direct
bearing
on the question.
Bearing
means:
to conclude
relevance or significance
an animal
13
Only Europeans influenced American Literature
True
False
14
The rhetorical device
Ethos
is an appeal to ethics.
True
False
15
to
engage
means:
to hold or consume all of one's interest, attention, or time
to modify so as to make less extreme or more acceptable
the act of focusing attention on something
16
Author of the Declaration of Independence was:
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
17
Which statement is
NOT
true about storytelling?
storytelling is meant to be performed
storytelling incorporates patterns and styles
storytelling uses repetition
storytelling is meant to be read
18
Which statement is true about
creation myths
?
all societies have a creation myth
only people from Europe have creation myths
only Native Americans have creation myths
creation myths are not really myths
19
Some of the reasons the colonists were very angry at the British King:
High taxation imposed by Britain
He let them manufacture their own products
He gave them tax breaks
Soldiers sent to colonies were allowed to live in colonists' houses
20
Colonial Literature was mainly biographies, journals, diaries, and geography writings.
True
False
21
To plan secretly, often something illegal
to reconsider
to plot
to settle
22
2 things Puritans contributed to early America are...
plays and dramas as entertainment and books
educating boys and girls and establishing Harvard and Yale
churches and theaters
23
to
determine
means to firmly decide or to conclude
True
False
24
Sacred Harmony is
best
described as:
animals being totally independent
an idea that is outdated
Interdependence between humans and nature
a group of people who don't get along
25
To
settle
means to resolve a problem or reach an agreement
False
True
26
To
temper
means to...(verb form)
let things get out of hand
modify so as to make less extreme or more acceptable
explode in anger
give away possessions
27
Rhetoric
is...
A dictionary
The art of speaking and writing persuasively
Telling people what they want to hear
