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Unit 1 test review
Bob Jones Elements of Literature unit 1 test review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| imaginative comparison that uses "like" or "as" | simile |
| non-human objects taking on human qualities | personification |
| In "Dawn in the Forest" the author uses his five______________ to create imagery | senses |
| "What Stumped the Bluejays" has prominent examples of what type of imaginative comparison? | personification |
| What initially puzzles the bluejay when he begins dropping acorns in the hole? | He cannot hear them hit the bottom of the hole. |
| How is the mystery of the knothole finally solved in "What Stumped the Bluejays?" | one of the bluejays looks in through the half-open door. |
| the bird's feathers being compared to a ship's sails in "A Bird Came Down the Walk" is a _______________________. | metaphor |
| A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but different in meaning is a | pun |
| What does a thesis sentence tell the reader? | The main topic of the whole essay |
| in "The Fly," what is the main characteristic of the fly Ruskin focuses on? | his independence |
| In "The Fly," the slapping motion of aman's hand compared to an acre of red clay crashing down is what type of imaginative comparison? | a simile |
| Define 'impudence' | rude and not showing respect |
| What does Ruskin imply about unlimited freedom by the fly's tendency to indulge in sweets and things in the butcher's back yard? | unlimited freedom eventually results in a loss of the ability to discriminate properly. |
| In "A Noiseless, Patient Spider," Walt Whitman uses a ____________________ as a vehicle of comparison. | a spider beginning to spin its web. |
| In the second stanza of Whitman's poem about the spider, he makes a comparison to the human soul's search for ___________________________. | connection and foundation. |
| What does the soul represent in Whitman's poem about the noiseless, patient spider? | men who are ceaselessly seeking truth |
| What is the most important requirement in the struggle for survival, according to "The Spider and the Wasp?" | an adequate source of food |
| Be able to identify the thesis statement in "The Spider and the Wasp" | The thesis statement is the "Mega topic sentence" |
| How does a tarantula respond when something touches its leg and it is not hungry? | it shakes its leg |
| What are some characteristics of the digger wasp? | wingspan... food source... indicator that it is about to attack... |
| Why does Petrunkevitch say that the tarantula is "stupid?" | it follows its instinctive pattern of trying to escape rather than trying to defend itself. |
| an expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself | metonymy |
| synecdoche | an expression in which a part stands for the whole |
| What novel was "Dawn in the Forest" taken from? | Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
| What creature does Tom notice an ant struggling with in "Dawn in the Forest" | a spider five times larger than itself |
| According to Tom, what insect is "credulous about conflagrations?" | the ladybug |
| in "A Bird Came Down the Walk," what "fellow" does the bird eat raw? | the angleworm |
| What does Emily Dickinson offer the bird as a token of friendship? | a crumb |
| What two comparisons does the poet use to describe the bird's flight? | ships and butterflies |
| What are the "Banks of Noon" from which the butterflies leap? | Banks of flowers |
| what three professions does Dickinson associate with the "Prompt, Executive Bird"? | bailiff, brigadier, magistrate |
| What are trichobothria? | fine hairs that grow from disk like membranes on the tarantula's legs. |
| What was Mark Twain's Christian belief? | He was not a believer in God's providence toward humans |
| How did Emily Dickinson view the Bible? | as a source of poetic inspiration rather than as an inerrant guide to life |
| What is the meter and rhyme scheme of "A Noiseless Patient Spider"? | indefinite |
| What is Walt Whitman's most famous collection of poetry called? | "Leaves of Grass" |
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