Q2 Grade 12 Benchmark

What are examples of neutral attitude adjectives?

• cautionary, critical, facetious
• balanced, helpful, informative
• chatty, reverent, empathetic

A Thank You Letter should include what in the first paragraph?

• Explain your skills and expertise that make you a strong candidate for the job you interviewed for.
• Explain your educational background and training.
• Show your appreciation for their time and the opportunity to be interviewed.
• Impress them with your amazing wit.

Which statement primarily appeals to pathos to support the position that multitasking is a necessary skill in the twenty-first century?

• If you want to survive in today's workforce, you must possess the ability to multitask; without it, you will perish.
• Although some researchers note that multitasking is at times counterproductive, the necessity of multitasking in our high-speed, high-pressure world remains.

Complete the sentence with the best relative pronoun. Two oil industry workers, __________ amateur video of a tornado twisting through a North Dakota trailer park went viral online, were quite lucky to escape the tornado unharmed.

• who
• whom
• whose
• which
• that

What is the independent clause in this sentence. Since Japan has little arable land, it cannot grow enough crops for its population and must import much of its food.

• Since Japan has little arable land
• it cannot grow enough crops for its population and must import much of its food.

Which figure of speech is used in this text? Janet's sweater shrank just a bit. It fits her baby sister now.

• understatement
• chiasmus

Which figure of speech is used in this text? Mr. Wolfsheim, forgetting the more sentimental atmosphere of the old Metropole, began to eat with ferocious delicacy. —F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

• oxymoron
• hyperbole

Which figure of speech is used in this text? I want to shake off the dust of this one-horse town. I want to explore the world. I want to watch TV in a different time zone. I want to visit strange, exotic malls. I'm sick of eating hoagies! I want a grinder, a sub, a foot-long hero! —Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

• chiasmus
• anaphora

Which logical fallacy is used in the text? Our mission is to provide customers with the best snacks on the market. That's why we only use real ingredients that you can pronounce.

• false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one cause the other
• hasty generalization: a broad claim based on too few observations
• appeal to nature: the assumption that natural things are always good

Consider this claim: To reduce stress, people should try watching funny movies or stand-up comedy. Which is the strongest evidence to support the claim?

• Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have found that laughing can help decrease the physical symptoms of stress by helping relax and stimulating circulation.
• When asked to list ways in which they dealt with stress, participants in a survey included humor along with physical activity and sleep.
• In a survey conducted by National Public Radio, almost half of respondents said that they had gone through a major stressful experience this past year.
• Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that shared laughter can strengthen social bonds between two people by signaling that they see the world in the same way.