Writing
Do parenthetical citations go after the quote or at the end of the sentence?
At the end of the sentence (according to the most recent MLA guidelines).
Which text includes an unreliable narrator: "The Yellow Wallpaper" or "The Story of an Hour"?
The Yellow Wallpaper
Was The Tempest written towards the beginning, middle, or end of Shakespeare's career?
End. It's his last solo play.
Why is the word "quote" unnecessary in essay writing?
Quotation marks tell the reader that you are quoting, and it places the emphasis on the fact that you are quoting rather than what you're doing with the quote.
To what system of belief did Vonnegut ascribe?
Humanism
What is the difference between content and form?
Content is the "what" and form is the "how" - Picasso's "Seated Woman" vs. how the woman is represented.
What medical treatment prompted Charlotte Perkins Gilman to write "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
The rest cure
Who is the "cannibal" in The Tempest?
Caliban: a person from the New World whose name is an anagram for cannibal
Vonnegut is known for what kind of humor?
Absurdist, satirical, or dark
What does DIE stand for?
Description, interpretation, analysis
When the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" says that "The pattern lolls like a broken neck", she is using which TWO literary devices?
Simile, personification
One day (a few hours)
What two elements should a concluding paragraph include
A brief summary and a "so what"?
Which famous scientist is Hoenikker a parody of?
What are the three features of a strong essay?
Supportable, debatable, specific
What is one theme shared by "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Story of an Hour"?
Illness
The oppression of women/wives
Etc.
Romance or Tragicomedy
Name three instances in which using brackets in a quote might be necessary
To omit a portion of the quote, to change the verb tense to match the surrounding sentence, to clarify ambiguous pronouns
"Good place" AND "no place"
When to you introduce a quote with a comma, colon, or no punctuation?
Comma: Dependent clause
Colon: Independent clause
No punctuation: Seamless blending
What is the example of dramatic irony that concludes "The Story of an Hour"?
The doctor believes that Mrs. Mallard died of joy at seeing her husband; we know it was disappointment.
What is enjambment?
When a line of verse runs into the next line without punctuation
What does "essay" mean in French (and in practice)?
A "try" or "attempt"
How is the title of John's book project, The Day the World Ended, ironic?
The title is situational irony. The title goes from metaphorical to literal when ice-9 literally freezes the whole world.