END OF SEMESTER TEST: ENGLISH 11A

2) In Whitman's poem, the workers user their voices the proclaim an American identity in which each person plays an equal part. In contrast, in Hughes's poem, the speaker's voice is stifled when he is sent to the kitchen, demonstrating that not everyone has an equal opportunity to be part o the American identity.

The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants an equal seat at the table with other people.

earth diver and emergence

1) The Hoga came down from above and found Earth covered with water. 2) So they sent Muskrat down into the water. 3) Then they sent Loon down. 4) Then they sent Beaver down into the water. 5) When he came up there was a little mud in his claws. 6) But the people took the mud out of his claws and made the land.

he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck.

I, II, and IV I) God II) religious persecution IV) interaction with American Indians

1) neoclassical 2) heroic couplets 3) elevated

personification

NOT 1) We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful [...] 2) The question before the House is one of [...] 3) Should I keep back my opinions at such a time [...]

He refutes the idea that America depends on Britain, using the opinion that America's trade has a secure future.

It provides the viewpoint of a single character and reveals information only through that character's perspective.

to appeal to the colonies to avoid any temporary resolution of their conflicts with Great Britain

1) to gain the audience's sympathy 2) to appeal to the audience's logical sense 3) to refute any argument for reconciliation 4) to show the willingness to defend the Declaration

1) Must the citizen ever for a moment, on in the least degree, resign this conscience to the legislator? 2) I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

Age does not equal wisdom.

1) venerated 2) blighted

NOT a) fueled with feeling of patriotism d) feeling nostalgic and wanted e) had delusions about his understanding

1) absconded 2) recoiled

past

I want to look for my watch, but I can never seem to find the time.

Nobody goes to that restaurant because it is usually crowded.

1) It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will. 2) I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

however

It draws a parallel between women to reveal the disparities faced by enslaved women.

Unlike the romantics, realists choose to use real-life situations over idealism.

1) Realism 2) Romanticism 3) Romanticism 4) Realism

She speaks without feeling.

1) But the man I marry must love his country first of all, and be able to say to me. 2) "There is no honor above America with me. In this great hour there is no other honor."

1) He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.

1) He was worshiping, with all his body and soul, but he looked as if he couldn't stir hand or foot.

that the servants in the homes of wealthy Londoners consider themselves to be better than everyone else.

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only (from "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe)

1) There interposed to come between things a fly, 2) With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, 3) Between the light and me;

1) the crew's bitterness upon realizing that fate is unjust and fickle 2) compares the men to mice who must struggle to survive but have their efforts go in vain

I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front.

They show the ironic bitterness of the crew at nature's indifference to their plight.

conjectured

persuasive essay