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"Song of Myself"
Writing and Grammar
Transcendentalism
House on Mango
Bean Trees
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Author of "Song of Myself"
Who is Walt Whitman?
100
"Why are Albion, Doug, Matt, and Connor late to class so often?" Mrs. Pixley asked. "Probably because ___________________ in the hallway" the students replied. a. they're b. there c. their
What is a. they're?
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This is how Transcendentalist felt about organized religion.
What is they strictly opposed organized religion?
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Sandra Cisneros
Who is the author of The House on Mango Street?
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motherhood and love.
What is one of the major themes of the novel?
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Leaves of Grass
What is the title of the poetry collection where "Song of Myself" was originally published?
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a. I went out west to see the grand canyon. b. I went out West to see The Grand Canyon. c. I went out West to see the Grand Canyon.
What is c. I went out West to see the Grand Canyon.
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This is how a Transcendentalist viewed manual labor.
What is they respected and valued manual labor?
200
Esperanza Cordero
Who is the narrator of the work a thirteen-year-old Chicana girl in Chicago?
200
In chapter one she refuses to be a mother and get stuck in her hick town as a farmer’s wife.
Who is Taylor Greer?
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The power of love, friendship, and family.
What are themes of Whitman's poetry?
300
Choose the best stem sentence a. Robert Ackley is an unattractive man. “He was too thin and had lousy teeth” (Salinger 32). b. Robert Ackley is unattractive he is too “thin and had lousy teeth” (Salinger 32). c. Holden describes Ackley as “too thin” and having "lousy teeth" (Salinger 32).
What is c. Holden describes Ackley as “too thin” and having "lousy teeth" (Salinger 32).
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
Who are the first Transcendentalist writers?
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Means hope, and also, waiting.
What is Esperanza?
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Takes Taylor and Turtle into her tire shop (Jesus Is Lord Used Tires), examines their car, and feeds both Taylor and Turtle.
Who is Mattie?
400
The Civil War
What is the historical event Walt Whitman lived through?
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Which of the following quotations is properly cited: a. Atticus believes that "mockingbirds should not be killed (34)." b. Atticus believes that, "mockingbirds should not be killed" (34). c. Atticus believes that, "mockingbirds should not be killed." (34)
What is b. Atticus believes that, "mockingbirds should not be killed" (34).
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“There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation in suicide…” Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is it reflects the Transcendental belief in non-conformity and self-reliance.
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Symbolizes both Esperanza’s ball and chain and her inspiration.
What is the street she grows up on and writes about, Mango Street?
400
When they were in Guatemala they had a baby together and in escaping though their baby was taken away from them.
Who are Estevan and Esperanza?
500
"O Captain, My Captain"
What is the title of the poem Whitman wrote to honor Abraham Lincoln after his assassination?
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I wish ___________________ were people in this world who valued _____________________ family's traditions. People should understand that __________________ missing out on valuable knowledge when they ignore _________________ cultural history.
What is there, their, they're, their?
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“I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it has to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
What is the Transcendental belief in living close to nature/importance of nature. Nature is the source of truth and inspiration.
500
Like the skinny trees outside her tiny window, who longs for a house all her own, who starts her own quiet war.
Who is Esperanza?
500
Her husband, Angel, has just walked out on her when the story begins, and Taylor and Turtle move in with her.
Who is Lou Ann Ruiz?