1. While the term _____________ refers to the specific dictionary definition of a word, ___________ refers to its implied or suggested meaning.
A. classification, implication
B. denotation, connotation
C. signification, inference
D. connotation, denotation
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2. Choosing a good reviewer for your writing means finding someone who
A. knows everything about writing and will find every mistake.
B. will concentrate on your ideas and how well you support them.
C. concentrates on correcting your spelling and grammar errors.
D. is a close friend and will give you a positive review
3. Which of the following sentences contains a redundancy?
A. Steve admired the partially completed stadium.
B. At no time did Tony indicate a willingness to admit defeat.
C. Emily's sister gave birth to two twins.
D. Chris had trouble working up even mild enthusiasm for Mike's plan
4. How many independent clauses are included in a simple sentence?
A. Three
B. One
C. Two
D. None
5. Which type of learners would benefit by checking whether their thesis and topic sentences are clearly stated when revising their essays?
A. Verbal
B. Abstract
C. Pragmatic
D. Concrete
6. What is the purpose of varying the order of subjects, verbs, and modifiers in different sentences within a paragraph?
A. To support the topic sentence
B. To indicate emphasis where it's needed
C. To supply background detail for readers unfamiliar with a topic
D. To provide necessary evidence to support a thesis
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7. Choose the sentence that correctly uses parallelism.
A. It was both a very long lecture and very boring.
B. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
C. In her English Composition class, Emma learned to read essays critically and she appreciated academic writing.
D. Phillip and his friends found the concert offensive, and they also thought it was embarrassing
8. When revising an essay, it's a good idea to write down a sentence stating what your essay is about. If you can't summarize it in one sentence, your essay
A. probably lacks a clear purpose.
B. lacks evidence to support your thesis.
C. lacks essential background information.
D. isn't directed toward its intended audience.
9. Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?
A. My boss is a tornado.
B. Whenever she's hungry, my cat howls like a banshee.
C. Rafael looked as startled as a deer in headlights.
D. My old car gulps gasoline.
10. To evaluate your essay's unity, it's a good idea to examine its
A. thesis.
B. organization.
C. background details.
D. evidence.
11. One way to ensure that your title accurately reflects the content of your essay is to
A. use a transitional word or phrase.
B. restate the title in the introduction.
C. rephrase your conclusion.
D. mine your thesis for key words.
12. Which of the following is a compound sentence?
A. Because Viceroy Butterflies migrate over very great distances, tracking them is a challenge to entomologists.
B. Because fraud is so common in some corporations, regulatory agencies are overworked.
C. Corporate fraud is becoming more common in the United States, and the civil courts are being stretched to their limits.
D. Butterflies and hummingbirds feed on the nectar of flowering plants.
13. Which of the following sentences uses concrete language?
A. Danny's Labrador Retriever eagerly chases tennis balls.
B. Jerry saw that the glass was really dirty.
C. I met Cathy at a store on a street near the bridge.
D. When I saw Susan, she was reading a book.
14. Which of the following sentences uses parallelism effectively?
A. Laura spent all her time gardening and arranging flowers, when she wasn't in a shoe store to shop.
B. The Red Sox fans screamed, yelled, and were applauding wildly.
C. The report was good because it was factual and offered many details.
D. The large plant-eating dinosaurs were quite slow, rather stupid, and extremely hungry
15. Compound-complex sentences are typically used to express
A. academic integrity.
B. emphasis and clarity.
C. complicated relationships.
D. the relationship between the importance between ideas
16. A passive verb is a good choice if you wish to
A. establish a casual tone.
B. deemphasize the subject.
C. establish a formal tone.
D. emphasize the subject
17. In which of the following sentences does the writer use concrete language to offer more specific information?
A. Leaves fell from the tree.
B. I visited a store that sold a variety of furniture.
C. The aroma of bread baking in the oven permeated the entire house.
D. Emmanuelle really likes good poetry
18. Which of the following figures of speech uses words such as like or as to make a direct comparison between to dissimilar things?
A. Cliché
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
19. What is the sequence of components in the following sentence?
Listless and depressed by vistas of snow and gray skies, Dieter left the cabin and walked toward the frozen pond.
A. Subject, verb, modifier
B. Modifier, subject, verb
C. Modifier, subject, modifier, verb
D. Subject, modifier, verb
20. Which of the following compound sentences uses a coordinating conjunction to explain how ideas are related in terms of contrast or opposition?
A. We'll either go to our parents' house for dinner this weekend or make an excuse to cancel.
B. Artie switched to a Windows phone, and all his friends were shocked.
C. Cosima didn't want to stop at the store on her way home from work, but she knew she needed cat food.
D. Texting while driving is a major cause of accidents, so even if you receive a text, it's safer not to respond