Midterm Review

What is one effect of repeating Ráma's name numerous times in The Rámáyan of Válmíki?

• It creates a rhythmic pattern.

• It emphasizes Ráma's importance.

• It identifies Ráma as supernatural.

• It shows that Ráma is the main villain.

Which detail from Gilgamesh: A New English Version is the best example of an intervention by a supernatural force?

• Enkidu and Gilgamesh travel four hundred miles before they eat.

• Gilgamesh sits with his chin on his knees and falls asleep.

• A voice from heaven tells Gilgamesh to attack Humbaba.

• The two men stand silently at the edge of the Cedar Forest.

Which elements does strong narrative writing always contain? Check all that apply.

• engaging dialogue

• rich descriptions

• a famous quotation

• cited sources

• thoughtful reflection

Which sentence makes the best use of descriptive language?

• Tara wanted a job so she could save enough money to buy a new bike.

• In the morning, it was windy enough to fly the kite Johnny had purchased.

• The piercing squeal of tires on asphalt startled Katrina from a deep sleep.

• Malia grabbed her suitcase and purse and headed to the nearby airport.

Read the sentence.

Craving a more cosmopolitan lifestyle, the rural students were excited to travel to the city.

The underlined phrase is a(n)

• article.

• gerund.

• pronoun.

• infinitive.

Which sentence contains a gerund?

• The contemptible birds singing in the yard annoyed us all night.

• On the first torrid day of summer, we always enjoy swimming.

• To navigate the winding road safely, we concentrated intensely.

• During the night, the temperature plummeted twenty degrees.

Read the sentence.

Scheduled too hectically, the misbegotten tour zigzagging from state to state left the reporter weary from the road.

Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase?

• scheduled too hectically

• the misbegotten tour

• from state to state

• weary from the road

Read the sentence.

The teenagers went to town to muse over whether going to college or to university was the better choice.

Which part of the sentence is an infinitive?

• to town

• to muse

• to college

• to university

To avoid confusion from a misplaced modifier, a participial phrase should be placed

• next to the verb it describes.

• next to the noun it describes.

• at the end of the sentence.

• at the beginning of the sentence.

Read the sentence.

Materializing from the mist, the alarm warned the ship to steer quickly to the right of the rocks.

Why is the sentence grammatically incorrect?

• It uses a prepositional phrase to function as an infinitive.

• It places the participial phrase in the wrong place.

• It uses a gerund to function as a participle.

• It places the infinitive phrase in the wrong place.