Unit 1 Test---Lecture Notes and Literary Terms

Question 0

symbolism

Answer 0

emotionally powerful symbols are used to suggest meaning and mood—also, a movement in France

Question 1

imagery

Answer 1

sensory details that make a work vivid—bring it alive—details that appeal to the senses

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

a brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art

Question 3

dead metaphor

Answer 3

a comparison has become so commonplace that it seems literal rether than figurative

Question 4

extended metaphor

Answer 4

a comparison used throughout a work

Question 5

simile

Answer 5

a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as,” “ten,” or resembles

Question 6

satire

Answer 6

employs wit to ridicule a subject

Question 7

implied metaphor

Answer 7

does not directly state that one thing is another

Question 8

metaphor

Answer 8

implied or stated comparison between two unlike things—one thing is the other

Question 9

mixed metaphor

Answer 9

use of two or more inconsistent metaphors in one expression (makes no sense if taken literally)

Question 10

heroic couplet

Answer 10

pair of rhymed verse lines in iambic pentameter

Question 11

rhyme

Answer 11

exact repetition of sounds of two or more words

Question 12

conceit

Answer 12

a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things

Question 13

iamb

Answer 13

a poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Question 14

tone

Answer 14

author’s attitude toward his subject

Question 15

dead metaphor

Answer 15

foot of a hill

Question 16

imagery

Answer 16

“furtive silver glintings” ~Stephen Crane, “A Mystery of Heroism”

Question 17

simile

Answer 17

“like mourning weeds, dark festoons of seagrass slimily swept to and fro over the name with every hearselike roll of the hull.” ~Melville, Benito Cereno

Question 18

metaphor

Answer 18

” . . . a person could spread out the plan of life and tuck in the edges orderly.” ~Katherine Anne Porter, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”

Question 19

extended metaphor

Answer 19

In some songs, the constant reference to Mary is really a reference to marijuana

Question 20

diction

Answer 20

a writer’s choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and pescision

Question 21

style

Answer 21

distinctive handling of language

Question 22

paradox

Answer 22

something that seems self-contradictory but which has valid meaning

Question 23

tall tale

Answer 23

a humorous story that is outlandishly exaggerated

Question 24

couplet

Answer 24

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 25

couplet

Answer 25

"The sun that brief December day | Rose cheerless over hills of gray." ~Whittier, "Snowbound"

Question 26

conceit

Answer 26

Taylor's comparison between cloth-making and God's granting of graces in his poem, "Huswifery." Make me Thy loom then, knit therein this twine . . . Thine ordinances make my fulling mills

Question 27

paradox

Answer 27

"In death there is life."

Question 28

allusion

Answer 28

a short story set in present time that makes a reference to Rome's Coliseum

Question 29

Early Colonial writing was practical and linked to life, work, and beliefs

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Puritans came to America to establish a "city upon a hill" that would stand as a holy example and show the Church of England the way

Answer 30

True

Question 31

One common form of writing used by the Puritans was drama

Answer 31

False

Question 32

The planting aristocracy of the Southern Colonies believed in public service

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Southern colonies consisted mainly of small farms

Answer 33

False

Question 34

The literature of the Native Americans was always written on bark

Answer 34

False

Question 35

The majority of Europeans who came to settle in North America were adventurers looking for gold

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Native Americans and European colonists interacted---exchanged ideas, values, beliefs. "New Americans" resulted from this exchange. Both groups were forever changed, and the "flavor" of the colonies was no longer quite European.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Puritans believed that every man, woman, and child needed leisure time

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Europeans began to show interest in colonizing North America by the end of the 17th century

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Columbus kept a journal that formed the basis for his reports to Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Pilgrims were also known as Separatists

Answer 40

True

Question 41

There is a difference between Pilgrims and Puritans

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Although there was great diversity among the colonists, certain elements were common among them: fascination with the technology, desire for fair government, and focus on practical matters.

Answer 42

False

Question 43

The Middle Colonies were known for their religious tolerance

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Jonathan Edwards was an eminent theologian whose preaching sparked "The Great Awakening."

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Edward Taylor was the only American Colonial poet of the Metaphysical School of Poetry

Answer 45

True

Question 46

John Smith was the first successful leader of the first successful English colony in America

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Anne Bradstreet was America's first published female poet

Answer 47

True

Question 48

William Bradford was reelected as governor of Plymouth Colony two times

Answer 48

False

Question 49

Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" is written in the most common meter in American and English poetry---iambic pentameter.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

simile

Answer 50

"like mourning weeds, dark festoons of seagrass slimily swept to and fro over the name with every hearselike roll of the hull." ~Melville, Benito Cereno

Question 51

metaphor

Answer 51

" . . . a person could spread out the plan of life and tuck in the edges orderly." ~Katherine Anne Porter, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"

Question 52

extended metaphor

Answer 52

In some songs, the constant reference to Mary is really a reference to marijuana

Question 53

diction

Answer 53

a writer's choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and pescision

Question 54

style

Answer 54

distinctive handling of language

Question 55

paradox

Answer 55

something that seems self-contradictory but which has valid meaning

Question 56

tall tale

Answer 56

a humorous story that is outlandishly exaggerated

Question 57

couplet

Answer 57

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 58

couplet

Answer 58

"The sun that brief December day | Rose cheerless over hills of gray." ~Whittier, "Snowbound"

Question 59

conceit

Answer 59

Taylor's comparison between cloth-making and God's granting of graces in his poem, "Huswifery." Make me Thy loom then, knit therein this twine . . . Thine ordinances make my fulling mills

Question 60

paradox

Answer 60

"In death there is life."

Question 61

allusion

Answer 61

a short story set in present time that makes a reference to Rome's Coliseum

Question 62

Early Colonial writing was practical and linked to life, work, and beliefs

Answer 62

True

Question 63

Puritans came to America to establish a "city upon a hill" that would stand as a holy example and show the Church of England the way

Answer 63

True

Question 64

One common form of writing used by the Puritans was drama

Answer 64

False

Question 65

The planting aristocracy of the Southern Colonies believed in public service

Answer 65

True

Question 66

Southern colonies consisted mainly of small farms

Answer 66

False

Question 67

The literature of the Native Americans was always written on bark

Answer 67

False

Question 68

The majority of Europeans who came to settle in North America were adventurers looking for gold

Answer 68

False

Question 69

Native Americans and European colonists interacted---exchanged ideas, values, beliefs. "New Americans" resulted from this exchange. Both groups were forever changed, and the "flavor" of the colonies was no longer quite European.

Answer 69

True

Question 70

Puritans believed that every man, woman, and child needed leisure time

Answer 70

False

Question 71

Europeans began to show interest in colonizing North America by the end of the 17th century

Answer 71

False

Question 72

Columbus kept a journal that formed the basis for his reports to Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 72

True

Question 73

Pilgrims were also known as Separatists

Answer 73

True

Question 74

There is a difference between Pilgrims and Puritans

Answer 74

True

Question 75

Although there was great diversity among the colonists, certain elements were common among them: fascination with the technology, desire for fair government, and focus on practical matters.

Answer 75

False

Question 76

The Middle Colonies were known for their religious tolerance

Answer 76

True

Question 77

Jonathan Edwards was an eminent theologian whose preaching sparked "The Great Awakening."

Answer 77

True

Question 78

Edward Taylor was the only American Colonial poet of the Metaphysical School of Poetry

Answer 78

True

Question 79

John Smith was the first successful leader of the first successful English colony in America

Answer 79

True

Question 80

Anne Bradstreet was America's first published female poet

Answer 80

True

Question 81

William Bradford was reelected as governor of Plymouth Colony two times

Answer 81

False

Question 82

Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" is written in the most common meter in American and English poetry---iambic pentameter.

Answer 82

True