Fall Semester Exam 12

Front

Central idea developed throughout a work, the lesson or message.

Back

Theme

Front

Proves the claim

Back

Evidence

Front

Joins independent clauses without a conjunction

Back

semicolon

Front

Explains how the evidence connects to the claim

Back

commentary

Front

Joins two independent clauses with a conjunction

Back

comma

Front

Combining multiple sources and ideas

Back

synthesis

Front

Evidence integrated into the sentence

Back

embedded quote

Front

Introduces the main idea of a paragraph

Back

topic sentence

Front

Which of the following is the best thesis statement? Options: Educated, follows the journey of a young girl from rural Idaho to the PhD program at Cambridge University as she struggles against her family’s devout, isolationist religious beliefs and fights for an education, learning along the way that to be educated is to learn much more about the world than what’s contained in books., In Educated, Tara Westover illustrates how education empowers individuals to break free from restrictive environments and reshape their identities, despite the challenges of family loyalty and personal sacrifice.

Back

In Educated, Tara Westover illustrates how education empowers individuals to break free from restrictive environments and reshape their identities, despite the challenges of family loyalty and personal sacrifice.

Front

Based on the paragraph above, which is an inference that can be made about Dan's character? "If the coach doesn’t start me in the game tomorrow, I’m going to quit the team," said Dan. "I’m the best pitcher we have, but I get to pitch only once a week. The coach says that is the rule of the league, but who cares about the rules? I deserve to play, and he’d better let me—or else."

Back

He is selfish.