Semester 2 Exam

Question 1

a group of words containing a subject and predicate (verb + everything after)

Answer 1

clause

Question 2

what are the two kinds of clauses?

Answer 2

independent and dependent

Question 3

a complete sentence

Answer 3

independent clause

Question 4

a phrase that has a subject and verb, but does not make sense on its own

Answer 4

dependent clause

Question 5

a group of words that does NOT contain a subject and predicate

Answer 5

phrase

Question 6

one independent clause

Answer 6

simple sentence

Question 7

two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semi-colon

Answer 7

compound sentence

Question 8

one independent clause plus one or more dependent clauses

Answer 8

complex sentence

Question 9

two or more independent clauses plus one or more dependent clauses

Answer 9

compound-complex

Question 10

a literary movement which criticized/opposed the positive and optimistic philosophy of the transcendentalists

Answer 10

anti-transcendentalism

Question 11

shows individuals failing in their attempts to make changes for the better

Answer 11

anti-transcendentalism

Question 12

what are the beliefs of anti-transcendentalism?

Answer 12

the universe is confusing and difficult
human nature is stubborn
humans are prone to sin and self-destruction
evil and suffering are realities
life is a matter of compromises and disappointments

Question 13

the writer from Salem, Massachusetts who explored complex questions of right and wrong in tales that teach a moral principle

Answer 13

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 14

who wrote The Minister’s Black Veil?

Answer 14

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 15

What were some of Walt Whitman’s works?

Answer 15

Song of Myself
I Hear America Singing
Beat, Beat Drums
I Heard the Learned Astronomer 
Give Me the Splendid, Silent Sun

Question 16

what literary movement is Walt Whitman from?

Answer 16

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Question 17

what literary movement is Emily Dickenson from?

Answer 17

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Question 18

expressing one sense in terms of another

Answer 18

synesthesia

Question 19

vowel sounds at the end of the line are similar but not identical

Answer 19

slant rhyme

Question 20

what are some characteristics of Emily Dickenson’s poems?

Answer 20

abstractions and generalizations that turn into specific, concrete actions

Question 21

what are some Emily Dickenson’s works?

Answer 21

Hope is the Thing with Feathers
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church
I Felt a Funeral in my Brain

Question 22

a contrast between what is started and what is stated and what is intended or between what is expected and what actually happens

Answer 22

master of irony