- The plot in a story often moves through five stages, they are ______.
- In "Ships in the Desert", in order to search for the underlying causes of the environmental crisis, the author has been to ____________.
- Which of the following techniques Momaday uses when he describes his grandmother, Aho?
- In "The Trial that Rocked the World",when Dudley Field Malone called my conviction "a victorious defeat", what does he mean by "victorious"?
- Which of the following description is right about the dynamic and static characters?
- Twelve state legislatures sent 55 delegates to meet at a convention in during the sultry summer of 1787.
- The accused was to have been the leader of a plot to overthrow the government.
- "This is no class war, but a war in which the whole British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations is engaged". Which is a nation of Commonwealth?
- "Wind and rain now whipped the house." What is the rhetorical device used in the expression "whip"?
- "Just as men ear tusks from elephants' hads in such quantity as to threaten the beast with extinction, we are ripping matter from its place in the earth in such volume as to upset the balance between daylight and darkness." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "extinction"?
- Narration is the process of recounting a ______ of events, real or imagined. It's also called storytelling.
- “I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer.” What is the rhetorical device used in the expression “championship”?
- "Here was a scene so dreadfully hideous, so intolerabley bleak and forlorn that it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre and depressing joke." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "hideous"?
- Point out the rhetorical device in the underlined part of the sentence "No one, least o f all I, anticipated that my case would snowball into one of the most famous trial in US history".
- According to the sentence "...one could set a trap anywhere and catch a dozen abler men in a night". What was Mark Twain's impression about the king of Turkey?
- The use of pronouns such as we, us, our, I, me, my, belongs to the features.
- I was offered my teaching job back but I . Later I became a geologist for an oil company.
- "It is impossible to put down the wallpaper that defaces the average American home of the lower middle class to mere inadvertence or to the obscene humor of the manufacturers." Which of the following expressions can fully express the meaning of "deface"?
- "Richelieu Apartments were smashed apart as if by a gigantic fist, and 26 people perished." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "perish"?
- "Gray clouds scudded in from the Gulf on the rising wind." Which of the following expressions can fully express the meaning of "scud"?
- Which of the following is NOT alliterative?
- Anti-Climax is frequently used for and composition in literature and movies.
- The subplot is known as ______.
- Which of the following choices are right about "Blackmail"?
- In "The Libido for the Ugly", Mencken’s real intention behind the description is to attack the American race who hates ______ as it hates _____.
- "I see advancing upon all this in hideous onslaught the Nazi war machine, with its clanking , heel-clicking, dandified Prussian officers." What rehtorical devices does this sentence use?
- Which of the following descriptions are correct about the literary term "style" ?
- Rhetorical features include .
- To avoid the risk of tyranny in general, the founders divided the new government into three parts. They are________ .
- What make it beneficial to Hitler’s rise in popularity as the German chancellor in 1933?
- Which nation(s) is a power of The Allies? From Churchill's Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
- What figure of speech is used in "difference between what people claim to be and what they really are"?
- " The sun stretched its golden arms, climbed above the mountains, and smiled down on us." What is the rhetorical device used in the above sentence?
- Which of the following details in the exposition in "Blackmail" show the conflict between the Duchess and Ogilvie?
- "Nuclear weapons have completely transformed our cumulative ability to exploit the earth for sustenance—making the consequences, of unrestrained exploitation every bit as unthinkable as the consequences of unrestrained nuclear war." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "sustenance"?
- She's known as a/an looking woman.
- Which of the following characteristics is not included to distinguish features from news?
- Her eyes were riveted on his face, her handsome, high-cheekboned features set in their most imperious mold.Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "imperious"?
- V. Sackwille-West is a prolific writer. Which is her last novel in the following works?
- "Hiroshima-the 'Liveliest' City in Japan" is a feature story that differs from a short story primarily in that the is not fictional.
- "He used to read me." Which rhetorical device is used in the above sentence?
- N. Scott Momaday is a recipient of the first Pulitzer Prize for Fiction awarded to a _________ writer.
- How many times does Momaday write about the last days of the Sun Dance culture by using his grandmother as a witness?
- In "Mark Twain—Mirror of America", what was missing in American ambition according to Mark Twain?
- What rhetorical device is used in the sentence "Dee washed as in a river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know"?
- "In Hiroshima- the 'Liveliest' City in Japan", which city is best remembered as the first city targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy"?
- "The increased levels of chlorine disrupt the global process by which the earth regulates the amount of ultraviolet radiation from the sun that is allowed through the atmosphere to the surface." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "disrupt"?
- "Here was a scene so dreadfully hideous, so intolerabley bleak and forlorn that it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre and depressing joke." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "forlorn"?
- The racial stalemate begins from paragraph ______.
- Casually he debunked revered artists and art treasures, and took unholy verbal shots at the Holy Land.
- In "Ships in the Desert", which of the following images are direct evidence of global warming?
- Which of the following is NOT right about The Winds of War?
- What is the result of the negotiation in "Blackmail"?
- "All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree." What is the rhetorical device used in the expression "branches of the same tree"?
- The words spat forth with sudden savagery, all pretense of blandness gone.Which of the following word can fully express the meaning of "blandness"?
- Which is NOT Maggie's personality in the story Everyday Use?
- " I feel sure it is a decision in which the great Dominions will in due concur." What does "concur" mean?
- Protagonist is also called _______ in a story.
- In English literature,_________ and__________ are the two best-known novelists of the “stream of consciousness” school.
- The thought presentation includes:
- The narrator in Everyday Use, mama, acts as the black working woman, and she is ______.
- What historical events of America were associated with Mark Twain's life experiences?
- Obama in his address talked about several________related to laws.
- One kind of description is much like a photograph--the camera captures only what is there. This is called a(n) __________ description?
- What are the conflicts between the Croydons and Ogilvie?
- What was Mortenson accused of by readers?
- "The Libido for the Ugly" written by Mencken is a piece of ________ description.
- Mark Twain's works include ______.
- The old stuff in Eveyday Use includes _____.
- Which of the following are right about the term "crisis"?
- The four main types of writing which are commonly recognized are ____________.
- Examples of feature stories include
- What are the writing techniques employed in the story "The Trial that Rocked the World"?
- What does the Old World consist of?
- Which of the following expressions are right about the rhetorical device "simile"?
- Which are the reasons for Twain's failure as a prospector according to "Mark Twain—Mirror of America"?
- Generally, a writer develops a character in one or more of the following ways: ______.
- Anti-climax is a rhetorical device that can be defined as a/an situation, or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a trivial one.
- A plot is also a narrative of events, the emphasis falling on _______.
- "Churchill looked up at him with majestic good humor." What is the rhetorical device used in the expression "majestic good humor"?
- The US separates the powers of the government among the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches.
- The Duke of Croydon — three centuries and a half of inbred arrogance behind her — did not yield easily. Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "inbred"?
- ______ is the most exciting and important part in the story.
- "Hiroshima-the 'Liveliest' City in Japan" is a piece of story.
- Antagonist is also called _______ who may be a character or force that opposes the protagonist.
- What is the rhetorical device used in the sentence "Bryan, ageing and paunchy, was assited in the prosecution by his son"?
- The theme of “Face to Face with Hurricane Camille” is that____.
- Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand and cruelly, instructed the moon-faced male secretary-who was terrified of dogs-to exercise the Bedlington terriers. What is the rhetorical device used in the expression "moon-faced"?
- Darrow his spectacles as he pursued the questioning.
- What caused the final eruption of the long time clash between fundamentalism and modernism?
- Mark Twain is a typical representative of ______.
- We are resolved to destroy Hitler and every vestige of the Nazi regime. "Vestige" means__.
- "The Libido for the Ugly" is typical of ________ writing.
- Who failed in the election of Prime Minister after his great success in the War?
- Choose from the following that is NOT an example of oxymoron.
- "Argentia Bay" is a historical writing because ______.
- Who wishes to destroy the Russian power because he hopes that if he succeeds in this he will be able to bring back the main strength of his Army and Air Force from the East and hurl it upon Britain? (From Churchill's Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R)
- "The other ships of the fleet were also at rest in the sand, scattered in the dunes that stretched all the way to the horizon." Which rhetorical device is used in the expression "scattered in the dunes that stretched "?
- "It is incredible that mere ignorance should have achieved such masterpieces of horror." What is the rhetorical device used in the expression “masterpieces”?
- "One wall began crumbling on the marooned group." Which of the following expressions can fully express the meaning of "maroon"?
- The jury will consider whether or not Mr. Wilson has been serious professional misconduct.
- In literature, casts away all the traditional elements and takes irrational philosophy and the theory of psycho-analysis as its theoretical base, represented by Lawrence and James Joyce.
- The towns in _______ are rich and ugly, according to the writer, Mencken.
- "In Hiroshima- the 'Liveliest' City in Japan", from a military perspective, which city is very important since it was home to the 2nd Army Headquarters?
- Accoring to "Ships in the Desert", noctilucent cloud is caused by _______.
- "The past, with its crimes, its follies, and its tragedies, flashes away." This sentence uses__(rhetorical device).
- Edmund has changed from being _________ to sentimental and sensitive, from materialism to pantheism.
- Which of the following sentences from "Blackmail" show that the conflcits are resolved?
- Which of the ships is selected as the flagship for American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Atlantic Conference?
- On the river and especially with Huck Finn, Twain found the ultimate expression of escape from the pace he lived by and often deplored, from life’s regularities and the energy-sapping clamor for success.
- "From East Liberty to Greensburg, a distance of twenty-five miles, there was not one in sight from the train that did not insult and lacerate the eye." Which of the following expressions can fully express the meaning of "lacerate"?
- “Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination.” What is the rhetorical device used in the above sentence?
- is a rhetorical device that can be defined as a disappointing situation, or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a trivial one.
- Who became the first sitting United States president to visit Hiroshima since the atomic bombing？
- ______was the main channel of transportation in Mark Twain's childhood.
- I found another Twain as well — one who grew cynical, bitter, saddened by the profound personal tragedies life dealt him, a man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race, who saw clearly ahead a black wall of night.
- The Black Power Movement gained momentum in the United States in ______.
- The antagonist in the story is _____.
- He seemed to the fact that he had hurt her.
- In the following types of thought presentation,the presence of the narrator is most strongly noticed in ____
- "This 'noctilucent cloud' occasionally appears when the earth is first cloaked in the evening darkness; shimmering above us with a translucent whiteness, these clouds seem quite unnatural." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "shimmer"?
- “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union.” This sentence comes from the
- “After painfully designing and erecting it, they made it perfect in their own sight by putting a completely impossible penthouse.” What is the rhetorical device used in the above sentence?
- In the 1850s, before the climax of Westward Expansion, the vast basin drained three-quarters of the settled United States.
- The climax of the short story Everyday Use is ______.
- Which of the following is NOT right about the flat or round characters?
- Please decide which of the following basic beliefs held by a fundamentalist is NOT correct.
- The Nazi regime is __of all theme and principle except appetite and racial domination.
- Earlier she had dispatched her maid on an invented errand. Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "invented"?
- What does "sharing three cups of tea" symbolize?
- From the other side of the car comes a short, stocky man. The underlined word "stocky" can be replaced by ______.
- Which method doesn't the author use to add details in the body of this profile article?
- "Radio and television warnings had sounded throughout that Sunday, as Camille lashed northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico." Which of the following words can fully express the meaning of "lash"?
- "The house detective's piggy eyes surveyed her sardonically from his gross jowled face." What is the rhetorical device used in the expression "piggy"?
- "From all that this man said, they had until Friday or Saturday at best." In this sentence of free indirect thought, which of the following shows it shares some features with direct thought?
- In the story Everyday Use, Dee wants these old quilts because ______.
- There are three features of political speech EXCEPT
- Which word belongs to hard word in the following sentence in Churchill's " Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R."? " He began to prepare the speech at 11a. m., and except for luncheon".
- What rhetorical devices does Churchill use in the following sentence in his " Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R."? "We shall fight him by land, we shall fight him by sea, we shall fight him in the air."
- Of Churchill's books,which one won Nobel Prize for Literature?
- What mode does Churchill employ in the following sentence in his " Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R."? "He wishes to destroy the Russian power because he hopes that if he succeeds in this he will be able to bring back the main strength of his Army and Air Force from the East and hurl it upon this Island, which he knows he must conquer or suffer the penalty of his crimes."
- What rhetorical devices does Churchill use in the following sentence in his " Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R."? "I see also the dull, drilled, docile, brutish masses of the Hun soldiery plodding on like a swarm of crawling locusts."
- What kinds of writing styles Al Gore has used in "Ships in the Desert"?
- Global warming became the dominant popular term in __________.
- According to the lecturer, what makes the arguments more persuasive may include___________.
- According to the author, _______ is the worst among the following problems.
- Which of the following description about Al Gore are correct?
- The color of the houses in Westmoreland county is basically _______.
- Jonathan Swift's Gulliver’s Travels is a typical example of _________ satire.
- H. L. Mencken is known for _________.
- Mark Twain's use of vernacular is demonstrated by the features of ______.
- From the author’s words, he seems to have stepped on the soil of Hiroshima with .
- , and represent the stylistic features of a News Feature. These features can be demonstrated in the structural analysis of “Hiroshima---the ‘Liveliest’ City in Japan”.
- Which city is chosen as a desirable place for holding international conferences on peace?
- The feature story depends on and .
- Which of the following belongs to alliteration?
- Alice Walker was born into a _____.
- Which of the following is NOT true about the mother in Everyday Use?
- In Everyday Use, Dee changed her attitude towards old stuff because she was influnced by _____.
- Which of the following is the subplot in the story Everyday Use?
- What kind of place was Dayton, Tennessee?
- What do verbs like"drawl", "walk slowly", and "twirl" show about the characteristics of Clarence Darrow?
- What rhetorical device is used in the underlined part of the sentence "Until we are marching backwards to the glorious age of sixteenth century"?
- How is the tone the writer used to describe the action and appearance of William Jennings Bryan?
- The climax in "Blackmail" comes when _____.
- What is the method of characterization in the sentence "the Duchess looked pointedly at the half-burned cigar in the fat man’s mouth"?
- A novel is a fictional narrative prose with ____ words
- Which of the following is NOT right about the novel Hotel?
- "A moment later, the hurricane, in one mighty swipe, lifted the entire roof off the house and skimmed it 40 feet through the air." What kind of rhetorical device is used in the above sentence?
- The essentials of narration include the following elements, such as _______.
- How many people are there in the house to fight against the hurricane?
答案:rising action###exposition###resolution###falling action###crisis
答案:the South pole###the North pole###the equator
答案:close-up###montage
答案:People became unhostile to science.###The trial drew the world's attention.
答案:The static characters does not change themselves.###The dynamic characters change themselves in different surroundings.
答案:Philadelphia
答案:alleged
答案:New Zealand
答案:metaphor
答案:dying out
答案:sequence
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