Passage 1:Alice in Wonderland
1.)Alice’s character is established in the opening paragraph. What can we infer about Alice’s character based on the comment: “and what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice ‘without pictures or conversations?’
A. She is a boring person.
B. She doesn't like her sister.
C. She is silly.
D. She is curious about people and their conversations.
D. She is curious about people and their conversations.
What does the last line of the excerpt reveal about the narrator’s point of view?
A.) He is suggesting that his viewpoint is not important.
B.) He is adopting the viewpoint of many politicians.
C.) He highlights the view that younger people will make changes in other arenas.
D.) He is highlighting the view that elders think young people's voices matter.
C.) He highlights the view that younger people will make changes in other arenas.
1.) What is the appositive in the following sentence?
Drena, an accountant, was always busy typing away, so she never had time for talking.
A.) Drena
B.) an accountant
C.) was always busy typing away
D.) so she never had time for talking
B.) an accountant
1.) What type of literary device is the following?
"There was a heavy thunderstorm, the wind snorted outside, rattling my windowpanes."
A.) Simile
B.) Personification
C.) Metaphor
D.) Alliteration
B.) Personification
What is the following definition of?
is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning.
Connotation
2.) Which character trait is BEST established in the following excerpt? "In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again."
A.) Silly B.) Brave C.) Impulsive D.) Angry
C.) Impulsive
Passage 2: Which argument does the author avoid making?
A.) The author feels that voting should be obligatory and mandated by law.
B.) The author feels that the voting age requirement should be lowered.
C.) The author feels that voters will become disillusioned by the current voting law.
D.) The author argues that schools should teach courses that promote debate.
A.) The author feels that voting should be obligatory and mandated by law.
2.) Which sentence has proper punctuation?
A.) The dog was very bad and I thought my mom would get rid of him right away.
B.) The cat was very large, so my mom stopped feeding her snacks.
C.) The rabbit was very calm but sometimes he would bite your finger.
D.) If you follow your heart everything will workout well for you.
B.) The cat was very large, so my mom stopped feeding her snacks.
Coordinating Conjunction.
2.) What is the following an example of?
“That almost freezes up the heat of life.”
A.) Personification.
B.) Onomatopoeia.
C.) Oxymoron.
D.) Allegory.
C.) Oxymoron.
This quintessential statement is delivered by Juliet before drinking the sleeping potion. The oxymoronic phrase, freezing up the heat of life, highlights the fear lurking in Juliet’s heart pertaining to the aftereffect of drinking the potion. This graphic contrast of chilling fear and Juliet’s warm blood effectively conveys the overwhelming anxiety experienced by Juliet – the unsettling feeling that something awful might happen and might eventually jeopardize her life.
What is the following definition of?
A story that has a deeper or more general meaning in addition to its surface meaning. They are composed of several symbols and can have a religious or political meaning.
What is an allegory?
3.) In paragraphs 5-7, what tone is established by the writer as Alice moves through the tunnel?
A. Scared B. Curious C. Awestruck D. Assertive
B. Curious
In which paragraph does the author argue that lowering the voting age is not enough?
A.) Paragraph 3
B.) Paragraph 4
C.) Paragraph 5
D.) Paragraph 6
D.) Paragraph 6
3.) Which sentence has proper capitalization?
A.) Robert frost was an american Poet.
B.) He did not have much success with his poetry until he moved to England.
C.) Much of frost's poetry, written in blank verse, celebrates the beauty of New England farm life.
B.) He did not have much success with his poetry until he moved to England.
3.) What is something that draws a picture in your head and appeals to the five senses?
A.) imagery.
B.) mood.
C.) tone.
A.) imagery
3.) What is the following an example of
A.) Ethos, B.) Pathos, C.) Logos? Why?
"Based on the dozens of archaeological expeditions I've made all over the world, I am confident that those potsherds are Mesopotamian in origin."
A.) Ethos.
What point of view is "Down the Rabbit-Hole" written in?
A.) First Person Point of View.
B.) Second Person Point of View.
C.) Third Person Objective Point of View.
D.) Third Person Limited Point of View.
D.) Third Person Limited Point of View.
Passage 2: What does the word compulsory mean in paragraph 5? What part of speech is it?
A.) flexible, adjective
B.) structured, adverb
C.) Immovable, noun
D.) Mandatory, adjective
D.) Mandatory, adjective
Determine which letter is a complete sentence without being a run-on or a fragment?
A.) Which can land on water or on the ground.
B.) A single-engine plane has one engine a twin-engine has two.
C.) The pilot who flies the plane.
D.) In 1947, Chuck Yeager flew the first supersonic rocket-powered airplane.
D.) In 1947, Chuck Yeager flew the first supersonic rocket-powered airplane.
"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."
The word PRUDENCE most likely means
A.) cautious.
B.) recklessness.
C.) extravagance.
D.) history.
A.) cautious.
4.) What is something that stands for or represents something else in a story?
A.) foreshadowing
B.) allegory
C.) metaphor
D.) symbolism
D.) Symbolism
5.) What does the last line #17 of the excerpt reveal about the narrator’s point of view?
A. She is suggesting that she is concerned about her fate.
B. She is adopting a point of view similar to those who may scold her.
C . She is proving that her point of view is very mature.
D. She is highlighting how her point of view is not reliant, and she is able to change quickly (she is fickle).
D. She is highlighting how her point of view is not reliant, and she is able to change quickly (she is fickle).
5.) Which sentence uses comma rules correctly?
A.) "Meet me at the movie theater in an hour" Katie said.
B.) My father is James Tyler Sr. and my father is James Tyler Jr.
C.) The candidate said, "I will be the next president of the United States."
D.) There are 582,00 feet in that measurement.
C.) The candidate said, "I will be the next president of the United States."
A reluctant student who has been CAJOLED into doing his work by a patient teacher who offered him help has been:
A.) bribed into doing it
B.) forced into doing it
C.) coaxed into doing it
D.) punished into doing
C.) coaxed into doing it
3.) What is the following an example of
A.) Ethos, B.) Pathos, C.) Logos? Why?
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."
Logos