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Native America: "The World on the Turtle's Back" - Read
Important points about the native...,
Which is not true of the twin who...,
The ill young woman was pushed fr...
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Native America: "The World on the Turtle's Back" - Discuss
Points for discussion,
Symbols,
Themes
10
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Cabeza de Vaca: from "La Relacion" - Vocab
La relacion,
Cauterize,
Ingratiate
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Cabeza de Vaca: from "La Relacion" - Read
Tips on reading,
Sub heading,
Word choice tone
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Cabeza de Vaca: from "La Relacion" - Discuss
Question for discussion,
Points from the account to suppor...,
Which passage below shows the con...
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Olaudah Equiano: from "The Life of Olaudah Equiano" - Vocab
Countenance,
Consternation,
Pestilential
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Olaudah Equiano: from "The Life of Olaudah Equiano" - Read
Points for reading,
Where was equiano born,
What did equiano mean when he cal...
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Olaudah Equiano: from "The Life of Olaudah Equiano" - Discuss
Note,
If you were making a point that e...,
If you were making the point that...
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Historical Significance - The Puritans
The puritans,
Not everything the puritans contr...,
One influence the puritans had in...
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Anne Bradstreet: "To My Dear and Loving Husband" - Poetic Devices
Figurative language,
Which of the following is an exam...,
Anne bradstreet was different fro...
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Anne Bradstreet: "To My Dear and Loving Husband" - Read
Guidelines to reading text,
Bradstreet shows the magnitude of...,
Anne says she cannot repay her hu...
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Anne Bradstreet: "Upon the Burning of our House" - Read
Read,
Who is bradstreet addressing in l...,
Bradstreets use of eer in her poe...
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Anne Bradstreet: "Upon the Burning of our House" - Invert Syntax
Tips of reading the text,
Then straight i gin my heart to c...,
Inverted syntax is
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Jonathon Edwards: from "Sinners in the Hands of ..." - Vocab
Sermon,
Abhor,
Abominable
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Jonathon Edwards: from "Sinners in the Hands of ..." - Read
Background of the text,
Power of word choice,
Which paragraphs of the sermon of...
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Jonathon Edwards: from "Sinners in the Hands of ..." - Discuss
Two sides,
Questions for discussion,
If you were writing that jonathon...
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Unit 1 Review
The story implies that if little ...,
Not correct vocab,
The passage wehad great work to s...
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Unit 1 Exam
Little sprout modified the mosqui...,
When did the twins being arguing ...,
One evidence of how the twins kep...
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Combining Sentences - Introduction
Three good methods,
When working to make your writing...,
To make your sentences writing mo...
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Combining Sentences - Using Appositives
Appositive,
Appositive phrase,
Meteor showers are made of the ic...
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Combining Sentences - Coordinating Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions,
What is the correct way to combin...,
What is the correct way to combin...
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Combining Sentences - Subordinate Conjunctions
Subordinate conjunctions,
Answers
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Genres of Writing - Expository
Expository writing,
Which sentence below is not a goo...,
Which of the texts below would no...
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Genres of Writing - Narrative
Narrative,
Which sentence below would not be...,
Defining feature of narrative wri...
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Genres of Writing - Descriptive
Descriptive writing,
Best example of descriptive writing
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Genres of Writing - Persuasive
Persuasive writing,
Good example of persuasive writing
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Unit 2 Review
In making your writing more inter...,
Varying the length of your senten...,
Janice got the best part in the p...
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Unit 2 Exam
Reading your draft out loud to yo...,
You should combine sentences because,
Which sentences below punctuates ...
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Historical Significance - American Romanticism
American romanticism,
Driven by history,
In this unit of study romanticism...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "A Psalm of Life" - Read
Language awareness,
The fireside poets wrote in the c...,
Which lines from longfellows poem...
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James Russell Lowell: "The First Snowfall" - Read
Insights to the poem,
Which lines below from lowells po...,
Which lines below from lowells po...
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American Romanticism - Introduction to Aphorisms
Aphorism,
Which of the following is not an ...,
Which sentence best expresses the...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Writings" - Vocab
Conviction,
Absolve,
Suffrage
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: from "Self-Reliance" - Read
Analyze,
In section 1 of his writing on se...,
In section 8 of his writing on se...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: from "Nature" - Read
Background of the text,
Read the highlighted passage in s...,
In section 3 of his writing on na...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: from "Self-Reliance," "Nature" - Aphorisms
Tips for success,
Which sentence best states the me...,
Which sentence best states the me...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: from "Self-Reliance," "Nature" - Purpose, Ideals
Key ideas and evidence from self ...,
Keys ideas and evidence from nature,
Answers
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Unit 3 Review
Manifest destiny was an issue som...,
Which of the following is not an ...,
Which sentence best expresses the...
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Unit 3 Exam
Lowells use of the word husheth i...,
Which is not an aphorism,
Incorrect vocab
10
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Walden" - Vocab
Deliberately,
Perturbation,
Congenial
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Walden" - Read
Reading,
In the passage below from section...,
According to thoreau in section 1...
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Walden" - Aphorisms
Aphorisms,
Which of the following from thore...,
Which sentence best expresses the...
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Walden" - Discuss
Ideas of transcendentalists,
Which of the following passages f...,
Which quote from thoreaus walden ...
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Civil Disobedience" - Vocab
Transgress,
Impetuous,
Expedient
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Civil Disobedience" - Read
Reading,
In section 13 of civil disobedien...,
In the underlined passage in sect...
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Civil Disobedience" - Aphorisms
Notes,
What is the meaning of the aphori...,
Which of the following is not an ...
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Henry David Thoreau: from "Civil Disobedience" - Purpose, Ideals
Transcendentalist ideals,
One of thoreaus purposes in his w...,
In the underlined passage in sect...
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Walt Whitman - Free Verse Poetry
Free verse poetry,
When writing in free verse the po...,
Walt whitmans free verse poetry d...
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Walt Whitman: "I Hear America Singing" - Read
Note,
The following lines in whitmans p...,
The following lines in whitmans p...
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Walt Whitman: from "Song of Myself" - Read
Poetic devices,
In speaking about the grass in li...,
What free verse poetic device doe...
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Emily Dickinson: "Because I could not stop for Death" - Read
Reading with a purpose,
In lines 9 12 of her poem because...,
The following lines from dickinso...
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Emily Dickinson - Personification, Imagery: "Because I could not stop for Death" - Image
Personification,
Imagery,
Alliteration
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Unit 4 Review
In the underlined sentence from s...,
What is the meaning of the aphori...,
Which of the following is not an ...
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Unit 4 Exam
Which sentence best expresses tho...,
In the underlined passage from se...,
Which of the following passages f...
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American Romanticism - Gothic Literature
Gothic literature,
Which of the elements of gothic f...,
American gothic writers are somet...
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Washington Irving: "The Devil and Tom Walker" - Vocab
Melancholy,
Avarice,
Usurer
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Washington Irving: "The Devli and Tom Walker" - Read
Unusual,
In his story the devil and tom wa...,
In paragraph 57 of the devil and ...
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Washington Irving: "The Devil and Tom Walker" - Foreshadow
Foreshadowing,
In the devil and tom walker the t...,
The underlined portion of the pas...
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Washington Irving: "The Devil and Tom Walker" - Discuss
Note,
Which of the elements of gothic f...,
Which of the elements of gothic f...
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" - Vocab
Lattice,
Beguille,
Placid
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" - Read
Note,
In the raven the narrator suppose...,
The narrator in the raven calls t...
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" - Narrative Poem, Rhyme Scheme
Plot structure,
Which element of a narrative poem...,
In addition to the rhyme at the e...
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" - Sound Devices
Sound devices,
What sound device does poe employ...,
What sound device does poe employ...
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" - Discuss
Discussion,
What element of gothic literature...,
What element of gothic literature...
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Masque of the Red Death" - Vocab
Impede,
Cessation,
Disapprobation
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Masque of the Red Death" - Read
Note,
The masquerade ball in the masque...,
When prince prospero first confro...
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Masque of the Red Death" - Allegory, Symbolism
Analyzing symbols,
In paragraph 13 of the masque of ...,
One of the symbolisms poe uses in...
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Masque of the Red Death" - Discuss
Discussion,
What elements of gothic fiction d...,
What elements of gothic fiction d...
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Unit 5 Review
Which of the elements of gothic f...,
Which of the elements of gothic f...,
Incorrect vocab
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Unit 5 Exam
Incorrect vocab,
When the narrator in the raven fi...,
When the narrator in the raven fi...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" - Vocab
Deferential,
Stigma,
Transient
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" - Read
Literary devices,
When dr heideggers friends saw th...,
The description of a skeleton in ...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" - Allegory
Allegory,
One of the themes of hawthornes d...,
One of the themes of hawthornes d...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" - Discuss
Discuss,
If you were writing that the four...,
If you were writing that the four...
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Herman Melville: from "Moby Dick" - Vocab
Vengeance,
Blasphemous,
Transient
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Herman Melville: from "Moby Dick" - Read
Note,
The underlined portion of the fol...,
Ahabs order in moby dick to send ...
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Herman Melville: from "Moby Dick" - Discuss
Note,
In paragraph 50 from moby dick me...,
The following passage from paragr...
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Grammar Workshop - Misplaced Modifiers
Modifier,
In which sentence is the modifier...
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Grammar Workshop - Dangling Modifiers
Dangling modifiers,
Which sentence shows the modifier...
2
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Mid-Term Review
The grandmother who favored littl...,
An evidence form the story that t...,
Which passage below shows the con...
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Mid-Term Exam
What did the twins agree on,
The native americans wanted the e...,
If you were writing about how de ...
13
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Regional Literature - Realism
Realism,
The time period following the civ...,
There was a conflict that arose a...
8
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Mark Twain: from "Life on the Mississippi" - Vocab
Siege,
Faculties,
Prudence
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Mark Twain: from "Life on the Mississippi" - Read
Note,
According to his account in life ...,
According to twain in paragraph 3...
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Mark Twain: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog..." - Vocab
Garrulous,
Conjecture,
Dilapidated
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Mark Twain: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog..." - Read
Note,
In the following passage from par...,
According to simon wheeler in twa...
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Mark Twain: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog..." - Dialect
Note,
Pitting a dog with no hind legs t...,
In the celebrated jumping frog of...
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Willa Cather: "A Wagner Matinee" - Vocab
Legacy,
Reproach,
Doggedly
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Willa Cather: "A Wagner Matinee" - Read
Note,
According to the narrator in para...,
How does aunt georgiana feel abou...
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Willa Cather: "A Wagner Matinee" - Regionalism, Point of View
Note,
In the underlined passage from pa...,
In the underlined passage from pa...
11
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Stephen Crane: "The Open Boat" - Vocab
Coerce,
Ingeniously,
Obstreperous
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Stephen Crane: "The Open Boat" - Read
Note,
The point of view of stephen cran...,
According to the narrator in para...
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Stephen Crane: "The Open Boat" - Figures of Speech
Note,
In the following passage from par...,
In the following passage from par...
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Unit 7 Review
Incorrect vocab,
What did the captain tell mark tw...,
In paragraph 25 of life on the mi...
7
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Unit 7 Exam
Incorrect vocab,
According to simon wheelers accou...,
In the extended simile of the und...
6
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Jack London: "To Build a Fire" - Vocab
Intangible,
Immortality,
Compel
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Jack London: "To Build a Fire" - Read
Note,
What was the pang of regret that ...,
In paragraph 26 of jack londons t...
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Jack London: "To Build a Fire" - Naturalism, Setting
Note,
What is the difference between th...,
London gives a hint of the person...
8
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Edith Wharton: "April Showers" - Vocab
Prosperous,
Obscure,
Stupor
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Edith Wharton: "April Showers" - Read
Note,
What figure of speech does wharto...,
In paragraph 42 of april showers ...
6
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Edith Wharton: "April Showers" - Realism, Theme
Note,
The sentiment that women were not...,
The following passage from paragr...
6
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Kate Chopin: "The Story of an Hour" - Vocab
Elusive,
Tumultuously,
Exalted
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Kate Chopin: "The Story of an Hour" - Read
Note,
From paragraphs 15 18 of the stor...,
What is the meaning of the follow...
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Kate Chopin: "The Story of an Hour" - Conflict, Theme, Realism
Note,
The underlined passage from parag...,
Words like tumultuously striving ...
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Unit 8 Review
In paragraphs 39 43 of april show...,
In edith whartons april showers d...,
According to paragraph 3 of the s...
3
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Unit 8 Exam
Incorrect vocab,
The following passage from paragr...,
Paragraphs 31 and 43 of whartons ...
5
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The Modernist Movement - Background
Historic precedence,
Defining features of the modernis...,
Modernist writers often present a...
7
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Edgar Lee Masters: from "Spoon River Anthology" - Read
Background,
The tone in edgar lee masters spo...,
Edgar lee masters collection of e...
6
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Edgar Lee Masters - from "Spoon River Anthology" - Discuss
Note,
In her epitaph in the spoon river...,
Carefully read lines 21 25 about ...
6
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Carl Sandburg: "Chicago" - Read
Note,
The following line from sandburgs...,
Lines 1 3 of his poem chicago car...
6
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Carl Sandburg: "Chicago" - Discuss
Nhote,
In lines 25 29 of his poem chicag...,
Lines 30 31 of sandburgs poem chi...
6
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Robert Frost: "The Road Not Taken" - Read
Note,
How many lines are in each stanza...,
Robert frosts ability to write ab...
6
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Robert Frost: "The Road Not Taken" - Discuss
Note,
Robert frosts poem the road not t...,
In line 15 of the road not taken ...
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Robert Frost: "Death of the Hired Man" - Read
Note,
What type of conflict do lines 10...,
What type of conflict is seen in ...
6
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Robert Frost: "Death of the Hired Man" - Discuss
Dialogue,
One of the themes in frosts poem ...,
According to the dialogue in line...
6
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Ezra Pound: "The River Merchant's Wife A Letter" - Read
Imagist,
Ezra pounds poem the river mercha...,
What line from pounds the river m...
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Ezra Pound: "The River Merchant's Wife A Letter" - Discuss
Imagery,
In line 14 of pounds the river me...,
What image in pounds the river me...
6
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Unit 9 Review
One of the defining features of t...,
Lucindas comment about losing eig...,
According to her epitaph in the s...
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Unit 9 Exam
The modernist movement in america...,
According to lucinda matlock in h...,
Because of his help and care of t...
9
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William Carlos Williams: "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" - Read
Note,
In william carlos williams poem t...,
What is the point of view in will...
6
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William Carlos William: "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" - Discuss
Note,
In william carlos williams poem t...,
In william carlos williams poem t...
6
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E. E. Cummings: "In Just" - Read
Note,
In his poem in just ee cummings u...,
Line 4 of ee cummings poem in jus...
10
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E. E. Cummings: "In Just" - Discuss
Note,
In his poem in just ee cummings c...,
In his poem in just ee cummings a...
6
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Marianne Moore: "Poetry" - Read
Note,
One of the things marianne moore ...,
In lines 25 32 of her poem poetry...
6
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Marianne Moore: "Poetry" - Discuss
Note,
One of the passages in marianne m...,
Marianne moore in lines 39 43 of ...
6
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T.S. Elliot: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - Vocab
Deferential,
Digress,
Insidious
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T.S. Eliot: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - Read
Note,
Ts eliots poem the love song of j...,
Lines 32 33 hundreds of indecisio...
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T.S. Eliot: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - Discuss
Note,
The type of writing exhibited by ...,
In line 125 of ts eliots the love...
6
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Grammar Workshop-Commas in Nonessential Elements
Note,
Which sentence below has an essen...
2
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Unit 10 Review
William carlos williams the widow...,
In william carlos williams poem t...,
The approach ee cummings uses by ...
11
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Unit 10 Exam
In william carlos williams poem t...,
In william carlos williams poem t...,
In her poem poetry what message i...
5
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Annotated Bibliography - Definition
Note,
One good reason to write an annot...,
An annotated bibliography is a li...
6
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Annotated Bibliography - Elements
Note,
The following sentence would be f...,
Once you have decided what points...
6
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Choosing a Topic - Thesis Statement
Thesis statement,
Which is not important in choosin...,
In choosing a topic for a researc...
6
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Gathering Sources - Internet
Note,
It is important to gather sources...,
There are many places to go find ...
6
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Gathering Sources - Research Databases
Note,
Because databases are compiled by...,
Which of these is not a character...
6
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Format - MLA Style
Note,
The first line of an mla format b...,
The best place to find the latest...
6
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Final Review
Who helped the young woman who fe...,
One evidence of how the twins kep...,
Incorrect vocab
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Final Test
The scout thought the island belo...,
If you were writing about how de ...,
One of the contributions the puri...
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