Semester 1 Review

Which transition word suggests an author is about to provide additional evidence for an earlier point?

• Furthermore

• Likewise

• However

• Nevertheless

Which transition would best connect the two sentences below?

No one takes these Bigfoot sightings seriously.

No significant scientific study of either the facts or the cause of the sightings has been done.

• Nevertheless

• Rather

• Therefore

• Whereas

Which situation would work best with a third-person narrator?

• When one single character is more important than any other

• When readers need to focus mainly on one central character

• When several characters need to be objectively presented

• When the author has a long piece, like a novel, to write

A student is completing a research project on recent efforts to control mosquitoes. Which of the following would provide the most reliable information?

• A recent newspaper article about new control methods

• A book on the history of mosquito-related illnesses

• An historical novel about the discovery that mosquitoes carry disease

• An encyclopedia entry on the life cycle of mosquitoes

Read this text from a biographical website dedicated to "Shoeless" Joe Jackson:

There was no time for school, and Joe never learned to read or write. He probably would have spent the rest of his life working in the textile mill except for one thing—baseball.

Which paraphrase best avoids issues of plagiarism?

• With little time for education, Joe did not learn to read and would have worked all his life in the mill without baseball.

• Because there was no time for school, Joe never learned to read or write and probably would have spent the rest of his life working in the textile mill except for one thing—baseball.

• He would have spent his life working in the textile mill except for baseball because there was no time for school, and Joe never learned to read or write.

• Joe never learned to read or write since there was no time for school, and he would have worked his whole life in the textile mill without baseball.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• "give me that book now" he said Punching the air with his fist

• "Give me that book now he said punching the air with his fist.

• "Give me that book now," he said, punching the air with his fist.

• "Give me that book now?" he said, punching the air with his fist,

What is the main purpose of the transition word in this sentence?

At last, John was able to do a complicated jump on his skateboard without falling.

• To show passage of time

• To create context

• To indicate an example

• To emphasize

Which of the following correctly combines the two sentences?

She dusted the table.

He vacuumed the rug

• She dusted the table he vacuumed the rug

• She dusted the table, he vacuumed the rug.

• She dusted the table, and he vacuumed the rug.

• When she dusted the table he vacuumed the rug.

Which text feature reveals the overall topic of an article?

• Sidebar

• Subheading

• Title

• Image

Which sentence is written correctly?

• This delivery calender is only manageable if their are two of we.

• This delivery calendar is only manageable if there are two of us.

• This delivery calendar is only managable if they're is two of us.

• This delivery calender is only managable if there is two of us.