Unit Test for The first half of the Twentieth Century – Flashcards

Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore. My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight. O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Only let me make my life simple and straight, like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music. What is the effect of the author addressing the poem to a master poet?

In lyric poetry, a(n) _____ single speaker expresses thoughts and emotions.

Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night." Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Which best describes the effect of the rhyme in this excerpt?

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen in a compound modifier?

A claim is an author's______

Which purpose might a political persuasive speech serve?

Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's State of the Union address. We take off our hats to all the loyal, anonymous, untiring men and women who have worked in private employment and in Government and who have endured rationing and other stringencies with good humor and good will. Yes, we take off our hats to all Americans who have contributed so magnificently to our common cause. What is the effect of Roosevelt's use of the words loyal, untiring, and magnificently in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell. But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better. The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient. Phrases like a not unjustifiable assumption, leaves much to be desired, would serve no good purpose, a consideration which we should do well to bear in mind, are a continuous temptation, a packet of aspirins always at one's elbow. Which type of evidence is used in this excerpt?

Read the sentence. (Cora Emily and Elliot) visited relatives in (Boston, Massachusetts Durham, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine.) How should the underlined lists in the sentence be punctuated?

Which line from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore is an example of personification?

A_______element is a descriptive word, phrase, or clause that is not essential to the meaning of a sentence.

Read the sentence. The phone call, from the admissions office, made me ecstatic. What is the best way to revise the sentence so that the punctuation is correct?

Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's State of the Union address and the poster below it. As spokesmen for the United States Government, you and I take off our hats to those responsible for our American production—to the owners, managers, and supervisors, to the draftsmen and the engineers, and to the workers—men and women—in factories and arsenals and shipyards and mines and mills and forests—and railroads and on highways. http://media.education2020.com/evresources/3012/3012-09/3012-09-03/3012-09-03-assessment/3012-09-03-20-image1.png Which is a difference that arises as a result of the different ways in which the speech and the poster convey their intended messages?

Read the paragraph. School administrators should be encouraged to increase funding for music education. Many feel that school music programs are expensive and time-consuming. However, participating in band, orchestra, or chorus has been shown to improve student learning. Studies show that children who participate in school music programs achieve higher grades than students who do not. They also perform better on standardized tests. How does evidence support the rebuttal in this paragraph?

Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love; What grammatical structure is repeated in this excerpt? Check all that apply.

Read the passage from "Optimism." With the first word I used intelligently, I learned to live, to think, to hope. Darkness cannot shut me in again. I have had a glimpse of the shore, and can now live by the hope of reaching it. Keller provides a(n)_____for the reader by presenting a real-life scenario to provide evidence for her claim.

Keller's reason for writing "Optimism" is called her

Read the passage from "Optimism." A poet once said I must be happy because I did not see the bare, cold present, but lived in a beautiful dream. I do live in a beautiful dream; but that dream is the actual, the present,—not cold, but warm; not bare, but furnished with a thousand blessings. The very evil which the poet supposed would be a cruel disillusionment is necessary to the fullest knowledge of joy. Keller achieves her purpose of convincing the audience by using a

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye—not even his—could have detected any thing wrong. Read the excerpt from "The Black Cat." This hideous murder accomplished, I set myself forthwith, and with entire deliberation, to the task of concealing the body. I knew that I could not remove it from the house, either by day or by night, without the risk of being observed by the neighbors. Many projects entered my mind. At one period I thought of cutting the corpse into minute fragments, and destroying them by fire. At another, I resolved to dig a grave for it in the floor of the cellar. Which statement best compares these two excerpts?

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story. Read the excerpt from "The Black Cat." Hereafter, perhaps, some intellect may be found which will reduce my phantasm to the common-place—some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the circumstances I detail with awe, nothing more than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects. Both narrators are unreliable because they both

Read the excerpt from "Digging." He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep To scatter new potatoes that we picked, Loving their cool hardness in our hands. By God, the old man could handle a spade. Just like his old man. My grandfather cut more turf in a day Than any other man on Toner's bog. Once I carried him milk in a bottle Corked sloppily with paper. Read the haiku by Bashō. Sickly, but somehow the chrysanthemum is budding. Which statement best describes the difference between the excerpt from "Digging" and the haiku?

Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. Algernon. Oh! there is no use speculating on that subject. Divorces are made in Heaven. Part of the excerpt would be considered an epigram because

Which statement about Pat Mora's essay "The Leader in the Mirror" is correct?

Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott. that began with Caedmon's raceless dew, and is ending in the alleys of Brixton, burning like Turner's ships. What can be concluded about the speaker's perspective by the allusion to Turner's ships?

Read the procedural text. The procedure for making homemade lemonade is quite easy. First, combine one cup of sugar with one cup of water. To make a simple syrup, heat the mixture until the sugar has completely dissolved. Next, juice eight lemons. Then, combine the simple syrup, the lemon juice, and four cups of cold water in a pitcher. Enjoy your lemonade! Selma followed the process described in the text above. After tasting her lemonade, she decided it did not taste right. What question could Selma ask herself to evaluate what went wrong?

Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave" by Neil MacGregor. Here's a snatch of the letter from the president of the United States that Perry delivered to the Japanese emperor: Many of the large ships-of-war destined to visit Japan have not yet arrived in these seas, and the undersigned, as an evidence of his friendly intentions, has brought but four of the smaller ones, designing, should it become necessary, to return to Edo in the ensuing spring with a much larger force. But it is expected that the government of your imperial majesty will render such return unnecessary, by acceding at once to the very reasonable and pacific overtures contained in the president's letter . . . This was textbook gunboat diplomacy, and it worked. Japanese resistance melted, and very quickly the Japanese embraced the new economic model, becoming energetic players in the international markets they had been forced to join. They began to think differently about the sea that surrounded them, and their awareness of the possible opportunities in the world beyond grew fast. What is the purpose of the outside source used in this excerpt?

Look at the excerpt from "How to Think Like a Researcher," a chapter from How to Find Out Anything. More to our purpose, we need to ask answerable questions for the eminently practical reason that if a question has no end, neither does the research. Pursuing an open-ended question can be a fool's errand. So, to become a skilled researcher, step number one is learning how to craft the answerable question. ______________ To become a skilled researcher, step number one is learning how to craft the answerable question. _______________ Say you're a reporter for a business magazine and your editor wants to run an article on computer executive compensation. The editor asks you to find out if computer executives are overpaid. This is a great idea for a magazine article. It would probably make for a nifty feature in any number of business and tech magazines. What text feature does this excerpt include?

How do text features contribute to a text's structure? Check all that apply.

Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather. Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva. Which statement best describes how Wells conveys his purpose with this excerpt?