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English 8 review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

What logical fallacy is used?


The NY Daily News offers an amusing list of insults against Donald Trump: “Short fingered Vulgarian,” “Angry Creamsicle,” “Fascist Carnival Barker,” “F*ckface von Clownstick,” “Decomposing Jack-O-Lantern,” “Chairman of the Saddam Hussein Fanclub,” “Racist Clementine,” “Sentient Caps Lock Button,” “Cheeto Jesus,” “Tangerine Tornado,” and perhaps the most creative/literary reference, “Rome Burning in Man Form.”

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Strawman

c)

Red Herring

d)

Hasty Generalization

2.

What fallacy is this?


someone attacks a position the opponent doesn’t really hold

a)

Red Herring

b)

Appeal to Pity

c)

Strawman

d)

False Dilemma

3.

What fallacy is this?


“Either you love me, or you hate me.”

a)

Red Herring

b)

Appeal to Authority

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

False Dilemma

4.

What fallacy is this?


“People nowadays only vote with their emotions instead of their brains.”

a)

Red Herring

b)

Strawman

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

Hasty Generalization

5.

What fallacy is this?


In Charlotte Macleod’s The Withdrawing Room. Augustus Quiffen, a lodger at Sarah’s Brownstone home, is killed falling under the train. Seemingly, it was an accident, until Mary Smith tells Sarah that it was a murder, but she cannot identify the murderer. Sarah and Max Bittersohn investigate the matter, and find that the killer had planned the death beforehand, and that he was well-prepared to conceal it.

a)

Strawman

b)

Red Herring

c)

False Dilemma

d)

Appeal to Pity

6.

Informs readers about the day-to-day life of the community. There, readers find human-interest stories and information about upcoming events.

a)

Feature

b)

Editorial

c)

News

d)

Sports

7.

Cites facts such as historical references, statistics, relevant names/facts to bolster credibility.

Covers relevant issues in school, region, national, and even international level.

a)

News

b)

Sports

c)

Features

d)

SciTech

8.

a headline extending across the top of a page

a)

Banner

b)

Lead

c)

Ears

d)

Masthead

9.

a line at the top of all newspaper pages giving the name of the paper and the date of the issue.

a)

Folio

b)

Running Head

c)

Byline

d)

Umbrella head

10.

A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one.

a)

Participial Phrase

b)

Adverbial Phrase

c)

Adjectival Phrase

d)

Gerund Phrase

11.

She gives students with high marks less homework.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

12.

After the parade, we walked home.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

13.

The game lasted for three hours.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

14.

The students with distinction are from that school.

a)

Adjectve

b)

Adverb

15.

David, who has been with the company for five years, is our new director.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

16.

Princess hid the key where no one could find it.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

17.

The forest fire will not stop unless it rains.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

18.

The committee is eager for volunteers.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

19.

Mallory likes to dance in the rain.

a)

Infinitive

b)

Participle

c)

Gerund

20.

Succeeding is not enough. Others must fail.

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

c)

Infinitive

21.

Most people at the office were in favor of leaving before 3 p.m.

a)

Subject

b)

Subject Complement

c)

Object of the Preposition

d)

Adjective

22.

Handling toads does not cause warts.

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

23.

Last week the tree began sprouting blossoms.

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

24.

INFINITIVE FUNCTIONS:


My grandmother's attempt to skateboard ended in disaster.

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

25.

INFINITIVES


Malcolm struggled hard to free himself.

a)

Adjective

b)

Noun

c)

Adverb

26.

INFINITIVES


To get more votes, I called everyone I knew.

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

27.

GERUNDS


George and Martha now regret renting that vacation cabin in Maine.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

Subject Complement

d)

Object of the Prepositiob

e)

Not a gerund

28.

We saw a large crowd of people running from the accident scene.

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

29.

By playing the message backwards, you will understand the code.

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

30.

INFINITIVES


Your attempts to hurt my feelings have been unsuccessful.

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Noun

31.

GERUNDS


Hal considered hitting the ball into left field.

a)

Subject

b)

Object

c)

OP

d)

Subject Complement

32.

INFINITIVES


Bill's primary achievement was to finish the work.

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Adverb

33.

what is the literary device in the words “warm wind, the west wind” ?

a)

Assonance

b)

Rhyme

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

34.

There is cool green grass there where men may lie at rest; And the thrushes are in song there, fluting from their nest…


which word is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

thrushes

b)

fluting

c)

song

d)

nest

35.

"i can read you like a magazine"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Irony

36.

The hired hands worked endlessly.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Personification

37.

Cause even the stars they burn some even fall to the earth.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Onomatopoeia