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Grammar
100
Hyperbole
What is exaggeration?
100
A person smoking in front of a non-smoking sign
What is irony?
100
You think that cost should be the most important consideration in space discovery, and if it is very expensive, it should not happen. These sources support your point of view.
What is C, H and E?
100
In the passage as a whole, a major shift in the development of the argument occurs at which of the following points? (A) “More than five hundred years ago” (line 13) (B) “Take a straightforward example” (line 20) (C) “So what’s really going on” (line 40) (D) “Language often becomes” (line 54) (E) “Compare the reactions of many Australians” (lines 64-65)
What is C
100
Many movie stars from the 1950's like Marilyn Monroe changes their names.
What is Many movie starts from the 1950's, like Marilyn Monroe, changed their names.
200
Pedantic
What is overly scholarly language (showoffy)?
200
I came, I saw, I conquered.
What is isocolon?
200
If you believe that we should consider the moral ramifications before all other concerns, this rhetorical question from Source E would be a good frame for your essay.
What is: What can be learned from our presence on Earth about the potential impact of our forays into the outer reaches of the solar system?
200
The author presents John Wallis (line 6), Samuel Johnson (lines 7-8), and Jonathan Swift (line 55) as hostile to (A) faulty studies of word origins (B) tedious debates about grammar (C) local misunderstandings of historical events (D) snobbish rejections of modern vocabulary (E) unnecessary changes in word usage in their eras
What is E?
200
In the beginning of the book there was not much description but after Chapter 2 it bordered on poetic.
What is In the beginning of the book, there was not much description, but after Chapter 2, it bordered on poetic.
300
Analogy
What is a comparison of two different things or the relationship between them using a familiar association?
300
"Intelligent she was not. In fact, she veered in the opposite direction." (Max Shulman, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Doubleday, 1951)
What is anastrophe?
300
Source B would be best used to support this kind of argument.
What is: A metaphor? Imagery? Description for your intro or conclusion? Create a personal example?
300
Paragraph three (lines 40-53) implies that those who would strictly follow rules of the English language feel (A) timid whenever they must correct others’ linguistic errors (B) admiring of others’ linguistic creativity (C) free to break rules of social etiquette (D) satisfied that the flexibility of the English language is superior to that of all others (E) anxious about how their use of language affects others’ perceptions of them
What is E?
300
I was so (affected/effected) by the movie that I started crying my face off when I see children being mistreated it always has that (affect/effect) on me.
What is I was so affected by the movie that I started crying my face off. When I see children being mistreated, it always has that effect on me. P.S. Never watch An American Crime! It's horrible!
400
Oxymoron
What is a figure of speech using contradictory terms to suggest paradox?
400
"Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal." (T.S. Eliot, "Philip Massinger," 1920)
What is parallellism?
400
Source C could be used to that NASA uses too many financial resources or very little. Create an argument for each side of the issue using Source C.
What is Too many: The category that NASA uses is 4th LEAST funded category in terms of "pennies to the dollar" and has to cover more services than the other programs (Source C).NASA is taking away from other areas that are in desperate need of funding, like the environment or energy, which directly impact our future sustainability instead of a hypothetically providing future renewable resources. Too Few: NASA's funding is the 4th LEAST funded category and has to split that money among 10 government services-how much impact could such a small amount of money really make, particularly when it benefits the economy in the form of job creation (Source A).
400
The word “chopsticked ” (line 38) is used as an example of (A) a new usage that is unlikely to persist (B) a verb form created from a noun (C) a verb in the past tense used as an adjective (D) fashionable slang used by international travelers (E) foreign-language words becoming part of English
What is B?
400
Even though I love you, since you came into my life their has not been a quiet moment.
What is Even though I love you, since you came into my life, there has not been a quiet moment.
500
Synecdoche
What is A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent a whole?
500
He lost his hat and his temper To wage war and peace
What is zeugma?
500
Source D could be used to make this kind of argument
What is: Programs who receive more funding provide a greater social impact. If one compares the "Heath" category to the "Other" category in Source C, NASA receives nearly half of the budget as "Heath" and has to share it among many other programs. The NIH clearly produced quantitative results in the form of disease prevention and treatment, perhaps if NASA has more funding we would be able to quantify the benefits in terms of new resources, new scientific discovery or new diplomatic relationships.
500
Examples in paragraph 4 (lines 54-74) provide evidence that (A) language usage can survive political turmoil (B) nationalism influences reactions to linguistic changes (C) generalizations about language usage are usually inaccurate (D) linguistic changes occur more frequently now than in the past (E) dominant nations undergo more linguistic changes than less powerful nations
What is B?
500
Hopefully the weather will change soon otherwise the whole spring will go by without the sun shining.
What is Hopefully the weather will change soon; otherwise, the whole spring will go by without the sun shining.