10/16/11 Proofreading Warm-up

William cullen Bryant was only 16 year’s old Paul said when he had written the poem Thanatopsis.

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“William Cullen Bryant was only sixteen years old,” Paul said, “when he wrote the poem Thanatopsis.”

Vocabulary Unit 4DUCO, DUCERE,

DUXI, DUCTUM = L. “to lead”

• conducive

• induce

• traduce

• redoubt

HEGAISTHAI = G. “to lead”

• hegemony

• exegesis

NUNCIO, NUNCIARE,

NUNCIAVI, NUNCIATUM = L. “to announce”

• annunciation

• renunciation

POLIS = G. “city”

POLITIKOS = G. “citizen”

• polity

• politic

POSSUM, POSSE, POTUI = L. “to be able,” “to have power”

• potentate

• puissant

REX, REGIS = L. “king”

• regalia

• regency

• viceroy

Rocky River High SchoolGrade 11

Mrs. GunnEnglish III

10/16/11

A: B:Explored American Gothic culture

Exposed traditional European themes

What is a characteristic of Dark Romanticism?

C: D:Reflected on the conflict between guilt and sin

Looked at reasons for the decay of Europe

C. Reflected on the conflict between guilt and sin

A: B:Has a love for nature Is youthful and innocent

Which of the following is not an example of the Romantic Hero?

C: D:Uses structure and sophistication to prevail

Works based on a higher principle

C. Uses structure and sophistication to prevail

A: B:Rationalism did not produce poetry.

logic failed to show the passion of nature

Why did American Romantics reject Rationalism?

C: D:Scientific thought failed to show progress

Intuition yielded higher truths

D. Intuition yielded higher truths

A: B:literature was the gateway to the soul

Things in the physical world are a reflection of the Divine

Transcendentalists believed that

C: D:Nature produced poetry

Art was the highest form of expression

B. Things in the physical word are a reflection of the

Divine

A: B:Ordinary language was simple and pure

European literature was the foundation for all writing

American Romantics believed in which of the following

C: D:Cities are the center for corruption

Westward expansion created dangerous outcomes

C. Cities are the center for corruption

A: B:Experimented with new forms and styles

Created a unique American voice based on new themes

Literary works by American poets

C: D:Emphasized the sophistication of the English language

Stayed simple with style and form

B. Created a unique American voice based on new themes

A: B:The rhyme of folktales Experimental rhyme and meter

Romantic poetry incorporated what elements

C: D:Traditions established in Europe Romanticism

Ideas drawn from American novels

C. Traditions established in Europe

A: B:The more alike the enemy becomes, the more different he will appear.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

Which of the following is a satirical statement about human nature?

C: D:Do what you love, and the money will follow.

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.

D. Man is the only animal that

blushes. Or needs to.

A: B:

Don't go near the water 'til you have learned how to swim.

If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.

Which of the following is a paradoxical statement

C: D:Bend over backwardsA little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A. Don't go near the water 'til you have learned how

to swim.

A: B:Alas, dear Mother, fairest Queen and best,

It's called wing-rowing, the wing-burdened arms unbending, yielding, striking a balance,

Which of the following contains an example of alliteration?

C: D:

I stalk through ruins and debris,   Graveyard and underground

Let us begin and carry up this corpse,

         Singing together.

D. Let us begin and carry up this corpse,

        Singing together.

A: B:

Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen

he will be good but god knows When

My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with this fruit

Which of the following is an example of an archetype?

C: D:I was angry with my foe. I told it not, my wrath did grow

Piggy from William Golding's Lord of the Flies is an outcast

D. Piggy from William

Golding's Lord of the Flies is an

outcast

A: B:What are some salient features of Romantic poetry?

For what can war but endless war still breed?

What is the best example of a rhetorical question?

C: D:Has anyone been out of the country before?

Life exists so that we may die.

B. For what can war but endless war still breed?

A: B:To help the poor people of the world is a noble goal.

Invented by an Indiana housewife in 1889, the first dishwasher was driven by a steam engine.

Which of the following sentences starts with an accurate participial phrase?

C: D:

If you are well fed, well rested, and psychologically at peace with yourself, you have no doubt come to an astonishing realization.

Sealed in an airtight container, Jill kept her flour fresh.

B. Invented by an Indiana housewife in 1889, the first dishwasher was driven by a steam engine.

A: B:Ricky Wrigley, swimming against the tide, was jabbed by a floating twig.

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase.

C: D:Love is like a butterfly, it settles upon you when you least expect it.

To know me is to love me.

A. Ricky Wrigley, swimming against

the tide, was jabbed by a

floating twig.

A: B:

I find it striking that though "women novelists have probably dominated American literature since the middle of the nineteenth century," our literary tradition is still incredibly gender specific

Women novelists have been missing from the American canon although they have

probably conquered American literature since the

nineteenth century.

Which of the following is the best way to paraphrase the following quotes?

“The gender discourse has proved remarkably persistent. There is an absence

of women novelists from the American canon despitethe fact they have probably dominated

American literature since the nineteenth century.”

C: D:

Since the nineteenth century, women novelists have not been found in American literature even though they were a prevailing part of the literature.

Women have had a strong voice in literature since the middle of the nineteenth century. As a result, it is striking that our literary tradition is still so gender specific

D. Women have had a strong voice in literature since the middle of the nineteenth century. As a result, it is striking that our literary tradition is still so gender specific

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