Collections 1 Vocab
A literary technique used to achieve a certain effect; something made for a specific purposeAdapt
Coherent
Device
Displace
Dynamic
Device
Based on ideas, beliefs, or doctrines
Contrary
Founder
Ideological
Publication
Revolution
Ideological
Who is the author of "Because I could not stop for Death"?
Emily Dickinson
Who is the author of "from Nature"?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What are the three types of essays?
Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative
Characterized by change, movement, or activity
Adapt
Coherent
Device
Displace
Dynamic
Dynamic
Opposite or opposed in character or purpose
Contrary
Founder
Ideological
Publication
Revolution
Contrary
In lines 5-8 of "Because I could not stop for Death," Dickinson writes, "We slowly drove-He knew no haste / And I had put away / My labor and my leisure too, / For his Civilty." Here her tone conveys an image of death as
a. eternal.
b. dull.
c. tragic.
d. peaceful.
d. peaceful.
A He feels "nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or mourning piece" (line 1).
B He feels "perfect exhilaration" from a walk outside in winter (lines 2-5).
C He "casts off his years" and is childlike (lines 4-5).
D He returns to "reason and faith" in the woods (line 8).
B He feels "perfect exhilaration" from a walk outside in winter (lines 2-5).
What do you need in each body paragraph in an essay?
C-E-R
Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning
To make something suitable for a particular situation; to adjust to an environment
Adapt
Coherent
Device
Displace
Dynamic
Adapt
The overthrow and replacement of a government, often through violent means
Contrary
Founder
Ideological
Publication
Revolution
Revolution
Which of the following best describes death in "Because I could not stop for Death"?
a. a courteous friend
b. a field of grain
c. a brooding master
d. a gossamer gown
a. a courteous friend
Which sentence states the key idea of the first paragraph and compares a man to a child in the woods?
A The central idea is that "in the woods too, a man casts off his years" (lines 4-5).
B The central idea is that "in the woods, is perpetual youth" (lines 5-6).
C The central idea is that he is "part or particle of God" (lines 12).
D The central idea is that "man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature" (lines 16-17)
B The central idea is that "in the woods, is perpetual youth" (lines 5-6).
When citing evidence from a text, you use quotation marks.
True
To move or force from one place or position to another
Adapt
Coherent
Device
Displace
Dynamic
Displace
The art of making public in printed or electronic form; the product of this act
Contrary
Founder
Ideological
Publication
Revolution
Publication
Lines 9-12 of "Because I could not stop for Death" present images of schoolchildren, fields of grain, and a sunset to suggest the
a. progression from childhood to ripeness to death.
b. a passage into the darkness of eternity and then on to immortality.
c. interdependence of sunlight, food crops, and children.
d. relativity of time and its incessant passage toward eternity.
a. progression from childhood to ripeness to death
Why does Emerson use the word occult in this context (line 18)?
A He wants to suggest the supernatural nature of man.
B He wants to suggest the nature is a hidden gem.
C He wants to suggest the hidden relation between man and nature.
D He wants to suggest nature is full of surprises.
C He wants to suggest the hidden relation between man and nature.
What are the three parts of a thesis statement?
Holding together in an orderly, logical, or consistent way
Adapt
Coherent
Device
Displace
Dynamic
Coherent
Someone who sets up, establishes, or provides the basis for something
Contrary
Founder
Ideological
Publication
Revolution
Founder
Mortality (don't be scared of death, Immortality (there is life after death), Spirituality (there is life after death), or Love
What is the theme of "from Nature"?
There is harmony between the natural word and human beings.
True or False
If a writing prompt asks you to use evidence from both sources, you only quote from one source.
False