Literature MCQ
The canterbury tales can be described as _____. select all that apply.
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An epic poem
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Judge danforth becomes more suspicious of john proctor when _____.
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John Proctor continually defends his wife
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The canterbury tales were mostly written in ________ form.
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In the poem "exile" by julia alvarez, the author and the speaker of the poem both fled __________.
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The Dominican Republic
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In the final scene of fat pig, helen __________________.
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Offers to get weight reduction surgery
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In fat pig, carter describes his mother as ___________.
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A sumo wrestler
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In dr. mitchells lecture, he calls __________ tragedy the most extreme form of tragedy?
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In an irish airman foresees his death the speaker is motivated to join the war effort by ________
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A personal desire for adventure
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In addressing the west wind, shelley used the literary technique of _____.
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Apostrophe
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In his poems, wordsworths principle object was to _____. select all that apply.
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Show depth in common and rustic life celebrate everyday life
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In the exposition of the poem "exile" by julia alvarez, the foreshadowing hints that __________.
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The family is not really going to the beach
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In the exposition of "exile" by julia alvarez, we discover that the __________.
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Speaker's family is fleeing the country
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In hard times, charles dickens uses names for all of the following reasons except _____.
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To enhance the setting
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In nectar in a sieve, rukmani's family belongs to the _____ caste.
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The efforts of the womens christian temperance union eventually led to _____.
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Prohibition
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Pilgrim's progress is about a man _____.
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Whose land is enclosed who fights for william iii who receives salvation for his soul who drowns in the river of death.
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The best prose style for a realistic novel is _____.
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Clear and direct
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Wiesel feels that _____ is a worse emotion than hate or anger.
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Indifference
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A poem or song that tells the story of a hero's adventure is called a(n) ____?
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Tone in literary nonfiction refers to __________.
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The attitude that the author or narrator has toward the subject
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_____ characterized the work of the pre-raphaelite brotherhood.
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Religious motifs
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Based on the context of the poem, the family in the display window at macy's symbolizes __________.
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The ideal American family
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The structure of the poem tattoo by gregg shapiro can be described best as __________.
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Free verse
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Tattoo by gregg shapiro is a __________ take on __________.
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Nonfictional . . . the effects of the Holocaust on children of survivors
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Hamlets interaction with _____ provides some comic relief in act v, scene ii.
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Hamlet acts similarly to claudius in the way he treats _____.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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The narrator of the frame story in "the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county" is _____.
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Mark Twain
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Chopin uses irony to show _____.
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The tragedy of racism
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The underlying meaning, or universal truth, found in a story is the storys __________.
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The _______ definition of gloomy is dismal or depressing.
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Connotative
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The purpose of a dewey decimal brainstorm is to _____.
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Narrow a topic generate topics by creating a library classification system generate topics using possible
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A kenning for the word sun might be _____
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God's beacon
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The narrator opens the prologue with a tribute to _____.
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The religious devotion of the pilgrims
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Research suggests that subjective well-being is fostered by keeping a(n) ________ journal.
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Gratitude
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Elizabeth barrett browning is best known for her _____.
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The hunter snuck up on the ____
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World literature texts reveal information about the particular ______________ from which they come.
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World literature texts come from a variety of ___________.
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All of the above
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The subtext of their eyes were watching god is revealed through the use of _____.
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Symbolism
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The originator of transformational grammar was _____.
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Hayakawa korzybski richards chomsky sapir
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In a shakespearean sonnet, the first quatrain is usually composed of _____.
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Four lines with ABAB rhyme
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According to aristotle, thought is the __________.
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Use of dialogue to reveal theme
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According to aristotle, the events of a tragedy are connected through __________.
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Cause-and-effect relationships
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According to aristotle, the arrangement of the incidents refers to __________.
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Ta-nehisi coates is known for ______.
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All of the above
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Literary works like equianos autobiography were helpful in promoting _____.
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The settling of the American frontier the Abolitionist movement
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Greek tragedy grew out of festivals honoring __________.
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Coherence in a nonfiction writing means that it _____
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Follows a logical pattern
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Chinua achebe is considered by some to be __________.
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The father of African literature
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Freud proposed that the __________ acts as a moral code or conscience.
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An in-text citation is ________________________________________.
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A reference made within the body of text of an academic essay
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The ________ is the entire interwoven mass of one multicellular fungal organism.
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This version of grendel is more ________ than the version in john gardners novel.
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A(n) __________ learner would benefit most from using all their senses in learning.
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Kinesthetic
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The three characteristics of a sonnet are: _____.
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All of these
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The narrator of the frame story in the canterbury tales is __________________.
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Written communication involves the exchange of information between a sender and a ______.
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When writing an effective essay, using credible information ________________ for the report.
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Provides support
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When writing a compare/contrast essay, the first step is to ______________.
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Discover similarities and differences
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When revising for writers word choice, you should concentrate on _____.
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Understanding the culture from which a story comes _______________.
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Helps us understand the importance behind the literature
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The reading audience for the american crisis was mainly _____.
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Colonists
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The purpose of williamss a key into the language of america was _____.
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To provide information about Native American beliefs to provide a
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The purpose of the reporters formula is to _____.
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Gather details
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The last video on greek tragedy makes an argument against aristotles idea of ___.
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Catharsis
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Shelley wanted the wind to _____. select all that apply.
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Scatter his words
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According to aristotle, the goal of the tragic playwright is to __________.
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Evoke pity and fear in the audience
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The narrator joins the group of pilgrims as a result of _____.
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Some consider chinua achebe the __________ of african literature.
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The section of the sonnet that sets the theme is called the _____.
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The witches dance wildly around their caldron in a ____ frenzy.
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Clamorous
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Oedipus speaks of _____ as seer and student of mysteries.
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Teiresias.
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The narrators __________ voice is mainly due to the use of __________.
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Exaggerative hyperbole
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The victorian era
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Prosperity and poverty
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A narrator that uses ______________________ point of view could be nicknamed a "know-it-all."
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Omniscient
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A literary work
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Generalization
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The poet who wrote "birches" was _____.
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Robert Frost
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In the weighted point evaluation method, the product that is usually selected is the one with ____.
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The highest overall score
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The greek term anagnorisis refers to the __________.
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Recognition
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Creons tragic flaw is __________.
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Pontificating is ________.
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Speaking in a pompous way
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According to poe, there is a radical error in the __________.
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Consideration of an effect
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A metagoal refers to _____.
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The overall amount of energy devoted to any given purchase
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When revising the overall structure of your essay, you should _____.
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Analyze the balance of information
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?tone? refers to the __________.
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The writer's attitude toward the writing and audience
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The stage of plot that comes directly after exposition is called _____
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Exposition
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All of these types of figurative language appear in the excerpt above except __________.
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All of the following information should be researched before a job interview except _____.
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The office dimensions
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Elements of tone include _____.
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When editing your essay for verb tense, it is important to _____.
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Make time shifts only after your topic has been fully explained
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The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.
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Egyptians
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The structure of "ballad of birmingham" by dudley randall is described best as __________.
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An elegiac broadside
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The quality of making writing short and unified is called _____.
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Conciseness
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The greek term "peripeteia" refers to the __________.
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Scene of suffering
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One reason for making a new outline of your work while revising is to _____.
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Prepare your work for your writing portfolio.
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In autobiographical writing, the purpose of the exposition is to _____.
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Exposition
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During the revising stage in the writing process, the author _____.
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Prewriting
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During the drafting stage of the writing process, you _____.
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Do more investigation of your topic
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Archetypes are useful in literature because __________.
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Archetypes portray characters in conflicts and events ...
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In a topical paragraph, each sentence should support the _____.
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Revolves around a main idea that is expressed in its topic
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Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which __________.
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One noun is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
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It is better to read ______.
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In a quiet location
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Argumentative or persuasive types of writing are also called _____.
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Propaganda
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"o death, where is thy sting?" is an example of _____.
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Apostrophe
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The antagonist usually brings __________ to the __________.
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Conflict . . . protagonist
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Literature in play form is also known as __________.
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In ""The Pardoner's Tale,"" Death is portrayed as ____________.
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Both the price of wickedness and an actual person
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Trade occurs, generally speaking, because it is a _______ sum game.
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Sending an e-mail to a client to ask for certain data is an example of a _____.
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Two minute action task.
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School warning markings are __________ or yellow pavement markings that read school zone.
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Two or more paragraphs that explain and develop a complex, key idea are called _____.
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Paragraph blocks
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______________ is the basic material out of which most plots are made.
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Alternative weekly papers are having ______ circulation.
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Declining
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A _____ sentence helps to give additional evidence for a claim or a main idea.
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Supporting Sentence
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The narrator of a poem is known as the __________.
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Speaker voice
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______________ themes are applicable to any group or culture at any time in history.
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Universal
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In "bernice bobs her hair," bernice is the _______ in the story.
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Protagonist
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