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1
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Memory Verse of English

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Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye

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2
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During the Expansion Period, the United States expanded both in ____ and ____

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territory; population

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3
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____ wrote “Rip Van Winkle”, which is part of The Sketchbook, and Kinickerbocker’s History of New York

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Washington Irving

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4
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____ wrote The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie

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James Fenimore Cooper

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5
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____ wrote “Thanatopsis” and “To a Waterfowl”

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William Cullen Bryant

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6
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All three men were ____ writers

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romantic

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7
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Mr. Irving’s writings are outstanding for their sensitive ____ characterization, and humor

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description

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8
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Mr. Cooper created a fictional character sometimes called the grandfather of most ____ heroes

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cowboy

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9
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The theme of most of Mr. Bryant’s poems centers around ____

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nature

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10
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____, an unrhymed poetic form used by William Cullen Bryant, is written in iambic pentameter

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Blank Verse

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11
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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Appeals to the ____

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senses

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12
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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Uses ____ and ____ effectively

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adjectives; adverbs

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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Uses concrete ____ and lively ____

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nouns; verbs

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14
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Characteristics of descriptive writing

Is developed through ____ order

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spatial

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15
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Four categories of romantic writing

Appeals to the ____ rather than reason or common sense

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emotions

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16
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Four categories of romantic writing

Elevates the beauties of ____

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nature

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17
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Four categories of romantic writing

Is characterized by the fantastic or ____

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unusual

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18
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Four categories of romantic writing

Demonstrates a strong feeling of _____

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nationalism

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19
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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Raven”

A

Edgar Allan Poe

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20
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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“Concord Hymn”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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21
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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Pit and the Pendulum”

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Edgar Allan Poe

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22
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MATCH THE AUTHOR

Walden

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Henry David Thoreau

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23
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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Problem”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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24
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MATCH THE AUTHOR

“The Bells”

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Edgar Allan Poe

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25
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Write the name of the work and its author’s name

Here once the embedded farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world

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Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson

26
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Write the name of the work and its author’s name

To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

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The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe

27
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Write the name of the work and its author’s name

I went to the woods because I wished to live so deliberately…

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Walden by Henry David Thoreau

28
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Write the name of the work and its author’s name

I like a church; I like a cowl;
I love a prophet of the soul;

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The Problem by Ralph Waldo Emerson

29
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Write the name of the work and its author’s name

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

30
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alliteration

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the repeating of a consonant sound within a line or lines

31
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assonance

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the repeating of a vowel sound within a line or lines

32
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repetition

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repeating the same word for special effect

33
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onomatopoeia

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words that sound like their meaning

34
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scansion pattern

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the rhythm pattern plus the meter

35
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rhythm

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the repetition of accented and unaccented syllables

36
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feet

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the number of repeated accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry

37
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____ and _____ were transcendetalists

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Ralph Waldo Emerson; Henry David Thoreau

38
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The transcendentalist believes that man does not need the ____ of the Bible; that man is born ____ and will be good if allowed to follow his own ____; that God is within ____-that man is a ____ unto himself

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God; good; conscience; man; god

39
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Pronouns have ____, ____, ____, and ____

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gender; person; number; case

40
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A nominative case personal pronoun can function as a ____ or a ____

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subject; predicate nominative

41
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An objective case pronoun can function as a ____, an ____, an ____, or an ____

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direct object; indirect object; object of preposition; objective complement

42
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The possessive case pronouns mine, yours, his, hers its, ours, and theirs have a ____ function

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noun

43
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The possessive case pronouns my, your, his, her, its, our, and their usually have an ____ function

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adjective

44
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A/An ____ compound pronoun refers back to the subject

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reflexive

45
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A/An ____ compound pronoun is used for emphasis

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intensive

46
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Pronouns that ask questions are called ____ pronouns

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interrogative

47
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Pronouns that point out particular persons, places, or things are called ____ pronouns

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demonstrative

48
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____ pronouns introduce adjective clauses

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Relative

49
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____ pronouns refer to persons, places, or things in a general manner

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Indefinite

50
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We determine which pronoun to use by its ____ in the sentence

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function

51
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The pronoun “who” has a ____ function

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nominative

52
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The pronoun “whom” has an _____ function

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objective

53
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The pronoun “whose” has a _____ function

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possessive

54
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An indefinite ____ used as a subject must agree in number with its verb

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pronoun

55
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The number of an indefinite pronoun that can be either singular or plural is determined by the ____ of the preposition or by the _____ of the phrase or clause that follows it

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object; meaning

56
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The word to which a pronoun refers to is called an ____

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antecedent

57
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Interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns can function as pronouns or ____

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adjectives

58
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The first short-story writer to gain national recognition was _____`

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Washington Irving

59
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The first novelist to gain national recognition was ____

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James Fenimore Cooper

60
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The first poet t gain national recognition was _____

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William Cullen Bryant

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