ENGLISH 11B END OF SEMESTER TEST: EXAM LATEST 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED 100% SOLUTIONS
(2026/2027) GRADE: A+|STATUS: GUARANTEED PASS
Which sentence in this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" implicitly
argues that people need to think independently and question authority? - Answers -NOT
seen from a higher still, and the highest, who shall say what they are, or that they are worth
looking at or thinking of at all?
Why does the caged bird in Maya Angelou's poem sing? - Answers -C. to express itself
What literary element can varying sentence structure and length affect in a story? - Answers -C.
pacing
Match each advertising tagline to the rhetorical device it employs.
Ice cream so fresh it's like eating fruit.
This kitty litter will make your kitty purrrrr.
Bouncy balls for bonny babies.
These headphones are the future of listening - Answers -simile
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, onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
Which point of view is used in the following sentence from "Once in a Lifetime" by Jhumpa
Lahiri?
"This is beautiful," you added, looking around at our lawn, which the snow had transformed. -
Answers -B. second-person
Which parts of this excerpt from "The Art of Public Speaking" by Dale Carnegie indicate that it is
written using second-person point of view? - Answers -Do not be disheartened if at first you
suffer from stage-fright.
NOT
Gladstone was often troubled with self-consciousness in the beginning of an address.
Which line in this excerpt from Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" shows that Tan changes her
language depending on the audience? - Answers -NOT
The talk was about my writing, my life, and my book, The Joy Luck Club, and it was going along
well enough, until I remembered one major difference that made the whole talk sound wrong.
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UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED 100% SOLUTIONS
(2026/2027) GRADE: A+|STATUS: GUARANTEED PASS
Which sentence in this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" implicitly
argues that people need to think independently and question authority? - Answers -NOT
seen from a higher still, and the highest, who shall say what they are, or that they are worth
looking at or thinking of at all?
Why does the caged bird in Maya Angelou's poem sing? - Answers -C. to express itself
What literary element can varying sentence structure and length affect in a story? - Answers -C.
pacing
Match each advertising tagline to the rhetorical device it employs.
Ice cream so fresh it's like eating fruit.
This kitty litter will make your kitty purrrrr.
Bouncy balls for bonny babies.
These headphones are the future of listening - Answers -simile
1|Page
, onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
Which point of view is used in the following sentence from "Once in a Lifetime" by Jhumpa
Lahiri?
"This is beautiful," you added, looking around at our lawn, which the snow had transformed. -
Answers -B. second-person
Which parts of this excerpt from "The Art of Public Speaking" by Dale Carnegie indicate that it is
written using second-person point of view? - Answers -Do not be disheartened if at first you
suffer from stage-fright.
NOT
Gladstone was often troubled with self-consciousness in the beginning of an address.
Which line in this excerpt from Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" shows that Tan changes her
language depending on the audience? - Answers -NOT
The talk was about my writing, my life, and my book, The Joy Luck Club, and it was going along
well enough, until I remembered one major difference that made the whole talk sound wrong.
2|Page
