British Lit/Comp A MIDTERM

Nature can appear to be deceptively changeless, but it is not standing still. Erosion and weathering cause many alterations in the natural world, and can wear away even the largest boulder. Some changes take place over the course of years, even centuries, while others can take place instantaneously. The process of weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion can transport weathered rock from place to place. These two processes often affect rocks so gradually that the changes are imperceptible for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Waves that beat against a boulder on a beach carry small fragments of rock and shell, and the wind that whips across a rock’s surface can carry particulate matter, either of which can erode the boulder. Corrosive chemicals in rainwater can also eat away at a rock, gradually diminishing the size of the boulder over time. Nature can often seem impatient, however, and sometimes rapid and dramatic changes will take place. For example, most boulders have microscopic fissures that trap water, and if the temperature drops to freezing, this water will turn to ice. Water expands when it freezes, causing these fissures to expand. Over time, the recurring process of freezing and thawing weakens the rock. The rock will eventually fracture, shattering into two or more pieces. Thus, the enormous boulder becomes two large rocks, each of which appears deceptively indestructible.

What role can ice play in causing sudden changes in nature?

This term is considered to be a great exaggeration.

ELABLRL2
The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of General, American or British literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding

Which of the following is not a theme of Anglo Saxon literature:

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Sheila is going _____ the store ____ buy ______ pencils, and I am going _____.

Identify the literary device:

The Canterbury Tales is a ________ because Chaucer paints a picture using a "story within a story" format to illustrate what it was like to live in fourteenth century London.

Identify the literary device:

The Pilgrim's Progress is the most famous __________ ever written in the English language. It tells the story of how Christian (a good guy) is going to get to the Celestial City or, as it is more commonly called, Heaven.

Nature can appear to be deceptively changeless, but it is not standing still. Erosion and weathering cause many alterations in the natural world, and can wear away even the largest boulder. Some changes take place over the course of years, even centuries, while others can take place instantaneously. The process of weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion can transport weathered rock from place to place. These two processes often affect rocks so gradually that the changes are imperceptible for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Waves that beat against a boulder on a beach carry small fragments of rock and shell, and the wind that whips across a rock’s surface can carry particulate matter, either of which can erode the boulder. Corrosive chemicals in rainwater can also eat away at a rock, gradually diminishing the size of the boulder over time. Nature can often seem impatient, however, and sometimes rapid and dramatic changes will take place. For example, most boulders have microscopic fissures that trap water, and if the temperature drops to freezing, this water will turn to ice. Water expands when it freezes, causing these fissures to expand. Over time, the recurring process of freezing and thawing weakens the rock. The rock will eventually fracture, shattering into two or more pieces. Thus, the enormous boulder becomes two large rocks, each of which appears deceptively indestructible.

Which of the following is a good example of nature’s deceptive changelessness?

Which of the following sentences is correct?

Identify the literary device:

According to William Wordsworth, the daffodils danced in the wind and almost seemed human.

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Identify the complete sentence in the following:

Which of the following sentences is correct?

ELAALRC2
The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas.

From Science:
The sun also plays a role in the tides, In fact, since the sun’s gravitational force on the Earth is almost 200 times the moon’s, one would expect that the sun would have a much larger effect. Actually, the sun’s effect is less than half that of the moon’s. This is because the side of the Earth closest to the sun is only an extremely tiny bit closer to the sun than the far side is, compared with the total distance to the sun. We can compare the two effects to rolling down two hills. The hill representing the moon is low but steep, while the hill representing the sun’s effect is very high but gradual. The sun’s gravitational force is large, but very nearly constant over the thickness of the Earth. The moon’s gravitational force is smaller but varies more, which tends to ‘stretch out” the earth, causing larger tides. It is the variation in the strength of the gravitational force with distance that causes tides.

The author develops his point through:

ELAALRC2
The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas.

Fighting between factions in Darfur, Sudan, has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than two million refugees, most of whom are living in refugee camps. What's amazing is how far the dollar will go there. Sixty dollars can send a girl to school for a year. An event to raise money to benefit these refugees will be held February 22. The cost is $250 per plate.

How many girls can go to school for one year if you buy a ticket to the benefit?

Identify the literary device:

She looks like a pushover, but she is really as hard as nails.

ELAALRC2
The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas.

Emma Faust Tillman of Hartford, Connecticut, born to slaves and believed to be the world's oldest woman, died Tuesday, just four days after earning the title. She died in a nursing home, although she had lived independently until the age of 110. Her reign was the shortest on record. She captured the title after a 115 year old Puerto Rican woman, the Guinness Book of World Records holder, died. Emma was deeply religious, never smoked, never drank alcohol, didn't need glasses, and only reluctantly agreed to wear a hearing aid. Of her 22 siblings, three lived to be over one hundred years old also.

The term "reluctantly" means

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Which of the following is correct?

Identify the literary device:

Mrs. Epps constantly makes ________ to films and to songs that students might be familiar with to make a connection. Thanks for the extra references!

ELAALRC2
The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas.

Emma Faust Tillman of Hartford, Connecticut, born to slaves and believed to be the world's oldest woman, died Tuesday, just four days after earning the title. She died in a nursing home, although she had lived independently until the age of 110. Her reign was the shortest on record. She captured the title after a 115 year old Puerto Rican woman, the Guinness Book of World Records holder, died. Emma was deeply religious, never smoked, never drank alcohol, didn't need glasses, and only reluctantly agreed to wear a hearing aid. Of her 22 siblings, three lived to be over one hundred years old also.

Here, "independently" means:

Identify the literary device:

After the riveting ______, he finally knew what happened , so he closed the book, even though there was one more page.

ELABLRL5 Which of the following strategies help the reader to understand “the meaning of a new word”?

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Which of the following is not correct?

Nature can appear to be deceptively changeless, but it is not standing still. Erosion and weathering cause many alterations in the natural world, and can wear away even the largest boulder. Some changes take place over the course of years, even centuries, while others can take place instantaneously. The process of weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion can transport weathered rock from place to place. These two processes often affect rocks so gradually that the changes are imperceptible for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Waves that beat against a boulder on a beach carry small fragments of rock and shell, and the wind that whips across a rock’s surface can carry particulate matter, either of which can erode the boulder. Corrosive chemicals in rainwater can also eat away at a rock, gradually diminishing the size of the boulder over time. Nature can often seem impatient, however, and sometimes rapid and dramatic changes will take place. For example, most boulders have microscopic fissures that trap water, and if the temperature drops to freezing, this water will turn to ice. Water expands when it freezes, causing these fissures to expand. Over time, the recurring process of freezing and thawing weakens the rock. The rock will eventually fracture, shattering into two or more pieces. Thus, the enormous boulder becomes two large rocks, each of which appears deceptively indestructible.

What can happen when water is trapped in cracks in boulders?

Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

His head was bald and shone like looking-glass;
So did his face, as if it had been greased.
He was a fat and personable priest;
His prominent eyeballs never seemed to settle.
They glittered like the flames beneath a kettle;
Supple his boots, his horse in fine condition.
He was a prelate fit for exhibition,
He was not pale like a tormented soul.

In this description from the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, what type of characterization is used?

Nature can appear to be deceptively changeless, but it is not standing still. Erosion and weathering cause many alterations in the natural world, and can wear away even the largest boulder. Some changes take place over the course of years, even centuries, while others can take place instantaneously. The process of weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion can transport weathered rock from place to place. These two processes often affect rocks so gradually that the changes are imperceptible for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Waves that beat against a boulder on a beach carry small fragments of rock and shell, and the wind that whips across a rock’s surface can carry particulate matter, either of which can erode the boulder. Corrosive chemicals in rainwater can also eat away at a rock, gradually diminishing the size of the boulder over time. Nature can often seem impatient, however, and sometimes rapid and dramatic changes will take place. For example, most boulders have microscopic fissures that trap water, and if the temperature drops to freezing, this water will turn to ice. Water expands when it freezes, causing these fissures to expand. Over time, the recurring process of freezing and thawing weakens the rock. The rock will eventually fracture, shattering into two or more pieces. Thus, the enormous boulder becomes two large rocks, each of which appears deceptively indestructible.

Which of the following is one possible explanation for how a large boulder might be worn away over time?

Identify the literary device:

buzz, pop, moo, cock-a-doodle-do

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Which of the following is a sentence?

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Which words should be used? _____taking ______dogs over _____.
a.
b.
c.

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Identify the sentence fragment below.

ELAALRC2
The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas.

Emma Faust Tillman of Hartford, Connecticut, born to slaves and believed to be the world's oldest woman, died Tuesday, just four days after earning the title. She died in a nursing home, although she had lived independently until the age of 110. Her reign was the shortest on record. She captured the title after a 115 year old Puerto Rican woman, the Guinness Book of World Records holder, died. Emma was deeply religious, never smoked, never drank alcohol, didn't need glasses, and only reluctantly agreed to wear a hearing aid. Of her 22 siblings, three lived to be over one hundred years old also.

We could infer from the passage

ELAALRC2
The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in all subject areas.

A report from Paris recently stated that "It is extremely unlikely that the global climate change of the past fifty years can be explained without external forcing, and, very likely, it is not due to known natural causes alone. It further said that global warming is "a runaway train" that cannot be stopped for centuries."

Here, it is suggested that

Nature can appear to be deceptively changeless, but it is not standing still. Erosion and weathering cause many alterations in the natural world, and can wear away even the largest boulder. Some changes take place over the course of years, even centuries, while others can take place instantaneously. The process of weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion can transport weathered rock from place to place. These two processes often affect rocks so gradually that the changes are imperceptible for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Waves that beat against a boulder on a beach carry small fragments of rock and shell, and the wind that whips across a rock’s surface can carry particulate matter, either of which can erode the boulder. Corrosive chemicals in rainwater can also eat away at a rock, gradually diminishing the size of the boulder over time. Nature can often seem impatient, however, and sometimes rapid and dramatic changes will take place. For example, most boulders have microscopic fissures that trap water, and if the temperature drops to freezing, this water will turn to ice. Water expands when it freezes, causing these fissures to expand. Over time, the recurring process of freezing and thawing weakens the rock. The rock will eventually fracture, shattering into two or more pieces. Thus, the enormous boulder becomes two large rocks, each of which appears deceptively indestructible.

How is nature deceptive in its appearance?

ELABLRL2
The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of General, American or British literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding

Beowulf, “the Seafarer,” and The Outsiders are all _______ in tone, meaning sad, gloomy, and even at times deathlike.

Identify the literary device:

Saturday, June 10th, Chicago, was the ________ for the poem about the unwed mother and her crippled child.

Identify the literary device:

The Sixth Sense has a very _____ending because no one thinks that it will turn out that way. "The Gift of the Magi" by the master of the twist ending, O Henry, also is very _____.

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Which is correctly punctuated?

Identify the literary device:

They beat back the bigots with their brains.

Nature can appear to be deceptively changeless, but it is not standing still. Erosion and weathering cause many alterations in the natural world, and can wear away even the largest boulder. Some changes take place over the course of years, even centuries, while others can take place instantaneously. The process of weathering breaks down rocks, and erosion can transport weathered rock from place to place. These two processes often affect rocks so gradually that the changes are imperceptible for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Waves that beat against a boulder on a beach carry small fragments of rock and shell, and the wind that whips across a rock’s surface can carry particulate matter, either of which can erode the boulder. Corrosive chemicals in rainwater can also eat away at a rock, gradually diminishing the size of the boulder over time. Nature can often seem impatient, however, and sometimes rapid and dramatic changes will take place. For example, most boulders have microscopic fissures that trap water, and if the temperature drops to freezing, this water will turn to ice. Water expands when it freezes, causing these fissures to expand. Over time, the recurring process of freezing and thawing weakens the rock. The rock will eventually fracture, shattering into two or more pieces. Thus, the enormous boulder becomes two large rocks, each of which appears deceptively indestructible.

What are the main causes of change in nature?

ELA12C1
The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats.

Which of the following is correct?

ELABLRL1
The student demonstrates comprehension by identifying evidence (e.g., diction, imagery, point of view, figurative language, symbolism, plot events, main ideas, and characteristics) in a variety of texts representative of different genres (e.g., poetry, prose [short story, novel, essay, editorial, biography], and drama) and using this evidence as the basis for interpretation.

“…Mighty mother, the she-wolf, had killed him…” Select the term that applies to the word "she-wolf".

ELABLRL2
The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of General, American or British literature and provides evidence from the work to support understanding

Which of the following is not an Anglo Saxon characteristic: