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Benchmark Study Guide English 10 Montevallo High School
from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano Pupil’s Edition page 57
Comprehension On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items
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____ 1. Equiano is permanently separated from his sister
a. immediately after they are abducted from their home
b. on the morning of their third day in captivity
c. after a brief reunion at the seacoast
____ 2. Which of the following statements about the selection is not true?
a. Equiano’s father had many slaves and a lar ge family.
b. Equiano is adopted into the family of a wealthy widow.
c. A member of the ship’s crew is flogged unmercifully and dies.
____ 3. The conditions of the enslaved people in the ship’s hold are
a. cramped but sanitary, with plenty of food
b. dangerous, because of frequent storms
c. suffocating and stinking, with minimal food
____ 4. The destination of the slave ship is
a. Barbados
b. Massachusetts
c. Cuba
____ 5. Which of the following actions by the crew members provides the best evidence that many of them are motivated by cruelty as well as profit?
a. They refuse to let the captives eat fish, which the crew has in abundance.
b. They refuse to let sick people come up onto the deck.
c. They keep the enslaved people from knowing their destination.
____ 6. Upon arrival in Barbados, Equiano and his fellow passengers are
a. herded up like cattle and sold at auction
b. released from confinement and given small farms
c. reunited with their family members
____ 7. While he is in the merchant’s custody, Equiano is astonished to see
a. people in fine uniforms
b. men riding horses
c. familiar landmarks from his homeland
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Literary Element: Autobiography On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
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____ 8. In Equiano’s account of his childhood before his capture, he writes that he
a. was unbearably unhappy
b. was training to become a warrior
c. had no brothers or sisters
____ 9. Which of the following statements is not true of the selection from Equiano’s autobiography?
a. Equiano recalls his early years and family life.
b. Equiano writes vividly of his horrific trip on the slave ship.
c. Equiano explains in detail his sister’s experience as a slave
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Vocabulary. Match the Word to Own on the right to the correct definition. Write the letter of the Word to Own
on the line provided.
____ 10. spacious a. assailant
____ 11. placed at intervals b. distraction
____ 12. discouragement c. alleviate
____ 13. gentle d. interspersed
____ 14. great amounts of e. commodious
____ 15. attacker f. countenances
____ 16. mental disturbance or distress g. dejection
____ 17. faces h. copious
____ 18. careless i. improvident
____ 19. to relieve j. moderate
Written Response (25 points)
20. On a separate sheet of paper, write one paragraph that compares the treatment Equiano received during his enslavement in Africa with the treatment he received on the slave ship.
Make at least two references to details in the selection to support your comparison.
from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Jonathan Edwards Pupil’s Edition page 78
Comprehension On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
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____ 2 1. In his sermon, Edwards mainly taps into his audience’s fear of
a. their minister’s wrath
b. burning forever in a fiery pit
c. associating with sinners
____ 2 2. When Edwards refers to the “unconverted persons in this congregation,” he chiefly addresses the
a . church visitors who are followers of other religions
b . parishioners who don’t want Edwards as their leader
c . members who do not accept Christ as their Savior
____ 2 3. Edwards presents God as a being who
a. wants humans to suffer
b. continually redefines the universe
c. is often angry and vengeful
____ 2 4. Edwards builds a sense of urgency and peril by suggesting that
a. death and damnation may occur at any moment
b. the church is being persecuted by unholy forces
c. ministers alone can determine who is to be saved
____ 2 5. Edwards contends that the only way people can escape from God’s anger is to
a. obey the Ten Commandments
b. attend church regularly
c. experience a “change of heart” and accept God
____ 2 6. Edwards’s purpose in delivering this sermon is to
a. frighten his listeners so much that they never return to church
b. jolt his congregation into mending their ways and seeking salvation
c. give such a memorable speech that his congregation will never forget him
____ 2 7. According to Edwards, the only thing that has saved his listeners from hell is God’s
a. hand c. compassion
b. wrath
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Reading Skills and Strategies: Analyzing Literary Language
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
____ 2 8. What does Edwards mean when he says, “The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string . . . ”?
a. God is violent. . c. God is prepared to demonstrate his anger.
b. God’s wrath is misdirected
Literary Element: Figures of Speech.
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
____ 2 9. Which of the following quotations is the best example of a figure of speech?
a . “ . . . your guilt in the meantime is constantly increasing. . . . ”
b . “ . . . the mere arbitrary will, and uncovenanted, unobliged forbearance of an
incensed God.”
c . “ . . . the floods of God’s vengeance have been withheld. . . . ”
____ 3 0. Edwards makes all of the following comparisons except that of
a. wickedness to the weight of lead
b. forgiveness to a lightened load
c. the wrath of God to dammed waters
Vocabulary Match the definition on the left with the Word to Own on the right. Write the letter of the Word to
Own on the line provided.
___ _ 3 1. attributed to a certain cause a. abhors
____ 3 2. all-powerful b. abominable
____ 3 3. scheme;plan c. ascribed
____ 3 4. scorns;hates d. appease
____ 3 5. unimaginable e. constitution
____ 3 6. enraged; angered f. contrivance
____ 3 7. to persuade; force g. inconceivable
____ 3 8. physical condition h. induce
____3 9. disgusting; loathsome i. omnipotent
____ 4 0. to calm; satisfy j. provoked
Written Response (25 points)
4 1. On a separate sheet of paper, describe two major ideas Edwards expresses in his sermon.
Support your ideas with at least two similes or metaphors from the selection.
Vocabulary Lesson 6 – finding meaning through context clues
42-52. ascertain, atrocious, compassion, composure, deteriorate, insipid, lament, loathe, painstaking, repress
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Language Skills # 53-75 . *Use hyphen for compound adjectives
· Identify correct noun forms *Use hyphens for numbers twenty-one through ninety-nine
· Recognize subject-verb forms * Spell out numbers below 100 in sentences
· Recognize pronoun-antecedent agreement in number and gender *Use would have – not would of
· Identify correct pronoun case (nominative, objective, possessive)
· Correct c apitalization (First word in a direct quotation that is a sentence; proper nouns and proper adjectives; titles of persons, places, and works of art)
· Correct use of commas (nonessential elements or interrupters, appositives, separating date from year and city from state)
· Correct use of quotation marks (quotation marks for direct quotations, poems, short stories)
· Underlining movies and book titles
· Correct use of apostrophe (in possessive of singular nouns, in possessive of plural nouns)
Using the Blog for Research #76-100.
Of Plymouth Plantation
1. According to You Are the Historian, what is the definition of a primary source?
2. Why is Of Plymouth Plantation considered a primary source?
3. Name five people who traveled to America on the Mayflower.
A Narrative of the Captivity
4. Mary Rowlandson’s book, published in 1682, was the first of what genre?
5. Mary Rowlandson’s book set the stage for what popular type of writing?
6. On May 2, 1676, how was Mary Rowlandson set free?
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
5. What was Equiano also known as?
6. What influence did Equiano’s story have on British lawmakers?
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
7. What biblical allusion was the main focus of the introduction of Jonathan Edward’s sermon?
8. The sermon started a new religious movement in New England. Name the movement.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
9. Besides Poor Richard, what pseudonym did Benjamin Franklin adopt?
Define pseudonym.
10. The almanac contained calendar, weather, and what three other things?
11. Poor Richard’s Almanac is chiefly remembered for what?
12. List six aphorisms from Poor Richard’s Almanac.
Metacomet (c. 1639-August 12, 1676), also known as King Philip or Metacom, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philip's War.
At first he sought to live in harmony with the colonists. As a sachem, he took the lead in much of his tribes' trade with the colonies. He adopted the European name of Philip, and bought his clothes in Boston, Massachusetts.
Finally, in 1671 the colonial leaders of the Plymouth Colony forced major concessions from him. He surrendered much of his tribe's armament and ammunition, and agreed that they were subject to English law. The encroachment continued until actual hostilities broke out in 1675.
Metacomet hurried to catch up with his warriors, to lead them in the uprising that would later bear his name. Mary Rowlandson, who was taken captive during a raid on Lancaster, Massachusetts, wrote about a meeting with Metacomet during her captivity.
When the war eventually turned against him, he took refuge in the great Assowamset Swamp in southern Rhode Island. Here he held out for a time, with his family and remaining followers.
Hunted by a group of rangers lead by Captain Benjamin Church, he was fatally shot by Praying Indian John Alderman, on August 12, 1676, on Mount Hope in Bristol, Rhode Island. After his death, his wife and eight-year-old son were captured and sold as slaves in Bermuda, while his head was mounted on a pike at the entrance to Fort Plymouth where it remained for over two decades.
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade in 1807
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was one of the most famous sermons preached by Jonathan Edwards, a prominent Calvinist Congregational minister, in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1741. It is frequently used in American high school and college English courses as an example of Puritan literature.
Deuteronomy 32:35 says.. "Their foot shall slide in due time," which was the main focus of the introduction of the sermon. As was customary in 18th-century New England, the sermon was printed and copies were distributed to a wide audience. It has proven to be an enduring expression of the revivalist Calvinist theology and preaching that was espoused by many prominent figures in the First Great Awakening.
Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanack published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose
The Almanack contained the calendar, weather, poems, and astronomical and astrological information that a typical almanack of the period would contain. Franklin also included the occasional mathematical exercise, and the Almanack from 1750 features an early example of demographics. It is chiefly remembered, however, for being a repository of Franklin's aphorisms and proverbs, many of which live on in American English. These maxims typically counsel thrift and courtesy, with a dash of cynicism.[5]