Fears, Writing Techniques, and Roosevelt's Inaugural Speech

The root word phob means

• fear

• concern

• person

• animal

Someone who is afraid of spiders has

• arachnids

• arachnophobia

• agoraphobia

• acrophobia

The root necro involves

• being suspended in space

• being suspended in water

• being buried alive

• being dead

What does the root word "dent" mean?

Choose the sentence below that has an absolute phrase.

• She likes to walk in the afternoons just before sunset.

• Why oh why is it raining again?

• Rolling on the floor and kicking its legs, the baby wore itself out and finally went to sleep.

• It sure is foggy outside. We should be careful out there!

"With your permission" is a

• prepositional phrase

• infinitive

• verb phrase

• absolute phrase

In Franklin Roosevelt's Inaugural Address, the first part of his speech says that our fear

• is what motivates us to make changes

• needs to be controlled, so it doesn't paralyze us.

• will help us to overcome the obstacles we face

• lead to new jobs and lower unemployment.

Some of the issues Roosevelt addressed included all of the following except

• unemployment

• the wealthy

• business shut downs

• banks closing