9.05 Semester Assessment: American Literature, Part 1 (K12 Grade 11 Final 2018)
1.
“Shovel them under and let me work.”
2.
life’s troubles
3.
build a barrier between people
4.
awe
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“I celebrate myself, and sing myself”
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Although enticing, fame does not last and often leaves people hurt.
7.
nostalgia
8.
The speaker intends to have equality someday.
9.
“Sorrow never scorned to speak / To any”
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traditional
11.
the Stage Manager
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do not care very much about the living
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how marvelous and special each day of life is
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aerial
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clergy … hallowed
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lacerations
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was walking to the corner
18. The following sentence may contain a grammar or usage error. Read the sentence and identify its error, if there is one, by choosing the appropriate answer. If there is no error in the sentence, choose no error.
To support the cause, each of the new participants are giving a short speech.
are going (Please keep in mind that I am still not sure about this answer. When I did the test for the first time, I chose “No error”; that was incorrect. After some research I found that “are going” would be the next best possible answer. All other answers here and confirmed correct. đ
19.
No improvement or correction is required.
20.
No improvement or correction is required.
21.
his family did not have the money to send him
22.
He was a person of above-average intelligence.
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clever
24.
In fact, they had the freedom neither to decide where to watch the movie nor to choose when to see it.
25.
Put sentence 7 after sentence 8.