Honors American Literature midterm exam study

Mrs Soto - American Lit. SCA midterms

Who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize

N. Scott Momaday

Who was the Poet Laureate for the US Library of Congress?

Joy Harjo

Who is the author of “A Prayer for Words”?

N. Scott Momaday

Who is the author of “An American Sunrise”?

Joy Harjo

What are the three main categories of verbs?

Action, linking, and helping.

What is the difference between a linking and a helping verb?

Linking verbs link words, and describe a state of being.
Helping verbs “help” an action verb and are usually in a verb phrase, they can also change tense.

What is historical context? Why is it important to the study of Native American poetry?

When a reader takes into consideration the time period a work of literature refers to or was composed in. Because of their experience where theyh could live on their land but were oppressed.

Fraction

A part of a whole.

Corpse

A dead body

Grateful

Appreciative.

Sibling

Each of two or more children having at least one parent in common.

What are the themes from NLFD?

1. Education - Pathway to freedom

2. Slavery - Primary source narrative on violence and brutality in the U.S ~ Freedom

3. Religion - Sinful to treat another human like an animal or object ~ Hypocrisy

4. Dehumanization - Treating persons as animals or property.

Who does Theseus love?

Hippolyta

Who does Helena love?

Demetrius

Who does Hermia love?

Lysander

Who, at first, do both Lysander and Demetrius love?

Hermia

Who was given the love potion (in chronological order)?

Titania, Lysander, Demetrius.

Who got married at the end?

Theseus & Hippolyta, Demetrius & Helena, Lysander & Hermia.

What does the dark romanticism time period/genre emphasize?

Death

Who or what is the rosebush a symbol of?

Hester

Puritans believe that ____________ is law.

identical to

In Chapter 2, “The Market-Place”, we learn Hester’s punishment is what?

To wear the Scarlet Letter

Governor Bellingham is what?

Older and experienced

The Rev. Wilson is what?

A famous scholar

The Rev. Dimmesdale is what?

A youthful clergyman

The townswomen describe Hester Prynne as what?

A sinner

The author describes Hester Prynne as what?

An angel

The appearance of the scarlet letter is what?

Fancy with gold thread

The author describes the scarlet letter as having the effect of what?

A spell

In the beginning of Chapter 3 who stares at Hester from the crowd?

A stranger (later known as her husband)

At the end of Chapter 3 the scarlet letter seems what?

To glow

The actual prison in Chapter 1 is what?

It’s part of the theme of sin.