final Flashcards

1
Q

where do we first meet peyton farquhar

A

waiting to be hanged

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2
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what do the soliders do after shooting at farqujar with rifles

A

they shot him with canon

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3
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because the story’s structure is out of chronolgival order, what do you wonder until the end?

A

wheter farquhar is really dead

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4
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why did douglass give the oxen a large heavy load

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bc he hoped it would tame them

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5
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why did mr.covey beat douglass

A

trippled away his time

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6
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why does douglass describe with figurative language such as like a theif in the night and a snake

A

mr.coveys cunning nature

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7
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what did mr.covey do to push the slaves to work harder

A

threatened and whipped them

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8
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the way mr.covey acted while the slaves were working shows that he

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distrusted that they would work

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9
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what did douglass ask master thomas to do

A

end the agreement with covey

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10
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how does the following passage make readers feel from the rown of my head to my feet, i was covered in blood. my hair was all clotted with dust and blood; my shir was stiff with blood

A

readers will feel sympathy for the slaves

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11
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douglass suspicion of the roots power shows that he

A

THOUGHT LOGICALLY

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12
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douglass felt free after he

A

battled mr.covey

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13
Q

in letter to his son robert e lee express the hope that

A

war will not happen

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14
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who was major ballous letter meant for

A

read by a private audience

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15
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when mary chesnut writes the end has come, no doubt of the fact,she is expressing her personal regret that

A

her way of life has ended

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16
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sojourner truth’s speech in may 1867 shows strong support for

A

equal right for women

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17
Q

one message of beat beat drum is the

A

need for sacrifice in wartime

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18
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in beat beat drums the speaker tells the drum and bugles to be louder to drown out the

A

mother’s entreaties

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19
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one similarity bw because i could not stop for dead and i hear a fly buzz when i dies is that speaker

A

are both dead

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20
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the speaker in my eyes closed twice before its close has most likely

A

lost two loved once

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21
Q

the story takes place immediately after

A

world war 2

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22
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most of the setting of the story is

A

long island

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23
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the time of the story is frquently referred to as the

A

jazz age

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24
Q

nick learns that jordan cheats at

A

golf

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25
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for a short time gatsby attended

A

oxford

26
Q

gatsby gives huge parties because he

A

is trying to find daisy

27
Q

the wilson’s grarge is in

A

valley of ashes

28
Q

george wilson learns about his wife’s affair when he

A

finds expensive dogs collar

29
Q

when myrtle sees jordan with tom, she thinks that jordan is

A

toms wife

30
Q

when wilson first learns that mytle is unfaithful, he wants to

A

takes her far away

31
Q

the driver of the car that killed myrtle wilson is

A

daisy

32
Q

the person daisy probably loves most is

A

herself

33
Q

gatsby addresses nick as

A

old sport

34
Q

the narrator of the story is

A

nick

35
Q

_____ can be described as vulgar,sensual

A

myrtle wilson

36
Q

____can be described as socially ambitious,faithful

A

jay gatsby

37
Q

____ can be described as creul, prejudics

A

tom buchan

38
Q

it was a body capable of enormous leverage- a cruel body is describing

A

tom

39
Q

they are a rotten crowd you are woth the whole damn bunch put together is said by

A

nick

40
Q

you always look so cool is talking about

A

gatsby

41
Q

what is the correct font size for mla

A

12pt

42
Q

standard font for mla

A

times new roman

43
Q

what goes in the parenthesis at the end of a quotating or paraphrase

A

author’s last name, page number

44
Q

what font should the title of you paper be in

A

12pt

45
Q

where do the quotating marks go in a block quote

A

no quotation marks in a black quote

46
Q

when not doing a block quotem where does the period go after you’ve quoted or paraphrased a source within your paper

A

after the parenthesis

47
Q

in a block quote, where does the period go after your quote

A

immediately after the quote

48
Q

what does mla stand for

A

mordern language stnad for

49
Q

impertinent

A

not showing proper respect ro manner

50
Q

cudgel

A

a club with a rounded head

51
Q

execrate

A

to call down evil upon; to curse or speak abusively

52
Q

immutable

A

never changing or varying

53
Q

offal

A

waste parts, entrails

54
Q

chattel

A

a moveable item such as a piece of furniture; also used to describe a slave

55
Q

profligate

A

extremely wasteful; recklessly extravagent

56
Q

subsist

A

to continue to be or exist; to stay alive

57
Q

ague

A

a fever with chills; a fit of shivering

58
Q

turbid

A

muddy,cloudy; confused

59
Q

fetters

A

shackles or chaing

60
Q

exculpate

A

to free from blame