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Choose one question from 1-3 and one from 4-6 and give brief answers in English: Henry?James What?is?the?most?famous?theme?in?Henry?James’s?fiction? Henry?James’s “The?Art?of?Fiction”?is?an?indispensable?part?of?his contribution?to?literature.?Please summarize his?view?in?literary?criticism?? What is the difference between realism and psychological realism? Mark Twain In the The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn is a thirteen-year-old boy. Why does Mark Twain use a child as the center of consciousness in this book? What are the contributions Mark Twain made to American literature? What is colloquialism and how is it shown in Mark Twain’s works?

man Please define “free verse”. Comment on Whitman’s poetic style and language in “O Captain! My Captain!”. What are the major themes of Whitman’s poetry? Emily Dickinson What ideas does the poem “I taste a liquor never brewed” convey? What is Emily Dickinson’s view of death in the poem “Because I could not stop for Death”? What are the artistic features of Emily Dickinson’s poetry?

Choose one question from 1-3 and give an answer in English: Walt Whitman Please define “free verse”. Comment on Whitman’s poetic style and language in “O Captain! My Captain!”. What are the major themes of Whitman’s poetry? Choose one question from 4-6 and give an answer in English: Emily Dickinson 4. What ideas does the poem “I taste a liquor never brewed” convey? 5. What is Emily Dickinson’s view of death in the poem “Because I could not stop for Death”? 6. What are the artistic features of Emily Dickinson’s poetry?

A、1/6

B、1/4

C、3/4

D、5/6

A、1/6

B、3/4

C、1/4

D、5/6

Choose one of the topics to write a descriptive paragraph. You can refer to the grading criteria that followed. Remember to decide on the best kind of spatial order to use: right to left, left to right, top to bottom, far to near, outside to inside, and so on. 1. A room (e.g. After my sister spent two hours getting ready to go out, her room looks as if it had been hit by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake.) 2. The campus (e.g. The playground near my dormitory is full of activities on a sunny weekend afternoon.) 3. My home (e.g. My cousin’s apartment is a model of neatness and organization.) 评分标准：(每项1分，共10分） 1. Topic sentence与段落内容相关； 2. Topic sentence中有明确的topic； 3. Topic sentence中controlling idea是整个段落的overall impression； 4. Supporting sentences按照空间顺序叙述； 5. 有空间顺序signals； 6. Supporting sentences有具体细节的描述； 7. Concluding sentence对整个段落进行了总结； 8. 段落中没有语法错误； 9. 段落中没有与主题不相关的内容； 10. 段落表达连贯。

A、4:3

B、4:4(1:1)

C、4:6

D、2:1

A、1/6

B、3/4

C、1/4

D、1/2

A、1/6

B、3/4

C、1/4

D、1/2