Unit 1 Texts
The point of view in the statement from “The Fall of the House of Usher” ,”I should fail in any attempt to convey an idea of the exact character of the studies, or of the occupations, in which he involved me”:
What is First person?
In "The Metamorphosis" the fact that the author never explained how Gregor turned into a bug is an element of:
What is absurdist literature?
The statement, “the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights” ,from President Kennedy’s Inaugural address is an example of what appeal:
What is pathos?
The statement: “it’s like the snapping of a green branch to the man inside” ,is an example of what literary technique:
What is simile?
A subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete thought:
What is an independent clause?
“There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought” ,the specific word choice in this passage is an example of:
What is connotation?
The theme “Social Isolation and Alienation can have vastly negative effects on an individual's moral” is from what story:
What is “The Metamorphosis?
When President Kennedy said, “we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship” ,in his inaugural address, he was using:
What is restatement? (Kennedy is basically repeating the importance of standing up for American values but saying it in a lot of different ways)
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use an explicit comparison word:
What is a metaphor?
What type of sentence is this from the passage “The Fall of the House of Usher” ,”The house collapses, and the lake seems to swallow it whole, as I flee in terror.”:
What is compound-complex? (The sentence has two independent clauses, followed by a dependent clause)
In “House Taken Over” when the characters and author fail to acknowledge or freak out about the strange occurrences happening in the home this is an example of:
What is magical realism?
In “The Metamorphosis”, the story’s negative look on industrialization and technological progression suggests that it is a type of:
What is Modernism?
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt references famous American battles at the beginning of his “Four Freedoms Speech”, the president is using what appeal:
What is logos? (He provides a factually based argument that America has never before experienced such a threat and then uses this reasoning to support his overall claim that action needs to be taken)
Malala Yousafzai’s personal detail of her life experiences in the beginning of her speech is an example of:
What is an anecdote?
“The sound came from the other side of the wall.” The following italicized portion is an example of:
What is a prepositional phrase?
The dark mood, creepy tone, disgusting monster and old setting in “Frankenstein” are a part of what literary genre:
What is gothic literature?
In “The Lord of the Flies” the other boys giving Piggy his nickname is an example of:
What is characterization?
In Neil Gaiman’s piece “Credo: What I Believe” the repetition of the phrase “I believe” at the beginning of most paragraphs is:
What is anaphora?
When a person says the same thing multiple times but in different ways:
What is restatement?
The italicized portion of, “The dentist will see you now” ,is an example of:
What is a verb phrase?
The seemingly normal setting, and an unexplained and sudden ending in “Where is Here” is:
What is Modern Gothic Literature?
This element from “The Lord of the Flies” symbolizes the breaking of the boy’s humanity and civilization, and their full descent into savagery:
What is the breaking of the conch shell?
"The caged bird sings/with a fearful trill/ of things unknown/but longed for still"
The rhyme scheme of this section from Maya Angelou’s Poem “Caged Bird”:
What is ABCB?
An argument that is based in reasoning. Oftentimes it might include statistics, historical evidence, or just a very well structured progression of ideas:
What is Logos?
What is the italicized portion of the following sentence, “There was a big sale, when I was at the mall.”:
What is a subordinating conjunction?