Vocab
Fill in the blank:
Zeke's _________ failure dawned on him when he realized his teacher was giving a pop quiz.
A. cumbersome
B. impervious
C. imminent
D. superlative
What is imminent?
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Eliza sat _______, thinking about what college to attend, aware of the impact her decision could have on her life.
A. peril
B. pensive
C. eminent
D. profound
What is pensive?
Determine if the following sentence is written in active or passive voice:
The teacher explained the assignment clearly, and the students asked thoughtful questions.
What is active voice?
Identify the error with the following quote sandwich. If there's no error, simply say "no error".
The monster in Frankenstein reveals his loneliness when he says he is, “an outcast in the world forever” (Shelley 103).
Identify the error with the following sentence (fragment, fused run-on, comma splice, or NO error):
He wanted to join the team, he didn’t attend tryouts.
What is a comma splice?
Fill in the blank:
It is important to __________ homework assignments between AP courses and on-level courses.
A. Differentiate
B. Demean
C. Imminent
D. Rudimentary
What is differentiate?
Collin's _____ of waking up late for school caused him a detention.
A. incendiary
B. acumen
C. mishap
D. belie
What is mishap?
Determine if the following sentence is written in active or passive voice:
Andrew caught a huge fish at the lake after waiting patiently for over an hour.
What is active voice?
Identify the error with the following quote sandwich. If there is no error, just say, "no error".
As Holden Caulfield recounts his expulsion from Pencey, he sarcastically admits, “It was one of the worst schools I ever went to. It was full of phonies” (Salinger 2).
What is: no error?
Identify the error with the following sentence (fragment, fused run-on, comma splice, or NO error):
I love reading novels; they help me relax.
What is no error?
Josh _________(ed) ignorance about the drama at school despite knowing all the details.
A. perverse
B. indulgent
C. exploit
D. feign
What is feign?
A. facetious
B. loquacious
C. circumlocution
D. auspicious
What is facetious?
Determine if the following sentence is written in active or passive voice:
A beautiful landscape was painted by Maya while she listened to music.
What is passive voice?
What punctuation should appear in the brackets?
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch explains the importance of understanding others[ ] “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39).
Identify the error with the following sentence (fragment, fused run-on, comma splice, or NO error):
They planned a surprise party nobody knew about it.
What is a fused run-on?
Identify the part of speech of the following word:
Callous
What is an adjective?
Identify the part of speech of the following word:
gerrymander
What is a verb?
True or False: This sentence maintains parallel structure.
Running through the park, listening to music, and watching the sunrise help him relax.
What is True?
What punctuation should appear in the brackets?
Despite her outward confidence, Elizabeth Bennet acknowledges the flaws in her judgment when she admits she was [ ] “blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd” (Austen 236).
What is no punctuation?
Identify the error with the following sentence (fragment, fused run-on, comma splice, or NO error):
Because she was running late and forgot her keys.
What is a fragment?
gauge
What is a verb?
Identify the part of speech of the following word:
acumen
What is a noun?
True or false: The following sentence maintains parallel structure.
The teacher said that he would review the test, returning it tomorrow, and that he explains the answers.
What is false?
Identify the error with the following quote sandwich. If there's no error, just say "no error".
The idea that prejudice is deeply ingrained in society is evident in Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck writes, “A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you” (Steinbeck, 72).
What is remove the comma in the internal citation?
Identify the error with the following sentence (fragment, fused run-on, comma splice, or NO error):
We studied for hours; however, the test was still difficult.
What is no error?