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A Nation Divided
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When Douglass writes that a tear "has already found its was down my cheek, "he is using ____, a type of figurative language. | Personification |
In which of the following sentences is the word diligently used correctly? | He was working diligently on his history project. |
Where was Douglass a slave? | Maryland |
What makes the sentence "They would sometimes sing the most pathetic sentiment in the most rapturous tone, and the most rapturous sentiment in the most pathetic tone" so powerful? | The structure, which emphasizes the contrast between pathetic and rapturous |
In the poem "Fredrick Douglass," Hayden says Douglass will be remembered through | The people that will live out his dream of freedom. |
"The gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians" | Assonance |
"Not with statues' rhetoric" | Personification |
"When it belongs to last to all,/ when it is truly instinct" | Parallelism |
"Superb in love and logic" | Alliteration |
What does the phrase "under the driver's lash" mean? | Subject to whippings by the field boss |
According to Douglass, slaves sang the most when they were | The most unhappy |
Douglass analyzes the songs sung by slaves to disprove the accepted yet incorrect perception, or __, of the "contented slave." | Stereotype |
Which word best completes the following sentence? Azar's parents remained __ to her pleas to attend the party | Obdurate |
Overseer of Wye Town | Noah Willis |
Owner of the home plantation | Colonel Lloyd |
Full of joy or pleasure | rapturous |
building carts | cartwrighting |
unclear; not understandable | incoherent |
making barrels | coopering |
Overseer of New Design | Mr. Townsend |
when Douglass compares the pride of a recently elected politician to the pride of a slave chosen to work at the Great House Farm, his tone is | Satirical |
Douglass identifies a stereotype when he explains how | people thought that the slave's singing meant that they were content to be slaves |
The overall tone of the selection could be best described as one of | sadness and outrage |
It can be inferred that Douglass considered the greatest __ of an enslaved childhood to be the separation of mother and child | tragedy |
Which line from the poem "Fredrick Douglass" by Robert Hayden mentions the emotion to which Douglass alludes in this sentence? | "Where none is lonely, none hunted, alien" |
According to the preface to Leaves of Grass, why do Americans probably have the fullest poetic nature? | Their country is the greatest poem |
According to Whitman, what is the source of the "genius of the United States"? | The common people |
What is elaboration? | a technique in which a subject is introduced and than expanded on |
The phrase "susceptibility to a sight" and "roused resentment" are examples of which sound device? | alliteration |
Why is it especially appropriate that "I Hear America Singing" is in free verse? | It is about ordinary Americans |
In "I Hear American Singing," why are the various people singing? | They are happy because they have a feeling of pride and ownership |
hardy | stalwart |
daring | audacity |
abundant | prolific |
scorn | disdain |
lack of concern | nonchalance |
healthy | robust |
Which type of figurative language did Whitman use when he wrote, "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem"? | metaphor |
Which of the following lines best exemplifies Romanticism? | "...their delight in music, the sure symptom of manly tenderness and native elegance of soul...their good temper and open handedness..." |
Free verse is poetry that | does not use regular rhyme, meter, or stanza divisions. |
Based on the ideals and opinions in the selection from Preface to Leaves of Grass, one can assume that Whitman's poetry has a strong connection to which literary movement? | Romanticism |
The spotted hawk "accuses" the speaker of his | gab and his loitering. |
Which word or phrase correctly completes the following sentence? Members of the Underground Railroad __ slaves. | harbored |
Which of the following words is the best antonym for nonchalant in the sentence, "He felt nonchalant about the test results he was going to receive"? | nervous |
What do these two works (Leaves of Grass and "I Hear America Singing") have in common? | They both praises common people. |
Which of the following is an example of a symbol? | the eagle standing for America |
Why is this sentence an example of Romantic writing? | It exalts the glories of nature. |
When Whitman wrote that Americans "have probably the fullest poetical nature" he used which type of figurative language? | hyperbole |
"I hear America singing" | personification |
"young wife at work" | alliteration |
"the varied carols I hear" | enjambment |
"as he measures his/ plank or beam" | assonance |
"the carpenter singing his.../ the mason singing his" | repetition |
Which of the following sentences uses the italicized word correctly? | That surface is teeming with bacteria. |
Which type of figurative language is featured in the following line? "Shadows-hold their breath-" | personification |
Which of the following statements is true about slant rhyme? | Final words in lines have similar, but not identical, sounds. |
What is an example of slant rhyme used in "Much Madness is divinest Sense-"? | "sane" and "Chain" |
Which of the following statements about the unusual capitalization in these poems, aside from that at the beginning of the lines is true? | Most nouns and pronouns are capitalized. |
In the article "Battle for the Belle of Amherst," why does Will Wright say that if Emily Dickinson were alive today, "she'd be an internet addict"? | Dickinson was a recluse and spent most of her time at home. |
What possible explanation for Dickinson's seclusion does "Much Madness is divinest Sense-" offer? | She feared being misjudged due to her different beliefs and perspective. |
In "Because I could not stop for Death-," which of the following is/are personified? | death and nature |
In the first stanza, Dickenson pairs Society and Majority in an example of slight rhyme. | False |
Which of the following lines contains an example of personification? | "The simple News that Nature told-" |
Another unusual feature of Dickinson's poetry, illustrated by the title "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-," is her unusual use of __. | capitalization |
The line, "I could not see to see-" features an example of _. | internal rhyme |
One trademark of Dickinson's style is her frequent use of __, favoring this technique over end-stopping verse. | enjambment |
In rhyming listens with Distance, Dickinson featured which type of rhyme? | slant rhyme |
In which sentence is the word discerning used correctly? | He has discerning taste. |
The phrase, "And then the Windows failed-" contains an example of __. | figurative language |
the carriage ride | the process of dying |
the school | youth |
the fields of gazing grain | adulthood |
the setting sun | a headstone |
the cornice | old age |
The line, "Heavenly Hurt, it gives us-" illustrates which sound device? | alliteration |
In the second stanza, Dickinson uses __ when she pairs firm with room. | slant rhyme |
Replacing assent with which word make the following sentence mean the opposite? I hope they assent. | disagree |
In "This is my letter to the World," who or what never wrote to the speaker? | the world |
The lines "I've known her-form an ample nation-Choose one-" reflect the speaker's belief that a person has the right to choose company on his or her own terms. | True |