Analyze Craft & Structure I
In "A Simple Act," what does sharing food most likely represent to Maurice?
a. People feeling sorry for you
b. Having money
c. a social gathering with your loved ones.
c. a social gathering with your loved ones.
In which of the following circumstances is a twelve-year-old most likely to need supervision?
A. Playing video games
B. Eating a taco
C. Going to the backyard
D. Walking outside late into the night
D. Walking outside late into the night
What are all the coordinating conjunction words? (Hint: There is an acronym to remember all the words!)
FANBOYS
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Which words in this sentence are cumulative adjectives?
The tall, impressive speaker in the dark brown suit got an award.
a. tall and impressive
b. dark and brown
c. an and award
b. dark and brown
In "Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks," for what main reason do the seniors want to learn to use new electronic technologies?
A. to communicate better with younger family members who live far away
B. to pursue interesting hobbies, such as photography, after their retirement
C. to stop feeling inadequate and instead feel like part of the new digital age
D. to develop closer relationships with the young people who are their tutors
A. to communicate better with younger family members who live far away
The boy lived in a single room in a welfare hotel with his mother and numerous other relatives. It was only two blocks away from Laura's home, but it might as well have been a different planet. As they talked over their lunch, Laura learned about the boy's life. She herself had not had an easy childhood, but what she heard shocked her...
What is author trying to tell the reader from this paragraph?
What is the most likely reaction a charitable person would have toward a person who has been rude to him or her?
A. a feeling of forgiveness
In which sentence is a coordinating conjunction italicized?
B. The senior was having trouble with her computer, so she asked her teenage neighbor for help.
What question does the adverb in this sentence answer?
A very poor person usually lives a rather difficult life.
a. How often?
b. Where?
c. When?
a. How often?
What was the main reason for young people asked to help seniors?
a. They were awarded scholarships for their help.
b. Many of them were knowledgeable of computer technology.
c. Many of them wanted to become future technology teachers.
d. Many of their grandparents were in the programs.
b. Many of them were knowledgeable of computer technology.
which of these characteristics of the selection from An Invisible Thread specifically show that it is written from the first-person point of view?
a. The author uses the pronoun I to refer to herself.
b. The author talks about things that happened.
c. The author uses the pronoun he to refer to Maurice.
a. The author uses the pronoun I to refer to herself.
What is the most likely meaning of the word frustrated in the following sentence?
Makayla was frustrated because she could not see the play from the back of the theater.
B. annoyed
Directions; determine which of the following answers best fits example one:
1.) The doctor was worried that Charlie was putting on too much weight.
A. The independent clause is "that Charlie was putting on too much weight.
B. The independent clause is "The doctor was worried."
C. This sentence has no independent clause.
B. The independent clause is "The doctor was worried."
Which word in this sentence does the adverb modify?
He yelled loudly at the young woman for trespassing.
a. the noun woman
b. the pronoun he
c. the verb yelled.
c. the verb yelled.
Since the tutoring programs have started for elder citizens in "Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks", what was a result from the passage "Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks"?
A. Seniors were able to teach other seniors how to use the computer.
B. Seniors became experts on technology.
C. Facebook began to hire elder citizens as employees.
D. Teen tutors began friendships with seniors citizens.
D. Teen tutors began friendships with seniors citizens.
Which of these statements best portrays Maurice and Laura's relationship as presented in the selection from An Invisible Thread?
a. Maurice benefited more from the relationship.
b. Laura benefited more from the relationship.
c. Laura and Maurice both benefited enormously from the relationship.
c. Laura and Maurice both benefited enormously from the relationship.
How does someone behave if she shows resilience in the face of a problem?
a. She tries different ways to overcome it.
b. She worries about other things.
c. She quits.
a. She tries different ways to overcome it.
Which underlined words in the sentence from the passage is a possessive pronoun?
a. I didn't know IT then, but that single breeze would long stand out in my memory.
b. I didn't know it then, but THAT single breeze would long stand out in my memory.
c. I didn't know it then, but that single breeze would long stand out in MY memory.
c. I didn't know it then, but that single breeze would long stand out in MY memory.
Directions: Classify whether the adjectives in the sentence are either COORDINATE or CUMULATIVE.
It was a lovely memorable ceremony.
a. coordinate adjective
b. cumulative adjective
a. coordinate adjective
The base word achieve means "to accomplish." Use this information and your knowledge of the suffix -ment to select the correct definition of achievement.
a. the result of accomplishing a task
b. the reason for accomplishing a task
c. the process of accomplishing a task
d. the beginning of accomplishing a task
a. the result of accomplishing a task
According to "Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks," what main qualities do the tech-training programs help develop in the young tutors? Choose three options.
A. Patience
B. Sympathy
D. Confidence
Which of the following could best be used to illustrate the meaning of impairments?
a. long hair
b. blue eyes
c. strong arms
d. poor hearing
d. poor hearing
Which group of words is an independent clause? (You can choose more than one answer)
A.Their mother had sent them to Grandmother's home
B. Because she could not care for them herself
C. After living in San Francisco for ten years
D. Whatever place she had never seen before
A.Their mother had sent them to Grandmother's home
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining.
Behind the cloud is the sun still shining
Thy fate is the common fake of all
into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
From this poem, what does sun likeliest to symbolize?
a. death
b. light
c. hope
d. knowledge
c. hope
The word sagacious means "wise." The related word sagacity is formed by adding the Latin suffix -ity to sagacious. Based on your knowledge of -ity, choose the most likely meaning of sagacity.
a. act of saying something wise
b. appearance of wisdom
c. causing to be wise
d. quality of wisdom
d. quality of wisdom