Vocabulary
Author's Purpose
Fill in the Blank 1
Comprehension 1
Fill in the Blank 2
100
Authoritarian ruler of an oppressive, nationalistic government. 

Fascist dictator

100

CUA means?

Catholic University of America

100

Someone better equipped to find _______ in life..

Happiness

100

What is the tone of the author in this argument?

A defensive B encouraging  C pensive  D formal

Encouraging

100

Why Read Shakespeare is an ________

Argument

200

Dreamlike or surreal.

Phantasmagoric

200

Who wrote from Why Read Shakespeare?

Michael Mack

200

So Shakespeare isn't just for _______ types.

Literary

200

In lines 30-46, the author supports his point about the difficulty of reading Shakespeare with evidence in the form of

A quotations

B incidents

C summaries

D statistics


Quotations

200

Michael Mack states a _______

Claim

300

To make shorter.

Truncate

300

What type of writing is from Why Read Shakespeare?

Argumentative

300

I believe in studying _____ things.

Real

300

According to the author, how are Macbeth and the prodigal son similar?

A They have the same setting and theme.

B Both main characters are ambitious. 

C Both works teach readers about themselves.

D They both are written to teach a lesson.

Both works teach readers about themselves

300

The author uses _______ that his audience will relate to.

Comparisons

400

One living at the same time as.

Contemporary

400

The author noted that the value of reading Shakespeare must?

From time to time, be articulated.

400

It turns into an _____ ______ that drives you crazy.

Ear worm

400

The author uses the word integrity in "This integrity, when you understand what you feel and you hear with an understanding heart, is the mark of an educated person" (lines 122-124) to mean

A honesty

B development

C intelligence

D wholeness

Wholeness

400

What is that we find in ________?

Shakespeare

500

Seen through the imagined interpretations of another.

Vicarious

500

What did Mack do for a living?

English professor
500

This ___ ___ mirroring means that learning about literature and learning about life go hand in hand. 

Two-way

500

One effect that the author attributes to reading Shakespeare is 

A increased awareness of the beauty and meaning in life.

B better communication techniques.

C overall improvement in one's grades.

D greater ability to avoid life's stresses. 

Increased awareness of the beauty and meaning in life. 

500

Read him, therefore; and ______ and _______.

Again, again

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