English 4B Unit 9 – Flashcards

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Dark humor and paranoid characters
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1. Unlike modernist literature, postmodern literature was characterized by
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Responds to the work and develops his own ideas about it
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2. During literary analysis, the writer reads a work and then
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Interrogative
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Read the sentence. How many national parks are located in Utah? 3. This sentence is
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An exclamation point
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Read the sentence, and then select the correct end mark. Don't touch that hot stove 4. This sentence should end with
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Something out of control and unnatural
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1. In Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," the falcon and the falconer are images that most likely represent
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Sad and depressing
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2. Based on Yeats' poems "Sailing to Byzantium" and "When You Are Old," he most likely views old age and death as being
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Incorrect
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Read each sentence. Select correct if the sentence does not need any commas. Select incorrect if the sentence needs a comma or commas. 3. We were tempted to drink out of that clean cold stream.
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4. How do motorcycles trail bikes and mopeds differ?
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5. The Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail is a steep rocky one.
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Help readers focus on the message rather than the structure
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1. Free verse is often used by poets to
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Dark and somber
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2. The mood of the poem "The Hollow Men" can best be described as
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Whisper
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3. In "The Hollow Men," what do the "hollow men" do together?
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The potatoes' skins
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Choose the correct possessive form for each phrase. 4. The skins of the potatoes
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The men's whiskers
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5. The whiskers of the men
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Irritated
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Choose the meaning of the bolded words in questions 6-13. 6. We were (vexed) by the delay.
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Trick
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7. We children knew the clown's tears were an (artifice.)
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Continual
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8. During the storm, the howling of the wind was (incessant.)
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Talkative
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9. He is much more (garrulous) at home than he is at school.
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Emphasizing
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10. The camp director stated the rules, (accentuating) sportsmanship.
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Imposing
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11. During the playoffs, the team faced a (formidable) opponent.
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Prayer
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12. In (supplication), the woman asked for forgiveness.
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Power
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13. She was surprised by the (potency) of the medicine.
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Read each sentence. Select correct if the sentence does not need any commas. Select incorrect if the sentence needs a comma or commas. 14. Inside the dead, decaying tree trunk was a honeybee hive.
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15. Many vivid tropical fish swam beneath our glass-bottomed boat.
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16. In Colonial America children went to school on foot in wagons and in sleighs.
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The fledgling business, though small was doing quite well.
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Read each group of sentences. Two of the sentences are punctuated correctly. Choose the sentence that contains incorrect comma usage. 17. *Zeke, in fact, beat his old record in the breaststroke by almost two seconds. *Cats, like other seemingly harmless animals, can cause a lot of harm with their claws. *The fledgling business, though small was doing quite well.
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Nevertheless we managed to wake at six o'clock to rush to the airport.
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18. *My father, however, does not enjoy camping. *Basketball, it seems, is the favorite sport of the fifth grade boys. *Nevertheless we managed to wake at six o'clock to rush to the airport.
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They were able to prove, I believe that Jesse James was killed in Missouri in 1882.
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19. *They were able to prove, I believe that Jesse James was killed in Missouri in 1882. *Frances, therefore, was the last student to leave the party. *Your brother, although younger, is tall enough to ride the roller coaster with you.
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Internal rhyme
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1. Read this line from "Fern Hill." "And honored among wagons I was prince of the apple towns." This line contains examples of
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The first line of the poem is also the last line of the second and fourth tercets.
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2. Which of these demonstrates that "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is a villanelle?
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Choose correct if the sentence uses semicolons correctly or incorrect if it does not. 3. We traveled by car on the other hand; our parents went by plane.
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4. Maya has a new puppy; furthermore, its ears are floppy.
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5. On our trip through New England, we stopped at Boston, Massachusetts; Keene, New Hampshire; and Rutland, Vermont.
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Situation
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1. In "A Shocking Accident," when Greene writes about Jerome's father being killed by a falling pig, he is using humor of
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Jerome learns of his father's true fate
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2. How is pathos represented in "A Shocking Accident"?
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Became engaged
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3. In "A Shocking Accident," what did Jerome do when it was "neither too early nor too late"?
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Choose correct if the sentence uses colons correctly or incorrect if it does not. 4. U2's early albums include: Boy, October, and War.
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5. Dear: Sirs, I am very happy with your product.
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6. Gertrude is much taller than: Amy, Melissa, and Celia.
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It describes Orwell's feelings about personal experiences.
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1. Why is "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell classified as a reflective essay?
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"The owner was furious, but was only an Indian and could do nothing."
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2. Which sentence from "Shooting an Elephant" is an example of irony?
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Decide if the quotation marks are used correctly. 3. Have you ever read the story "A Rose for Emily"?
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4. G.C. Lichtenburg observed, "To do exactly the opposite is also a form of imitation.
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5. "I never want to go camping again"! exclaimed Melissa.
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Briefness
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Choose the meaning of the bolded words in questions 6-12. 6. Everyone appreciated the (brevity) of the lecture.
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Impassioned
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7. Her (ardent) plea to protect the wildlife refuge won her the support of the mayor.
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Replace
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8. The new student tried to (supplant) Ben in his role as photographer for the yearbook.
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Plowed
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9. The farmer (cultivated) the field using a tractor and heavy equipment.
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Picky
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10. My (fastidious) aunt loves this restaurant.
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Thrifty
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11. The family became more (frugal) after the father lost his job.
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Respected
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12. The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards.
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This month's budget
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Choose the correct possessive form for each phrase. 13. The budget for this month
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The doctor's schedule
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14. The schedule of the doctor
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Read each sentence. Select correct if the semicolon usage is correct. Select incorrect if the sentence needs a semicolon. 15. Slice the kiwi, bananas, and melon leave the cherries whole.
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16. My in-laws live in Atlanta, Georgia, San Francisco, California, and Miami, Florida.
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17. Laurie, Joaly, and Ted went to the museum, but Greg went to see a play.
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Read each sentence. Select correct if the colon usage is correct. Select incorrect if the sentence needs a colon or does not use colons correctly. 18. I have signed up for the following classes: linguistics, geometry, sculpture, and archery.
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19. Stanley longed to return to London: he thought the people were friendlier there, and he was constantly fascinated with the city's architecture.
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20. Gertrude is much taller than: Amy, Melissa, and Celia.
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Diction
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1. The use of wordplay is a form of
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Larking
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2. In Stevie Smith's poem "Not Waving but Drowning," the dead man always loved
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Shed many tears
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3. In "The Frog Prince," for one hundred years, the Frog Prince has not
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Artist Rene Magritte's humble beginnings included ... designing wallpaper and sketching advertisements.
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Choose the sentence that correctly uses ellipses to replace the underlined words. 4. Artist Rene Magritte's humble beginnings included (nonglamorous jobs such as) designing wallpaper and sketching advertisements.
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The boy's innocence is shattered after he encounters something he can't control.
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1. Which sentence best describes the boy's character development in "A Sunrise on the Veld"?
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"and let his head sink back till it was pillowed in his neck muscles"
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2. Which of these examples from "A Sunrise on the Veld" shows kinesthetic imagery?
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One third
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Choose the group of words in each sentence that is missing a hyphen. If no hyphen is needed, select Correct as is. 3. Only one third of the registered voters showed up at the late polls.
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Father in
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4. Is your father in law coming to the wedding ceremony this Saturday night?
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Pro American
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5. The pro American platform helped the candidate win the senatorial election.
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Rakesh wants to use his knowledge to help his father
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1. In Desai's story "A Devoted Son," Rakesh insists on a strict diet for his father. Based on information in the story, which best describes Rakesh's motivation?
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The thing that made Varma proud of his son—his medical accomplishments—is now taking away his own happiness
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2. What is ironic about the end of "A Devoted Son"?
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Incorrect
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Choose incorrect if the sentence is punctuated incorrectly. Choose correct if it is punctuated correctly. 3. I ran into a door [see the bump on my head]?
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4. Several children (that is, five) came down with chicken pox.
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5. Several students—twenty in all—auditioned for the lead.
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Coherence
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1. Logical flow in a paper is also known as
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As a result,
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Read the two sentences below. "Catch and release" has become a popular slogan for those who fish for sport rather than for food. Devices that land fish without harming them are popular. 2. Which transition would be the best choice to insert at the beginning of the second sentence?
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Select correct if the sentence is punctuated correctly. Select incorrect if it is not. 3. Who can explain this passage from Madame Bovary"? asked Mr. Sonnenburg.
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4. Having just broken up with her boyfriend (whom she had known since elementary school), Tasha was not ready for another long-term relationship.
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5. Jim Thorpe 1888-1953, an outstanding all-around athlete, was born on a reservation near Prague, Oklahoma.
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