Unit Test Review: English – Flashcards
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I coveted the [WOL] of jeans I saw in the store window. Determine the correct homophone
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pair
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The cave had offered a greater challenge than the group expected. This was not a tourist's cavern, and there was no stopping to photograph stalagmites—far from it. Each spelunker wore a headlamp, and each had gone so far as to belly crawl through a tight fissure at the urging of their guide. Riya had kept up all afternoon, ignoring her aching legs and the shadows of abundant bats. And now she awaited her turn to walk, legs splayed, across a yawning crevice. Even Old Dot had done it; she could hear the group clapping for her across the darkness. Finding footholds on the left and right, she advanced—one foot, then the other. Reaching ambitiously for jutting rock beyond her grasp, she heard a sickly crumble below and began to fall. How does the excerpt exemplify the ideas King describes in "Danse Macabre"?
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It forces readers to "grapple" with their own mortality.
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He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness. His whole high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable mould, like Cellini's cast Perseus. Which best states the theme that is developed in this excerpt?
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the paralysis that fate inflicts on man
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An e-mail to your boss asking for a raise in salary would most likely use what type of language?
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formal
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Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter takes place before the story begins?
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The Puritans erect a jail.
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Mark Twain is a pseudonym for the writer's legal name, Samuel L. Clemens. Based on the prefix, pseudo-, what does the word "pseudonym" mean?
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fake name
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A blessing on the righteous Colony of the Massachusetts, where iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine! What is the meaning of the word "iniquity"?
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wickedness, sin
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Which statement is the best thesis for a compare-and-contrast essay?
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Though both posters use graphic images, the poster with the mother's advice presents a more compelling message.
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Which statement is the best thesis for a compare-and-contrast essay?
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Both ads effectively convey the candidates' names and political parties, but the ad with citizen testimonials is the most convincing.
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[WOL] the man was only twenty-five years old, he looked twenty years older due to excessive sun exposure. Which transitional word would best complete the sentence?
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Although
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Length multiplied by width equals the square footage of a room. If the room is L-shaped, you can break the space down into several different squares or rectangles. You may want to measure in inches to figure out the total square inches. Then divide that by 144 to figure out the total square footage. This passage is most appropriate for
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students learning architectural design.
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