WorksheetsEnglish 12 PreTest EOC
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
One of the central concerns of rhetoric is to project an impression to the reader that you are an authority on the subject of the paper, as well as someone who is likable and worthy of respect. This is an example of
ethos
pathos
logos
mythos
The most common way of conveying this appeal is through narrative or story, which can turn the abstractions of logic into something palpable and present. The values, beliefs, and understandings of the writer are implicit in the story and conveyed imaginatively to the reader.
ethos
pathos
logos
mythos
Aristotle’s belief that good speakers need to use logical and sound evidence is captured by his concept:
ethos
pathos
logos
mythos
What is the epilogue?
a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
the aside given by a character in a drama
section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened
the author's intentions
Using a polite word for another word that is considered to be more socially crude is an example of using what?
aphorism
euphemism
epithet
idiom
“The Almighty’s Enemy” is an example of a
epic
caesura
allusion
kenning
Fix the underlined portion of the sentence:
Herds of mammoths and other large mammals migrated across the Bering Land Bridge in search of food, followed by traditional nomadic groups of Stone Age hunters.
traditionally nomadically
traditionally nomadic
nomadically traditional
best left as it is
The sentence "she transformed her garden into the Garden of Eden" is an example of which rhetorical device?
allusion
amplification
metaphor
anaphora
If one were to analyze John F. Kennedy’s famous Inaugural speech based solely on the events occurring immediately prior to and during the his presidency, including the Cold War, race relations, and the 1960's culture, it would be considered writing about the ___________________ of the moment
constraint
mirror effect
exigence
rhetoric
The book, The Alchemist, would be considered a
fable
epic
bildungsroman
journey of self-torture
When an advertisement draws in the target audience by helping them identify with the ad’s problematic situation or story it is called
window effect
pathos
ethos
mirror effect
Read the following sentence and then answer the question.
I should apologize for the snide e-mail I wrote you last week, although I must admit that I am still angry with you.
The sentence contains an issue with:
a comma splice
a misplaced modifier
a colon omission
a dangling participle
The rhetorical triangle includes
audience, exigence, and angle of vision
ethos, pathos, logos
audience, context, kairos
audience, writer, angle of vision
Which parenthetical information should fill the blank in the sentence below?
The research of Willie Townsend suggests that flexibility with language improves critical thinking skills _____________.
(p. 333)
(Townsend 333)
(333)
None of the these
Which of the following is the proper way to format a Works Cited Internet entry for an online scholarly e-journal?
American Indian Quarterly-- “Reclaiming Land and Spirit in the Western Apache Homeland.” (2001): 5-14. Web. 10 Dec. 2001. Welch, John R., and Ramon Riley.
Welch, John R., and Ramon Riley. “Reclaiming Land and Spirit in the Western Apache Homeland.” American Indian Quarterly 25.4 (2001): 5-14. Web. 10 Dec. 2001.
Welch, John R. and Ramon Riley. “Reclaiming Land and Spirit in the Western Apache Homeland.” American Indian Quarterly 25.4 (2001): 5-14. Web. 10 Dec. 2001. <http:www.quarterly.com.>.
Reclaiming Land and Spirit in the Western Apache Homeland. Welch, John R., and Ramon Riley. “American Indian Quarterly” 25.4 (2001): 5-14. Web. 10 Dec. 2001. <http:www.quarterly.com.>.
Luke Skywalker, Grendel, and Cinderella are all examples of
action heroes
fantastical characters
archetypes
mythical figures
________________ refers to an attempt to transform the established social order and its structures of power, authority, and hierarchy.
synecdoche
Marxism
euphemism
subversion
Read the paragraph below and choose the writer’s tone.
Obesity continues to grow in the United States despite our national interest in being thin and fit. More than 60% of adults in the U. S. are now estimated to be overweight or obese. More than 300,000 people die from health problems related to excessive weight each year.
hostile
objective
pessimistic
optimistic
In MLA style, block quotes that are four typed lines or more are _____.
set off from the text by indenting ten spaces from the left-hand margin and omitting quotation marks
set off from the text by indenting ten spaces from the left-hand margin and including quotation marks
set off from the text with quotation marks
None of the above are true.
Hubris is
excessive pride or self-confidence
comic relief in a tragedy
a tragic hero's tragic flaw
the philosophy behind dramatic literature
Catastrophe is
action that has occurred before the play begins
the death of the protagonist
the final action that completes the unraveling of the plot in a play, especially in a tragedy
the revealing of the climax
An annotated bibliography is
a story about a writer's own life
a list of resources linked to websites
notes taken on a text during active reading
a list of resources that are then summarized
What is a volta?
a short poem of 8 rhymed lines
the turn of a thought or argument in a sonnet
the metric unit of a Shakespearean sonnet
the rhythmic pattern of a sonnet
The following selection is from a dictionary. Which of the following sentences uses this word correctly?
CAMAILCa*mail", n. Etym: [F. camail (cf. It. camaglio), fr. L. caput head + source of E. mail.] 1. (Ancient Armor) Defn: A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece. 2. A hood of other material thanmail; esp. (Eccl.), a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.
The elderly monk lifted the camail, tossed it lightly onto the pile of glazed tiles, and hoped that he would soon have enough to finish the stained glass window.
The hair stood up on the back of her neck; Sarah gently nudged her horse forward and began to draw her sword from its camail.
The soldier tossed his helmet on the ground, wiped the sweat from his eyes, and tied his camail to his arm.
The sword leaped high over the paladin's head, and then, with lightening swiftness, jerked back, clanging loudly against his camail.
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
