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Analogy
Literary Periods
Thoreau/Emerson
Suffixes, Prefixes, Roots, and Bases
Poetry
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What completes the same relationship between poly:many::bell: a. beautiful b. war c. peace d. ugly
What is b.war? The relationship is root to definition; Greek root poly means many; Latin root bell means war.
100
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Puritan literature? a. use of plain style b. emphasis on God and bible c. involves imagination d. genre includes diaries, narratives, sermons
What is imagination?
100
Which sentence that summarizes Thoreau's belief about government is an example of irony? a. "The government is best which governs least." b. "Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage." c. "The government is best which governs not at all."
What is c. "The government is best which governs not at all"
100
The word anarchy comes means without rule. What is an-? a. suffix b. prefix c. root d. base
What is c.prefix?
100
William Cullen Bryant's "Cross of Snow" is what poetic subgenre? a. elegy b. ode c. pastoral d. parody
What is a. elegy?
200
What completes the same relationship in feeble:robust:: a. strong:frail b. happiness:sadness c. disloyal:honorable d. vigor:fatigue
What is c. disloyal:honorable The relationship is antonym with the negative adjective is first and the positive is second.
200
What period's literature emphasized: self-reliance, industry, temperance, and simplicity? a. Romanticism b. Transcendentalism c. Rationalism d. Puritanism
What is d. Puritanism?
200
In the following sentences, the persuasive tone is created by Thoreau's use of _______. "This government never of itself furthered any enterprise...IT DOES NOT keep the country free. IT DOES NOT settle the West. IT DOES NOT educate." a. alliteration b. simile c. anaphora d. metaphor
What is c. anaphora?
200
In the word democracy, what does demo- mean? a. a brief illustration b. government c. informal d. people
What is d. people?
200
Walt Whitman's "I Hear American Singing," is what poetic subgenre? a. elegy b. pastoral c. ode d. satire
What is c. ode?
300
What completes the same relationship that exists between heat:steam:: a. tragedy:tears b. flat tire:spike c. shivering:cold d. laughter:comedy
What is a.tragedy:tears? Heat is the cause and steam is the effect; thus, tragedy is the cause and tears are the effect.
300
What literary period's literature emphasized structured organization such as concession, refutation, confirmation, summation, and/or call to action? a. Puritanism b. Rationalism c. Romanticism d. Transcendentalism
What is b. Rationalism?
300
When Thoreau is speaking about government and he says that "the people must have some complicated machinery or other," he is using a. personification. b. allusion. c. aphorism. d. metaphor.
What is d. metaphor?
300
What word's origin means "severe homesickness," but used today means "wistful yearning or fond remembrance"? a. pathology b. domestic c. nostalgia d. malleable
What is c. nostalgia
300
When Emily Dickinson writes, "We passed the school, where Children strove/At recess--in the Ring--/We passed fields of Gazing Grain-/We passed the Setting Sun--," she is indicating a. the stages of life b. the route the carriage took c. time was moving fast d.the leisurely pace of the carriage
What is a. stages of life?
400
What completes this relationship uni:unicorn:: a. mono:monocle b. ova:egg c. anti:antique d. carn:carnivoreWhat a: mono:monocle
What a: mono:monocle Uni means one and a unicorn has one horn; meanwhile, mono means one and a monocle has one lens.
400
What period's literature valued imagination over reason, exotic settings, individualism, and nature? a. Transcendentalism b. Romanticism c. Rationalism d. Puritanism
What is b. Romanticism?
400
When Emerson states "society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members....Self reliance is its aversion" he is saying society expects a. individualism b. conformity c. government d. chaos
What is b. conformity?
400
The Latin root -flu- means "flow." Superfluous means a. extravagant b. to change from high to low levels c. repetitive d. wealth
What is a. extravagant?
400
Walt Whitman provides numerous descriptions of skills or labors of common people in his poem "I Hear America Singing." This type of poem is known as list or _________ poem. a. classification b. catalog c. parody d. satire
What is b. catalog?
500
What completes the same relationship between colt:horse:: a. cow:calf b. kitten:puppy c. adult:infant d. joey:kangaroo
What is d: joey:kangaroo? The relationship is young animal to adult animal.
500
What period's literature emphasized self-reliance, nonconformity, individualism, and the Oversoul or Divine Soul? a. Transcendentalism b. Romanticism c. Rationalism a. Puritanism
What is a. Transcendentalism
500
When Thoreau says that the government "is most expedient when the governed are most let alone by it," he means a. government often can hinder success b. government often is effective c. government is only successful if people do not interfere with it.
What is a. government often can hinder success?
500
The Latin prefix ab- means "away" or "from." Which word means to "give away"? a. abrupt b. absorb c. abduct d. abdicate
What is d. abdicate?
500
When Walt Whitman writes, "each one singing his...each sing what belongs to her, and to none else," what Transcendental characteristic is he emphasizing? a. nonconformity b. individualism c. self-reliance
What is b. individualism?