11th Grade American Literature Exam with correct answers 2024
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11th Grade American Literature Ex
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11th Grade American Literature Ex
A myth is best described as correct answers A traditional story explaining how the world and the things in it came to be
"Oral Tradition" means correct answers Stories passed down verbally
What are the four functions of a myth correct answers To awaken us to the mystery and wonder of creat...
A myth is best described as correct answers A traditional story explaining how the
world and the things in it came to be
"Oral Tradition" means correct answers Stories passed down verbally
What are the four functions of a myth correct answers To awaken us to the mystery
and wonder of creation
To explain the workings of the natural world correct answers To pass down the moral
and ethical codes
To Teach correct answers
What are the elements of a Creation myth? correct answers To show what's important
to the tribe
To state the place and people of origin correct answers Describe what existed before
the "creation"
Explain the "creation" of things or the beginnings of rituals correct answers Explain who
or what did the creating
A folk tale is... correct answers stories handed down, usually by word of mouth, from
generation to generation that feature an animal or human character who engages in
deceit, violence, and magic
When an author creates a "balanced" sentence by re-using the same word structure, it
is called... correct answers parallelism
This is the use of formal words and phrases; it leads a serious tone to a discussion.
correct answers
Writers may repeat a word, a phrase, or an entire sentence for emphasis. This is ____
correct answers Repitition
Sometimes a writer will ask a question to which no answer is required in order to make
a point. This is a(n) _____ correct answers Retortical Question
A(n) _____ is an indirect reference to a person, place, event or literary work with which
the author believes the reader will be familiar. correct answers Allusion
, These are appeals that are often based on specific examples of suffering or potential
threats correct answers Pathos
The art of communication ideas is _____ correct answers Rhetoric
These appeals provide rational arguments to support writers' claims and are supported
with objective evidence correct answers Logos
These appeals call fourth the audiences' sense of right, justice, and virtue correct
answers Ethos
A writer may mention an important event or person in an essay to lend importance or
credibility to his or her argument. This is called ______ correct answers Authoritative
tone
A government ruled by religious practices, governed by Biblical rule is a correct
answers Theocracy
The Puritan idea that Jesus died only for a chosen few is called correct answers
Doctrine of divine elect
The concept of _____ is the idea that God has already chosen who is going to Heaven
and who is not. correct answers Predestination
Puritans did not write fiction because.... correct answers It was sinful
What are the Puritan writing genres correct answers Histories, sermons, journals, and
poetry
Gov. Winthrop compared Puritan settlements in America to... correct answers A city
upon a hill
The idea that all are born evil is called ____ correct answers Total Depravity
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory of correct answers The Red Scare
A crucible is defined as correct answers A severe test or trial
What are the themes of The Crucible? correct answers Humans share a common need
for social responsibility
Societal problems are often rooted in individual human feelings correct answers
Societies often try to suppress individual freedom in order to maintain social order
Reverend Paris' slave is correct answers Tituba
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