9 Week Test Flashcards
(110 cards)
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What is one biblical example which shows the importance of language?
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Tower of Babel
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Why should one study English grammar and literature?
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To communicate effectively
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What are the five parts of a letter?
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Heading, salutation, body, closing, signature
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Tf The morlocks battled with the eloi, hid the time machine, and lived underground.
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True
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The time traveler was disappointed that the future civilizations and not advanced very much.
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True
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The time machine was hidden in there palace of green porcelain.
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False
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In the fight between the morlocks and the time traveller, no body actually dies.
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False
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After returning to the present, the time traveller leaves again and did not return.
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True
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The narrator ends the book by saying that humanity will grow worse and become extinct.
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False
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Eliza?
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Pacing goose
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About Eliza?
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Got a goose
Named it
Raised it
Won it back in court after it was stolen
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Jim?
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Gift of the magi
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About Jim?
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Della’s husband
Poor businessman
Sells prized watch to buy combs for Della
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Fortunato?
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The cask of amontillado
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About Fortunato?
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Angered Montresor and was buried alive by him
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Young scout?
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War
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About young scout?
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Rode on spy mission
Killed by man he spared
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Semi barbaric king?
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Lady or tiger?
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About semi barbaric king?
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Sets up an arena where the offender gets eaten by a tiger or married
Princess’s boyfriend underwent it
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Daydreamed heroically?
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Secret life of Walter Mitty
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About Walter Mitty?
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Dreamed he was a pilot, doctor,and more
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Madame forestier?
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The necklace
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About Madame forestier?
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Lent Madame loisel a paste diamond necklace
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General Zaroff?
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Most dangerous game
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About general Zaroff?
Hunted people for fun
| Killed by rainsford, a man he hunted
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What gives hints as to what will come next in the story?
Foreshadowing
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A character's actions in a setting bring about unexpected results
Irony of situation
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A characters struggles in his or her mind about what to do
Internal conflict
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The story is told revealing all the characters' thoughts and actions
Omniscient point of view
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The continuation of a story in another story, especially when items remain unresolved
Sequel
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A reference to older literature, history, or art,that the author expects the reader to know
Allusion
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How does the cask of amontillado handle foreshadowing effectively?
Montresor tells how he cannot handle his anger at Fortunato
| He kills Fortunato
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What was the evidence that convinced judge pomeroy?
Eliza could recognize Samantha, knew about geese, and knew that, unlike other geese, Samantha could pace
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What is unusual about the resolution to the lady or the tiger?
There is none
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Why did o. Henry call this story the gift of the magi?
The gifts Della and Jim gave each other were big sacrifices
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Irony of situation in the necklace?
Madame loisel loses her youth to replace a paste necklace
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How does the ending of war show the author's disapproval of war?
The innocent young man is killed because he spared a life
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Careful, cautious
Circumspect
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Lasting a long time, persistent, a plant living many years
Perennial
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Brief and to the point
Terse
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Loose in one's morals or behavior
Dissolute
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In the gift of the magi, Della and Jim were poor but still had a great love for each other.
True
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The etymology of a word refers to its history and often highlights the country of origin.
True
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In the necklace, the couple worked very hard to raise funds to replace the lost necklace.
True
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The lady who lost the necklace finally confessed to the borrower that she had lost it
True
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The necklace's owner expressed thanks for all the sacrifices that had been made to obtain it.
False
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The couple had paid 36000 Francs for a necklace when the original was only worth 500.
True
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By not naming the characters nor the armies, London shows that any war usually has injustices.
True
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The young scout is killed when a cannonball explodes over his head.
False
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Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
Superfluous
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To offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion
Rebut
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A very steep cliff,the brink or edge of disaster
Precipice
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Not running or flowing, foul from standing still
Inactive
Dull
Stagnant
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Grimly or scornfully mocking
| Bitterly sarcastic
Sardonic
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To make right
| Correct
Rectify
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Sad
| Dreary
Doleful
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Very brave
Fearless
Unshakable
Intrepid
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Not letting light through
Not clear or lucid
Dense
Stupid
Opaque
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A temporary relief or delay
| To grant a postponement
Reprieve
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Five ways to combine sentences
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Punctuation
Coordination
Reduction
Apposition
Subordination
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Punctuation?
Semi colon
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Coordination?
Equal clauses
| And, but, or, so
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Reduction?
Reduced to a small clause
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Apposition?
Reduce to clause describing subject
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Subordination?
One more important than the other
| When, although, if, as, who, what, that
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Research usually starts with a person's curiosity about a subject
True
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After gaining info and understanding, the next step is outlining.
True
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It is helpful to develop a question that you think you can answer through research
True
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Reading general sources is usually not helpful and wastes time
False
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Often you must read around a topic in a general way until you find an area that appeals to you.
True
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The paper that you write on customs and values in ancient Greece will be 3 pages.
False
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Keeping track of your sources is optional, so notecards are not very helpful.
False
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One one side of a notecard should be the source, and on the other should be the idea of the source
True
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On one side of the card should be. A key word or phrase, the source number, the page number, and info from the source
True
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You can write n. Pag. If no page number
True
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You use a direct quote when you want to give the main idea of a source
False
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You use a paraphrase when you wAnt to show the author's exact words
False
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When you quote an author's exact words, you should put quotation mark around them.
True
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Copying someone word for word without quotation marks is plagiarism.
True
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Clearly distinguish in a research paper what are your idea and what are others ideas
True
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When in doubt, give credit to your source or you will be stealing.
True
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Odyssey was written around 800 BC
True
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The author of the odyssey was Cronus
False
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The clever Odysseus was responsible for the fall of Troy, ending the Trojan war
True
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It takes Odysseus ten years to go from Troy to Ithaca.
True
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Odysseus tells his adventures to queen Scylla, ruler of thrinacia.
False
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Eating the lotus made the eater want to stay forever with the other lotus eaters.
True
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To escape the sirens, Odysseus is tied to the mast and his men have wax put in their ears.
True
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How much does Della have for Christmas?
$1.87
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What are the three ways to use information on notecards?
Summarizing, paraphrasing, and direct quoting
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Who is scylla?
The monster with 6 heads who takes one man per head to eat when ships pass
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What is Charybdis?
A whirlpool
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Which does Odysseus head to?
Scylla
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Who warned Odysseus about these terrors?
Circe
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What did Circe say about Scylla?
Don't use arms
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What happens with Zeus's cattle?
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Odysseus warns his men
They eat them anyways
Odysseus fell asleep
Lampetia tells Zeus of his loss
Zeus destroys the ship in a storm, and it is lost to Charybdis
Odysseus clings to a branch and survives
Calypso saves him
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What is the suitors plan?
Kill Telemachus
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What did Athena disguise o as?
Old beggar
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What happens when Odysseus reveals himself?
Telemachus doesn't believe at first
Later he does
They figure out a plan
Have servants help
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Argos?
Odysseus's dog who he got as a pup, but never used.
| Now it is old and recognizes him, and soon dies
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Who is eumaeus?
A swine herd who Helps him
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What does Penelope do with the BEGGAR?
Have him be taken cAre of
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What happens before the challenge?
Penelope questions him
| O says he met o and that he is alive and will come
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What was the challenge?
String Odysseus's bow and shoot it through 12 axe handle sockets.
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What is Penelope's second test?
If o recognizes his bed
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How does it end?
O has is land and kingdom back
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What is a tentative thesis?
A statement that tells what your paper will be about
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What are the 7 deadly thesis errors?
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No fragments
No questions
No I thinks
No irrelevancies
Clear language
Not muddled or incoherent
Not figurative
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What do you do with your notecards?
Organize by slugs, or subject
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What should you do after sorting notecards?
Determine main and sub headings for outline
