AnswersCR_English II B_1104_SAISD 25-26The Impact of Diction and Syntax on Mood

The Impact of Diction and Syntax on Mood — Unit test Answers

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Which excerpt is historical evidence that supports Achebe’s claim about why Heart of Darkness is popular despite its racist elements?

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“Travelers with closed minds can tell us little except about themselves. But even those not blinkered, like Conrad, with xenophobia, can be astonishingly blind.”
B
“A few weeks later I received two very touching letters from high school children in Yonkers, New York, who —bless their teacher—had just read Things Fall Apart.”
C
“For did not that erudite British historian and Regius Professor at Oxford, Hugh Trevor Roper, also pronounce that African history did not exist?”
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“We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet. We could have fancied ourselves the first of men taking possession of an accursed inheritance.”
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In an argument, what is the difference between reasons and evidence?

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Reasons support the claim, while evidence gives information proving the reasons to be true.
B
Reasons are arguments against counterclaims, while evidence is an opinion.
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Reasons are an author’s thesis, while evidence is an outline for the claim.
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Reasons are a counterclaim, while evidence is the author’s perspective.
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Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own.For surely it is time that the effect of discouragement upon the mind of the artist should be measured, as I have seen a dairy company measure the effect of ordinary milk and Grade A milk upon the body of the rat. They set two rats in cages side by side, and of the two one was furtive, timid and small, and the other was glossy, bold and big. Now what food do we feed women as artists upon? I asked, remembering, I suppose, that dinner of prunes and custard.

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that women artists are treated like caged rats
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that women artists become fearful in captivity
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that women artists are often held back by their own creative instincts
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that women artists do not receive the encouragement they need to succeed
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Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own.Her mind must have been strained and her vitality lowered by the need of opposing this, of disproving that. For here again we come within range of that very interesting and obscure masculine complex which has had so much influence upon the woman's movement; that deep-seated desire, not so much that SHE shall be inferior as that HE shall be superior, which plants him wherever one looks, not only in front of the arts, but barring the way to politics too, even when the risk to himself seems infinitesimal and the suppliant humble and devoted.

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The author’s use of overstatement exaggerates a well-known fact to emphasize men’s perceived superiority.
B
The author’s use of irony emphasizes that men’s desire to be superior is not an obscure or particularly interesting fact.
C
The author’s use of metaphor makes a creative and colorful comparison to emphasize the idea that men want to be superior.
D
The author’s use of allusion emphasizes that men’s desire to be superior is similar to women’s desire to be part of the women’s movement.
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Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Obasan by Joy Kogawa."Maybe,” I said feebly, "he’s trying to be conciliatory and see the point of view of the other side. Or maybe he believes the welfare of the whole is more important than the welfare of the part and the fears of the collective can only be calmed by the sacrifice of a minority. Isn’t that the way it’s always been?” "Some people,” Aunt Emily answered sharply, "are so busy seeing all sides of every issue that they neutralize concern and prevent necessary action. There’s no strength in seeing all sides unless you can act where real measurable injustice exists. A lot of academic talk just immobilizes the oppressed and maintains oppressors in their positions of power.”

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strained
B
hopeless
C
uncertain
D
nostalgic
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Read the passage from "Two Kinds.”In spite of these warning signs, I wasn't worried. Our family had no piano and we couldn't afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. So I could be generous in my comments when my mother bad-mouthed the little girl on TV."Play note right, but doesn't sound good! No singing sound," complained my mother."What are you picking on her for?" I said carelessly. "She's pretty good. Maybe she's not the best, but she's trying hard." I knew almost

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an internal conflict within the mother, who wishes she could buy more things for her family
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an internal conflict within the narrator, who wants to perform better than the little girl on the talent show
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an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether the girl on television is playing well
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an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to play piano, and her mother, who cannot afford to buy one
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Read the paragraph from Talia’s short story.He began to advance toward me, like a soldier in the heat of battle. I stood at the podium, my papers in one hand, and watched as he stepped to the microphone. He slipped his glasses on and gave me a pointed stare. I had no idea what he was about to say.

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“like a soldier in the heat of battle”
B
“stood at the podium”
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“as he stepped to the microphone”
D
“slipped his glasses on”
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Read the passage from "Two Kinds.”She walked over and stood in front of the TV. I saw her chest was heaving up and down in an angry way."No!” I said, and I now felt stronger, as if my true self had finally emerged. So this was what had been inside me all along."No! I won’t!” I screamed.She yanked me by the arm, pulled me off the floor, snapped off the TV. She was frighteningly strong, half pulling, half carrying me toward the piano as I kicked the throw rugs under my feet. She lifted me up and o

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She is extrinsically motivated by fear of having wasted money on a piano that no one plays.
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She is extrinsically motivated by her anger over her daughter’s television-viewing practices.
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She is intrinsically motivated by her love of piano music to get her daughter to practice playing.
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She is intrinsically motivated by her belief that children should obey their parents.
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Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Obasan by Joy Kogawa.There have been a few others. So counting that last fast visit, there have been nine trips in all. And in between visits, there’s the army, the navy, the air force of letters—all the Aunt Emily correspondence jamming up our small metal box in the Granton PO.

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It creates an overwhelmed mood, describing the correspondence as large in scale, and suggests that it is invading Nomi’s life.
B
It creates an overwhelmed mood, using military terminology to show Aunt Emily as more accomplished in her career than Nomi is.
C
It creates an uneasy mood, showing that the author is disapproving of how mail is being delivered.
D
It creates an uneasy mood, suggesting that the author wants these letters to create a conflict.
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Read the excerpt from a creative nonfiction assignment.The dog trotted behind me as I hiked through the woods. A dog is a loyal companion, I thought to myself, even when the person it's loyal to is a total stranger. Up ahead, I saw my old friend, Lake Tasika. I looked at the dog. He looked at me, tail waving. I looked at the lake. It looked back at me. "Jump in,” it said in cool laps against the bank, though I’d never jumped in before. "Why not?” I said aloud to the dog. The dog barked his affirmation, though I was no expert on the meaning behind dog barks. I dropped my pack and ran.

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It creates an eager mood by repeating actions taken and observed by the narrator.
B
It creates an annoyed mood by showing how the narrator views the dog as a nuisance.
C
It creates a serene mood by emphasizing the solace and joy the lake provides to the narrator.
D
It creates a lonely mood by imitating an echo sometimes found near a remote mountain lake.
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Read the excerpt from "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.”When a writer while pretending to record scenes, incidents, and their impact is in reality engaged in inducing hypnotic stupor in his readers through a bombardment of emotive words and other forms of trickery, much more has to be at stake than stylistic felicity. Generally normal readers are well armed to detect and resist such underhand activity. But Conrad chose his subject well—one which was guaranteed not to put him in conflict with the psychological predisposition of his readers or raise the need for him to contend with their resistance. He chose the role of purveyor of comforting myths.Read the passage from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.Now and then a boat from the shore gave one a momentary contact with reality. It was paddled by black fellows. You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening. They shouted, sang; their bodies streamed with perspiration; they had faces like grotesque masks—these chaps; but they had bone, muscle, a wild vitality, an intense energy of movement that was as natural and true as the surf along their coast. They wanted no excuse for being there. They were a great comfort to look at.

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Achebe argues that Conrad’s audience may share his bias and accept his stereotypes.
B
Achebe argues that Conrad’s characters are unconventional and that his audience will approve of them.
C
Achebe argues that Conrad’s choice of words will provide a valid counterargument to criticism.
D
Achebe argues that Conrad’s citation of evidence showing that Africans are artistic will please readers.
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen.Helmer: To desert your home, your husband and your children! And you don't consider what people will say!Nora: I cannot consider that at all. I only know that it is necessary for me.Helmer: It's shocking. This is how you would neglect your most sacred duties. Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf.That refuge she would have sought certainly. It was the relic of the sense of chastity that dictated anonymity to women even so late as the nineteenth century. Currer Bell, George Eliot, George Sand, all the victims of inner strife as their writings prove, sought ineffectively to veil themselves by using the name of a man. Thus they did homage to the convention, which if not implanted by the other sex was liberally encouraged by them (the chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of man), that publicity in women is detestable.

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Woolf uses emotionally charged language to emphasize her viewpoint, while Ibsen uses language that is factual and direct.
B
Ibsen uses dialogue to build conflict between characters, while Woolf alludes to historical figures to make her point.
C
Both passages follow a cause-effect structure to show that a lack of privacy is the result of society’s pressure on women to conform.
D
Both passages follow a problem-solution structure in which the problem is revealed in a central conflict or theme.
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Which phrases or sentences best build the ideas about why women often choose to remain unknown? Select two options.

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“Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them.”
B
“They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are.”
C
“They . . . will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it.”
D
“. . . as Alf, Bert or Chas. must do in obedience to their instinct.”
E
“Here the psychologists of Newnham and Girton might come to our help.”
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Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have a set rhyme pattern is known as

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a haiku.
B
a villanelle.
C
free verse.
D
an Elizabethan sonnet.

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