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Tone words A-M and education readings

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Emerson's tone is best described as...

a)

acerbic

b)

didactic

c)

elegiac

d)

laconic

2.

Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes the importance of

a)

Patience and Virtue

b)

Direct instruction

c)

Genius and Drill

d)

Corporal punishment

3.

Emerson believes a child's curiosity and education begins with

a)

birth

b)

parents

c)

elementary school

d)

a strong teacher

4.

Sherman Alexie uses Superman as

a)

an extended metaphor

b)

a narrative anecdote

c)

an allegory

d)

all of these

5.

Which writer was a transcendentalist?

a)

Sherman Alexie

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Kyoko Mori

d)

all of these

6.

"School" by Kyoko Mori was originally written as...

a)

an argumentative essay

b)

a memoir

c)

a speech

d)

a newspaper editorial

7.

The --- gentleman left a further sum of $5000 to be divided among the poor.

a)

benevolent

b)

cryptic

c)

disdainful

d)

insipid

8.

The --- tone she used when talking about her ex-boyfriend suggested she was still holding a grudge.

a)

acerbic

b)

condescending

c)

euphoric

d)

grandiose

9.

Many people describe their graduations as ---: excited for the future but sad to say goodbye.

a)

benevolent

b)

bittersweet

c)

contemptuous

d)

iconoclastic

10.

Journalists are supposed to use a --- tone when giving the who, what, when, where, why and how without opinion.

a)

clinical

b)

facetious

c)

impartial

d)

indignant

11.

Laughing during the sermon struck the others as deeply --- in church.

a)

colloquial

b)

disdainful

c)

irreverent

d)

laudatory

12.

Kyoko Mori's use of quotation marks around the words "the real world" indicate

a)

emphasis

b)

irony

c)

a direct quotation

d)

understatement

13.

Exigence refers to a writer's

a)

persona

b)

inspiration

c)

ethos

d)

previous publications

14.

Both experimental and --- evidence show that the treatment is effective.

a)

clinical

b)

despondent

c)

flippant

d)

grandiose

15.

My mother often spends her monthly pension on ---- purchases she never uses.

a)

disdainful

b)

facetious

c)

frivolous

d)

laconic

16.

She was --- upon learning she was awarded a full scholarship.

a)

euphoric

b)

frivolous

c)

indignant

d)

hostile

17.

He was -- after being pulled over for no reason.

a)

enigmatic

b)

indignant

c)

didactic

d)

colloquial

18.

The coach gave a --- speech about the MVP at the banquet.

a)

bittersweet

b)

elegiac

c)

flippant

d)

laudatory

19.

I was troubled by the ---letter I received in the mail.

a)

benevolent

b)

cryptic

c)

didactic

d)

impartial

20.

I could not decipher the --- expression on his face.

a)

cynical

b)

enigmatic

c)

hostile

d)

paternal