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In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," from whose point of view is the story told?

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narrator only

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In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," how much time actually passes in the story?

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a few minutes

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A flashback is a scene that interrupts the chronological order of events in a story to depict something that occurred previously.

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true

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When the speaker of "War Is Kind" uses the two-line refrain, "Do not weep / War is kind," in the first, third, and last stanzas, what technique is being used to reiterate the theme?

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verbal irony

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Which of the following quotes from "A Mystery of Heroism" helps you make a prediction about Collins's character and motivation?

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. "Some comrades joked Collins about his thirst. 'Well, if yeh want a drink so bad, why don't yeh go git it?'"

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Situational irony occurs when what is expected to happen differs from what actually happens.

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true

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In "I Will Fight No More Forever," Chief Joseph states that he now wants to spend his time—

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looking for his children

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In "I Will Fight No More Forever," you can infer that Looking Glass and Toohoolhoolzote were—

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chiefs in the tribe

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At the end of "I Will Fight No More Forever," Chief Joseph is delivering a message to "my chiefs" in order to appeal to them for understanding.

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true

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According to Robert E. Lee in "Letter to His Son," the greatest disaster the country could face would be—

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dissolution of the union

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As he stated in "The Gettysburg Address," Lincoln believe that the Civil War would affect the entire world because—

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the war would show if democracy could prevail

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A primary source is a collection of ideas and statements from a large number of secondary sources.

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false

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The poem "I Hear America Singing" is about

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different songs of several laborers

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"I Hear America Singing" can best be described as

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cataloging of people and their work

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In elliptical constructions, the writer accidentally leaves out words.

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false

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At what point in the poem, "War Is Kind," is the tone of the poem revealed?

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. In the repetition of the line "War is kind"

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In "A Mystery of Heroism," by the time Collins asks permission to go to the well,

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the soldiers have teased him so much he that feels he cannot back out.

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In "A Mystery of Heroism," Collins wants to get water from the well because

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the other men dare him to go

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The title of "A Mystery of Heroism" probably includes the word mystery because

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heroic behavior is not easy to define

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How does the nature of a diary's "audience" change the content of the writing in A Diary from Dixie?

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. Mary Chesnut allows her despair to be expressed fully.

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In "Letter to Sarah Ballou," the tone of Major Ballou's letter to his wife can be described as—

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loving and reassuring

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Why does the tone of Robert E. Lee's "Letter to His Son" differ from Mary Chesnut's tone in A Diary from Dixie?

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. Lee is writing before the war begins, and Chesnut is writing when the war is nearly lost.

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What was the primary purpose of Lincoln's speech dedicating the cemetery at Gettysburg?

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. It was an exhortation to Americans to rededicate themselves to preserving the Union.

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From her diary entries, Mary Chesnut emerges as—

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perceptive and intelligent

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What does the speaker seem to suggest about Americans in the poem "I Hear America Singing"?

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they are strong and diverse workers

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Third-person point of view is when an unknown narrator tells the story. This narrator focuses on the feelings and thoughts of only one character.

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true

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In "I Will Fight No More Forever," when Chief Joseph says, "It is the young men who say yes and no," he means that young people have more energy than old people.

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false

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To convey his ideas and achieve his purpose, Chief Joseph, in "I Will Fight No More Forever," uses colloquial language and complex sentences.

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false

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Inversion is the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.

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true

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From his description of the runaway slave in "I understand the large hearts of heroes," you can infer that Whitman—

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strongly opposed slavery

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When the speaker in "I understand the large hearts of heroes" writes that "Agonies are one of my changes of garments," he means that—

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. he identifies deeply with others and takes on their emotions.

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Free verse poetry is written without regular meter or rhyme.

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true

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In the poem "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim," Whitman uses the three dead soldiers to symbolize the—

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universality and sacrifice

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In "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim," which visual image is suggested by the line "Then with light fingers I from the face of the nearest the first just lift the blanket"?

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. He tenderly lifts the blanket off the nearest person's face.

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When you visualize the text, you imagine what the language would sound like if it were read aloud, or if the characters were speaking in front of you.

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false

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The poem "The Soul selects her own Society" demonstrates the poet's—

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use of elaborate imagery and figures of speech.

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Which lines in the poem "This is my letter to the World" relate to the poet's reclusive nature?

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"This is my letter to the World / That never wrote to Me"

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Slant rhyme is a rhyming sound that is not exact. Follow/fellow and mystery/mastery are two examples.

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true

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The things that Death's carriage passes in "Because I could not stop for Death" are noteworthy because they—

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are a microcosm of the world Dickinson knew.

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In "Much Madness is divinest Sense," Dickinson compares—

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conformity and nonconformity

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An example of situational irony would be if you tell your sister her new outfit is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen, but you actually think it looks horrible. She can tell by the way you say it and by your facial expression that you really don't like the outfit.

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false

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In the poem "I celebrate myself, and sing myself," Whitman celebrates—

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camaraderie and unity

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Verbal irony occurs in a story when a prediction made early on becomes true by the end of the story.

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false

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