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Unit 7 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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vilify

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to defame; to slander; to blacken the character of

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vivacious

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lively; spirited

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surmise

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to infer on minimal grounds; conjecture; suppose

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tedious

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boring; tiresome

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verbose

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wordy

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terse

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concise; brief; free of extra words

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stagnant

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something that lies inactive or stays in one place

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zenith

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the highest point

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zealot

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a person with great enthusiasm

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wanton

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immoral; lewd; having no regard for others

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tirade

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a long and angry speech

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succinct

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concise; clearly expressed with a few words

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undermine

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to weaken the support of; to injure in a sneaky way

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viable

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workable; capable of living and growing

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waver

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to be indecisive or inconstant; to fluctuate in opinion

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16
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It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

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Those of us who are still alive need to promise to continue to fight for the ideas for which these men died.

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17
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That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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We must be determined that this nation will have a new birth of freedom, and the idea that all the people should be involved in making laws and in governing themselves should not be destroyed.

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18
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After reading The Killer Angels and Lee’s farewell, which of the following describe the type of person General Lee was? Select all that apply.

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He cared about the men under his command.
He was an honorable man.

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19
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My ideas are organized correctly into paragraphs.

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5

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20
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I have capital letters in all the wrong places.

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1

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21
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Most sentences and proper nouns begin with capitals, but I overlooked a few.

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3

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22
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My spelling is correct on simple words but not always on harder ones.

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3

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23
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It would take one reading to decode my paper and another to get the meaning.

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1

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24
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In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.
poems

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yes

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25
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In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.
aircraft

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yes

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episode of TV program In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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no

27
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chapters In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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no

28
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books In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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yes

29
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songs In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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yes

30
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articles In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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no

31
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plays In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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yes

32
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TV program In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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yes

33
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pamphlets In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.

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yes

34
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f you want to say that you are going to the cabin of the Jones family (singular), what is the proper way to do it?

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We are going to the Jones’s cabin.

35
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Oakland’s baseball team mascot is the A’s.

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correct

36
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“The survivors wanted to communicate everything to the living: the victim’s solitude and sorrow, the tears of mothers driven to madness, the prayers of the doomed beneath a fiery sky.”

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“Hope, Despair, and Memory”

37
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“Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.”

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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

38
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“You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly.”

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Lee’s Farewell Address

39
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“Indeed if memory helps us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living.”

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“Hope, Despair, and Memory”

40
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At the time of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, _________________ of the population were slaves.

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1/8

41
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General Lee surrendered to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on

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April 9, 1865

42
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An inaugural address is an address given by a president when

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He or she enters office after each election

43
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Was rewritten from a song about a man who was hanged

44
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Select the answer that best explains the meaning of Lincoln’s words: “Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation.”

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87 years ago, the founding fathers created a new country

45
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Select the answer that best explains the meaning of Lincoln’s words: “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.”

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Looking at the bigger picture, we cannot make this ground more sacred because the men who died here already have made it sacred through their deaths.

46
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Select the answer that best explains the meaning of Lincoln’s words: “testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure”

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Trying to see if a nation founded on freedom can continue to exist

47
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Lincoln uses repetition throughout “The Gettysburg Address.” Which of the following words does he not repeat in his address?

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Freedom

48
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Pedro came with a viable solution for the broken-down machinery.

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appropriate
I’d waver a hundred dollars for the poor, if I had the money.

49
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I’d waver a hundred dollars for the poor, if I had the money.

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inappropriate

50
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After wrecking our Suburban, I had to listen to my father’s tirade for an hour.

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appropriate

51
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We hiked to the zenith of the mountain and looked down at the city.

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appropriate

52
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The vivacious cheerleader got the whole crowd on its feet.

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appropriate

53
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I ate wanton soup at the Chinese restaurant.

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inappropriate

54
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I surmise clothing stores with my friends on the weekend.

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inappropriate

55
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My succinct candle burned all through the night.

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inappropriate

56
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My brother doesn’t care about anyone or anything. He is a zealot!

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inappropriate

57
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My tedious history class is the longest 50 minutes I must endure daily.

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appropriate

58
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My teacher gave me a “C” on my ten-page paper and wrote “verbose” at the top. I was wrong to suppose she’d give more points for writing a lot.

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appropriate

59
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My uncle undermines watches and clocks for a living.

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inappropriate

60
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A paper that reads like a first draft would receive a “5.”

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false

61
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Conventions are the rules of language.

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true

62
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Spelling, punctuation, grammar, usage, paragraphing, and capitalization are all considered conventions.

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true

63
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A paper that would require light editing to polish the text for publication would receive a “1.”

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false

64
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A paper with paragraphs that sometimes run together or begin in the wrong places would receive a “3” according to the Six-Trait Analytical Writing Assessment Model.

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true

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