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CSET English Subtest 1 Latest Update Graded A Villanelle An intricate French poetic form with 19 lines divided into 5 3-lined stanzas (called tercets), and one final quatrain. It has only 2 rhyming sounds, so it is difficult to write one in English. Petrarchan sonnet Italian sonnet with the rhyme scheme of abba abba. It divides into 2 parts, the first part being an octet and the second being a sestet. Elizabethan or Shakespearean Sonnet Written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quat...

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Chapters 1-26 Already Passed Quests Chapter 1: "Every trip is a quest (except when it is not)" A quest consists of 5 things: a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges on the way, & a real reason to be going there The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge, self-fulfillment, self-discovery Ex: Huckleberry Finn, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien, Star Wars, Crying of Lot 49 Acts of Communion Chapter 2: "Nice to Eat W...

UIL literary criticism Practice Exam Q&A 2024 Theme - CORRECT ANSWER-Central idea of a work of literature (nonfiction) The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work (fiction) Volta - CORRECT ANSWER-Italian word for "turn." In a sonnet, the volta is the turn of thought or argument Thesis - CORRECT ANSWER-The sentence that introduces the main argument or point of view of a composition (formal essay, nonfiction piece, or narrati...

Praxis Art: Content Knowledge (5134) Practice Test 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass In terms of textile arts, the final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape of the finished piece is which of the following? A. stitching B. blocking C. molding D. none of the above B. Blocking Blocking is a final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape of the finished piece. Blocking is only effective on natural fibers. What term is used to describe an artistic genr...

3 © OCR 2023 H472/02 Jun23 Turn over Question Page American Literature 1880–1940 1 & 2 4–5 The Gothic 3 & 4 6–7 Dystopia 5 & 6 8–9 Women in Literature 7 & 8 10–11 The Immigrant Experience 9 & 10 12–13 4 © OCR 2023 H472/02 Jun23 Answer two questions from the topic you have chosen. American Literature 1880–1940 Answer Question 1. Then answer Question 2(a) or 2(b) or 2(c). You should spend about 1 hour and 15 minutes on each question. 1 Write a critical appreciation of...

Honors World History Semester One Exam 2024 Middle Ages - Answer ️️ -Also known as the medieval period, the time between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD and the beginning of the Renaissance in the fourteenth century. Feudal System - Answer ️️ -A political and social system during the Middle Ages based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other services Manorial System - Answer ️️ -an economic system in the Middle Age...

What is the greatest epic poem from Ancient Rome? correct answers the Aeneid What is the Aeneid? correct answers one of the most profoundly influential works of all classical literature in the later Western cultural and literary tradition How can the Aeneid be described in ways that sounds off putting? correct answers a work of national propaganda for a nation that no longer exists and a 12 book poem about the importance of doing your duty How can the Aeneid be described? correct answer...

Dante Alighieri author of The Divine Comedy How long did Dante live? Where was Dante Born? Florence, Italy Was Dante a Prodigy? yes Dante's family was involved in what in Florence? turbulent politics In what year was Dante absent from Florence and a Coup by the opposite political party resulted in death or exiled for him? 1301 What did Dante write while he was exiled? The Divine Comedy What was Dante considered during his time? the most ...

Dante's home city, exiled from in 1302 and never returned, comedy composed during exile Florence latin poet, (October 15, 70 - 19 BCE), serves as Dante's guide through inferno/ purgatory, symbolizes reason Virgil dante's idealized childhood love, awaits poet in paradise, later replaces virgil as dante's guide, symbolized heavenly wisdom beatrice "The river of lamentation", in Greek mythology, it was the river on whose banks the dead who could not pay Charon wandered...

CSTU 101 EXam 2Patronage - correct answer Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support Renaissance humanism - correct answer Movement of the study of Greek and Roman literature by "humanists" during the Renaissance Benedictine monasticism - correct answer characterized by ideals of moderation, communal life, isolated and self-sustaining communities, and rules and vows Charlemagne - correct answer King of the Franks. Military comm...