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english 11 final exa
English 11 final exam study guide
Question | Answer |
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Melancholy | Sad, a feeling. |
Sardonic | Mocking. |
Beleaguered | To surround with military forces. |
Querulously | Complaining. |
Taciturn | Inclined to silence. |
Tenuous | Thin or slender inform; thread. |
Impudent | Shamelessness. |
Oblique | Sloping or Slanting. |
Intangible | Not definite or clear to mind. |
Efface | To wipe out. |
Discern | Discriminate. |
Repugnant | Offensive. |
Incredulous | Skeptical, showing unbelief. |
Indignation | Insulting. |
Prolonged | To lengthen out of time. |
Tremulous | Weakness. |
Flux | Flow or flowing; movement. |
Pretext | Excuse. |
Imprudence | Cautious. |
Scintillating | A spark or a flash. Sparkling. |
Tangible | Real or actual. |
Inarticulate | Not articulate. |
Opulence | Wealth, riches, or affluence. |
Disconsolate | Gloomy or cheerless. |
Marrow | A soft, fatty vascular tissue. |
Mused | To think or meditate in silence. |
Derision | Mockery. |
Stoicism | Philosophy. |
Ominous | Threatening. |
Felicitous | An action or a manner. |
Affability | Friendly. |
Succumb | Yield; wounds, old. |
Desolately | Devastated; solitary; lonely. |
Slatternly | Untidy. |
Huckabuck | Cotton. |
Ebullition | Outburst. |
Benevolence | Good will. An act of kindness. |
Audacity | Boldness or daring. |
Austere | Strict, severe. |
Uncouth | Awkward, clumsy, unmannerly. |
Edith Wharton was the first female to | Receive an honorary doctorate from Yale. |
Edith Wharton wrote | 40 books in 40 years. |
How old was Wharton when she published her first poem in the Atlantic? | 16. |
Wharton’s novels include | House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence. |
Wharton designed and built her own home called_____ in____ | Mount; 1902. |
Why has Ethan remained in Starkfield? | He had to take care of his family. |
The following is an example of what rhetorical device, “When the storms of February had pitched their white tents about the devoted village \ and the wild cavalry of March winds had charged down to their support.” | Metaphor. |
Describe the Frome house as seen by the narrator. | Thin wooden walls, worn out paint. |
Why does Zenobia take Mattie into her home? | So Mattie could work for her. |
What reason does Zeena give for locking Ethan and Mattie out? | She felt so mean she couldn't sleep. |
How does Ethan react when Zeena announces she is going to Bettsbridge? | He was concerned. |
What happens to spoil Ethan and Mattie’s night together? | The cat breaks Zeena's favorite pickle dish. |
What does Ethan learn from Zeena after her return from Bettsbridge? | She tells him she has to many complications. |
How does Zeena discover the broken pickle dish? | She goes to look for her medicine. |
What does Ethan do after the women have fallen asleep? | He decides he is going to leave Zeena and writes a letter of salutations to her. |
Why does Ethan set out early to take Mattie to the station? | He wants to relive those memories at the lake. |
Why does Ethan agree to take Mattie down the hill a second time? | They want to hit a tree so they can die. |
What happens to Ethan as a result of the accident? | He is scared and crippled. |
How does Zeena behave after the “smash-up”? | She begins caring for Ethan and Mattie. |
In what part of the United States does this novel take place? | Salinas, California. |
Who are Lennie and George? | Lennie is a developmentally disabled adult. George is his kindly companion. They travel together to find work. |
What things does Lennie do and say that make him seem like a child? | Lennie cries about having to give up the mouse and begs George to tell him a story. He always knows when he is going to get scolded. He has to be told things over and over. He always wants to hold soft, furry animals. |
Where does George tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble? | The brush. |
Why does George answer the questions directed to Lennie? | He doesn't want Lennie to get them into trouble. |
Why does George tell Lennie to keep his distance from Curley and his wife? | Because she might tell on them. |
Why does Steinbeck call Slim “the prince of the ranch”? | Slim is a leader, is an excellent Skinner and is respected by the other men. |
Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy’s dog? | Carlson says he wants to shoot the dog to put it out of its misery and also because he smells bad. |
Why does Curley attack Lennie? What is Lennie’s reaction? | He was laughing at him. Scared. |
What role does Candy play in making Lennie and George’s dream of the farm seem possible? | Candy confesses that he has some money set aside that he is willing to put toward the farm if George and Lennie will let him accompany them. Mother. |
Why does Crooks talk to Lennie? | Crooks is very lonely and sees that Lennie is no threat to him. He just wants to talk to someone. |
How does Curley’s wife insult Crooks? | She talks ugly about them. Curley’s wife implies that if Crooks doesn’t “keep his place,” she’ll say he flirted with her, and he’ll be lynched. |
Why is Lennie angry as this chapter opens? | Because the puppy is dead. |
When Lennie tells Curley’s wife he isn’t supposed to talk to her, how does she react? | He moaned with grief. |
What are the actions that lead to Lennie killing Curley’s wife? | Screaming and crying. |
What are the visions Lennie has while he hides at the river? | His Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit appear and tell him George will leave. |
Describe what George does when he finds Lennie. | He makes him turn around and talk about their little farms. |
How does Slim comfort George after he shoots Lennie? | By telling him he had to do it. |
Where was John Steinbeck from? | Salinas, California. |
Where did he go to college? Why did he drop out? | Stanford University. Dropped out of college and worked as a manual laborer before achieving success as a writer. |
What two prizes did he win for Literature? | Won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. |
What are some other books he wrote? | Dubious battle, Of Mice and Men, The Long Valley. |
What is parallel structure? | The repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. |
What is point of view? 1st person? 2nd? 3rd? | 1st- someone telling you his or her story. 2nd- you being told how you should do something. 3rd- a camera recording events. |
When should I underline titles? | Magazines, books, newspapers, academic journals, films, television shows, long poems, plays, operas, musical albums, works of art, websites. |
How can I correct a run-on sentence? | Join the two clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunction. Break the run-on sentence into two separate sentences. Join the clauses with a semi-colon and a conjunctive adverb followed by a comma; however, join the clauses with a semi-colon. |
How do I cite textual evidence correctly? | Introduce the quote. Cite parenthetically. |
When is it plagiarism? | Copying someone else work, and not giving them credit. |
This will be about… I’m going to tell you.. | Just don't do this. |
Literary present, historical past | Stay in the same tense throughout any paper you are writing. |
Active vs. Passive voice | Active-Active in a conservation Passive- produces a sentence in which the subject receives an action. |
Identify and explain two themes from Ethan Frome. | Adultery/cheating hurts more than those involved. Honesty - truth is better than hiding something. |
If you were Ethan, would you have done anything differently? | Yes. |
What was the Great Depression? Why were some people willing to travel many miles to find work? | The 'Great Depression' was a period in the United States and world history when business was poor and many people were out of work. There were very few jobs available. |
What are some jobs performed by people who work on farms and ranches? Why is work often temporary? | Jobs were temporary because the Dust Bowl hurt the farming industry by wiping out crops. |
What are some problems faced by family and friends who help care for developmentally disabled people? | They were viewed as outcasts. People wouldn't hire them. |
How does having a friend make it easier to get through the bad times in life and make the good times even better? | They know what you deal with in life. . |