Vocabulary Part One
Vocabulary Part Two
Study Island Part One
Study Island Part Two
Beauty One
100

Which of the following words COULD be used to replace maltreat?

  • Harm
  • Coddle
  • Tickle
  • Reward
what is harm?
100

Which of the following COULD NOT replace erroneous?

  • Flawed
  • Inaccurate
  • Precise
  • False

what is Precise?

100

Sir Alexander Fleming, Dr. Howard Florey, and Dr. Ernest Chain received the Nobel Prize in 1945 for _______ work on discovering, testing, and producing penicillin as an antibiotic.

  1. our
  2. their
  3. his
  4. her

what is their?

100
  1. Which of these sentences is correctly written?
    1. A list of his favorite songs were in the top drawer of his desk.
    2. A list of his favorite songs are in the top drawer of his desk.
    3. A list of his favorite songs be in the top drawer of his desk.
    4. A list of his favorite songs is in the top drawer of his desk.

what is A list of his favorite songs is in the top drawer of his desk?

100

“...His saddle was silver, and the trailing skirts sapphire blue; and a white rose gleamed like the moon between his black ears” (310).

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Personification
  4. Hyperbole

what is simile?

200

Laborious serves to:

  • Emphasize the ease of the work
  • Suggest that the job is boring
  • Imply conflict with the staff
  • Suggest that the work is strenuous

what is suggest that the work is strenuous?

200

Which of the following would be the best definition of the word preamble?

  • An introduction to a speech or a piece of writing
  • A tough situation
  • A law
  • Support of a cause or belief

what is An introduction to a speech or a piece of writing?

200
  1. What is the best way to write the underlined part of the sentence?

No one have their passports ready, so the line at the airport security checkpoint is moving very slowly.

  1. have them passports ready
  2. Leave as is
  3. has his or her passport ready
  4. has he or she passport ready

what is has his or her passport ready?

200
  1. How is the sentence below correctly written?

Either a large rodent or termites is responsible for the damage to the garden shed.

  1. The sentence is correctly written.
  2. change rodent to rodents
  3. change is to are
  4. change is to was

what is change is to are?

200

“Trees slapped me in the face, and Greatheart’s gait was uneven as he picked his way over the rough ground. It seemed to get worse the farther we went out” (290).

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Foreshadowing
  4. Personification

what is personification?

300

When you contend something, you:

  • Argue against it
  • Undermine it
  • Argue for it
  • Refuse to accept it

what is argue for it?

300

Despite his advanced age, the research chemist’s work did not __________; in fact, many of his colleagues thought that he achieved his most brilliant insights in old age.

Which word best completes the sentence?

  • Divulge
  • Forestall
  • Contend
  • Deteriorate

what is Deteriorate?

300
  1. What is the best way to write the underlined part of the sentence?


Mom will allow my twin sister and me to go on a trip to New York City by ourselves when we are seniors.

  1. my twin sister and I
  2. my twin sister and us
  3. my twin sister and myself
  4. Leave as is

what is leave as is?

300
  1. Which of these sentences is correctly written?
    1. There were daffodils, tulips, and violets in the floral arrangement.
    2. There were daffodils tulips and violets in the floral arrangement.
    3. There were daffodils; tulips; and violets in the floral arrangement.
    4. There were daffodils tulips and violets, in the floral arrangement.

what is There were daffodils, tulips, and violets in the floral arrangement?

300

“On one wall to my left a fire was burning in a fireplace framed with wrought iron in the shape of climbing vines; two armchairs were drawn up before it. One chair was empty. In the other a massive shadow sat” (141).

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Imagery
  4. Allusion

what is imagery?

400

Which of the following words COULD NOT be used to replace humane?

  • Indifferent
  • Compassionate
  • Sympathetic
  • Gentle

what is Indifferent?

400

The staccato sounds the dancer heard as she approached the studio made her sure that the tap students were practicing their routine.

Which word would be the best synonym of the italicized word?

  • Original
  • Distinct
  • Excited
  • Concise

what is Distinct?

400
  1. Which is the best way to write the sentence?
    1. The student was able to direct the school play with the teacher's help.
    2. With the teacher's help, the school play, the student was able to direct.
    3. The school play, with the teacher's help, the student was able to direct.
    4. With the teacher's help, the student was able to direct the school play.

what is With the teacher's help, the student was able to direct the school play?

400


The test has already been written, teachers have reviewed the questions thoroughly, it is too late to make changes now.

  1. The test has already been written, and teachers have reviewed the questions thoroughly, so it is too late to make changes now.
  2. The test has already been written, and teachers have reviewed. The questions thoroughly, it is too late to make changes now.
  3. The test has already been written, teachers. Have reviewed, the questions thoroughly. It is too late to make changes now.
  4. The test has already been written, so teachers have reviewed the questions. Thoroughly it is too late, and to make changes now.

what is a. The test has already been written, and teachers have reviewed the questions thoroughly, so it is too late to make changes now?

400
  1. All of the following are magical abilities of the Beast except:
    1. Read minds of all living things
    2. Send dreams to others designed by him
    3. Place gifts in unexpected locations
    4. Watch others through a glass table

what is Read minds of all living things?

500

Students usually look forward to summer as the time when they will be ______________ from classroom, homework, and teachers.

Which word best completes the sentence?

  • Comported
  • Aspired
  • Emancipated
  • Mired

what is Emancipated?

500

Before the storm, that brook was just a __________ , but after the torrential rains, it became a raging river.

Which word best completes the sentence?

  • Rivulet
  • Mire
  • Statute
  • Blasphemy

what is Rivulet?

500
  1. In the sentence below, what change, if any, should be made?

    Michael Phelps is one of the best known athletes who endorse products in television commercials.
    1. change endorse to endorsing
    2. change endorse to endorses
    3. change Michael Phelps to He
    4. The sentence is correctly written.

what is change endorse to endorses?

500
  1. wasting the valuable time and efforts of our justice system.

The tone of the above passage can be best described as

  1. Disheartened
  2. Envious
  3. Sarcastic
  4. Yearning

what is Disheartened?

500
  1. Learning why Honour’s nickname is Beauty corresponds to which plot element?
    1. Exposition
    2. Conflict
    3. Rising Action
    4. Resolution

what is exposition?

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