9AM Progress Test Review

9AM Progress Test Review

Multiple Choice

Prosperity

• successful especially in money

• likely to occur

• ridiculous , laughable

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Something that is clear and logical is also _________.

• immense

• tumultuous

• coherent

• resilient

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to interrupt, ruin, interfere, and destroy all mean the same as...

• disrupt
• recognize
• severe
• avoid

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Tami felt a yearning to go to Disneyland this summer. Yearning means:

• An idea to do something

• Not wanting to do something

• Disliking something

• Badly wanting to do something

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Which word means

"To exist in miserable conditions"

• languished

• monotony

• tarry

• latitude

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to do something slowly or lazily

• idly

• bellowed

• careened

• resolutely

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n. cruel or unjust treatment

• notation

• express

• oppression

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n. great trouble or misery

• tribulations

• coherent

• disrupt

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adj. holy and sacred

• oppression

• hallowed

• tribulation

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n. brief note added to a text to explain, elaborate, or remind

• notation

• coherent

• express

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revered, consecrated

• ballad

• abate

• hallowed

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revered, consecrated

• ballad

• abate

• hallowed

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Choose the correct words to make the sentence parallel. 
Ron was an expert tennis player and __________.

• went fishing
• fished
• liked to go fishing
• an avid fisherman

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Choose the sentence that has parallel structure

• He came, he saw, and he received.
• He came, he wanted to see, but he didn't. 
• He came; he started to ask; he didn't want to. 
• He saw, didn't come or receive. 

Multiple Choice

They are low in sodium but __________________

• high in calories

• do not have many calories.

• calories

• have calories

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I have always enjoyed reading the book more than _____________________.

• watches the movie.

• to watch the movie.

• watching the movie.

• I watched the movie version.

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As company president, she insists on a philosophy that each employee has the capacity to affect change in the corporate culture and for the satisfaction of a job well done.

• NO CHANGE
• the satisfaction of a job well done can be enjoyed.
• for enjoying the satisfaction of a job well done.
• to enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.

Multiple Choice

Identify the rhetorical device in the following quote:
"The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." - Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address

• Understatment
• Anthesis
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

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Define Anthesis.

• two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect
• a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is
• listing details, or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step
• implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics

Multiple Choice

You will be fighting for freedom, not from tyranny. We are battling for the end of oppression and to keep our country from annihilation. What are the underlined words an example of?

• parallelism

• charged language

• ethos

• logos

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General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate!

• logos

• repetition

• charged language and repetition

• antithesis

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What would “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her" be an example of?

• Allegory

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Allusion

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Rhetorical questions are used to:

• emphasize a point

• make readers reflect

• Both of the answers are correct

Multiple Choice

Which Question Is Rhetorical ?

• "Do you want to teach the class today?"

• "Can I come over after school?"

• "Would you like something to drink?"

• "May I use the Restroom?"

Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive phrase:

Last weekend, my family visited The Smithsonian Institution, a vast network of galleries in Washington, D.C.

• Last weekend

• The Smithsonian Institute

• a vast network of galleries

• a vast network of galleries in Washington, D.C.

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Identify the appositive phrase:

The coast of Africa, one of the world's largest continents, is a prosperous trading region.

• The coast of Africa

• one of the world's largest continents

• is a prosperous trading region

• of Africa

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Identify the appositive phrase:

Next weekend, we will be visiting my sister, a recent graduate of the University of Iowa.

• Next weekend

• my sister

• a recent graduate

• a recent graduate of the University of Iowa

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Identify the appositive phrase:

Mr. Angel, my new English teacher, drives a 1969 Dodge Charger.

• Mr. Angel

• English teacher

• my new English teacher

• 1969 Dodge Charger

Multiple Choice

Identify the appositive:

My dog, Skip, buried his bone in the backyard.

• dog

• Skip

• bone

• backyard

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What is the appositive phrase in the following:

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter, was also an inventor.

• Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter,

• , was also an inventor.

• Leonardo da Vinci,

• , the great Renaissance painter,

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Does this sentence have a predicate adjective or predicate nominative?

An 11th grader was the yearbook editor.

• predicate adjective

• predicate nominative

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Does this sentence have a predicate adjective or predicate nominative?

The whole 7th grade class was late for school.

• predicate nominative

• predicate adjective

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Does this sentence have a predicate adjective or predicate nominative? Cookies are delicious.

• Predicate adjective

• Predicate nominative

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Does this sentence have a predicate adjective or predicate nominative? The small child is lost.

• Predicate nominative

• Predicate adjective

• Neither

• Both

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

The rowboat was old.

• old

• rowboat

• the

• was

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What type of verbs go with subject complements?

• action

• linking

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What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
"Sharlene made her brother and his friend costumes for the play."

• Sharlene
• play
• costumes
• her brother and his friend

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What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
"The company promises its employees annual pay increases."

• company
• pay increases
• promises
• employees

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What is the direct object in the following sentence?
"The eager salesperson sold the couple a new car."

• couple
• car
• salesperson
• sold

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What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
"Kareem gave the crowd a big smile."

• Kareem
• gave
• crowd
• smile