3.01 & 3.02 Practice Quiz

Identify the underlined element in the following passage from the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

"Fog everywhere. Fog flowing up the river, among green banks and meadows; fog rolling down the river, where it hangs defiled among the ships and buildings of a great (and dirty) city."

• prepositional phrase

• absolute phrase

• sentence fragment

• infinitive phrase

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3B

Identify the underlined element in the following passage from the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

"Fog everywhere. Fog flowing up the river, among green banks and meadows; fog rolling down the river, where it hangs defiled among the ships and buildings of a great (and dirty) city."

• prepositional phrase

• absolute phrase

• sentence fragment

• infinitive phrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which of the following elements does not contribute to the dreary mood of this short passage from the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens?

"Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards, and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrathful skipper; fog cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his shivering little 'prentice boy on deck."

• punctuation

• absolute phrases

• repetition

• infinitive phrases

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The use of phrases, fragments, and punctuation can influence the mood of a passage; keeping this in mind, how would you describe the mood of the following passage?

"Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards, and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrathful skipper; fog cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his shivering little 'prentice boy on deck."

• dreary

• delighted

• terrified

• optimistic

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The use of phrases, fragments, and punctuation can affect the pace and mood of a text. How would you describe the pace of the following passage?

"I had swooned! But still will not say that all of consciousness was lost. What of it there remained I will not attempt to define, or even to describe! In the deepest slumber—no! In delirium—no! In a swoon—no! In death—no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man!"

• average

• fast

• slow

• both fast and slow

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The use of phrases, fragments, and punctuation can affect the pace and mood of a text. How would you describe the pace of the following passage?

"For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence."

• average

• fast

• slow

• both fast and slow

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Mike had avoided cleaning his room for the third week in a row. His parents were growing tired of his tendency to be ________.

Which word best completes the sentence?

• easygoing

• lazy

• laid back

• relaxed

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the word "claustrophobic" phob is the

• root

• prefix

• suffix

• affix

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

Using your knowledge of roots, choose the best word to complete the following sentence: My nightly hygiene routine includes washing my face, using __________________ to clean my teeth and mouth, and applying lotion to my skin.

• pyrotechnics

• panacea

• acropolis

• dentifrice

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.4.4B

In a nonfiction work, which text feature lists the major parts of a text with corresponding page numbers?

• example page

• glossary

• index

• table of contents

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5