Matthews Q2: W2 Quiz

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What is an antonym for the word belligerent?

• agreeable
• aggressive
• hostile
• fighting

What is an antonym for the word belligerent?

• aggressive
• hostile
• peaceful
• fighting

Name the sound device in the following excerpt from Shel Silverstein’s poem “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out.” “Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal, Pizza crusts and withered greens,”

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• simile

Choose the correct pronoun: To (who, whom) was the package addressed?

• who
• whom

Identify the conjunction: The doctors will know more once the test results are back.

• doctors
• once
• results
• back

Is this conjunction a coordinate or subordinating conjunction? "The doctors will know more once the test results are back."

• coordinate
• subordinate

Does the 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 prepositional phrase function as an adjective or an adverb? Sarah and Sydney met underneath their favorite tree after the history exam.

• adjective
• adverb

Turn the following sentences into a complex sentence. Phillip is a musical prodigy. He has been playing the piano since he was two.

• Phillip is a musical prodigy, he has been playing the piano since he was two.
• Phillip is a musical prodigy. He has been playing the piano. Since he was two.
• Phillip is a musical prodigy who has been playing the piano since he was two.

Identify the dangling modifier: To double-check my hypothesis, the experiment was conducted again.

• To double-check my hypothesis
• the experiment
• was conducted
• again