English 10 Exam Review

A long speech delivered by a single person with others listening 

The shop smells salty, like the bay, itself and the creaky oak floor is gritty with sand. 

Last week, astronomers at the observatory announced the discovery of bodies of dark ____matter

Author's words such as serious, humorous, and compassionate convey which of the following

The ___ of caring for the empty house fell to the neighbors. 

In a drama or a novel, the background information is the

A short speech that is spoken in undertone and is meant to be heard by the audience only

A writer's characteristic way of presenting imagery, figurative language, and rhythm is her

exemplified in The Scarlet letter with Hawthorne's commentary on Puritanism 

Exemplified by poets such as Longfellow's celebration of the common man

Catharsis is

Self-reliance and individualism are valued over authority and conformity

"I'm sorry, sir, but this speech is far too ___ to inform your constituents."

Literature that portrays human beings as pawns of nature, responding to environmental forces

"Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is the ___ of will." 

"Never forget that yesterday's political ___ can be today's orthodoxy." 

A speech made by a character who is on stage alone is a ___

There's a rainbow of hues produced by todays shells.

This movement emphasized that basic truths of the universe lie beyond knowledge and truth

 Rhetoric is the art of ___

The shop opens up at six in the morning, I arrive thirty minutes early to set up.

He grew up on his familys' farm in Maryland.

They've become so ___ with making their wedding plans that they can't find time for relaxing.

Exemplified in The Great Gatsby through analysis of class structure and American Dream

Exemplified in Fahrenheit 451 through his critique of American politics and post WWII society

A transcendentalist would love to discuss all of the following except ___

He made detailed  drawings of it's components.

Mother Theresa of Calcutta was known the world over as a _______ of mercy and selfless kindness

The novel tells the story of Ichiro, a young Japanese American who returns to Seattle.

Passing references to the Bible, mythology, or other events/works outside of the novel

Romantic writers believe writers should go where for inspiration? 

A drama in which a character meets a disastrous end is a

In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger's work with  audience and disillusion are connected to ___

No amount of mercy could ___ the degree of malice in her actions toward them.

The radical leader perfected her ability to deliver ___ addresses that angered them.

"Friends, Romans, countrymen" is an effective example of a/an ___

A short, simple tale from which a moral or religious lesson is drawn is a/an

I built enclosures in each of my parents' backyards so she could play.

"Other women ____/ The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry/ Where most she satisfies."

The burqua is traditionally, a garment worn by Muslim women.

This reaction to Puritanism is rooted in reason over religion. 

Tan, who could never live up to her mother's expectations now feels successful.

Poetry can be

A concentration on accurate description, centers on the here and now

Created in response to the horrors of the Civil War

The phrase: For Brutus is an honorable man is an example of ___

Writers in this period experienced a loss of faith in the American Dream.

I realized what a bewilderingly variety of fish was available.

Irony can be ___

An adjective phrase such as "the summer soldier" is an example of