6 Week test.2 Flashcards
non-fiction deals with real people, real experiences, and real ideas
true
Fiction deals with imaginary characters and events
true
some purposes of non-fiction are: to entertain, to inform, to explain, or to persuade
true
non- fiction writers often use description to paint a mental picture for the reader
true
non-fiction writers often use narration to tell about a series of events
true
non-fiction writers often use exposition to change people’s ideas or actions
false
an essay is a piece of poetic writing that gives a lengthy explanation of a topic
false
an essay is usually written from a very formal point of view
false
the word essay came from a french expression meaning I try
true
essays are usually about a dozen topics which are called standardized topics
false
a writer’s style deals with the way he or she uses language and arranges their ideas
true
one should ask how elements of style work together to convey the author’s meaning
true
it is often a good habit to read an essay more than once
true
in some essays, the author will use evidence to support his or her ideas
true
an essay about a difficult time as a girl adapting to a new culture
santha rau
compared a warm Christmas to a cold Christmas
Jeanne Houston
describes the development of her career as a writer
Sandra Cisneros
her mother’s death and how the family reacted to it
dorothy west
described its writer’s experience with foods and showed how her attitude became more mature
Brenda Peterson
praised Rachel Carson for her book on improving the environment
Geoffrey Norman
describes the beauties and the dangers of the Mississippi River
Mark Twain
described the gradual death of a tree and what resulted later
Edward Teale
his terrible work situation as a boy
Charles Dickens
compared an ignorant boy with an informed adult who now loved his culture
Harry Petrakis
uses chronological order and spatial progress, and then describes emptiness and usefulness
the Death of a Tree
uses an anecdote, an allusion to a fairy tale, personal experiences, and allusion again
straw into gold
uses a problem, one who helped address the issue, a solution, a quotation from a book
The flight of rachel carson
uses a gift to introduce the topic, gives many personal experiences, and repeats its theme
growing up game
uses a family situation, realizations, and something still mysterious
my mother, rachel west
uses an analogy comparing reading a river to reading a book
Life on the mississippi
uses a powerful personal experience and then compares it to past personal experiences
a taste of snow
uses description of a workplace, description of strong feelings, and description of various food shops
dickens’ autobiography
uses a name change, an explanation, some cultural differences, and recalls the name again
by any other name
uses an incident of a boy with an adult and later tells how the adult had influenced him
a whole nation and a people
Peterson grew up eating
wild game
when peterson ate a hamburger she felt
disappointed
when one really thinks about the eating of game and the sacrifice involved, they also think about their own
mortality
Peterson’s father once refused to eat
a pet lamb
Rachel West was a mother who was
domineering
Rachel West was a person who
laughed much
loved children
never gave up without trying
Rachel West died with
her secrets
the child confronted snow with
twirling and dancing
In California, people on Christmas Day
showed off their gifts
Rau and her sister went to a school run by
the British
The only new thing that Santha learned was about
an apple
Premila was offended because her teacher said that
Indians cheated
With what was Barba Nikos hit on the cheek?
a plum
To pay for his crime, the boy had to work
for 5 hours
the grocer linked various foods to people such as
Alexander the Great
Achilles
Zeus
What food did the author remember 30 years later that the grocer had given to him as a gift?
figs
What was done in the name of public health to rid places of insects
airplanes sprayed deadly chemicals to kill them
the name of Rachel Carson’s book was
Silent Spring
it took carson _____ to write the book and it had _______ pages of sources
4 years
50
What birds began to flourish again after Carson’s book
the pelicans
the death of a tree
starts at the top from the outside
the person who actually cut the tree down was
the writer’s grandfather
for a great tree death comes as a gradual transformation is
the thesis
cisneros was challenged by her french friends to make
tortillas
what did cisneros inherit from her father
a love of wandering and a sappy heart
an important event in cisneros’ family was
moving into a permanent home
with a little ______, the straw of one’s experiences can be spun into gold
imagination
the place where Dickens worked
blacking warehouse
2 boys who worked with Dickens
Bob and Paul
Dickens said that he spent most of his income on
food
Who did Dickens resent for wanting him to continue his job rather than go to school?
his mother
when twain learned the language of the river
he lost the ability to see the river’s beauty
what group of people did Twain pity
doctors
a brief story about an interesting or humorous incident
anecdote
talking about an object as if it were a living person
personification
an extended point-by-point comparison between two things
analogy
the attitude a writer takes toward his subject and how is it revealed
tone
by diction or choice of words
the title of a page or section is always centered
true
a period comes before the parenthesis that indicates the source
f
when one cites a book, the page number should also be put in the parenthesis
t
the entries on the works cited page should be numbered
f
the second and third lines of entries on the work cited page should be indented
t
putting the url to a website is sufficient as an entry on the works cited page
f
3 facts from Homer
Homer may have been a group of people, not one man
Blind
from the island of Chios
3 characteristics of ancient Grecian religion
12 god
each city had its own god
sacrifices and rituals performed
2 similarities between grecian and christian
both wanted truth
both served at least one god
2 differences between grecian and christian
monotheistic vs. polytheistic
variance among diff cities
which country was not listed as having a rich dramatic tradition
denmark
who was not an ancient playwright
Aeschylus
Euripides
Socrates
Sophocles
Socrates
the type of drama that comes from a greek word meaning goat song
tragedy
what subtype of tragedy was given in the textbook
domestic
heroic
Shakespearean
a type of comedy which depends on an improbably situation and exaggerated characters is called a
farce
stage directions, sound effects, soliloquies, and asides are called
the conventions of drama
the dramatist’s most important device for presenting character and progression is
dialogue
when one is reading a play, he or she should note
the actor’s actions
setting
situation
which was not given as a practice when one is reading a play anticipate action try to determine theme be alert to tone shifts determine the character with most action
determine the character with most action
mozart and the gray steward was written by
wilder
who was the enemy of mozart
Salieri
the visitor who enters into mozart’s home is dressed in
gray silk
the prince would pay Mozart how much for his piece
400 crowns
the one condition was that Mozart
must take no credit
mozart tells the steward to return in
august
Mozart describes the prince’s wife as having
black teeth
red cheeks
60 years
For whom did MOzart say he would write the Requiem
himself
Mozart says that death carries no perfumed
handkerchief
what does mozart say after the steward says he is to write his requiem
forgive me
what was mozart’s final request
to live longer
who wrote the marriage proposal
anton chekhov
who wrote visit to a small planet
gore vidal
who wrote thunder on sycamore street
reginald rose
what is satire
a literary work that points up or attacks follies or vices in human nature
exposition
the part of the play that provides the audience with important information
foil
a character who serves as a contrast for another character
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
heroic couplet
a pair of rhymed lines of iambic pentameter
soliloquy
spoken aloud by a person alone on a stage
monologue
virtually uninterrupted speech with others on the stage
aside
short remark usually directed to the audience and not to be heard by others on stage
what did shakespeare write
38 plays
154 sonnets
+
life span
1564-1616
what was Shakespeare’s nickname
bard
were plays considered art
no
what kind of staging was used
no scenery or lighting
why did people go hear a play
not much to look at
actresses?
women played by boys
what kind of english did shakespeare use - oddities
Elizabethan English
pirate english
spelling and punctuation not standardized
2 for S, J and I, U and V
What makes Shakespeare’s language different?
poetry messed it up, in addition to old referencees
Romeo and Juliet origin
french story from Italian story from folklore
ways Shakespeare improved plots
dramatized and added character depth
poetic language
how are shakespeare’s plays classified
histories, comedies, tragedies
how many lines in a sonnet
14
When Arthur gets home, Phyllis immediately tells him to replace a blown fuse on the oven
false
Mr. Harkness is Phyllis’s father
t
Arthur is a bank clerk
f
Arthur rebels against Phyllis by turning off the phonography which is playing dance music
t
mr. harkness is 62
t
Phyllis says that Joseph Blake went to prison for 4 years
t
Arthur tells Phyllis the plan is ugly
t
Mr. Carson fusses at arthur for being out
f
phyllis tells arthur the neighbors will turn on them for not standing with them
t
arthur decides to stay home
f
Who tries to conjure up Romeo
Mercutio
Who is compared to the sun, stars, and daylight
Juliet
Who says that Romeo should change his name
Juliet
WHo keeps interrupting Juliet’s speeches
nurse
what time does romeo want juliet to sent for him
9 am
who understands herbs, plants, and flowers with their possibilities as drugs
Friar Lawrence
Who thinks Romeo spent the night with Rosaline
Friar Lawrence
what does romeo want friar lawrence to do
marry he and juliet
tybalt is called the prince of cats
t
tybalt is going to challenge romeo to a duel
t
when the nurse enters she says that she is seeking mercutio
f
romeo tells the nurse to tell juliet to meet him that afternoon at the bell tower
f
juliet says the nurse has been gone 1 hr
f
nurse tells juliet romeo is not a perfect gentleman
t
nurse rarely complains about aches and pains
f
nurse forgets to deliver romeo’s message to juliet
f
friar lawrence is concerned the marriage won’t last
t
friar lawrence said the wedding ceremony won’t take long
t
what 2 ppl begin act 3?
benvolio and mercutio
what does tybalt call romeo
a villain
what does mercutio call tybalt
ratcatcher
what did tybalt remind mercutio and tybalt about
the prince forbid feuding on pain of death
what happens to mercutio
tybalt killed him
what happened to tybalt
romeo killed him
what does the prince ask benvolio
who started it
what will happen to romeo if he is in verona
he will be killed
who tells juliet the news of the day
nurse
what literary device is fiend angelic
oxymoron
who could juliet not speak ill of
romeo
what is juliet going to cry for
romeo’s banishment
what does the nurse tell juliet she will do at end of scene 2
find romeo and give him j’s ring
who told romeo of his punishment
friar lawrence
who doesn’t have ears - friar lawrence
madmen
what does the nurse say j is doing
weeping for r
where is romeo going to flee
mantua
what revives romeo
juliet’s ring
when was the marriage originally planned
thurs
juliet said the light in the sky was
a meteor
Lady C calls r
a villain
who explodes when he learns J doesn’t want to marry P
C
J asks for advice, and nurse says
marry P
potion that J drinks makes her appear dead for how long
42 hrs
FL plans that J will do what when R returns
escape to Mantua
When J says she’ll marry P, C says
the couple will marry wed
how does j feel about potion
does it, but hesitant
who finds j
nurse
act 4 ends
Peter talking to musicians
three civil brawls of an airy word
prince
let 2 more summers wither in their pride
C
who is already sick and pale with grief
R
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
J
in one respect I’ll thy assistant be
fL
stands tiptoe on the misty mountaintops
R
is my poor heart so for a kinsman vexed
J
hold, daughter, I do spy a kind of hope
FL
death lies on her like an untimely frost
C
