1) In which sentence does the italicized word have a negative connotation?
A) Jenna's, green eyes and dark eyelashes gave her an exotic look
B) Jack, who is the most outspoken member of the group, led the position to the new rule.
C) Matthew was scrawny kid, but he grew up strong.
D) Although she had worked hard in high school, Ruth found the college courses challenging.
****MY ANSWER IS A
2) Which of the following is a simple sentence?
A) I went to the airport, but I was too late to meet them.
B) I got to the airport late because the traffic was so terrible.
C) When I realized I was too late, I called David's cell phone and made arrangements to meet them in town.
D) Karen and David arrived at the airport at 3:35 P.M. and took a taxi to their hotel.
**** MY ANSWER IS D
3) Which of the following sentences contains an error in subject-verb agreement?
A) Either Dennis or Susan is going to pick you up
B) Kristy, Molly, and Kate attend the same university and ride the bus together
C) Each of the 14 groups are going to contribute an item to the auction
D) Which one of these shirts is your favorite?
*** MY ANSWER COULD BE C or D I'm confuse
4) Which of the following is an evaluation tool using questions and answer that lead to effective strategies?
A) Outline
B) Thesis
C) Flowchart
D) Graphic organizer
*** MY ANSWER IS C
5) AS you're revising an essay, you write down several sentences to describe your intended readers. Why should you do this?
A) To see if your essay is directed toward its intended audience
B) To ensure that you're instructing your audience adequately
C) To ensure that your essay will entertain the audience
D) To make sure you're writing what you know, not what you believe
6)Which of the following sentences contains a redundancy?
A) Emily's sister gave birth to a pair of twins
B) Steve admired the partially completed stadium
C) Chris had trouble working up even mild enthusiasm for Mike's plan.
D) At no time did Tony indicate a willingness to admit defeat
**** MY ANSWER IS A
7) Choosing a good reviewer for your writing means finding someone who
A) is a close friend and will give you a positive review
B) Knows everything about writing and will find every mistake
C) concentrates on correcting your spelling and grammar errors.
D) will concentrate on your ideas and how well you support them
*** MY ANSWER IS D
8) Which of the following sentences uses concrete language?
A) I met Cathy at a store on a street near the bridge
B) Jerry saw that the glass was really dirty
C) When I saw Susan, she was reading a book
D) Danny's Labrador retriever eagerly chases tennis balls
*** MY ANSWER IS A
9) Which of the following sentences shows correct usage of a comma or commas?
A) After a fire at their home, Charlie and her mother rented a house in Glendale, Arizona from November 14, 20007 to January 28, 2008
B) Christopher Wren, a contemporary of Isaac Newton and John Locke, was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral
C) William of Orange, arrived in England in 1688, to claim the English throne from James II
D) Claire's plum pudding was mainly distinctive, for its absence of plums
*** MY ANSWER IS B
10) Reading your draft aloud, using peer review, and using a typed and printed copy are all examples of
A) useful techniques for revision
B) patterns of development
C) graphic organizers
D) point of view
*** MY ANSWER IS A
11) Nathan argue that each paragraph in a narrative should support the author's thesis. Nan says that paragraphs in a narrative illuminate some part of the action. Which one is correct?
A) Both Nathan and Nan are correct
B) Only Nathan is correct
C) Neither Nathan nor Nan is correct
D) Only Nan is correct
*** MY ANSWER IS A
12) A student who regularly tracks mistakes in spelling, verb forms, and parallelism is probably
A) using a flowchart
B) analyzing the essay's organization
C. Keeping an error log
D) focusing on learning syle
*** MY ANSWER IS C
13) Which of the following sentences uses a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?
A) My aunt, who usually behaves like a queen, was suddenly asking-no, begging-for help
B) We fired our old housekeeper, who we though had stolen Grandma's rings; we later regretted it
C) Out in the yard, the children shouted loudly and threw silly insults at each other.
D) The budget payment is much higher than we anticipated, but the price of heating oil has skyrocketed this year
*** MY ANSWER IS A
14) While reviewing an essay, what should be your main purpose in applying question of who, what, when, where, and why?
A) To compare your thesis statement with your conclusion
B) To organize your evidence
C) To clarify your topic sentences
D) To be sure your evidence provides sufficient detail
*** MY ANSWER IS C OR D
scrawny
has a negative connotation :)
so capitalize it if it was italic
like
SCRAWNY
1. A - no
2. D - yes
3. C or D -- one of those is correct. Find the subject of each of these sentences.
4. C - yes
5. ?
6. A - yes
7. D - yes
8. A - no
9. B - yes
10. A - yes
11. A - yes
12. C - yes
13. A - no
14. C or D -- one of these is correct.
Question #1 - new answer B
Question #3 - new answer D
Question #5 you don't know
Question #8 - new answer D
Question #13 - New answer C
Question #14 - New answer B
Question #1 - new answer B - no
Question #3 - new answer D - no
Question #5 you don't know because you didn't answer it.
Question #8 - new answer D - no
Question #13 - New answer C - no
Question #14 - New answer B - no
I've checked your guesses twice. You're on your own now.