Critical Lens Quiz

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1.            Which of the following should not be in your introductory paragraph

(a)           The critical lens

(b)           Your opinion

(c)           A valid interpretation of the critical lens

(d)           A summary of a work of literature

(e)           The titles and authors of two works of literature you will use in your body paragraphs

2.            Which of the following does belong in your introductory paragraph

            (a)            A literary device that you can explain in your body paragraphs

            (b)            A valid interpretation of the critical lens

            (c)            The titles and authors of two works of literature

            (d)            Your opinion of the critical lens

            (e)            All of the above

3.            The thesis statement in the introductory paragraph should probably contain

            (a)             Both titles and authors of two works of literature

            (b)             The phrase, “support(s) the idea of the critical lens because…”

            (c)            A valid interpretation of the critical lens

            (d)            The plot summary of two works of literature

            (e)            A and B

4.            Which of the following is not an example of a literary device

            (a)            The critical lens

            (b)            Imagery

            (c)            Characterization

            (d)            Rhyme

            (e)            Stanza

5.            A work of fiction usually contains

            (a)            A critical lens

            (b)            Imagery

            (c)            Rhyme

            (d)            Figurative language

            (e)            (b) and (d)

6.            An example of theme is

            (a)            Nature

            (b)            Conflict

            (c)            Human relationships

            (d)            Journey

            (e)            All of the above

7.            Which of the following is not and example of personification

(a)            “The houses were of wood, with the second story projecting over the first, and the third sticking its elbows out beyond the second.”

(b)            “Shake off this gruesome dream. Call back thy poor wandering memory.”

(c)            “The bridge … looked upon the two neighbors, London and Southwark as not particularly important.”

            (d)            “The clime would make the flesh raw and angry-looking”

           (e)            “There was no talk in all England but of the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lay lapped in silks and satins, unconscious of all this fuss . . .”

8.            The recommended order of sentences in the Introductory Paragraph is

            (a)             X once said, “…….” // In other words // I agree with X because…  // Both literary work A by Y and  literary work B y Z provide examples of {critical lens in your own words…}.

            (b)            A literary device agrees with my literary work // “In today’s language the critical lens means”… // A second example of a critical lens is … //  X once said, “…”

            (c)            X once said, “….”  // I agree with X because… // Literary work A by Y and Literary work B by Z don’t agree because…//  “The critical lens reminds me of a time in my life when…

            (d)            My critical lens disagrees with the examples of literary devices.  // A literary work contains a critical lens that means …”  // X one said, “…” and I think everyone’s opinion, so I both agree and disagree, because my opinion is different.

9.            A phrase that can be used to introduce your evidence might be:

            (a)            Let me give you an example of what my view of what the critical lens is trying to say by discussing a section of [novel/play/poem/short story] by [author’s name].

            (b)            The claim made by X in the critical lens is just pain wrong because...

            (c)            Part of what X is saying in the critical lens is accurate and true and part of it is inaccurate and false.  I am going to focus my writing on the part that can I agree/disagree with, which is, _________ because...

            (d)            A good quote goes a long way…

10.            There are five parts to the body paragraph

            (a)            True

            (b)            False

11.            There are four parts to the introductory paragraph

            (a)            True

            (b)            False

12.            The five parts of the Concluding Paragraph are : 1.Introduce/State Quote 2. Interpret Quote 3. Agree or Disagree with the Quote 4. Thesis
{Title Y by Author A and title Z by Author B support/do not support the idea that …. 5. Concluding Sentence (one that ties the main ideas of your essay back to the critical lens).

            (a)            True

            (b)            False

13.            The critical lens essay should have

            (a)            One introductory paragraph, four body paragraphs, one concluding paragraph

            (b)            One introductory paragraph, two body paragraphs, one concluding paragraph

            (c)            One introductory paragraph, one body paragraph, one transitional paragraph, one personal opinion paragraph, and one concluding paragraph

            (d)            One introductory paragraph, one paragraph for each work of literature you analyze, one paragraph for each literary device you mention, one concluding paragraph

            (e)            A and D

Read the following passage twice: first for meaning, second for literary devices and techniques.

After a considerable time – he could not tell how long – his senses struggled to a half-consciousness, and as he lay with closed eyes vaguely wondering where he was and what had been happening, he noted a murmurous sound, the sullen beating of rain upon the roof. A snug sense of comfort stole over him, which was rudely broken, the next moment, by a chorus of piping cackles and coarse laughter. It startled him disagreeably, and he unmuffled his head to see whence this interruption proceeded. A grim and unsightly picture met his eye. A bright fire was burning in the middle of the floor, at the other end of the barn; and around it, and lit weirdly up by the red glare, lolled and sprawled the motliest company of tattered gutterscum and ruffians, of both sexes, he had ever read or dreamed of. There were huge, stalwart men, brown with exposure, long-haired, and clothed in fantastic rags; there were middle-sized youths, of truculent countenance, and similarly clad; there were blind mendicants, with patched or bandaged eyes; crippled ones, with wooden legs and crutches; there was a villain-looking peddler with his pack; a knife-grinder, a tinker, and a barber surgeon, with the implements of their trades; some of the females were hardly grown girls, some were at prime, some were old and wrinkled hags, and all were loud, brazen, foul-mouthed; and all soiled and slatternly; there were three sore-faced babies; there were a couple of starveling curs, with strings about their necks, whose office was to lead the blind.  [The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (Chapter XVII)]

1. The crowd in the passage is described in all of the following ways EXCEPT

a. According to age

b. According to religion

c. According to size

d. According to occupation

e. According to dress

2. Which are the PREDOMINANT senses used in the passage

a. Sound and sight

b. Sight and touch

c. Touch and sound

d. Smell and touch

e. Fear and anger

3. Which of the following literary devices in the passage is used most often?

            a. Imagery

            b. Metaphor

            c. Irony           

            d. Personification

            e. Alliteration

4.            Which of the following literary devices in the passage would be worth writing a paragraph about

            a. Point of View

            b. Foreshadowing

            c. Use of irony

            d. The author’s use of hyphenated and made-up words

            e. The author’s use of long sentences

5.            Write a well-developed paragraph based on your choice for question #4 (about 100 words)