Q3: Week 4 quiz

What are you doing this weekend?

Philip tried to ______________ his feelings, but he couldn’t find the right words.

• verbose
• verbalize
• universe
• diversity

I love you more than all the stars in the__________________.

• verbose
• verbalize
• universe
• diversity

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: The lab technician placed the blood sample under the microscope.

• The lab technician
• placed
• the blood sample
• under the microscope

Does the prepositional phrase in this sentence function as an adjective or an adverb: The lab technician placed the blood sample under the microscope.

• adjective
• adverb

Identify the letter of the sentence with the dangling participle.

• A. The boat approached the diving rock speeding under the bridge.
• B. Speeding under the bridge, the diving rock came into view.
• C. Speeding under the bridge, the boat approached the diving rock.

Write a sentence using cumulative adjectives.

Replace the 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 adjective with an adjective that is more precise: Tom was 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 when he saw the bold, red A+ scrawled on the top of his science report.

Identify the allusion: The crowd parted before the sick man like the red sea parting before Moses.

Identify the type of allusion in the sentence: The crowd parted before the sick man like the red sea parting before Moses.

• biblical
• literary
• mythological