SAT Quiz 17

a scene or condition of disorder or destruction

• turncoat

• shamble

• seethe

Todd's suggestion to have a grape catching contest was a ​ (a)   idea.

• whimsical
• seethe
• nurture
• turncoat
• shambles

Match the following

• Writing that provides useful or interesting information

• commentary

• The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events

• Informative

• a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion

• Narrative

The fighting soldiers left the town in ​ (a)   .

• shambles
• turncoat
• whimsical
• seethe
• nurture

Herman became a ​ (a)   when he quit the Panthers and went over to the Bulldogs.

• turncoat
• shambles
• seethe
• whimsical
• nurture

I could see my father ​ (a)   as he started to read the phone bill.

• seethe
• whimsical
• nurture
• turncoat
• shambles

to be agitated, as by rage; to churning foam as if boiling

• turncoat

• seethe

• whimsical

The fighting soldiers left the town in ​ (a)   .

• shambles
• whimsical
• seethe
• nurture
• turncoat

Match the following

• An assertion, usually supported by evidence

• transition phrases

• Conversation between characters

• claim

• Groups of words and devices that bring unity and coherence to a piece of writing

• evidence

• the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief is true or valid

• dialogue

a person who switches to an opposing side

• turncoat

• whimsical

• seethe