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American Literature Semester I Exam Review
Name: Hunter Sneed
Myth
"The Earth on Turtle's Back" -
Class Period__3___________
Phenomenon Explained
How the earth was created
How trees were scattered
Why there are marks on the back on a
turtle
- How Indians where made
"When Grizzlies Walked Upright"
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"Why the Owl Never Sleeps atNight"
"Coyote and Buffalo"
"The Upper World"
God, Owl, Devil (Old Nick)
God found something with all animals
God ask owl to watch out for Satan at night
because he was messing with the animals.
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Pig tails curly
Snakes no legs
Roster/hen no feathers
Ducks lost front legs
Deer’s short tails
Owls nocturnal eyes
Owls Twisting Heads
Why there are no buffalo by the
Colombia River.
Respect the dead
Don’t be greedy
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Death is permanent
Heaven
Heaven is only for the dead
Coyote, Spider, Human, Many Animals
Magical Coyote creates a test to determine
which animal is greatest. Animals attempt to
climb to sky world. Coyote succeeds. Meets
his ancestors who are spiders. Spiders send
coyote back to each on silk thread.
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"The Tale of Great Rabbit" -
“Great Medicine Makes a
Beautiful County”
How earth was created
Family is important
Key characters/events
Muskrat
Turtle
Sky Gods wife
Sky good falls from the skyland, animals save
her. Dirt brought up from bottom of ocean by
muskrat. Dirt on turtles back. Trees placed by
wife
Sky Spirit, daughter, bears, Indians
Sky Spirit came down and made the earth.
Sent daughter to tell wind spirit blow lighter.
She got blown off the cliff. She was then
brought into a family of bears and live with
them. She had a children with a bear thus
making the Indian. Sky Spirit came and took
her back.
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Coyote, Buffalo, Bull
Coyote and old bull fight. Coyote gives old
bull new horns. Buffalo forgives. Old bull
give coyote female buffalo to eat portion of.
Cow will not eat. Coyote was gready and
killed the cow for its liver. Coyote tries to get
another cow from old bull. Bull refuses.
Coyote returns his territory empty handed.
How wildcats “lost” their tail
Wildcat, Great Rabbit
Why they are called a bobcat
Wildcat tricked by rabbit several times as
Be careful of promises and vows made rabbit changes form. Swears by his tail that he
will kill the rabbit.
Live on hard conditions
Creation of Native Americans
Shows how tribes and culture are
different.
Red, Hairy, white People. Great Medicine.
Hairy people moved south. Red People
moved south but moved to another after
flood. Returned to south after flood. Another
flood returned North. Could control animals
and thrive on bad conditions.
Complete the following statements pertaining to the various works we have considered in class. These
statements should be finished with a series of phrases or sentences.
Early Puritan Writing "Of Plymouth Plantation"
Was written by...
William Bradford
Chronicled the events of the Pilgrims as they...
Made their trip and landed in America
Initial relations with the Native Americans were...
Good, the Native American helped and supplied them with supplies when in need
Life for the Pilgrims in the beginning was difficult because...
They did not have the experience of living off the land. There was also a question of leadership.
Life becomes increasingly better after the Pilgrims are introduced to
Different diseases as well as the winter approaching
The Pilgrims and the Native Americans together created a written...
Peace agreement to establish rules between each other.
"The General History of Virginia"
John Smith writes his account in Third person but clearly portrays himself as...
The main character and the hero
Smith's opinion of the colony's leadership...
He believed he was in charge but was questioned form time to time
Many wanted to desert the colony because...
How poorly the colony was doing. Many wanted to go home and also many were frustrated with the
leadership aspect of the colony.
Two of Smith's men die after...
Were told to wait in the Canoe by Smith and did not listen
Smith manages to escape the Native Americans by...
Using the tour guide as a shield
After Smith is captured, the Native Americans plan to...
Club him to death
Smith's life is spared by...
The chief’s daughter
Smith and the Native Americans agree to...
Work with each other on things and trade supplies
"The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano" Equiano is initially captured by...
African American Slaves who were working for other Slave collectors.
Some of the horrors Equiano experienced were...
Being chained together, Depressing Moods, smelly under decks, diseases
Equiano was beaten because...
He was not eating to try and kill himself
Some of his fellow captives try to escape by...
Jumping off the side or purposely getting beaten to death.
Equiano is allowed to remain on deck because...
The under deck is disgusting and is filled with diseases
Equiano displays his lack of knowledge and superstition when he
????
For Equiano, the cruelest act of the slave traders was...
The slave trade today...
The slaves were afraid to leave the ship....
Because they did not want to be separated from their loved ones
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Edwards delivered his message with the hopes of
Scaring all the people in the audience
He reminded people that salvation was not dependent on...
Being perfect to god and that only those who directly disobeyed him would be punished
Edwards frightened his congregation by...
The constant threat of them going to hell
He compared God's wrath to...
A spider being held over a fire
Sinners are kept out of Hell only by...
The hands of god?
According to Edwards, salvation could only be obtained by
At the end of the sermon, the tone changes...
Not sure
Define the following terms:
Theocracy: a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's
or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
Predestination: the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass.
Era of Independence
From "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
What is the curlew?
What is the speaker's message about death?
From "A Psalm of Life" The living should...
After our death, we can...
From "Thanatopsis"
The poem means...
After we die, we.....
The speaker's view of death is....
"Declaration of Independence"
The basic rights of men are.
Men have the right to abolish governments only when...
Men should not overthrow a government for...
The middle portion of the declaration states a list of...
Jefferson's complaints were primarily against...
Jefferson ends the declaration by...
Persuasive Techniques
Parallel Structure is…
An example is...
Rhetorical Questions are designed to...
Not be answered but to be thought about.
An example is...
(How many times must I tell you to clean your room?)
Restatement is...
Same Idea, different words
An example is...
Repetition is...
Same idea, same words
An example is...
Charged language is used to...
Catch the reader’s attention and to get a point across.
The teacher requested that the students lower their voices. Revise using more charged words.
The teacher demanded that the students diminish their voices.
Emotional appeals work as a persuasive technique because they...
Present ideas and images to illicit strong feelings (charged words)
An example is...
Intellectual Appeals use...
An example is...
"The Speech in the VA Convention"
Emotional Appeals
Logical Appeals
Charged Words
1.
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Romanticism
"Masque of the Red Death"
The symptoms of the Red Death are...
Sharp Pain, sudden dizziness, and profuse bleeding
The Prince plans to escape death by...
Enclosing himself within a castle
The abbey is unusual because...
It all of its rooms were aligned in such a way that you could not see all of them at one time?
The only light comes from...
A heavy tripod, with a blazing fire
The clock causes..
The people to notice a new visitor at midnight
The rooms are arranged...
In a zig zag with all different colors and meaning
The room in the west...
Was a dark scarlet black
The courtiers notice at midnight...
The ringing of the clock
He enrages the prince by...
Entering his private place of safety
The prince alone chases the mummer because...
He wants to see what is going on with the visitor
He plans to...
Confront the visitor
However, the prince...
Is killed by the visitor
The courtiers discover...
The visitor has the red death
The tale ends with...
Everyone dying from the read death
The point of Poe's story is...
Life can come and go before you know it.
This story relates to Poe's life since...
He had lost many relatives and loved ones to tuberculosis
"Minister's Black Veil"
Initially the parishioners guess Hooper is wearing the veil because...
They thought he was hiding something behind it
During the first sermon the church members...
Starting talking and getting worried about the vial. The rumors started to spread
Several rumors begin to circulate. They are...
Stating that the veil is giving Mr. Hooper a ghostly figure
The only thing that changes for Hooper is...
The fact that he is wearing a black Veil
Elizabeth refuses to marry Hooper because...
He refuses to take off the vail and will not tell her the exact reason why he is wearing it.
Hooper tells Elizabeth he wears the veil as...
Long as he is still alive
Hooper accuses the people around his deathbed of...
Keeping secrets and wearing black veils themselves, hiding many things to themselves
Even though Hooper is dead,..
They do not remove his veil. He is buried with it.
The veil represented...
The secrets kept and that everyone is hiding something.
This relates to Hawthorne's life because...
He joined a transcendentalist society. He distanced himself from the real society and did his own thing
Poe Video
Poe lives with the Allens because...
He was an orphan child after his father left.
His foster mother was kind, but Mr. Allen was...
Not. He never support Poe and only gave him $100 to go to college with.
Most of the women in his life...
Did not stick around because he could not support them. Despite Poe’s excellent writing he was always in
poverty and could never support himself.
Poe left college because...
He could not afford it. His father stopped paying for it.
Poe marries...
His 13 year old cousin named Virginia Clemm
Poe was obsessed with...
Death. All Poe’s live he had grown up with loved ones dying all around him.
He even proposed to a woman in a
Not sure
He is said to be the father of the...
Modern Mystery
Poe's death remains a mystery. Some speculate that he died...
With alcohol poisoning after intoxicating himself at the bar one night.
Transcendentalism stresses...
"Nature"
Emerson's views of nature were...
"Self-Reliance"
Some of the aphorisms found in this piece are...
The Crucible
Persons Accused
Martha Corey
Tituba
Francis Nurse
Elizabeth Proctor
Rebecca Nurse
Accusers/ Motivators
Strange Books/ Giles Corey
Abigail
Thomas Putnam
Abigail
Mrs. Putnam
Define static and dynamic when related to characterization. Select two dynamic characters and trace their
development.
The Catcher in the Rye
Character
1. Phoebe
Description
Holden’s sister. Loved by Holden
2. Jane
Holden’s Best Girlfriend
3. Allie
Holden’s Brother
4 Mr. Antolini
Holden’s Favorite Teacher. Creep
5. Holden’s Mother
Mother of Holden
6. Holden’s Father
Father of Holden
Impact on the Main Character
She was everything to Holden. He
always looked out for her and
wanted the best for her.
She was the only girl Holden
really felt close to.
Was one of the reasons Holden is
depressed. No one in the family
can get over the death of him
Always “looking out” for Holden.
Holden really looked up and
respected him before his incident
with him
Someone Holden would like to
impress but never quite could. He
would think about her before
doing something he shouldn’t
have.
Lacked the personality of a father.
Holden never seems to care much
about him. The absence of him
throughout his sons live
contributes to why Holden is so
crazy and out of control.
Explain the significance of:
Ducks: Holden is always asking about where the ducks go. I feel as if he can relate to them because they
both aren’t entirely sure where they are going.
Green dress: Holden would not do anything with a prostitute because he felt bad about the dress she was
wearing. He thought she looked innocent and that he was ruining her by using her.
Red hat:
Mitt: Holden’s Bother Allie wrote poems all it when he played baseball so when he got bored he always had
something to read. Holden would reference back to it from time to time in the book.
Checkers in the back row: Whenever Holden would play Jane in checkers she used to always keep her checkers in
the back row. She did it because she liked the way they looked in the back row.
Carrousel: Phoebe used to love the carrousel. When Holden was younger him, DB, and Allie used to go and
take Phoebe to it. They used be barely be able to get her off the thing.
Catcher in the Rye: It tells about how Holden is trying to look out for people. He is trying to protect their
innocence and save them from growing up so fast like he has.
Research Writing
Below reproduce a sample note and source card written in correct MLA format.
Write three rules for writing correct internal citations according to MLA.