
UNIT TEST on Foundations of America and Earliest American Literature - English 3 SCCCR
Quiz by Jennifer Wells
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From Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, which sentence best demonstrates parallel structure in grammar?
What is the tone of this line from Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son?": "Don’t you set down on the steps ’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard."
What was the main purpose of Benjamin Franklin's "Speech in the Convention?"
In his "Speech in the Virginia Convention," Patrick Henry uses emotional appeals (pathos) primarily to:
What rhetorical device is evident when Franklin admits he doesn't fully agree with the Constitution but he supports it anyway? (Hint: It is one of Franklin's Thirteen Virtues from his Autobiography.)
Why does Patrick Henry in his "Speech in the Virginia Convention" argue that debate is no longer useful?
Which of the following best describes the tone of Benjamin Franklin's "Speech in the Convention?"
What is the most famous line of Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
What is the tone of Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
What literary terms are evident in this sentence from "Hiawatha the Unifier?": "Traveling in a magic birch-bark canoe of dazzling whiteness, which floated above waters and meadows as if on an invisible bird's wings... "
What is the "mood" of a poem?
What does TP-CASTT stand for and mean?
What two literary terms are used in this line from within "The Negro Speaks of the River" by Langston Hughes? "I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset."
What is this sentence type from "The Negro Speaks of the River" by Langston Hughes? "My soul has grown deep like the rivers."
Which is this sentence type from "Up from Slavery" by Booker T. Washington? "Take the broom and sweep it [the recitation-room]."
In Twelve Years a Slave, what mood is evoked by the description of Eliza's separation from her son at the slave market?
"Hiawatha the Unifier" is a story that uses descriptive detail that plays on all five senses. Which literary technique uses one or more of five senses when describing something? Hint: The senses paint a picture in the reader's mind.
In Twelve Years a Slave, what does the author Solomon Northup mean when he writes: "I would have cried myself to sleep if I had dared?"
A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a FANBOYS conjunction or semi-colon is called a what? Example: "I got a dusting cloth, and I dusted it four more times."
What is the main conflict in the excerpt from Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington?