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100

He warns Creon of dire visions involving birds and spoiled offerings.

Tiresias

100

What type of phrase is used as an adjective or an adverb, ends in a noun or pronoun, and begins with a preposition?

prepositional phrase

100

Fill in the blank: Unless you are writing a personal letter, write in _____ person.

third

100

Which is NOT a preposition? above, through, on account of, not, to

not (it's an adverb!)

100

Quey chooses this profession.

slave trader

200

Speaker: "You must speak of one who loved not wisely but too well."

Othello

200

Which verbal is used as a noun and always ends in -ing?

gerund

200

True or False: You should italicize the titles of short stories.

FALSE! Use quotation marks for shorter works of literature, italics for longer ones.
200

Name the verbal in this sentence: Her only goal was winning the race.

gerund (used as a predicate nominative)

200

Fill in the last name: Santiago _____

Nasar

300

Which three don't die during the play? Antigone, Eteocles, Haemon, Eurydice, Ismene, Creon

Eteocles (already dead before play), Ismene, and Creon

300

What kind of verbal is used in this sentence? The dog chased the bounding cat.

participle (bounding)

300

Is this correct punctuation for an MLA-style quotation? He said "I love you." (Smith 12).

NO! Only include ! or ? inside the 2nd quotation marks.

300

What is the adjective clause? The book that I left on the table was Dante's Inferno.

that I left on the table

300

He is the father of Ness' child.

Sam

400

Loves and marries Laila.

Tariq

400

How is the infinitive phrase being used? I hope to go to the movies.

direct object

400

Fill in the blank: Always introduce a quotation with _____.

a signal phrase

400

What is the grammatical function of the following gerund phrase? My steely resolve was winning the battle of wits.

predicate nominative

400

Effia marries this man.

James

500

Kills Rasheed.

Mariam

500

Use a gerund as an indirect object.

🤔

500

What is the name of the following error (be specific)? I went to the movies, I bought popcorn there.

comma splice

500

Use an infintive as a predicate nominative.

🤔

500

Bayardo's last name.

San Roman