English 9, 3rd Quarter Flashcards
_______________1. Scientific method is used by rationalists to study the world.
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_______________2. Rationalism is known as the classical age.
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_______________3. Elevated diction was used in literary works by authors.
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_______________4. Deism is a belief that the world was made by God and governed by natural laws.
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_______________5. Deists didn’t believe in the literal translation of the bible.
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_______________6. Rationalist writers modeled their works after the Italian classics.
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_______________7. The Jeffersonian bible was a new version of bible and focuses purely on the teachings of Jesus.
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_______________8.During the Rationalism, most of the works focused on tragedy and nature.
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_______________9. The self-made American dream was emphasized in English literature.
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_______________10. The founding fathers of Rationalism explored ethics from a traditional perspective.
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_______________11. Novels are the Great Age in Victorian period.
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_______________12. The improvements in the printing technology made a great impact on the literacy skills of common people during the Victorian period.
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_______________13. Gothic literature was banned during the reign of Queen Victoria.
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_______________14. Portraying the worst qualities of all characters in a story is called, “Satirical Realism.”
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_______________15. Comedy represents moral values to viewers and readers in the Victorian period.
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- This author promotes the American Dream in his biography.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- A writer that composed the Declaration of Independence.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
- She delivered the “Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Fall Women’s Rights Convention.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON
- He created a new version of the bible called “Jeffersonian Bible.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON
- He delivered the “Speech to the Virginia Convention” against the British Parliament.
PATRICK HENRY
words that end in –ing and functions as a NOUN. It can take on the role of a subject, direct object, subject complement, and object of preposition.
GERUNDS
Gerund subjects are always singular.
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Identify the gerund.
Traveling might satisfy your desire for new experiences.
TRAVELING
GERUND AS OBJECT FOR PREPOSITIONthe preposition is next to the gerund.
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TRUE