English III Semester EXAM Review

What is Early American Literature?

• A genre of modern American novels

• A broad term that encompasses the cultures and literatures of the Americas from the colonial period through the early national period of the United States

• A collection of European folk tales

• A type of poetry from the 20th century

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What does folk literature include?

• Novels and short stories

• Scientific journals and articles

• Folk tales, myths, fables, and legends passed orally from generation to generation

• Modern plays and screenplays

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is a fable typically characterized by?

• Long narratives with complex plots

• Short stories with animals as characters, conveying a moral

• Historical accounts of real events

• Poems with no moral lesson

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What are archetypes?

• Unique characters with no common traits

• Characters, situations, or actions that represent universal examples of human nature

• Specific plot points in a story

• Random events in a narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the theme of a story?

• The sequence of events in a story

• The central idea, topic, or point of a story, essay, or narrative

• The setting and time period of a story

• The dialogue between characters

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the plot in a narrative or creative writing?

• The main character's dialogue

• The sequence of events that make up a story, whether it’s told, written, filmed, or sung

• The background music in a film

• The moral lesson of a story

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the purpose of a resolution in a story?

• To introduce new characters

• To resolve remaining issues and end the story

• To create suspense

• To describe the setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does a flashback do in a narrative?

• Moves the narrative forward in time

• Introduces a new character

• Moves the audience from the present to a scene in the past

• Describes the setting in detail

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a flash-forward in literature?

• A scene that moves back to the past

• A detailed description of a character

• A short scene that jumps ahead to the future of the narrative

• A summary of the plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main verb tenses?

• Past

• Present

• Future

• Conditional

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D