English 11 Midterm Review
What is the correct way to head a paper?
What is a story handed down by oral tradition?
What is a story meant to teach a lesson?
Who wrote “To my dear and loving husband”?
The legend of “The World on Turtle’s Back” is an example of a(n)…
What movement or era did Jonathan Edwards lead?
What is an oral essay meant to persuade the audience called?
Who creates the concept of the “Transparent Eyeball”? Explain the concept.
Who is jailed for not paying his poll tax? Why did he not pay it?
What is the theme of “Psalm of Life” by Longfellow?
Name one work we read by Edgar Allan Poe and identify the characteristics of gothic ficition.
Who attempts moral perfection? What is the outcome?
Why does the minister wear a “black veil” in Hawthorne’s story?
Transcendental beliefs about humans
What literary term is “Fish and visitors go bad in three days”?
What element does a coyote tale always have?
Who wrote “Civil Disobedience”? Why is it an important document?
What is the main purpose of the explorers’ writings?
Who wrote I heard a fly buzz when I died? Talk about it.
Name the elements of Gothic Literature.
What literary term is “my life closed twice before its close”?
What are two rhyming lines of poetry together called?
Who is the first writer to make a living off of his writing?
What type of literary term is “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?
What literary term is when a writer references another work?
What do you use to determine the rhyme scheme of a poem?
What is the central idea of a work?
Define iambic pentameter.
What is the term for presenting ideas equally in structure that are of equal worth?
What is a “majority of one”?
What is a frame story?
Finish the line, “Whosoever would be a man must be…”
A non-conformist
Who said these words?
What literary device is “That when we live no more/ We may live for ever”?
What is a writer’s bias?
What is a simile?
Name one transcendentalist.
Why did Thoreau go to live in at Walden Pond?
Why did Thoreau leave Walden Pond?
What are the names of the literary periods and discuss their chronology?
Name two Native American beliefs.
What is personfication?
Who was so upset about his Puritan ancestors that he adds a “w” to his name?
What is an aphorism? Give an example.
Discuss “Thanatopsis” and who wrote it.
What is a stanza?
Who says “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”? What does it mean?
Transcendentalists feel ______ is an enemy to individualism.
What are some elements of Emily Dickinson’s poetry?
Be able to match people with their literary period.
In The Crucible, the basic philosophy in Salem is…
Why is The Crucible an allegory?
What does Parris think when he sees the girls dancing in the forest?
Who is the specialist who comes to Salem to help out?
What is the fate of Giles Cory?
Why does Abigail accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft?
Why is it so important for the court to get John Proctor to confess?
What causes John Proctor to recant/recall his confession?
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