Romanticism and Literary Nationalism
ENGLISH 11 Honors
Unit 4 Homework Packet
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POINT
RANGE
PERFORMANCE DECSCRIPTION
SCORE
Student’s responses to questions are clear, effective, and
demonstrate a thorough critical understanding of the text in
developing insightful answers. Answers are coherently organized,
with ideas supported by apt reasons and well-chosen examples.
Student’s work is original, thoughtful, and complete. The work is
generally free from errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics;
writing style is effective and fluent, marked by syntactic variety
and a clear command of language.
Student’s responses to questions are clear and demonstrate a
critical understanding of the text in developing insightful
answers. Answers are well organized, with ideas supported by
apt reasons and well-chosen examples. Student’s work is
thoughtful and complete. The work may have a few errors in
grammar, usage, and mechanics; writing style is effective,
marked by some variety and facility in the use of language.
Student’s responses generally address the topic, but may slight
some aspects of the task; responses demonstrate a generally
accurate understanding of the text in developing plausible
answers. Answers are adequately organized, with ideas generally
supported by reasons and examples. Student’s work is thoughtful
and complete. The work may have a few errors in grammar,
usage, and mechanics; writing style is effective, marked by some
variety and facility in the use of language.
Responses are comprised largely of superficial analysis, tending
to discuss the obvious, showing a lack of imagination or insight.
Answers generally lack coherence and often fail to use sufficient
or accurate evidence or reasoning to prove an argument. The
work in general is lackluster, sloppy, carelessly composed, and
obviously was denied the serious and scholarly attention it was
expected to receive.
**Any homework packet that is incomplete cannot receive a score higher than 15 points.
**Handwriting that is illegible due to careless transcription will be regarded as
incomplete. If your penmanship cannot be read, it cannot be graded.
“The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving (pp. 156-162)
Vocabulary
1. celibacy:
2. ostentation:
3. parsimony:
4. prevalent:
5. usurer:
6. Describe Tom Walker and his wife. Use vocabulary words from units 1-4 in your response.
Underline those words in your answer.
7. Who is the Black Man that Tom Walker meets? What clues indicate his identity? (cite the text)
8. What must Tom do to receive the pirate treasure? What occupation does he refuse to undertake?
What “devil’s work” does he agree to?
9. How did Tom’s life change after he “set up shop”? In what ways was he the “same old Tom”?
10. In your opinion, what is the moral of this story?
“The Deerslayer” by James Fennimore Cooper (pp. 164-168)
Vocabulary
11. ascertain:
12. panoply:
13. plausible:
14. pretension:
15. puerile:
16. What positive character traits are displayed by the Deerslayer? Cite the text to support your
assertions.
17. How are the Hurons characterized? Cite the text to support your assertions.
18. How does the Deerslayer escape from his almost certain doom? What aspects of the escape make
it a good representation of Romantic writing?
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe (pp. 199-203)
Vocabulary
19. accost:
20. catacombs:
21. promiscuous:
22. retribution:
23. virtuoso:
24. Why are the characters dressed in costumes? What mood does that create?
25. Under what pretense does Montresor lure Fortunato down into the catacombs? Cite lines that
describe the catacombs.
26. What two conditions does Montresor specify must be fulfilled if a revenge is to be “satisfactory”?
27. What is the Montresor family motto? Specify the Latin and English translation. Why is it relevant
to the story?
28. After the deed has been completed, Montresor says, “My heart grew sick – on account of the
dampness of the catacombs.” Why is this ironic?
29. How do we know that the murderer of Fortunato was never caught? Cite the line.
“Hop-Frog” by Edgar Allan Poe (pp. 206-211)
Vocabulary
30. accomplice:
31. corpulent:
32. detrimental:
33. prodigious:
34. vagabond:
35. What physical characteristics make Hop-Frog a notable character?
36. Describe Hop-Frog’s attitude toward the King and his men. Cite the story to support your
assertion.
37. What events led up to Hop-Frog’s desire to get revenge on the King and his men? What “straw
broke the camel’s back”?
38. How does Hop-Frog trap the king and his men with their ignorance?
39. What qualities make Hop-Frog a hero? Exemplify with specific references to the story.
“Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe (p. 212)
40. What is the relationship between the narrator and Annabel Lee? How does he describe her? Cite
the text to support.
41. Discuss the conflict in the poem. Cite the text to support.
42. How does the final image of the poem compliment the tone of the poem?
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe (Reading Packet)
43. decorum:
44. entreat:
45. lore:
46. mien:
47. obeisance:
48. surcease:
49. wrought:
Poetic Devices: Use your Glossary of Literary Terms packet to reference the definitions to the poetic
devices used below to answer questions 50-62.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
In the first line, find the two words that are an example of internal rhyme:
50.
51.
In the second line, find three words that are an example of alliteration:
52.
53.
54.
“And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain…” In this line find two words that are an
example of assonance and record them:
55.
56.
58. In what ways does the author create mood in the opening stanza?
57. What is the setting of “The Raven”? Include the month and weather.
59. Is there any indication that the narrator may have dreamt the entire episode? Explain.
60. What is the narrator hoping the raven will tell him?
61. Throughout the poem, many words are repeated (e.g., chamber, sorrow, Nevermore, Lenore).
Why does Poe do this? What type of effect does it have on the reader?
62. How does the raven always answer the narrator’s questions? Why would the narrator continue
asking the questions he does if he knows this will be the raven’s answer?