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King was the leader of this group.
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What is the What is the SCLC?SCLC?
The C in Project-The C in Project-C stood for this.C stood for this.
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What is What is confrontation?confrontation?
The planning The planning committee planned to committee planned to act during this busy act during this busy shopping season.shopping season.
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What is Easter?What is Easter?
This famous civil This famous civil rights activist and rights activist and
Presidential cabinet Presidential cabinet member called member called
Project C “ill-timed.”Project C “ill-timed.”
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Who is Who is Robert F. Robert F. Kennedy?Kennedy?
King was arrested on King was arrested on this Catholic holy day.this Catholic holy day.
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What is Good What is Good Friday?Friday?
1 - 100In one of his essays, In one of his essays, Emerson cites famous Emerson cites famous thinkers like Jesus and thinkers like Jesus and Martin Luther, thereby Martin Luther, thereby employing this Greek employing this Greek
rhetorical device.rhetorical device.
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What is ethos?What is ethos?
When Whitman repeats When Whitman repeats the phrase “When I” to the phrase “When I” to
begin successive begin successive clauses, he is employing clauses, he is employing
this literary device.this literary device.
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What is anaphora?What is anaphora?
When Thoreau describes When Thoreau describes the standing army as a the standing army as a “standing arm” of the “standing arm” of the
government, he is government, he is employing this literary employing this literary
device.device.
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What is What is metaphor?metaphor?
Transcendentalism was Transcendentalism was popular during this popular during this
century.century.
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What is the 19What is the 19thth century (or the century (or the
1800s)?1800s)?
Transcendentalism is an Transcendentalism is an American outgrowth of American outgrowth of
this European movement this European movement that you learned about that you learned about
last year.last year.
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What is What is Romanticism?Romanticism?
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Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau built his famous cabin built his famous cabin in this Massachusetts in this Massachusetts
town.town.
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What is Concord?What is Concord?
Walt Whitman’s life Walt Whitman’s life was spent composing was spent composing one series of poems, one series of poems,
with this title.with this title.
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What is What is Leaves of Leaves of
GrassGrass??
Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson celebrated the common celebrated the common man with essays like this man with essays like this
one, one of his most one, one of his most famous works.famous works.
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What is “Self-What is “Self-Reliance”?Reliance”?
This Whitman poem This Whitman poem describes an epiphany a describes an epiphany a
young man has after young man has after hearing a college hearing a college
lecture.lecture.
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What is “When I What is “When I Heard the Heard the Learn’d Learn’d
Astronomer?Astronomer?
Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau refused a diploma refused a diploma
from this university.from this university.
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What is What is Harvard?Harvard?
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When King asks, “Why When King asks, “Why direct action? Why sit-direct action? Why sit-ins?” he is employing ins?” he is employing this rhetorical device this rhetorical device (besides anaphora).(besides anaphora).
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What is rhetorical What is rhetorical question?question?
When King utilizes logic to When King utilizes logic to explain that it was “illegal” explain that it was “illegal” to aid and comfort Jews in to aid and comfort Jews in
Hitler’s Germany, he is Hitler’s Germany, he is employing this rhetorical employing this rhetorical
device. device.
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What is logos?What is logos?
When King talks about When King talks about the sadness he felt when the sadness he felt when
he couldn’t take his he couldn’t take his daughter to Funtown, he daughter to Funtown, he
is employing this is employing this rhetorical device.rhetorical device.
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What is pathos?What is pathos?
When King references When King references Lincoln’s Gettysburg Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by using the Address by using the
phrase “Five score,” he phrase “Five score,” he is employing this is employing this rhetorical device.rhetorical device.
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What is allusion?What is allusion?
When King mentions “a When King mentions “a promissory note,” “a bad promissory note,” “a bad check,” and “the bank of check,” and “the bank of
justice,” he is justice,” he is establishing this, a establishing this, a recurrent metaphor.recurrent metaphor.
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What is a motif?What is a motif?
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My mom once told me I My mom once told me I had a “unique” face – a had a “unique” face – a nice way of saying I was nice way of saying I was
ugly.ugly.
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What is a What is a euphemism?euphemism?
Jade complained that Jade complained that driver’s ed was this, driver’s ed was this, as it only sought to as it only sought to teach her lessons.teach her lessons.
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What is didactic?What is didactic?
Now that you are Now that you are teenagers, you have teenagers, you have
this type of this type of independence, more independence, more
so than when you were so than when you were younger.younger.
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What is What is autonomy?autonomy?
This word for “clear, This word for “clear, easily understood” easily understood”
actually comes from the actually comes from the Spanish word for Spanish word for
“lights.”“lights.”
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What is lucid?What is lucid?
When Cassie When Cassie brought me the brought me the apple, I accused apple, I accused
her of being this – a her of being this – a suck-up – but I ate suck-up – but I ate the apple anyways.the apple anyways.
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What is a What is a sycophant?sycophant?
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Pam Cruise and Jim Pam Cruise and Jim Braswell, (A)Braswell, (A)neitherneither of of (B)(B)whomwhom takes the bus to takes the bus to work, (C)work, (C)isis secretly plotting secretly plotting (D)(D)to take overto take over the world. the world. (E)(E)No errorNo error..
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C. isC. is
Everyone (A)Everyone (A)on the softballon the softball team (B)team (B)who came upwho came up to bat to bat squinted (C)squinted (C)at the pitcherat the pitcher in in order to keep the sun’s order to keep the sun’s glaring rays out of (D)glaring rays out of (D)their their eyeseyes. (E). (E)No errorNo error..
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D. theirD. their
The director (A)The director (A)toldtold the star of the star of the production that (B)the production that (B)hehe was was making far too much money making far too much money (C)(C)to tolerateto tolerate such nasty such nasty (D)(D)treatment fromtreatment from the the producer. (E)producer. (E)No errorNo error..
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B. heB. he
The author is reliably ______________; The author is reliably ______________; every book he writes is more every book he writes is more _______________ than the one before._______________ than the one before.
A. dull…inspiredA. dull…inspiredB. exceptional…hackneyedB. exceptional…hackneyedC. artistic…informedC. artistic…informedD. imaginative…creativeD. imaginative…creativeE. original…lacklusterE. original…lackluster
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D. imaginative…D. imaginative…creativecreative
The scientific community was ____________ The scientific community was ____________ when a living specimen of the coelacanth, when a living specimen of the coelacanth, which ichthyologists had feared was which ichthyologists had feared was ____________, was discovered by deep-sea ____________, was discovered by deep-sea fishermen.fishermen.
a. perplexed…commona. perplexed…commonb. overjoyed…dangerousb. overjoyed…dangerousc. unconcerned…exterminatedc. unconcerned…exterminatedd. astounded…extinctd. astounded…extincte. dismayed…alivee. dismayed…alive
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d. astounded…extinctd. astounded…extinct
When Thoreau said “That When Thoreau said “That government is best which government is best which governs least,” he called governs least,” he called government at best this, government at best this,
suggesting is was merely a suggesting is was merely a means to an end.means to an end.
What is an What is an expedient?expedient?