Context Clues
What is the best definition of the word universal as it's used in the text?
"Jim wanted to ask Janet to the dance, but he felt it a universally acknowledged truth that popular girls like her didn't go with unpopular guys like him."
a. everyone knows
b. everyone can guess
c. prior knowledge
a. everyone knows
Best Buy is the best.
Alliteration
The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.
a. personification
b. simile
c. metaphor
d. allusion
b. simile
"Jean is a diligent man who worked every day."
a. hardworking
b. lazy
c. sloppy
d. excessive
a. hardworking
Find the surface area of a cylinder in terms of pie where the height is 25cm and the radius is 10cm
2pi(10)2+2pi(10)(25)= 200pi
"I wanted to just set the table and be done with it, but my mother scrupulously arranged each napkin, dish, and utensil until they were in perfect alignment."
a. messy
b. with attention to detail
c. out of order
d. organized
b. with attention to detail
What type of rhetorical device is used?
"A bag of chips can bring the whole entire family together."
a. Ethos
b. Kairos
C. Logos
D. Pathos
D. Pathos
Does she think I'm here for an impromptu tutoring session?
What does impromptu mean in this sentence?
a. inspiring
b. substitute
c. tiresome
d. unplanned
d. unplanned
"I slunk to the back of the room and glared at the black and white monstrosity. It was so out of place, like a tuxedo in a room full of sweatshirts."
What does the description reveal about the narrator's view of Mr. Lahri's piano?
a. Mrs. Lahri is showing off her wealth, making him feel bad
b. Mrs. Lahri should not have brought it, as it stands out in school.
c. He should be dressed up to play it because the piano is so beautiful
b. Mrs. Lahri should not have brought it as it stands out in school.
Grace hit 12 balls in the batting cage out of 20 pitches. Tomorrow she is going to go to the same batting cage and get 30 pitches. Use experimental probability to predict how many of the 30 pitches she will hit.
12 balls/20 pitches = 18x/30 pitches
360/20= 18
Answer= 18 balls
"Everyone clapped in adulation when he finished singing."
a. excessive praise
b. extreme dislike
c. hesitation
a. excessive praise
What type of irony is this?
Someone posting on twitter that social media is a waste of time.
a. verbal irony
b. situational irony
c. dramatic irony
b. situational irony
What does it mean to describe the music as 'swelling into a wave'?
a. it crashes all at once
b. it makes him cry
c. it's muted by the locked door
d. it becomes something powerful
d. it becomes something powerful
"Most young children emulate what good things their parents do."
a. appreciate
b. mimic
c. dislike
d. disinterest
b. mimic
A cylindrical gas tank holds approximately 401.92 ft3 of fuel. The radius of the tank is 4ft. Find the height of the tank using 3.14 for pi.
401.92=3.14(4)2h
401.92=3.14(16)h
401.92=50.24h
401.92/50.24=50.24h/50.24
h= 8
"Everyone likes her because she is very amicable."
a. disappointing
b. mean
c. friendly
d. frivolous
c. friendly
What is the type of rhetorical device used?
All racing cars must go over 80mph; the Dodge charger is a racing device, therefore it can go over 80mph
a. inductive
b. deductive
c. abductive
b. deductive
"And I tuck that secret in my back pocket where no one can hear it but me."
What does this sentence show about the narrator's feelings about the music he hears?
a. He is ashamed of it
b. He believes it is special
c. He does not understand it
d. He wants to share it with others
b. he believes it is special
Read this sentence from the passage.
"'The rats seem to be traveling back in time, revisiting places they have been when they sleep,' says Wilson."
How does the phrase 'traveling back in time' contribute to the tone of the paragraph?
a. by showing concern about the rat's dream
b. by showing uncertainty about the rat's dream
c. by creating a sense of wonder about the rat's dream
d. by creating a sense of longing about the rat's dreams.
c. by creating a sense of wonder about the rat's dream.
A bag contains 14 gold coins, 23 silver coins, and 19 bronze coins.
a. what is the probability of randomly selecting a type of coin from the bag?
b. Roger randomly selects a coin, notes its color then returns it to the bag. If he does this 120 times, approximately how many times would you predict he selects the silver coin?
c. Roger repeats the experiment 120 times and picked a gold coin 38 times. How does this compare to the theoretical probability of picking a gold coin?
a. 1/4, 23/56, 15/56
b. around 49
c. He pulled it 8 more times then the theoretical probability said he would.
"The concert was cancelled because of the arid location."
a. small
b. uninteresting
c. disagreeable
d. nice
c. disagreeable
What type of rhetorical device is used here?
"If you review the population information of a city for the past 15 years, you may observe a consistent rate of population increase."
a. inductive
b. deductive
c. abductive
a. inductive
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire,
Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by.
This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.
What type of poem is it?
a. villanelle
b. italian sonnet
c. english sonnet
c. english sonnet
Which word from the paragraph comes from a Latin word meaning 'an object used to spur or cause a reaction'?
Measuring sleep in insects is tricky. Scientist have generally focused on a group of behavioral sings of sleep, such as relaxation. Sleeping bugs also require intense stimulus to jar them into responding. Experiments show that some insects experience sleep rebound which means that if sleep deprived, they will subsequently need more of it.
stimulus
Algebra:
Simplify the following formula.
n−4n/n+5 divided by 1/n+5+1/n−5.
(n+1)(n-5)/2