Unit 1
Which option provides an accurate definition of the term explicit?
directly stated
Read the sentence.
The evanescent quality of Cynthia’s rash let us know that she no longer needed immediate medical attention.
What is the accurate definition for evanescent as it is used in the sentence?
quickly disappearing
Read the lines from John Donne’s poem “The Sunne Rising.”
Busie old foole, unruly Sunne,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtaines call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide
Late schoole boyes, and sowre prentices…
Which option most accurately describes the literary device used in these lines?
Donne The Sunne Rising
apostrophe.
Read the excerpt from Ivanhoe.
But, confident in their armor of proof, and in the cover which their situation afforded, the followers of Front-de-Boeuf, and his allies, showed an obstinacy in defense proportioned to the fury of the attack and replied with the discharge of their large cross-bows, as well as with their long-bows, slings, and other missile weapons, to the close and continued shower of arrows; and, as the assailants were necessarily but indifferently protected, did considerably more damage than they received at their hand.
Which word is an appropriate synonym for the word obstinacy as it is used in the excerpt?
Ivanhoe
determination
Which sentence uses the word sonorous correctly?
The sound of my professor’s deep, sonorous voice eventually made me doze off in class.
Read the stanza from Pablo Neruda's poem "Don't Go Far Off."
Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Which option most effectively explains the implicit meaning of this stanza?
The speaker is deeply in love and feels as though his lover's absence will cause him pain and suffering.
Read the lines from The Faerie Queene.
And that more wondrous was, in either jaw
Three ranks of iron teeth arranged were,
In which yet trickling blood, and gobbets raw
Of late devoured bodies did appear,
That sight thereof bred cold congealed fear:
Which to increase, and all at once to kill,
A cloud of smothering smoke and sulphur seare,
Out of his stinking gorge forth steamed still,
That all the air about with smoke and stench did fill.
Which option defines the word congealed as it is used in the passage?
solidified
Read the lines from John Donne’s poem “The Sunne Rising.”
Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
Which options most effectively explain why the speaker of the poem describes hours, days, and months as the rags of time?
The phrase sets up a contrast between the eternity of love and the transience of time.The phrase sets up a contrast between the eternity of love and the transience of time.
The phrase demonstrates the impermanence and worthlessness of such short amounts of time.The phrase demonstrates the impermanence and worthlessness of such short amounts of time.
Read the statement.
Ambiguity is a literary technique authors use to _______.
Which option most accurately completes the sentence?
leave a part of a story or poem open to multiple interpretations, giving the text interest, depth, and complexity
Read the excerpt from Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks in Beauty.”
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
Which option most accurately identifies the kind of figurative language used in the line “which Heaven to gaudy day denies”?
She Walks in Beauty
personification
Read the stanza from Pablo Neruda’s poem “Don’t Go Far Off.”
Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Which option most effectively explains the implicit meaning of this stanza?
The speaker is deeply in love and feels as though his lover’s potential absence will cause him pain and suffering.
What themes and settings of Gothic writing focus on the macabre ?
what are Plot has five main elements
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
hich sentence uses the word sonorous correctly?
The sound of my professor’s deep, sonorous voice eventually made me doze off in class.
Read the sentence.
In a fit of rage, Adam tore the letter asunder, throwing the pieces into the fire.
Which context clues from this sentence would be most helpful in determining the meaning of asunder?
pieces
Read the sentence.
After she gave the lecture on molecular geometry, Dr. Jones realized that she would have to expound on the subject at greater length because the students looked confused and gave blank stares when she asked if there were any questions.
What is the meaning of the word expound as it is used in the sentence?
to explain in detail
Read the lines from The Faerie Queene.
So down he fell, as a huge rocky clift,
Whose false foundation waves have washed away,
With dreadful poyse is from the mainland rift,
And rolling down, great Neptune doth dismay;
So down he fell, and like a heaped mountain lay.
Which option most clearly describes how a student could infer the archaic meaning of false from context clues in the surrounding text?
The student could infer that since the dragon fell, false means “unreliable and weak.”
Which lines from a Shakespearean sonnet best exemplify the use of hyperbole?
If this be error and upon me proved, /
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
How is the mother figure and protector archetype portrayed in the development of Rebecca?
Ivanhoe
Rebecca exhibits a nurturing nature by caring for Ivanhoe and treating his injuries.
What type of figurative language is used in the words “his head, That curled like a lamb’s back” in William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” (Songs of Innocence)?
“The Chimney Sweeper”: Two Versions
simile
Read the paragraph.
Today, when Julie walked by one of the houses in her neighborhood, she was furious and heartbroken because she saw five dogs bound in fetters in a backyard, and it was 115 degrees outside. She immediately called the Humane Society and reported this animal cruelty.
What evidence from this paragraph provides context clues that help define the word fetters?
How to Blend the Two Genres?
Settings, Characters,Themes
Read the lines from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18.”
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed.
Which options most accurately identify the figurative language shown by the phrases eye of heaven and often is his gold complexion dimmed?
Read the excerpt from The Mysteries of Udolpho, which describes Emily’s entrance into the castle.
Another gate delivered them into the second court, grass-grown, and more wild than the first, where, as she surveyed through the twilight its desolation—its lofty walls, overtopt with briony, moss and nightshade, and the embattled towers that rose above,—long-suffering and murder came to her thoughts. One of those instantaneous and unaccountable convictions, which sometimes conquer even strong minds, impressed her with its horror.
Which option most accurately depicts how the author’s description of the setting indicates the tone of this excerpt?
Words like “long-suffering,” “desolation” and “horror” contribute to a fearful tone.
What option most accurately describes the impact of structuring the narrative of Robinson Crusoe in the form of a journal?