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English 10 Honors Semester 1 Final

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Choose one example from Patrick Henry's speech excerpt in this section and identify it as ethos, pathos, or logos. Explain why/how it is effectively persuasive toward Henry's argument that the United States should rise up against the British. Use good quote set up, embedding, and analysis (aka 2,3,4). In your correct MLA parenthetical citation, use Henry.

The word transcendent is best defined as
The study of religion
Interpreting information in a new way
Beyond the limits of ordinary human experience
Relating to royalty
The word pestilence is best defined as
Selfishness
Irritation
A shortage of something
A contagious disease
The word profuse is best defined as
Pouring forth in great amounts
Experiencing or showing joy
Acting impulsively
Displaying intellectual depth
The word dauntless is best defined as
Impulsive
Fearless
Stoppable
Relevant
The word unimpeded is best defined as
Not interferred with
Unable to achieve
Uninspired
Not showing great skill
The word succor is best defined as:
To become ill
To command or force
To aid
A charitable undertaking
The word obscure is best defined as:
To be underneath or below
To differ in opinion
No longer in use
Not clearly seen or understood
The word vicissitude is best defined as
A large scholarly book
A hidden danger
The quality of being changeable
Having enormous span
The word magnitude is best defined as:
Great danger
Great size
Great sorrow
Great success
The word sojourn is best defined as
to speak long on a subject
a temporary stay
an unexplainable concept
a selfish act
The word nebulous is best defined as
piercing
vague
spiritual
argumentative
The word erroneous is best defined as
critical
mistaken
defensive
unclear
His countenance was filled with ______.
heretic
smite
consternation
copiousness
The banker was filled with ____, so he stole money from his rich clients.
pestilential
succor
magnitude
avarice
After the fire, the apartment building was too ____ to enter, so none of the tenants could search through their remaining belongings.
adament
egregious
perilous
obscure
The student was asked to leave the classroom after failing to demonstrate the expected _____.
partisanship
providence
decorum
avariciousness
As a result of her ____ business deals, Quinn was offered the promotion and a sizable raise.
pestilential
prosperous
prodigious
providential
Beneatha's impertinent speech at the wedding was _____ according to the bride.
vestigious
calamitous
blithe
sublime
One plus one is ______ two.
obsequiously
indubitably
superfluously
fiendishly
Mo's anger was ___ because Leif's apology satisfied him.
hobgoblin
ethereal
rapturous
ephemeral
According to all students everywhere, there are a(n) ____ amount of tests during exam week.
superfluous
obdurate
impudent
rapturous
After his anger had been latent for many years, his words came at me with ______.
rancor
providence
blithe
succor
Some said it was due to her ______ spirit that she was often taken advantage of by organizations asking for money.
magnanimous
ineffable
supercilious
fortuitous
Many found the footage of the wild fires too ________ to watch.
scrutinizing
torpid
disconcerting
presumptuous
Which of the following is the most effective thesis statement for the prompt 'identify and examine the relevance of a theme from the novel The Great Gatsby.'
In The Great Gatsby, F. Scot Fitzgerald examines the concepts of womanhood through several of the novel's female characters, and he does it with great insight .
F. Scot Fitzgerald emphasized the theme of wealth and privilege in The Great Gatsby.
In The Great Gatsby by F. Scot Fitzgerald, there are socio-economic differences between the characters.
One prominent theme in The Great Gatsby is that the American Dream is a false hope for many Americans for reasons of gender, circumstance, and class.
Which of the following uses punctuation correctly?
Andrew's alarm did not go off, consequently, he was late for school.
None of the above
Andrew's alarm did not go off; consequently, he was late for school.
Andrew's alarm did not go off: consequently, he was late for school.
Which of the following uses punctuation correctly?
Tarek packed only three things when they camped, a tent, a fire starter, and a sleeping bag.
Tarek packed only three things when they camped; a tent, a fire starter, and a sleeping bag.
Tarek packed only three things when they camped: a tent, a fire starter, and a sleeping bag.
Tarek packed only three things when they camped. A tent, a fire starter, and a sleeping bag.
Identify which option shows the correct MLA parenthetical citation for the following source: “Is Income Implicit in Measures of Student Ability? — Penn Wharton Budget Model.” Penn Wharton Budget Model, 28 September 2021, https://budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2021/9/28/is-income-implicit-in-measures-of-student-ability. Accessed 9 January 2025.
"The degree to which income is captured by rankings of student performance is less severe for school-specific measures" (Penn Wharton Budget Model).
"The degree to which income is captured by rankings of student performance is less severe for school-specific measures" ("Is Income Implicit in Measures of Student Ability?").
"The degree to which income is captured by rankings of student performance is less severe for school-specific measures" (Penn Wharton, 9/28/21).
"The degree to which income is captured by rankings of student performance is less severe for school-specific measures" (upenn.edu).
Identify which option shows the correct MLA parenthetical citation for the following source: Wellbank, Lauren. “20 Best Dog Breeds for Families with Kids, According to Experts.” Country Living Magazine, 3 May 2024, https://www.countryliving.com/life/kids-pets/g60656570/best-dog-breeds-for-children-families/. Accessed 9 January 2025.
"Golden Retrievers are friendly, tolerant, and affectionate dogs known for their gentle demeanor, making them great with children" ("20 Best Dog Breeds for Families with Kids").
"Golden Retrievers are friendly, tolerant, and affectionate dogs known for their gentle demeanor, making them great with children" (Wellbank, Lauren).
"Golden Retrievers are friendly, tolerant, and affectionate dogs known for their gentle demeanor, making them great with children" (Wellbank, 1/9/25).
"Golden Retrievers are friendly, tolerant, and affectionate dogs known for their gentle demeanor, making them great with children" (Wellbank).
Which of the following embeds a quote correctly?
When Jake claims it's too early in the morning to apologize, his best friend, Bill, retorts, "You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity" (Hemingway 119).
Jake is exhausted and doesn't want to admit he's wrong to Bill. "You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity" (Hemingway 119).
Bill can hardly handle Jake's inability to admit to the error in his ways: "You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity" ("The Sun Also Rises" 119).
All of the above would work
Which of the following embeds a quote correctly?
When Brett argues with Jake about her relationship with Mike she claims: "He's so damn nice and he's so awful. He's my sort of thing" (247).
Brett describes Mike as: "He's so damn nice and he's so awful. He's my sort of thing" (Hemingway 247).
Brett defends her relationship with Mike: "He's so damn nice and he's so awful. He's my sort of thing" (Hemingway 247).
Brett admits she is going to repair her relationship with Mike. "He's so damn nice and he's so awful. He's my sort of thing" (The Sun Also Rises 247).
Which statement would be the most effective thesis for the following paragraph?

The thesis is sentence #1 in the paragraph.
Access to free lunch in schools, provided for all students, is an additional cost that most districts have difficulty maintaining without government assistance.
Even though free school lunch for all students can be beneficial, it is also problematic for schools to manage.
Unhindered access to healthy nutrition in schools allows students to focus on learning and therefore, improves academic performance.
Where should the information provided in sentence #6 be moved?

before sentence #5
before sentence #2
after sentence #7
after sentence #3
Where should sentence #3 be moved?

after sentence #4
before sentence #1
It should not be moved.
after sentence #8
Which of the following would be an effective revision to sentence #2 in this paragraph?

Students who were able to—and took advantage of—access to free food at school show more engagement in the classroom which most likely was a factor leading to higher test scores.
Students who were able to, and took advantage of, access to free food at school show more engagement in the classroom—which most likely was a factor leading to higher test scores.
Students who were able to, and took advantage of, access to free food at school show more engagement in the classroom which—most likely—was a factor leading to higher test scores.
All of the above
Analyzing a text through the social class lens means:
Reading a text for understanding how it connects to other literature, mythological, biblical allusions, symbols, characters, or themes.
Studying the relationship between literature and the physical environment, and examining the complex intersections between environment and culture.
Looking at a particular work of literature by focusing on style choices, plot devices, and character interactions and how they present a certain theme.
Acknowledging the economic separation of the population, the struggles versus the ease of the different economic groups, and the conflicts it causes.
Which of the following questions DO NOT apply when analyzing a text through the gender lens?
Which characters are going against the expectations society has of them as women?
How does text reflect or distort the place men or women have in society?
How does the text portray cultural differences or identify cultural groups as 'other'?
Who has the power in relationships?
Which of the following characters is the best example of the 1920s Modern Woman?
Myrtle Wilson, The Great Gatsby
Daisy Buchanon, The Great Gatsby
None of the above
Jordan Baker, The Great Gatsby
Transcendentalism was
A European movement that made it to the U.S. in the 1700s.
An American movement that became popular in the U.S. in the 1800s.
A European movement that made it to the U.S. in the 1800s.
An American movement that became popular in the U.S. in the 1700s.
Which of the following authors is known for their gothic writing style?
Henry David Thoreau
Edgar Allen Poe
F. Scot Fitzgerald
William Wordsworth
Which of the following are Transcendentalist writers?
Emerson & Thoreau
Douglass & Bradford
Thoreau & Douglass
Miller & Thoreau
Gothic literature can best be defined as
A genre prevalent in the early 19th century to present that includes irrational thoughts and impulses; grotesque characters; and an overall angst-ridden sense of alienation uniquely rooted in the South’s tensions and aberrations.
Literature of both prose and verse narratives, poems and songs, myths, dramas, rituals, proverbs, riddles, and the like presenting deep internal conflicts between man, nature, spirituality, and religion.
Dark, eerie, or mysterious writing often containing terror, horror, and the macabre, and including themes of decay, confinement, and isolation.
A genre that rejected the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality and protested against classic literature in general.
Which of the following were influences of Transcendentalism?
Hinduism, Swedenborg, & Plato
The Reformation, Hinduism, & Martin Luther
Swedenborg, Hinduism, & Miller
Plato, McCarthyism, & the Reformation
Transcendentalists believed in all of the following EXCEPT
Intuition over facts
Unity of creation
Conforming to norms
Trust thyself
Which rhetorical strategy is most effectively used toward Henry's argument in line #1?

Logos
Loaded language
Attack
Ethos
Which rhetorical strategy is most effectively used in line #2 to persuade the reader of Henry's argument?

Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Rhetorical question
Which of the following line numbers best represents the effective use of logos in Henry's argument?

11
19
16
6
Which of the following line numbers best represents the persuasive technique of bandwagon in Henry's argument?

17
12
20
5
Which of the following line numbers is an effective use of pathos in Henry's argument?

6
7
17
All of the above
Which of the following line numbers is an effective use of attack as a persuasive technique in Henry's argument?

1
14
10
9