Unit test on edge for English all 15 ANSWERS (100%) How is setting revealed? B. through language that reflects time and place
Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of dialect in this excerpt? B. belonged to child-bed
Why does the Supreme Court conclude that the plaintiffs have been denied their rights? C. Segregantion is inherently unequal and unfair
The speaker in "The Weary Blues" is most likely? A. an audience member at a blues show
What do the phrases “sleazy Indian suits,” “cowboy suits,” and “cheesecloth Dutch maiden dresses” reveal about the setting? A. It reveals the cultural context by discussing popular culture.
Which best explains why Baldwin chooses to describe the results of the race riot in Harlem with the word “spoils”? C. Baldwin uses the word “spoils” to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father’s funeral.
The repetition of the word "thump" is an example of what literary device? C. Onomonopea According to "Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement," which was one reason for the first wave of the Great Migration? C. Segregation and racism in the south
Choose a passage from the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and examine how the language in the passage evokes a sense of time and place. "Most children brought up in Brooklyn before the First World War remember Thanksgiving Day there with a peculiar tenderness. It was the day children went around “ragamuffin” or “slamming gates,” wearing costumes topped off by a penny mask." This evokes a sense of time and place because of the diction it uses. It tells us that it was before WW1 on Thanksgiving. In this context, what is the meaning of “versatile”? C. Multi-talented Based on Baldwin’s reflection about his father’s life, which best states the effects of racial prejudice? D. The effects of racial prejudice are passed down from generation to generation. The Supreme Court is most likely interested in these findings because it hopes to determine whether? D. separate systems of education can be equal. Their Eyes Were Watching God is set in the Florida Everglades, a swampy area. In the novel, the setting is referred to as “the muck.” This description is an example of? A. dialect. What is the author’s purpose for including this sentence? B. to undermine the significance of his critics’ letter Which best describes the relationship between these lines? D. The lines from "Harlem" and the lines from "The Weary Blues" both provide details using the sense of sight.