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ANTH 1120 Midterm Review Questions and Answers Terms: Nature: Inspired by Charles Darwin (theory of evolution): – the belief that behaviors including intelligence are biologically based. Nurture: • Margaret Mead’s research debunked that theory. • Identities are NOT biologically based but are learned and cultivated through socialization • Identity is always produced in the course of social interaction Anthropological Skills (toolkit) ; Our ability to conduct qualitative res...

American Literature CLEP Exam Verified Correctly!! Metaphysical Poetry - Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth - Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation - the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif - Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature by recurr...

clipper ships - correct answer American boats, built during the 1840's in Boston, that were sleek and fast but inefficient in carrying a lot of cargo or passengers. telegraph - correct answer A device that used electrical signals to send messages quickly over long distances Morse Code - correct answer a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are...

Which part of the excerpt best demonstrates that the author's purpose is to entertain children with a humorous story? "In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth—so!" "Till at last ther...

Arthur Miller - Answer- "The Death of a Salesman" depicted a man whose failure made him feel like an outcast. Alexander Pope - Answer- (1710-1728) "Rape of the Lock", "An Essay on Man", "The Dunciad" Classical Period - Answer- 1200bc - 455ce Forms: lyric poetry, greek drama (tragedy, comedy)(chorus, deus ex machina) Themes: life/death, morality, season changes, political commentary, satire, Greek mythology, Greek wars, Greek Gods, Roman life Homer (Greek) - Answer- The Iliad a...

Oral tradition correct answers Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next Memoir correct answers an account of the author's personal experiences Trickster tale correct answers a type of folk tale that features an animal or human character who typically engages in deceit, violence, and magic Autobiography correct answers true story of a person's life written by that person Drama correct answers a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a...

Metaphysical Poetry -->Uses conceits and uses intellectual and philosophical language. Makes abstract comparisons using conceits. ie. John Donne. Michael Wigglesworth -->Clergyman who wrote "Day of Doom" and "Meat out of the Eater". He wrote lyrical, theological poems. Puritan. Connotation -->the feelings or emotions surrounding a word. (ie. home = pleasant haven) motif -->Phase, image, action, that unifies a work of literature by recurring throughout it. A theme or idea in ...

1. Discuss several of the masters and/or overseers Frederick Douglass describes in his narrative, and how he seems to feel about each of them. correct answers Captain Anthony was Douglass's first master and probably his father. Anthony was not considered a wealthy slave owner and his roughly 30 slaves were under the care of an overseer by the name of Plummer. Colonel Edward Lloyd - Captain Anthony's boss and Douglass's first owner. Colonel Lloyd is an extremely rich man who owns all of t...

ENGLISH 255 FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Herman Melville - CORRECT ANSWER-The Haitian Revolution, Gothic elements in Benito Cereno Haunting stories: past wrongs are never over and dead Gothic architecture: castles and decaying mansions; monasteries; the importance of small rooms within closed offspaces The presence of Catholic symbolism: a way of signaling the secrecy and hierarchy of an earlier era, medieval era A tale of capture and kidnapping; the virtue of a heroine thre...

Pre-1620 correct answers Pre-Colonial Period correct answers Colonial/Revolutionary Period correct answers Romantic/Transcendentalist Period correct answers Realist/Naturalist Period Elevated Language correct answers Use of complicated vocabulary, syntax and sentence structure 1620 correct answers The year the Puritan Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. Syntax correct answers Word order Meter correct answers The rhythm or beat of a line or lines of ...