Unit 2 Spring Test Review

Which answer choice best summarizes scientists' current knowledge about climate change as presented in the article?

• They do not know how much the planet has warmed.

• They are not focused on climate change.

• They know planetary temperature has risen and will keep rising, but do not know how fast this will happen.

• At this point, they have few questions about climate change.

According to the article, how will accurate theories about climate change help matters?

• They will help scientists make better predictions.

• They will disprove old theories.

• They will help scientists establish a U.S. Climate Change site.

• they will help scientist limit pollution, monitor pesticide use, and ensure clean air and water.

Words and phrases from the excerpt appear in each answer choice below. Which one most clearly includes examples of charged language?

• compatriots, jacaranda, mimosa, universal base

• experience, daily deeds, South African reality, soil

• disaster, nobility of the human soul, homeland, outlaws

• national mood, grass, privilege, nations

What is an author's general purpose for delivering a persuasive speech?

• to express the writer's feelings

• to inform an audience of specific facts

• to entertain an audience with an exciting narrative

• to persuade an audience to think or act in a certain way

From details in this opening paragraph of a story, what do you predict is most likely to happen later?

• Colin will misplace the documents.

• Colin will have to decode the documents.

• Colin will be captured and killed.

• Colin will be suspected of the theft.

Which of the following sentences shows the correct use of a semicolon?

• My mother disagreed with my sister; but she did allow her to use her money as she wished.

• Some people like to write with a pen or pencil; others type on a computer or tablet.

• First-year classes include history; creative writing; science; and basic math.

• Miranda had a fun camping trip; visiting friends, singing songs, and sleeping under the stars.

Which rhetorical structure or device does the sentence most clearly illustrate? We must protect the environment to remedy the abuses of the past, to defend against the dangers of the present, and to provide for the people of the future.

• charged language

• ethos

• parallelism

• analogy

Which of these sentences from a persuasive essay is an example of an appeal to reason (logos)?

• Think of how much fun a town-wide Fitness Day would be!

• Personally, I always feel much better after a long workout.

• f you want your friends to have long, healthy lives, beg them to exercise.

• Studies have shown that exercise has both physical and mental benefits.

Which sentence would make the most persuasive opening for a speech arguing for more nutritious school lunches?

• Many students dislike the current lunch program and feel it should be changed.

• Evidence from a number of expert sources suggests that schools should design more nutritious lunch menus.

• Spaghetti is my favorite school lunch, and I have read that it is nutritious.

• Even though fruits and vegetables are not very popular menu choices, they are good sources of vitamins.

Which statement does NOT support or logically extend this main idea: "Tornadoes can be dangerous - even deadly - storms"?

• If a tornado warning is issued, find a safe area, such as a basement.

• Tornadoes sometimes strike suddenly, without warning.

• A tornado's twisting winds can rotate at more than 300 miles per hour.

• The word tornado comes from a Spanish word meaning "to turn."