WorksheetsEng III - 3rd 9-Weeks Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
A secretary of state may be criticized for adopting a pragmatic approach to foreign policy and compromising on principles that are important to voters. What does the word pragmatic mean?
matter-of-fact, realistic
hinted at, gossiped about
in name only, not in actuality
enterprising, seeking opportunity
Outside, the winter wind sent up a caterwaul that could be heard for miles.
What kind of sound is most suggested by the use of the word caterwaul?
howling
muttering
sighing
weeping
James has written the following sentence in his critique of a poem.
In the second paragraph of the poem, life is symbolized by the sun, which unlike darkness, makes the narrator happy and fulfilled.
Which term should replace paragraph in the sentence?
couplet
sonnet
stanza
verse
We awoke wearily in the morning to bright sunshine and damp, dripping dew.
Which literary device does the sentence contain?
alliteration, describing morning dew
metaphor, describing the sunshine
simile, comparing the sunshine to the dew
personification, comparing the sunshine to the speaker
Read the sentence.
A prairie dog uses its tail like a highway worker uses a flag; prairie dogs stand by the paths leading from their towns, their tails flying to let others know all is well or shaking as a sign that danger approaches.
What is the relationship between a prairie dog’s tail and a highway worker’s flag?
They are both used near highways.
They are both relatively easy to see.
They are both roughly the same age.
They are both used to communicate.
The phrase " ...No stops, starts snags or pulls," incorporates
rhyme
alliteration
irony
exaggeration
In paragraph 23 of Wife for Life, the reference to "two Prodigals welcome the fatted calf" is an example of what kind of allusion?
biblical
mythical
classical
all of the above
Read the sentence.
Because Seymour had lived in Allentown for over seventy-five years, he was viewed by residents as the area’s _____________.
Which word best completes the sentence?
pariah
patriarch
prodigy
proletariat
Read the sentence.
Though they had just stepped off the train, my aunt and uncle still looked nice.
Which revision of this sentence creates the most vivid picture?
Though they had just been through the ordeal of a train ride, my aunt and uncle still looked nice.
Though they had just stepped off the train after a ten-hour journey, my Aunt Eva and Uncle James still looked fresh and relaxed in crisp, white clothing.
Though they had just finished a long journey, my aunt and uncle still looked nice, relaxed, and well-dressed.
Though they had just stepped off the train, my Aunt Eva and Uncle James still looked nice and did not appear to be that tired or wrinkled.
Read the sentence.
Agates are semiprecious stones whose _________ bands of white and colored crystals makes them popular as jewelry and desktop ornaments.
Which word best completes this sentence?
verdant
effervescent
ephemeral
iridescent
Read the sentence.
In the early 1600s, the Dutch East India Company controlled the ____________ East Indies spice trade.
Which adjective best completes this sentence?
lucrative
opulent
affluent
ostentatious
Read the sentence.
The garden abounded in color.
Which sentence elaborates this sentence the best?
The garden was full of many colors and flowers, including sweet peas, gladioli, and forget-me-nots.
Many colors flourished in the garden, such as pastel pink, red, yellow, and blue, and there were many kinds of flowers.
There were many different flowers in the garden, including sweet peas, tall gladioli, and forget-me-nots, and there were many colors too, like pastels and brilliant shades of red and yellow and periwinkle blue.
The garden overflowed with color, pastel sweet peas climbing the trellises, tall gladioli swaying in brilliant shades of red and yellow, and forget-me-nots covering the earth with periwinkle blue.
Which sentence contains errors in capitalization?
The famous sign “The Buck Stops Here” on President Harry Truman's desk in his White House office was made in the Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma.
The Intolerable Acts were five laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to which the America colonists strongly objected.
One of the most famous paintings of the Renaissance, Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, lies on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Italy.
The Golden Gate bridge, which connects Northern California to the Peninsula of San Francisco, spans the entrance of San Francisco bay.
Read the sentence.
William Dean Howells was a writer, critic who played an important role in the rise of Realism in the United States.
What is the correct way to write the underlined words?
“writer critic”
writer critic
writer-critic
Leave as is.
Read the sentence.
In a legal trial, information is usually admitted as evidence only if it is relavant and firsthand.
What is the correct way to spell the underlined word?
relevint
relevant
relevent
leave as is
Read the sentence.
The earliest refracting telescopes used by Galileo and other astronomers produced a rainbow-colored abberration around the edges of images.
What is the correct way to spell the underlined word?
abburation
aberation
aberration
leave as is
