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Writing Review
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What word means a weakness or bad habit?
Vice
100
What is the name of Tom's Mistress in The Great Gatsby?
Myrtle
100
Who wrote The Awakening?
Kate Chopin
100
How long do you have to write each essay?
40 minutes
100
What does the concrete portion of the BAC mean?
Concrete portion are your tasks- the things that are not open to interpretation and Do not have multiple meanings
200
What does the word Scorn mean?
A word that means "a feeling that someone/something is not worthy of respect"
200
Who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
200
Who are the 2 characters Huck Finn becomes the closest to on his journey?
Jim and Tom Sawyer
200
What is the percentage of the writing portion of the exam?
55%
200
What part of speech should always come before the literary device "diction"?
An adjective (a word to describe the diction)
300
What does Sublime mean?
A word that means very beautiful & good; causing feelings of wonder
300
What is the name of the value system that expressed the ideals of true womanhood during the late 1800s?
Cult of Domesticity
300
What is the name of the State's Attorney prosecuting Bigger in Native Son?
Buckley
300
When analyzing poetry, you have to find 2 meanings. What are they?
The literal meaning first then the figurative meaning
300
Which essay asks for the meaning of the work?
Question 3 (Open Ended Essay)
400
What does remorse mean?
Feeling sorry for doing something wrong
400
What is significant about Othello's handkerchief?
-It has magical properties because it was made by an Egyptian witch -As long as Othello's mother kept it, it guaranteed Othello's father's love -If it gets lost, the husband would start to hate her
400
How does Iago cause Cassio to lose his job as Lieutenant?
-Iago gets Cassio to get drunk and sends Roderigo in to insult him -Cassio gets into a fight and Montano has to calm him down -Othello gets upset and demotes him
400
What are the last two lines of a poem called?
Couplet
400
Tell me what the thematic statement template is comprised of.
In the (title of the work), (author) presents the idea that (claim about abstract idea) when (generalized reference to the text)
500
What does poignant mean?
Causing a strong feeling of sadness
500
Explain the last scene of Othello by detailing the deaths that occur.
-Othello kills Desdemona -Iago kills Emilia -Othello kills himself
500
Explain how the time and place of The Great Gatsby impact the plot.
-Jazz Age (Roaring 1920s) -Women have let go of their confinements and are fighting for rights -Increase in wealth leads to searching for the American Dream -Prohibition led to bootlegging which led to more violence
500
What are the 2 ways to identify a Shakespearean sonnet?
-14 lines -Rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
500
What is the concrete section of Q1 & Q2 telling you to do?
-analyze the literary devices of the poem/passage