English EOC Review

What is the Climax

• The most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist a turning point in the story

• The author interrupts the plot to re-create an event of earlier time

• A comparison that uses the words like or as

• A folktale that explains something about the world such as frightening or mysterious natural forces

This man ____ here a few years ago.

• will work

• works

• is working

• worked

Mother _____ to the grocer twice a day.

• is going

• goes

• went

I _____ that boy is wonderful

• think

• am thinking

• thinks

• thought

Sarai can't believe whose coming to dinner tonight.

• change whose to who's

• change tonight to tonite

• change dinner to diner

• make no change

Didn't Danny remind Josue and I about our upcoming STAAR test next week?

• make no change

• change Josue and I to Josue and me

• change upcoming to up-coming

• change Didn't to Doesn't

Which sentence shows correct comma usage?

• The group, although excited, to be traveling stood quietly in line.

• Jess one of my cousins from Seattle, is coming to visit today.

• Marcus, one of the new students, tries hard to impress the team.

• Their boots which had gotten wet, were by the door.

"No, I won't eat no lima beans," stated Ray, "but I will eat cake."

• capitalize the word but

• delete the comma after No

• delete the quotations before but

• change no to any

Which of the following is NOT an example of a transitional word or phrase?

• As an example

• Likewise

• He said

• On the other hand

If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all! Which word is a synonym of "curtail"?

• A. reduce

• B. follow

• C. behind

• D. buy