Figurative Language
From MLK, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, "a lonely island of poverty" is an example of:
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Onomatopeia
B. Metaphor
______ is the writer's attitude toward the subject or toward the reader of a work.
Tone
It can most reasonably be inferred that the author’s statements about the educational use of photographs apply to photographs taken during what time period?
F. Any time period since photographs were first taken
G. In the nineteenth century exclusively
H. Any time period prior to the digital age, but not beyond
J. Only in the ten years after photographers first joined government expeditions to the West
F. Any time period since photographs were first taken
Which of the following rhetorical techniques does the author repeatedly use in the passage as a means to engage the reader?
A. Forthright attacks on what he labels as readers’ misunderstanding of basic historical fact
B. Open-ended questions and appeals directed to readers
C. Direct quotations from past readers of his work that capture their responses to his ideas
D. Descriptions of his own experiences as a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma
B. Open-ended questions and appeals directed to readers
Particular photographs of Goyathlay are referred to and described by the author to support his claim that:
A. accurately understanding a photograph depends on knowing the circumstances in which a photograph was taken.
B. photographs can be used to date events in the life of a legendary figure like Goyathlay.
C. anyone can control his or her public image by becoming more involved in the field of photography.
D. the merits of a photograph from the nineteenth century depend on who took the photograph.
A. accurately understanding a photograph depends on knowing the circumstances in which a photograph was taken.
From "Beware: Do Not Read This Poem" by Ishmael Reed, "the hunger of this poem is legendary/ it has taken in many victims" is an example of _________.
Personification
The atmosphere or emotion conveyed by a literary work is called _________.
Mood
The author most strongly suggests that one reason
commercial photographers began to photograph Native
American communities was that commercial photographers were:
F. instructed to do so by the US government.
G. devoted to creating educational resources about Native American communities.
H. committed to overcoming their preconceived ideas about the West.
J. influenced to do so by the photographers who had joined government expeditions to the West.
J. influenced to do so by the photographers who had joined government expeditions to the West.
Which of the following words is most nearly given a negative connotation in the passage?
A. Educational (line 1)
B. Old (line 10)
C. Romanticized (line 28)
D. Traditional (line 34)
C. Romanticized (line 28)
"[Geronimo] became synonymous with courage, daring, and savage ruthlessness." supports the claim that...
F. Photographs "...can also fuel romanticized and stereotypical perceptions of American Indians."
G. "These efforts generated a legacy of photographic images of American Indian people that can serve today as rich educational resources."
H. "The educational potential of photographs is enormous."
J. "Photography’s rise in the late nineteenth century coincided with great change in American Indian communities—an era that capped over three hundred years of diseases, wars, cultural disruption, and land dispossession."
F. Photographs "can also fuel romanticized and stereotypical perceptions of American Indians."
In Judith Ortiz Cofer's poem "Cold as Heaven," "how wrapped like mummies in layers of wool/ that almost immobilized us, we could only/ take hesitant steps like toddlers/ toward food, warmth, and shelter." is an example of ______.
Simile
Identify the mood in this excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst.
The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank amid the purple phlox. The five o'clocks by the chimney sill marked time, but the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle. The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead.
In the passage, the author notes that a strange aspect of the photo of Goyathlay with a rifle is that the photo was taken:
A. by an unknown photographer.
B. when Goyathlay was a prisoner of war.
C. with Goyathlay’s permission.
D. by a US government photographer.
B. when Goyathlay was a prisoner of war.
Which of the following actions referred to in the passage most clearly characterizes a hypothetical event rather than an actual event?
F. “Traveled to” (line 17)
G. “Defend” (line 18)
H. “Farmed” (line 72)
J. “Stand next to” (line 83)
J. “Stand next to” (line 83)
The statement "As Indian cultures bent under pressure to assimilate into mainstream America, photographers routinely captured images that compared the new 'civilized' Indian to the tradition-bound 'savages.'" can best be described as:
A. a fact supported by details of the Indian's culture.
B. a fact confirmed by credible, text evidence in the article.
C. an opinion that the author attributes to the Indian's reaction to the disruptions in their way of living.
D. an opinion that the author asserts but does not explain.
C. an opinion that the author attributes to the Indian's reaction to the disruptions in their way of living.
In his poem "“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," T.S. Eliot uses _______ in the lines:
“I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”—
Allusion
Identify the mood in this excerpt from "American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer.
Every Sunday we drove out to the suburbs of Paterson, Clifton and Passaic, out to where people mowed grass on Sundays in the summer, and where children made snowmen in the winter from pure white snow, not like the gray slush of paterson, which seemed to fall from the sky in that hue.
Dreary
The author directly refers to which of the following aspects of the photograph of Goyathlay in a garden as being ironic?
F. Goyathlay was not a gardener but instead was in the midst of trying to stop the US government’s attack on his people.
G. Goyathlay’s people had long practiced farming, but the photo seemed to suggest that Goyathlay had learned farming from others.
H. People do not automatically think of Goyathlay as a man of peace.
J. For years it was assumed to be a photograph of someone other than Goyathlay.
G. Goyathlay’s people had long practiced farming, but the photo seemed to suggest that Goyathlay had learned farming from others.
In line 86, the word framed is used figuratively to describe:
F. the way background research can support the proper viewing of a photograph.
G. a common means of preserving a photograph.
H. a technique in which a photograph is displayed with factual information surrounding it.
J. the manner in which many photographs of Goyathlay are displayed in museums.
F. the way background research can
According to the article, how are Goyathlay and Geronimo different?
F. Goyathlay is kind and generous, whereas Geronimo is mean and greedy.
G. Goyathlay is a leader, whereas Geronimo is a follower.
H. Goyathlay is fighting for himself, whereas Geronimo is fighting for his country.
J. Goyathlay is fighting out of necessity, whereas Geronimo is fighting because he's savagely ruthless.
J. Goyathlay is fighting out of necessity, whereas Geronimo is fighting because he's savagely ruthless.
This excerpt from JFK's Inaugural Address is an example of ______.
“We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.”
Paradox
Identify the tone from Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene i.
O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,
From off the battlements of any tower,
Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk
Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears,
Or hide me nightly in a charnel-house,
O'ercover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones,
With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls
A. Determination
B. Benevolence
C. Pessimistic
D. Skeptical
A. Determination
The author indicates that for the sake of an unbiased interpretation, compared to reading written documents with care, reading photographs with care is:
A. significantly more important.
B. slightly more important.
C. just as important.
D. slightly less important.
C. just as important.
The main purpose of the passage is to...
A. Persuade the audience to take more photographs of cultural entities and publish their findings.
B. Entertain the audience by showing how photography can be a fun hobby.
C. Inform the audience of how photography changes how cultural groups are represented and perceived.
D. Explain the Muskogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma's orgins.
C. Inform the audience of how photography changes how cultural groups are represented and perceived.
What can you infer about the relation between photographs and written documents?
A. Written documents are more credible than photographs.
B. Photographs and written documents are credibly comparable, but photographs can be more subjective.
C. Photographs are more credible than written documents.
D. Written documents and photographs are not comparable when looking to relay and understand information.
B. Photographs and written documents are credibly comparable, but photographs can be more subjective.