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Memory Verse of English

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Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye

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During the Expansion Period, the United States expanded both in ____ and ____

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territory; population

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____ wrote “Rip Van Winkle”, which is part of The Sketchbook, and Kinickerbocker’s History of New York

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Washington Irving

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____ wrote The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie

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James Fenimore Cooper

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____ wrote “Thanatopsis” and “To a Waterfowl”

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William Cullen Bryant

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All three men were ____ writers

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romantic

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Mr. Irving’s writings are outstanding for their sensitive ____ characterization, and humor

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description

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Mr. Cooper created a fictional character sometimes called the grandfather of most ____ heroes

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cowboy

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The theme of most of Mr. Bryant’s poems centers around ____

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nature

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____, an unrhymed poetic form used by William Cullen Bryant, is written in iambic pentameter

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Blank Verse

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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Appeals to the ____

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senses

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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Uses ____ and ____ effectively

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adjectives; adverbs

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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Uses concrete ____ and lively ____

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nouns; verbs

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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Is developed through ____ order

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spatial

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Four categories of romantic writing

Appeals to the ____ rather than reason or common sense

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emotions

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Four categories of romantic writing

Elevates the beauties of ____

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nature

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Four categories of romantic writing

Is characterized by the fantastic or ____

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unusual

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Four categories of romantic writing

Demonstrates a strong feeling of _____

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nationalism

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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Raven”

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Edgar Allan Poe

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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“Concord Hymn”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Pit and the Pendulum”

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Edgar Allan Poe

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MATCH THE AUTHOR

Walden

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Henry David Thoreau

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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Problem”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Bells”

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Write the name of the work and its author's name Here once the embedded farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world
Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Write the name of the work and its author's name To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe
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Write the name of the work and its author's name I went to the woods because I wished to live so deliberately...
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
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Write the name of the work and its author's name I like a church; I like a cowl; I love a prophet of the soul;
The Problem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Write the name of the work and its author's name Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
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alliteration
the repeating of a consonant sound within a line or lines
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assonance
the repeating of a vowel sound within a line or lines
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repetition
repeating the same word for special effect
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onomatopoeia
words that sound like their meaning
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scansion pattern
the rhythm pattern plus the meter
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rhythm
the repetition of accented and unaccented syllables
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feet
the number of repeated accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry
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____ and _____ were transcendetalists
Ralph Waldo Emerson; Henry David Thoreau
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The transcendentalist believes that man does not need the ____ of the Bible; that man is born ____ and will be good if allowed to follow his own ____; that God is within ____-that man is a ____ unto himself
God; good; conscience; man; god
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Pronouns have ____, ____, ____, and ____
gender; person; number; case
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A nominative case personal pronoun can function as a ____ or a ____
subject; predicate nominative
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An objective case pronoun can function as a ____, an ____, an ____, or an ____
direct object; indirect object; object of preposition; objective complement
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The possessive case pronouns mine, yours, his, hers its, ours, and theirs have a ____ function
noun
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The possessive case pronouns my, your, his, her, its, our, and their usually have an ____ function
adjective
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A/An ____ compound pronoun refers back to the subject
reflexive
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A/An ____ compound pronoun is used for emphasis
intensive
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Pronouns that ask questions are called ____ pronouns
interrogative
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Pronouns that point out particular persons, places, or things are called ____ pronouns
demonstrative
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____ pronouns introduce adjective clauses
Relative
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____ pronouns refer to persons, places, or things in a general manner
Indefinite
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We determine which pronoun to use by its ____ in the sentence
function
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The pronoun "who" has a ____ function
nominative
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The pronoun "whom" has an _____ function
objective
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The pronoun "whose" has a _____ function
possessive
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An indefinite ____ used as a subject must agree in number with its verb
pronoun
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The number of an indefinite pronoun that can be either singular or plural is determined by the ____ of the preposition or by the _____ of the phrase or clause that follows it
object; meaning
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The word to which a pronoun refers to is called an ____
antecedent
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Interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns can function as pronouns or ____
adjectives
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The first short-story writer to gain national recognition was _____`
Washington Irving
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The first novelist to gain national recognition was ____
James Fenimore Cooper
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The first poet t gain national recognition was _____
William Cullen Bryant

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