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1st nine weeks exam
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Literature
10th Grade
10/06/2009

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1. What is “The Starving Time”?
Definition
cold winter, no food, infected with, scurvy, sick, no chance to grow crops
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2. Who is Squanto?
Definition
indian who helps the people out by teaching how to grow crops, spoke english
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3. How did Bradford feel about Squanto?
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4. To whom does Anne Bradstreet address her 2nd poem?
Definition
Her husband
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5. What is the main idea of Bradstreet’s 2nd poem?
Definition
loving her husband more than anything else but god
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6. Why did Edwards want to frighten his congregation with his sermon?
Definition
to make them want to be saved
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7. What is the central message of main idea of the sermon?
Definition
to be saved
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8. How does Edwards stress the powerlessness of mankind?
Definition
by describing to them these images
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9. Why does Edwards tell his congregation about all the people from the East and West who are getting saved and how awful it must be to see their joy while people in his congregation are still lost?
Definition
to make them see that other people are saved and to describe to them that they can be saved also
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10. What is the main characteristic of the Puritan style of writing?
Definition
they never cursed God, they always gave him credit and thanked him for everything
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11. What did the Puritans believe should be the main purpose of writing?
Definition
to show how good God is to them
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12. Why do we still read Puritan literature?
Definition
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13. Based on their literature, what do we know Puritans believed in?
Definition
God
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14. Whom does Bradford credit for the success of the colony (“Of Plymouth Plantation”)?
Definition
God
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15. What role did Samoset play in helping the colonists?
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first indian to introduce himself

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16. What were the terms of the peace agreement between the Indians and the colonists?
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not to hurt or injure anyone, that if they do they would be punished, if things where stolen thay'd restore them, if war or unjustly against them they aid them, send neighbors, when came to them they were to leave their bows and arrows behind
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17.) a. noun
Definition
person, place, thing, or idea
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17.) b. pronoun
Definition
replaces noun
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17c.) verb
Definition
a word that expresses action or otherwise help to make a statement
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17d.) adjective
Definition
describes nouns or pronouns
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17e.)adverb
Definition
describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
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17f.) preposition
Definition
show relationship
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18. Know the use of the apostrophe in forming possessives.
Definition
 Example: Singular possessive: Cat  cat’s
                  Plural possessive: cat        cats’
Singular possessive : Dog
Plural possessive: Dog

Singular possessive : child
Plural possessive: child

Singular possessive : man
Plural possessive: man

Singular possessive : rose
Plural possessive: rose
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19. Know the proper way to form the plurals of nouns.
Definition
Woman-

Box-

Alumnus-

Punch-

Loaf-

Mother-in-law

Private eye
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20. Know the proper subject-verb agreement for special subjects.
The theory is/are untested.
Definition
Several of my friends is/are going to the dance.

In the pool was/were several floats.

Social studies is/are my weakest subject.

“The Weeping Willows” is/are my favorite short story.

Ten miles is/are a long distance to run.

Ketchup and mustard is/are condiments normally used with hamburgers and hotdogs.

Peaches and cream is/are a typical kind of homemade ice cream.
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21. Identify indefinite pronouns, interrogative pronouns, nouns, verbs, auxiliary verbs, linking verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions in sentences.
Definition
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