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English 8 - Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What word can describe, clarify, qualify, or limit a particular word in a sentence?

a)

Indicators

b)

Modifiers

c)

Adjectives

2.

2. What word describes a noun or pronoun?

a)

Indicators

b)

Modifiers

c)

Adjectives

3.

3. What figure of speech is an ironic understatement by which an affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Litotes

c)

Paradox

4.

4. Which of the following is NOT a type of modifier?

a)

Single-word modifiers

b)

Clause modifiers

c)

Compound modifiers

5.

5. What is the profession of reporting and writing the news?

a)

Journalism

b)

Reporter

c)

News writer

6.

6. What line contains the name of the writer of the article?

a)

Byline

b)

Headline

c)

Lead paragraph

7.

7. What is the first line that readers see and contains the who-what angle of the news?

a)

Byline

b)

Headline

c)

Lead paragraph

8.

8. Writers are guided by the universal guideline. What is it called?

a)

News elements

b)

News report

c)

Journalistic text

9.

9. What refers to the use of ideas and information to sway an audience?

a)

Advertisements

b)

Commercial

c)

Propaganda

10.

10. What technique of persuasion appeals to emotion?

a)

Logos

b)

Pathos

c)

Ethos

11.

11. What technique of persuasion appeal to the audiences’ sense of reason?

a)

Logos

b)

Pathos

c)

Ethos

12.

12. What technique of persuasion is used to convey the writer’s credibility and authority?

a)

Logos

b)

Pathos

c)

Ethos

13.

13. Which of the propaganda strategies occurs when an unfair comparison or omission of facts is made?

a)

Card-stacking

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Testimonial

14.

14. Which of the propaganda strategies harnesses our belief in the character and credibility of certain individuals or sources?

a)

Card-stacking

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Testimonial

15.

15. Which of the propaganda strategies appeal leverages the natural human desire to belong and feel included?

a)

Card-stacking

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Testimonial

16.

16. Which of the propaganda strategies practices stereotyping and uses sarcasm and some humor?

a)

Glittering generalities

b)

Name-calling

c)

Emotional appeal

17.

17. Which of the propaganda strategies are vague, abstract statements?

a)

Glittering generalities

b)

Name-calling

c)

Emotional appeal

18.

18. Which of the propaganda strategies employs constant reiteration of a name or idea?

a)

Repetition

b)

Name-calling

c)

Emotional appeal

19.

19. What is an article?

a)

modifies an adjective or verb

b)

are determiners or noun markers that function to specify if the noun is general or specific in its reference

c)

used to describe a noun

20.

20. What sources of news are raw, unfiltered, and unedited data?

a)

Secondary sources

b)

Attributing sources

c)

Primary sources