user: douvensky rodrigue
e-mail: kikidada@learn. flvs. net
in course: english 1 v18 ( 4845)
instructor: jennifer mitchell
exam: 04.02 diction and tone
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question 1(multiple choice worth 5 points)
(04.02 lc)
which of the following questions should you ask in order to understand an author's diction?
are sentences written using correct and commonly accepted grammar and spelling?
do the words have positive, neutral, or negative feelings and ideas associated with them?
how does the author support his or her position in each paragraph of the argument?
why does the author include these specific statistics, facts, graphs, and images?
question 2(multiple choice worth 5 points)
(04.02 mc)
which of the following words has a positive connotation?
bewildering
drooping
beauty
fording
question 3(multiple choice worth 5 points)
(04.02 mc)
which of the following words has a negative connotation?
lonely
excursions
freedom
mosses
question 4(multiple choice worth 5 points)
(04.02 mc)
which phrase from muir's essay has a connotation of freedom and adventure?
"difficult to force one's way through"
"made the impression"
"splashed on through the swamp"
"welcomed as friends"
question 5(multiple choice worth 5 points)
(04.02 mc)
read the following excerpt of muir's "calypso borealis" and answer the question.
i wrote to the professor, telling him about this meeting with calypso, and he sent the letter to an eastern newspaper [the boston recorder] with some comments of his own. these, as far as i know, were the first of my words that appeared in print.
which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?
frustrated
overjoyed
proud
straightforward
question 6 (essay worth 10 points)
(04.02 mc)
read the following passage from muir's "calypso borealis" and answer the question.
but when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging, i found beautiful calypso on the mossy bank of a stream, growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had found a soft nest and from which its one leaf and one flower sprung …
identify and explain the tone of this passage. what specific words contribute to the tone? then, explain how the tone of the passage would change if the words "puddle of gray algae in which its insignificant bleached bulb had fallen into a tangle of twigs" replaced the words in bold. be sure to identify the new tone and explain how the changed words create that tone. your response should be a paragraph of 3–5 sentences.