Final Review P6

Question 1

What is evidence in an argument?

Accepted Answer

facts, examples, explanations, or quotations that support the claim.

Question 2

An autobiography includes a first-person point of view and personal commentary.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Situational irony is...

Accepted Answer

when something happens that differs from the readers’ expectations.

Question 4

Text structure is the organization of ideas and information

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which of the following encapsulates a central theme of Into the Wild?

Accepted Answer

The allure and pitfalls of radical individualism and the rejection of norms

Question 6

Identify the speaker: With the winds, Among the clouds, above the trees, I soar, Looking for rabbit, mouse, and more.

Accepted Answer

a hawk

Question 7

What is reasoning in an argument?

Accepted Answer

logical ideas that explain why the claim is valid

Question 8

End-stopped line in poetry is when a sentence or clause whose conclusion does fall at the end of a line in poetry

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

A claim is a position on a topic or issue.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Dramatic irony is...

Accepted Answer

when readers know something that a character does not know.

Question 11

A biography is a type of informational text in which the author relates the history of his/her own life in written form.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Identify the speaker: I write this poem to you, my daughter, Though it is love that shapes the words, As you sleep...

Accepted Answer

parent

Question 13

Why might an author offer commentary in an autobiography?

Accepted Answer

to explain why he or she acted in certain ways in the past

Question 14

Verbal irony is...

Accepted Answer

when a character’s words are intentionally the opposite of their meaning.

Question 15

Authors cannot achieve their purpose through text structure.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Why does the author of an autobiography use the first-person point of view?

Accepted Answer

The author discusses things he or she experienced or remembers.

Question 17

What is economic context?

Accepted Answer

Jobs, wealth, and class systems of a certain time and place.

Question 18

What character in Into the Wild wanted to adopt Chris McCandless?

Accepted Answer

Ronald Franz

Question 19

Define concession.

Accepted Answer

agreeing that there is some validity to the counterargument, a position on the topic or issue that argues against the claim

Question 20

Define counterargument.

Accepted Answer

a position on the topic or issue that argues against the claim

Question 21

A story's theme is the story's central message.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

What is social context?

Accepted Answer

Values and beliefs that people living in a certain time period share

Question 23

In Into the Wild, what name did Chris McCandless adopt on his journey?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Supertramp

Question 24

Identify the speaker: My glaciers are melting; my oceans are ill; My lands are all needy. Please help if you will

Accepted Answer

the Earth

Question 25

Enjambed lines in poetry is the running over of a sentence from one line to the next, without terminal punctuation

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

What is historical context?

Accepted Answer

Events of a certain time period in a society.

Question 27

Juxtaposition is a side-by-side contrast of different contexts.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Define rebuttal.

Accepted Answer

rejecting the counterargument and showing why it's wrong

Final Review P6

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Final Review P6

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