English III War Literature Test

Literature

  • Poetry collection
  • Soldier’s Home
  • A Mystery of Heroism
  • The Moral Equivalent of War
  • Just War, Realism, Pacifism
  • Speaking of Courage
  • A Noiseless Flash
  • Hiroshima Videos
  • Alice’s Restaurant/Protest Music
  • For the Union Dead
  • The War Prayer
  • The Fog of War notes and materials
  • Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle
  • Your outside reading novel

Grammar

  • Paraphrasing
  • Ellipsis
  • Brackets
  • Sic
  • Quotation Marks
  • Colons

 

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Honors English III: I, Too Sing America Exam

Literature Questions

  1. Is it possible for a member of a minority group to be racist?
  2. In “A Raisin in the Sun” what lesson does the audience learn about racial identity?
  3. Explain Malcolm X’s view on segregation and contrast it with that of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  4. Why does the white government negotiate to get rid of certain blacks in the Space Traders? What does this negotiation mean?
  5. In “Memoirs of a Bilingual Childhood,” what does Richard Rodriguez conclude about the idea of bilingual education?
  6. Discuss the persuasive strategies used in Letters from a Birmingham Jail.
  7. Compare and contrast the theme of “I Too Sing America” with any other work we’ve discussed.
  8. Explain the theme of “The Mother,” using evidence from the poem.
  9. In the “Apotheosis of Martin Luther King,” how does the author compare King to a God?

Grammar/Writing

  • Parallelism
  • Modifiers
  • Active/Passive Voice
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English III: Wilderness Literature Exam

Instructions: Answer the questions below, each in a fully developed paragraph with specific examples that demonstrate knowledge of the text, notes, and discussion. You may use your wilderness packet, but not any notes. You must use at least 6 different readings in your responses.

1.      How does John Muir’s view of the environment differ from that of Aldo Leopold?
2.      Is the piece by William Cronon a critique of environmentalism or a call to improve it? Defend your answer.
3.      Using at least three sources, make an argument for what should be done to the national parks.
4.      Either defend or critique Rachel Carson’s call for the elimination of DDT.
5.      Is bioregionalism a legitimate answer to the environmental problems the world is facing? Use at least two sources.
6.      Does environmentalism rely too much of fear to change people’s attitudes. Reference Robert Bidinotto and at least one other source in your answer.
7.      What, according to William Cronon, has created the current American belief system about the environment?
8.      Explain Aldo Leopold’s idea of the Land Ethic.
9.      How does Henry David Thoreau use his examination of nature to explain human behavior?

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English III Writing Resources

As you work on your revisions and second persuasive essays, these are some resources that you might find helpful:

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