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English Semester Test 1
English - Mrs. Yanda
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English
10th Grade
12/20/2009

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Engines - Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, Ask.com, and Bing
Directories - Yellowpages.com, Searchenginewatch.com
Definition
List 4 major search engines, and one major directory.
Term
A diary kept on the web.(web-log)
Definition
What is a blog?
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to find all the words in succession, no spaces, directly from the website.
Definition
Why would you use quotes in a search?
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Universal Resource Locator
Definition
URL is a acronym for what?
Term
And, Or, Not
Definition
Identify three Boolean search terms.
Term
Go to www.easywhois.com, there you can check if the site is valid.
Definition
How do you find the owner or publisher of a Web site.
Term
Organization
Definition
.org
Term
school outside U.S.
Definition
.sch
Term
Higher education in U.S.(colleges)
Definition
.edu
Term
Higher Education outside U.S.
Definition
.ac
Term
U.S. Military
Definition
.mil
Term
Commercial/Company
Definition
.com
Term
Most U.S. schools Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Definition
.k12
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U.S. Government
Definition
.gov
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Network
Definition
.net
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A company outside of the U.S. (also country code of Columbia)
Definition
.co
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Use the search engine AltaVista, then type link:www.yourwebsite.com
Definition
How do you find out who is linked to a website?
Term
The URL is a .net, or there is a name of a person in the URL.
Definition
What clues in a web address might indicate that it's a personal site?
Term
host:edu + turtle
(change URL extension, and word for different searches)
Definition
How do you search for: U.S. Higher Education websites that contain a word, like Turtle?
Term
The number of sites linked to that site, and keywords(may be bought).
Definition
How do sites get to the top of the results list in Google?
Term
Manuscript - read off paper
Memorized - word for word always same
Extemporaneous - done from outline or note cards.
Impromptu - improvised, "not rehearsed"
Definition
What are the 4 types of speeches?
Term
Sir Thomas Mallory
Definition
"The Crowning of King Arthur"
Term
Sir Thomas Mallory
Definition
"Sir Launcelot du Lake"
Term
Marion Zimmer Bradly
Definition
"The Mists of Avalon"
Term
John Steinbeck
Definition
"The Acts of King Arthur and his Nobel Knights"
Term
Isabel Allende
Definition
"And of Clay we are Created"
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Roger Rosenbalt
Definition
"The Man in the Water"
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Kurt Vonnegut
Definition
"Harrison Bergeron"
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Stephen Vincent Benet
Definition
"By the Waters of Babylon"
Term
Ray Bradbury
Definition
"A Sound of Thunder"
Term
Ray Bradbury
Definition
"There Will Come Soft Rains"
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Isaac Asimov
Definition
"Dial vs. Digital"
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E.B. White
Definition
"Once More to the Lake"
Term
Coretta Scott King
Definition
"Montgomery Boycott"
Term
John
Definition
The son of a priest who's trying to prove himself a priest.
Term
The conversion from dial to digital.
Definition
What causes difficulty in teaching children to count?
Term
Eckles
Definition
Who panicked and strayed off the path?
Term
The killing of a butterfly.
Definition
What unexpectedly bad event caused history to be altered?
Term
Harrison Bergeron
Definition
This man represents rebellion.
Term
A lake in Maine
Definition
The site revisited by E.B. White from his childhood.
Term
Knowlege
Definition
John enters the place of the gods in search of this.
Term
The Place of the Gods
Definition
John traveled here only to discover the gods were men.
Term
Travis
Definition
This man killed Eckles for not following the rules of time travel.
Term
The Price of Progress.
Definition
What is the theme of the stories that were read in the first unit?
Term
The Making of Heroes.
Definition
What is the theme of the stories that were read in the second unit?
Term
Before he comes to know her well.
Definition
When does Rolfe come to accept Azucena's death?
Term
Assist his efforts.
Definition
While Rolfe is on the scene of the disaster, the narrator tries to...
Term
They fear that he will kill one, or both of them.
Definition
Why do Ingraine, and the Duke leave before they finish talking with Uther?
Term
Lonely
Definition
How is Launcelot portrayed on "The Acts of King Arthur and his Nobel Knights."
Term
"Dial Vs. Digital", and "Once More to the Lake"
Definition
Name the two essays we read in class.
Term
"Le Morte D'Arthur"
Definition
Name the book from which the two romances we read came.
Term
A Newspaper Article
Definition
What genre was "The Man in the Water"
Term
"Montgomery Boycott"
Definition
Which story did you read that was a memoir?
Term
The Future
Definition
What is the setting of "A Sound of Thunder"?
Term
John
Definition
Who is the protagonist of "By the Waters of Babylon"
Term
The Place of the Gods(New York)
Definition
Where does John go?
Term
The Government
Definition
In "Harrison Bergeron", who's the antagonist?
Term
Man Vs. Society(external conflict)
Definition
What kind of conflict does "Harrison Bergeron" present?
Term
1.A stumbling block for children learning numbers.
2.Loss of Clockwise/Counterclockwise.
3. Loss of using clockf for location.
Definition
In Dial Vs. Digital what are the three main problems?
Term
1.Man Vs. Man
2.Man Vs. Nature
3.Man Vs. Society
4.Man Vs.Technology
5.Man Vs. Animal
Definition
What are the five types of external conflicts?
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