Extra Credit English

Which word describes something very difficult or challenging?

• Skeptical

• Rigorous

• Fundamental

• Contemptuous

What is the meaning of "skeptical"?

• Extremely important

• Not easily convinced; doubtful

• To prosper or succeed

• Continuous; not losing strength

What does the verb "thrive" mean?

• To lessen the force of something

• To prosper or succeed

• To originate from

• To be ignored or rejected

What does "cohesion" refer to?

• The act of sticking together

• The act of accepting differences

• Endless and limitless

• Stubbornness

What does "dissonant" mean?

• Lacking harmony

• Endless and limitless

• Controlled

• Honored or holy

Which sentence with dialog below is punctuated correctly?

• "Hi" Joe nervously said to Sara.

• "Hi," Joe nervously said to Sara.

• "Hi, Joe nervously said to Sara."

• Hi, "Joe nervously said to Sara."

Read the paragraph below. What figure of speech is being used?

From All Things Considered(GK Chesterton)

"So I do not think that it is altogether fanciful or incredible to suppose that even the floods in London may be accepted and enjoyed poetically. Nothing beyond inconvenience seems really to have been caused by them; and inconvenience, as I have said, is only one aspect, and that the most unimaginative and accidental aspect of a really romantic situation. An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. The water that girdled the houses and shops of London must, if anything, have only increased their previous witchery and wonder."

• hyperbole

• paradox

• euphemism

• synecdoche

What is the synonym for “receded slowly”?

• emerged sluggishly

• appeared carefully

• regressed without hurrying

• transformed at a weak pace

"i like," Luther commented, "reading a play before I go see it."

• "I like," Luther commented, "Reading a play before I go see it."

• "I like," Luther Commented, "reading a play before I go see it."

• "i like," Luther commented, "Reading a play before I go see it."

• "I like," Luther commented, "reading a play before I go see it."

Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation if it is a complete sentence.

• true

• false