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Answer 1

1.Which genre exemplifies the way American literature changed in the 20th century?
historical fiction science fiction
romantic poetry autobiography
2. Which literary movement is represented by the work of Langston Hughes?
colonialism romanticism
realism the Harlem Renaissance
3. Which line from "I, Too" most directly responds to the following line from "I Hear America Singing"?
"Each singing what belongs to him or her, and to none else"
I am the darker brother I, too, sing America
I'll be at the table I, too, am America
Which genre exemplifies the way American literature changed in the 20th century?
historical fiction science fiction
romantic poetry autobiography
2. Which literary movement is represented by the work of Langston Hughes?
colonialism romanticism
realism the Harlem Renaissance
3. Which line from "I, Too" most directly responds to the following line from "I Hear America Singing"?
"Each singing what belongs to him or her, and to none else"
I am the darker brother I, too, sing America
I'll be at the table I, too, am America
4. Which of the sentences below correctly rewrites the following simple sentences to create a complex sentence?
Alyssa laced up her running shoes quickly.
She wanted to run before it got too dark outside.
Alyssa wanted to run before it got too dark outside, so she laced up her running shoes quickly. Alyssa, wanting to run before it got too dark outside, laced up her running shoes quickly.
Alyssa laced up her running shoes quickly; she wanted to run before it got too dark outside. Alyssa laced up her running shoes quickly, for she wanted to run before it got too dark outside.
Part 2-6
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5. What type of literary element recurs across different works and creates a connection with the reader?
archetype creation story
cosmogony hero
6. Identify the type of phrase italicized in the following sentence.
To keep from getting caught, Sara tried to go sneaking about quietly.
noun verbal
adjectival prepositional
7. Identify the type of phrase italicized in the following sentence.
Grandmother's house is located just over the river and through the woods.
noun verbal
adjectival adverbial
8. Which archetypical profile best fits the character description provided?
A disgruntled old neighbor helps an immigrant teenager to stay out of trouble with the local gangs.
hero mentor
trickster earth diver
Part 3-6
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9. What type of literature did American Indians contribute during the colonial period?
historical novels oral tradition
expository summary epic poetry
10. Select the sentence in which the italicized term is a verbal.
I am going to hang up the phone if you say another word on the subject. Driving can be a relaxing activity, as long as the roads are peaceful.
The photographer carefully framed the shot before taking the picture. It was simply the way that Jack had been trained.
11. Which sentence contains a gerund?
When Jenny glanced at the clock, she realized that they had been talking all night. Although she cared about them all, as the boss, she had to keep her distance.
Susan couldn't breathe as she surveyed the scene of her daughter's head-on collision. The thought of vacationing at the beach was all that had kept John sane during those last weeks.
12. Which sentence contains a participle?
Bruschetta on toast with fresh mozzarella is a favorite treat of mine. The faucet dripped at random intervals all night, driving Carrie nuts.
Will you not just agree to the lowered price so that we can get out of here? She could tell it was summer because the moon hung low and large in the sky.
Part 4-7
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13. What is an ad hominem fallacy?
an argument that wrongly presents only two possible outcomes to compel the audience into choosing one an argument in which the speaker attacks the opponent personally rather than attacking the opponent's argument
an argument in which the speaker brings the audience's attention to a different topic to distract or confuse them an argument based on the idea that because one thing follows another, there is a causal relationship between them
14. What is a description analogy?
It compares words with similar meanings. It compares words with similar uses.
It compares words with similar characteristics. It compares words with differing meanings.
15. Identify the type of analogy in the following example.
Pen is to write as brush is to paint.
function analogy description analogy
antonym analogy synonym analogy
16. Identify the logical fallacy in the following statement.
If you do not eat breakfast in the morning, then you will have trouble concentrating at school and may miss important information for your tests. Therefore, skipping breakfast means you will not do well on your tests.
red herring begging the question
either/or post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Part 5-7
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17. What can writers identify to help determine the style and tone of their text?
purpose grammar rules
references length
18. If an author wanted to use his writing to convince his audience to agree with him, what choice might he make in his text?
include higher-level vocabulary and diction write it as a step-by-step instruction guide
avoid a lot of sensory details include logical details that support his position
19. What is Robert Browning's purpose in the following stanza of "A Pretty Woman"?
That fawn-skin-dappled hair of hers,
And the blue eye
Dear and dewy,
And that infantine [childlike] fresh air of hers!
to admire different physical characteristics of the woman to admire the beauty of the woman's children
to admire the grace with which the woman carries herself to admire the creator of the woman
20. Why might an author write a story in epistolary form, or as a series of letters?
to make the story more entertaining for readers to reveal personal details about the narrator
to create an unnamed audience that the narrator directly addresses to enable the author to use a particular language style
Part 6-6
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21. Which belief did many writers during the age of reason hold true?
Puritan faith was the standard colonists needed to uphold. Humans should strive for order and discipline.
Political commentary was best conveyed through poetry. The American Revolution was the only worthy literary subject.
22. In a sentence, what does a participial phrase modify?
noun adjective
adverb participle
23. In a sentence, how can an infinitive phrase be used?
only adjectives nouns and adjectives
only adverbs nouns, adjectives, and adverbs
24. How do meter and imagery work together in the following poem?
On Being Brought from Africa to America
Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784)

'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted overtaken by darkness or night soul to understand
That there's a God--that there's a Saviour Jesus Christ too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable black race with scornful eye--
"Their colour is a diabolic pertaining to the devil dye."
Remember, Christians, Negros black as Cain biblical reference to the son of Adam who sinned by killing his brother
May be refin'd and join th' angelic train.
The stresses of the meter call attention to certain words used as imagery, such as sable and dye. The meter and imagery work together to illustrate God's pity on the enslaved.
The formal meter and Christian imagery call attention to the idea that the poem is addressed to God. The meter and imagery work together to convey a loss of faith and create a mood of hopelessness.
Part 7-6
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25. What type of analogy shows the relationship between an object and something that the object is missing?
lack analogy characteristic action analogy
synonym analogy location analogy
26. What kind of analogy shows the relationship between an object and the place where it is most commonly found?
lack analogy characteristic action analogy
synonym analogy location analogy
27. What type of analogy is exemplified below?
Pants is to wear as book is to read.
characteristic action lack
location function
28. Which excerpt from Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography gives insight to the author's character?
We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. I hope, therefore, that some of my descendents may follow the example and reap the benefit.
The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; The institution soon manifested its utility, was imitated by other towns, and in other provinces.
Part 8-7
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29. Which statement is true of a degree analogy?
It provides a comparison between two things. It shows two things to be equal to each other.
It shows at least three things in relation to one another. It compares an item to something it is a part of.
30. What is a charged word?
a word with strong emotional connotations a word with weak emotional connotations
a word that is neutral and objective a word that is figurative and not literal
31. Which word is an example of a charged word?
legislative honor
transport administration
32. Thomas Paine was a writer who was a fervent supporter of the American Revolution. Read the passage below from Paine's Common Sense. Then answer the question that follows.

But [Britain] has protected us, say some. That she hath engrossed us is true, and defended the continent at our expense as well as her own is admitted, and she would have defended Turkey from the same motive, viz., the sake of trade and dominion.
Alas! we have been long led away by ancient prejudices and made large sacrifices to superstition. We have boasted the protection of Great Britain, without considering, that her motive was interest not attachment; that she did not protect us from our enemies on our account, but from her enemies on her own account, from those who had no quarrel with us on any other account, and who will always be our enemies on the same account. Let Britain wave her pretensions to the continent, or the continent throw off the dependence, and we should be at peace with France and Spain were they at war with Britain. The miseries of Hanover last war, ought to warn us against connections.

What counterargument is Paine making in the excerpt from Common Sense?
Enemies of Britain do not become the enemies of the colonies by mere association. Britain has protected the colonies because of loyalty to the colonies.
Separation from Britain would free the colonies from Britain's disputes with foreign countries. Even after separating from Britain, the colonies will continue to aid Britain in its disputes with foreign countries.
Part 9-6
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33. What type of evidence is used in this excerpt from The Crisis No.1?

I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the Tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, "Well! give me peace in my day." Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.”
empirical evidence emotional evidence
logical evidence anecdotal evidence
34. What type of evidence is used in this excerpt from Common Sense?

I have heard it asserted by some, that as America hath flourished under her former connexion with Great Britain, that the same connexion is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the same effect. Nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument. We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty. But even this is admitting more than is true, for I answer roundly, that America would have flourished as much, and probably much more, had no European power had any thing to do with her. The commerce, by which she hath enriched herself are the necessaries of life, and will always have a market while eating is the custom of Europe.
empirical evidence emotional evidence
logical evidence anecdotal evidence
35. Which sentence includes a noun phrase that functions as a predicate nominative?
Laura waited until she received approval from her uncle. My grandmother is who influenced me most.
Whether the snow holds off is the real question. Morris decided to accept a pay cut in the company's best interest.
36. Which of these excerpts best reflects a popular theme used by writers in the age of reason?
The first settlers in this country were emigrants from England, of the English church, just at a point of time when it was flushed with complete victory over the religious of all other persuasions.
(Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia) We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
(Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence)
I have heard it asserted by some, that as America hath flourished under her former connexion with Great Britain, that the same connexion is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the same effect…
(Thomas Paine, Common Sense) These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
(Thomas Paine, “The Crisis Number 1”)
Part 10-7
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37. Which author wrote during the romantic period?
Washington Irving Thomas Paine
Phillis Wheatley William Cullen Bryant
38. Which characteristic describes American romanticism?
the examination of the mind of an individual the focus on society and its unspoken regulations
the reverence for the manmade world the examination of one story from different perspectives
39. Which phrase in the following sentence is a nonrestrictive clause?

"During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country..."
(Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher")
of a dull, dark, and soundless day when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens
on horseback through a singularly dreary tract of country
40. Which vocabulary words have the most similar definitions?
obstinate and resolute resolute and expedient
expedient and avarice avarice and eminent
Part 11-6
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41. What is unrhymed poetry that is written in iambic pentameter is known as?
enjambment blank verse
a sonnet free verse
42. What do you call a high-level concept that is explored throughout a work?
subject theme
plot purpose
43. What is required for a poem to be in blank verse?
unrhymed lines enjambment
end-stopped lines couplets
44. Which stanza is an example of enjambment?
A FORM, as any taper, fine;
A head like half-pint basin;
Where golden cords, and bands entwine,
As rich as fleece of JASON.
(Mary Robinson, “Female Fashions for 1979”) Evening! as slow thy placid shades descend,
Veiling with gentlest hush the landscape still,
The lonely battlement, the farthest hill
And wood, I think of those who have no friend;
(William Lisle Bowles, “Bath and London”)
While summer roses all their glory yield
To crown the votary of love and joy,
Misfortune's victim hails, with many a sigh,
Thee, scarlet Poppy of the pathless field,
(Anna Seward, “To the Poppy”) Well, they are gone, and here must I remain,
This lime-tree bower my prison! I have lost
Beauties and feelings, such as would have been
Most sweet to my remembrance even when age
Had dimm'd mine eyes to blindness!
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “This Lime-tree Bower My Prison”)
Part 12-7
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45. Which statement about allegories is true?
Allegories contain a hidden meaning that is continuously represented by the surface story. Allegories generally do not contain symbolism but often contain metaphors.
The surface story in an allegory is the hidden meaning behind the plot and characters. Characters in allegories often represent the author's feelings toward a particular topic.
46. Which sentence includes an absolute phrase?
Wanting privacy, the movie star moved to a small island. The movie star wanted privacy and moved to a small island.
The movie star moved to a small island, her new house giving her the privacy she wanted. The movie star moved to a small island, as she wanted privacy.
47. Which sentence includes a gerund phrase?
Hearing her family's singing of the song "Happy Birthday" cheered Grace up. Happily singing the song “Happy Birthday,” Grace's family cheered her up.
Grace's family cheered her up by singing as they wished her a happy birthday. Grace’s family happily sang the song “Happy Birthday,” cheering her up.
48. Which excerpt from "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" best demonstrates the Widow Wycherly as a symbol of vanity?
The widow clasped her skinny hands before her face, and wished that the coffin-lid were over it, since it could be no longer beautiful. The fair widow knew, of old, that Colonel Killigrew's compliments were not always measured by sober truth; so she started up and ran to the mirror.
The Widow Wycherly adjusted her cap, for she felt almost like a woman again. "'Doctor, you dear old soul,' cried she, 'get up and dance with me!'"
Part 13-6
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49. What is the term for a play on words with similar or identical sounds but different meanings?
archetype pun
verbal analogy
50. Which detail used to describe a protagonist would be appropriate in a gothic work?
I mumbled to myself and slowly sharpened the blade with which I would end the life of my atrocious enemy. She stood up defiantly and looked directly at her husband, declaring, "I'm leaving this place to make a life of my own."
The knight galloped in blazing glory on his white steed toward the dungeon to save the fair lady from her cruel demise. He trudged through the front door of his apartment and tossed the keys on the coffee table, sighing with exhaustion.
51. Which sentence correctly uses a colon?
I edited the article and found: comma splices, sentence fragments, and misplaced modifiers. Anna begged: "May I please borrow the new car to go to the graduation party tonight?"
Talia decided that: she would accept admission into New York University over Harvard University. I made just one request for the camping trip: I wanted to stay in a cabin instead of a tent.
52. Which excerpt best exemplifies the gothic style?
The blue bird is singing his lay,
To all the sweet flow'rs of the dale,
The wild bee is roaming at play,
And soft is the sigh of the gale
(Stephen Foster, "Willie has Gone to the War") Work through the clayey soil and gravel hard,
To see skull, coffin'd bones, and funeral stole;
(John Keats, "Isabella, or the Pot of Basil")
Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr's wing,
Exhales the incense of the blooming spring.
(Phillis Wheatley, "A Hymn to the Evening") But thou, my country, thou shalt never fall,
Save with thy children—thy maternal care,
(William Cullen Bryant, "The Ages")

53. What is a term or phrase used for a purpose other than its literal definition?
verbal irony allusion
morpheme referential
54. Which part of a word contains its basic meaning?
prefix suffix
root morpheme
55. Which literary work is likely to be used for an allusion?
“The Brown Chest” by John Updike “The Lightning-Rod Man” by Herman Melville
The Odyssey by Homer The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
56. Which sentence contains a phrase that is an allusion indicating a destructive event coming in the future?
The entire place was decorated like the Garden of Eden. His nose continued to grow as he tried to convince the audience to buy his product.
Everyone ran for cover like animals climbing onto Noah’s ark. He was true to his reputation of being a Good Samaritan.

57. Which natural human characteristic do transcendentalists cite to support their belief that people should follow their instincts?
People are by nature wise. People are by nature intelligent.
People are by nature happy. People are by nature good.
58. What is the term for a brief statement revealing a piece of wisdom?
aversion apotheosis
aphorism affluence
59. What inferences might a student draw from the following text?

Since the early 1990s, the number of computers sold in the United States has skyrocketed. With each new technological development, the number of Americans with a computer system -- desktop, laptop, or cellular device -- has only risen further.
The popularity of computers will continue to rise in the U.S., making the same gains in the future as over the last two decades Though computers have been popular in the past two decades, they will probably lose popularity in the future.
All new technologies have been discovered, so inventors should begin researching other fields besides computers. It is impossible to deduce the future popularity of computers, since they had such a rocky beginning.
60. Which belief of transcendentalism does the following excerpt from "Self-Reliance" exemplify?

[The] great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
The oversoul is a universal spirit that connects humans, God, and nature. A person's intuition is a more reliable source of knowledge than the senses.
It is more important to understand how people learn than what they learn. The ability to trust oneself is more important than an adherence to society's values.


61. What is a concise paradox comprised of two contradictory words?
cliché oxymoron
phrase antithesis


62. What do you call an image that is repeated throughout a text to emphasize a theme?
sensory details extended description
depiction of literature pattern of imagery



63. Read the following passage from Bronson Alcott's "Orphic Sayings." What aspects of transcendentalism does it include?

Every soul feels at times her own possibility of becoming a God; she cannot rest in the human, she aspires after the Godlike. This instinctive tendency is an authentic augury of its own fulfilment. Men shall become Gods. Every act of admiration, prayer, praise, worship, desire, hope, implies and predicts the future apotheosis of the soul.
appreciation of nature belief that the divinity is everywhere
reliance on oneself dislike of industrialization

Answer 2

Wow, that's a lot of questions!:0

Answer 3

please i need help

Answer 4

Okay, I'll help you with some of them...:

5.) The only one that makes sense is Creation Story.
26.) "Where it is commonly (found)" --Location Analogy
40.) Obstinate and Resolute - similar definitions
49.) Pun has the exact same definition.
61.) The one with that definition is Oxymoron
62.) Extended Description would be common sense for this one.

Hope this helped a little --- A lot of these are for definitions, didn't your teacher give you a list of them? Or are they just random? Either way, you can look up the multiple choice answers in the dictionary to see which makes the most sense with the question.;)

Answer 5

its an online class

Answer 6

And you don't have a page on this class that has the definitions the teacher might ask? I'm just curious..

Answer 7

i cant find it

Answer 8

Ok, well, just google the definitions of the words, and narrow it down to see if they make sense with the question....I hope I helped a little bit, but I can't take the whole test for you.

Good Luck.

Answer 9

ok thnx