2012 Second Semester Exam: English II REVIEW

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1 2012 Second Semester Exam: English II REVIEW DO NOT WRITE IN THE TEST BOOKLET. Use the Scantron provided to answer the multiple-choice questions and the paper provided to take notes, pre-write, draft and write your final response the essay question. MULTIPLE-CHOICE: Select the BEST response to each question. 1. An unknown speaker stands at a protest rally and shouts, You who are poor, rise up against those who would steal from you to fill their own pockets, is primarily using which rhetorical strategy? a. Ethos b. Pathos c. Logos 2. Summer vacation is all about having fun, fun, fun, fun, and more fun. The rhetorical device used in this sentence is a/an: a. Epistrophe b. Analogy c. Epizeuxis d. Parallelism 3. Which of the following is an example of inductive reasoning? a. The garbage truck has come at 7:00 AM every Saturday for the last two months. This coming Saturday it will also arrive at 7:00 AM. b. All cubes have sides of equal area. A six-sided die has sides of equal area. Therefore, a sixsided die is a cube. c. At sea level, water boils when it reaches 100 degrees Celsius. We have water in a pot over a fire on the beach. The water in the pot is boiling. Therefore, the water in the pot is at least 100 degrees Celsius. d. Both b and c 4. But Mr. Joyce, I saw Raul listening to his IPod. Why didn t you take his away? This is an example of which logical fallacy? a. Straw Man b. Begging the Question c. Appeal to Common Practice d. Bandwagon 5. That thing huge; it s a freaking!!. a. Beneficiary b. Behemoth c. Berth d. Progenitor 6. LICENCIOUS is to SALACIOUS as a. CREDIBLE is to UNBELIEVABLE b. UBIQUITOUS is to RARE c. PAEAN is to PRAISE d. NEOPHYTE is to VETERAN 1

2 7. A root meaning wisdom : a. Soph b. Gen c. Phil d. Therm 8. An affix meaning before : a. Ante b. Post c. Volv d. Retro 9. A root meaning to carry a. Duct b. Contra c. Port d. Tele 10. Using your knowledge of roots and affixes, the word BIOCHRONOLOGY most likely means: a. Not endowed with life b. When the length of day and night are approximately equal c. Dating of rocks using fossilized remains of life forms d. A satellite that orbits earth at the same speed as the earth s rotation and thus appears motionless to an observer on the ground 11. You research the background of an historical event in order to impartially explain it others. What type of research paper will you write? a. Derivative b. Expository c. Rhetorical d. Persuasive 12. A football fan takes careful notes during every game he attends and stores these notes in a binder. Later, a researcher uses these notes as a source for her paper. The binder full of notes is a/an: a. Causal source. b. Secondary source. c. Expansive source. d. Primary source. 13. Which of the following is the most credible source for a research paper on how smoking effects health? a. A scientific report published by cigarette manufacturers b. A website called c. An advertisement for Newport Lights that explains how their new filter eliminates 75% more tar than other leading brands! d. A report published by the Center for Disease Control at 2

3 14. In Jane Schaffer organizational format, the first sentence of each body paragraph is a: a. Topic Sentence b. Concrete Detail c. Commentary d. Concluding Sentence CONTINUE TO ESSAY QUESTION ON NEXT PAGE 3

4 Rhetorical Analysis (50 points): On the sheet of paper provided, write a paragraph that makes and supports an assertion about the rhetorical strategy or strategies John F. Kennedy used in his inaugural speech. Head your paper according to our course standards. Title it: JFK Inaugural Remember to include concrete detail from the text and commentary to clearly link the commentary to the assertion you make in your topic sentence. Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy January 20, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens: We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge and more. To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder. To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom and to remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge: to convert our good words into good deeds, in a new alliance for progress, to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers. Let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas. And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective, to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed. 4

5 But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind s final war. So let us begin anew remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms, and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce. Let both sides unite to heed, in all corners of the earth, the command of Isaiah to undo the heavy burdens, and [to] let the oppressed go free. ¹ And, if a beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor not a new balance of power, but a new world of law where the strong are just, and the weak secure, and the peace preserved. All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days; nor in the life of this Administration; nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe. Now the trumpet summons us again not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need not as a call to battle, though embattled we are but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation, ² a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort? In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it. And the glow from that fire can truly light the world. And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God s work must truly be our own. 5