H English I Review for Midterm

Question 1

What is the bold word?: "In her will, Ms. Vos left her nurse a share of the fortune."

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Indirect object

Question 2

What is a character with only a couple personality traits? (This character is often a stereotypical character.)

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Flat character

Question 3

What is an adjective that comes after a linking verb?

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Predicate adjective

Question 4

Which of the following best describes 3rd person omniscient?

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The narrator sees into the minds of more than one character

Question 5

What is the system of scanning or reading a poem using symbols to represent stressed/unstressed patterns?

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Scansion

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an essential question for poetry analysis?

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Why do we have to learn this when we could be watching CNN 10?

Question 7

What 2 questions does a direct object answer?

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What? or Whom?

Question 8

What is an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece?

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Anachronism

Question 9

What kind of sentence is this?: "While he went to get groceries from the store, I went to the basement to watch TV."

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Complex sentence

Question 10

What is the bold word?: "The woman who called is an insurance agent."

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Predicate nominative

Question 11

What is the objective complement in this sentence?: "After painting the woman's portrait, I painted the sunset orange."

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Orange

Question 12

What gives uniquely human characteristics to non-humans?

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Anthropomorphism

Question 13

PART 1: LITERARY ELEMENTS- Which is the proper order of the 6 main parts of a plot?

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Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

Question 14

What is a character who does not change throughout the story?

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Static character

Question 15

What kinds of words introduce dependent clauses? (Dependent clauses = clauses that are not complete thoughts.)

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Relative pronouns, Subordinating conjunctions

Question 16

What are ideas contradictory to one another that, when placed together, hold significant value to a deeper meaning

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Paradox

Question 17

What is a conflict that occurs between a character and an outside force? (man vs. man, man vs. nature, etc.)

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External conflict

Question 18

What is it called when the entire story represents a deeper meaning?

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Allegory

Question 19

What is a reoccurring symbol with the setting of the story? It can be an image, sound, action, figure, etc.

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Motif

Question 20

What receives the action from the direct object?

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Indirect object

Question 21

PART 2: POETRY/POETRY ANALYSIS- What is the recognition and naming of broad wave patterns in lines of verse?

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Meter

Question 22

True or False: A direct object always follows a transitive action verb.

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True

Question 23

True or False: The theme of a story MUST apply to the story as well as life in general.

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True

Question 24

What is the bold word?: "Shirley Chisholm was the first woman to run for president of the United States."

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Predicate nominative

Question 25

What kind of sentence is this?: "I went to the stadium, but I forgot my wallet."

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Compound sentence

Question 26

What is the bold word?: "At this point my plans for the future are quite indefinite."

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Predicate adjective

Question 27

True or False: A clause does not have to be a complete thought, but certain clauses can be complete thoughts.

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True

Question 28

What is a character with many qualities and personality traits?

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Round character

Question 29

What is the indirect object in this sentence?: "Pam left the waiter a tip."

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Waiter

Question 30

What is the direct object in this sentence?: "You bought your friend a gift for her birthday."

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Gift

Question 31

What is a conflict that occurs within a character (man vs. self)?

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Internal conflict

Question 32

What kind of sentence is this?: "At the park last night, a dog chased a squirrel to its owner's dismay."

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Simple sentence

Question 33

What type of metric pattern is William Shakespeare famous for writing in?

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Iambic pentameter

Question 34

What is the bold word?: "The table that we found in the basement was a valuable antique."

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Predicate nominative

Question 35

What is exaggeration that is used to create emphasis?

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Hyperbole

Question 36

Which metric pattern represents one stressed syllable then two unstressed syllables repeated six times per line?

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Dactylic hexameter

Question 37

What is a character who does change throughout the story?

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Dynamic character

Question 38

What makes a reference to a place, event, myth, or work of art either by implication or directly?

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Allusion

Question 39

What is a person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well?

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Symbol

Question 40

What is the bold word?: "Would you consider Maya reliable?"

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Objective complement

Question 41

What is the indirect object in this sentence?: "The waiter gave her a smile."

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Her

Question 42

What is the author's attitude towards the topic of the text?

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Tone

Question 43

What is the direct object in this sentence?: "My uncle repairs small engines for his friends."

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Engines

Question 44

True or False: Meter is a measurable, patterned, and conventional unit of poetic rhythm.

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False

Question 45

What is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of that action?

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Direct object

Question 46

What is the bold word?: "Had Bob lost all sense of direction while wandering in the woods?"

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Direct object

Question 47

What kind of sentence is this?: "She wanted nachos, but he ordered a salad while they ordered steaks."

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Compound-complex sentence

Question 48

What is the measurement of stressed and unstressed syllables?

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Feet

Question 49

True or false: An external conflict takes the narrative back to an earlier point in the story.

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False

Question 50

What is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and explains the subject of the sentence?

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Predicate nominative

Question 51

True or false: Similes and metaphors are identical except that similes do not use "like" or "as".

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False

Question 52

What is the bold word?: "The director and the cast discussed the first act but decided not to change it."

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Direct object

Question 53

Which of the following is NOT true about indirect objects?

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I.O.s never appear in dependent clauses.

Question 54

Which of the following best describes dramatic irony?

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The audience has information that the character(s) is not aware of

Question 55

What is the universal message/moral of the story?

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Theme

Question 56

Which of the following should poetry analysis essays be written in?

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3rd person

Question 57

What turns a fragment into a complete sentence?

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Complements

Question 58

True or False: The objective complement comes before the direct object that it is describing.

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False

Question 59

What is the bold word?: "Please don't sent any samples unless someone requests them."

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Direct object

Question 60

What is a phrase, quote, or poem at the beginning of a novel that connects to the novel itself?

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Epigraph

Question 61

PART 3: VARIOUS GRAMMAR- Which terms refers to the various kinds and number of clauses in a sentence?

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Sentence structure

Question 62

What describes the direct object?

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Objective complement

Question 63

What is the direct object in this sentence?: "Mr. Smith is not a good teacher in my opinion."

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N/A

Question 64

Which metric pattern represents one stressed syllable then one unstressed syllable repeated four times per line?

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Trochaic tetrameter

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H English I Review for Midterm

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