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Read all directions carefully.

Choose the best answer for the following questions.

1. End an imperative sentence with a(n)_____.

A. Period

B. Question Mark

C. Ellipsis Point

D. Semi-Colon

2. End a declarative sentence with a(n)______.

A. Period

B. Question Mark

C. Ellipsis Point

D. Semi-Colon

3. End an interrogative sentence with

a(n)______.

A. Period

B. Question Mark

C. Exclamation Point

D. Semi-Colon

4. End an exclamatory sentence with

a(n)______.

A. Period

B. Question Mark

C. Exclamation Point

D. Semi-Colon

5. To combine two independent clauses to make

a compound sentence, use _____.

A. A comma and a conjunction

B. A question mark and a conjunction

C. A semi-colon

D. Both answers (a) and (b) can work

E. Both answers (a) and (c) can work

6. A group of words with a subject and a verb is

a(n)_____.

A. Clause

B. Phrase

C. Appositive

D. Sentence

E. Paragraph

7. A(n) _____ is a group of related words that is

used as a single part of speech and that does not

contain both a verb and its subject.

A. Clause

B. Appositive

C. Sentence

D. Paragraph

E. Phrase

8. A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or

a pronoun is called a(n)_____.

A. Adverb Phrase

B. Prepositional Phrase

C. Adjective Phrase

D. Verb Phrase

9. A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an

adjective, or an adverb is called a(n)_____.

A. Adverb Phrase

B. Prepositional Phrase

C. Adjective Phrase

D. Verb Phrase

10. A(n) _____ is a verb form that can be used as

an adjective.

A. Preposition

B. Participle

C. Gerund

D. Transitive Verb

11. A(n) _____ is a verb form that ends in –ing

and is used as a noun.

A. Preposition

B. Participle

C. Gerund

D. Infinitive

E. Transitive Verb

12. A(n) _____ is a verb form that can be used as

a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.

A. Preposition

B. Participle

C. Gerund

D. Infinitive

E. Transitive Verb

13. A(n) _____ is a noun or pronoun placed

beside another noun or pronoun to identify or

describe it.

A. Preposition

B. Adverb Phrase

C. Appositive

D. Infinitive

E. Article

Freshman English Final Spring 2011

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14. In the sentence, “The man whom we spoke to

yesterday is a teacher,” the group of words,

“whom we spoke to yesterday” is an example of

a(n)_____.

A. Independent Clause

B. Infinitive Phrase

C. Subordinate Clause

D. Appositive Phrase

15. A(n)_____is a subordinate clause that

modifies a noun or a pronoun.

A. Appositive Phrase

B. Adverb Clause

C. Adjective Clause

D. Noun Clause

E. Clown Clause

16. A(n)_____is a subordinate clause that

modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.


B. Adverb Clause

C. Adjective Clause

D. Noun Clause

E. Independent Clause

17. A(n)_____is a subordinate clause that is used

as a noun.


B. Adverb Clause

C. Adjective Clause

D. Independent Clause

E. Noun Clause

18. Choose the one that is written correctly with

NO ERRORS in punctuation.

A. The wooly mammoth, which

looked like a hairy elephant, once

roamed the earth

B. Are you aware that wood is made

of dead plant cells?

C. Gabe, please don’t practice drums

after 10:00 P.M. on weeknights?

D. My goodness. I can almost see that

bean sprout growing before my

eyes.



A. While brainstorming in geometry

class, Ryan drew a triangle

rectangle, and octagon.

B. Many flowers’ beauty and aroma

have a purpose-to attract

pollinators.

C. The delicate ornate, wrought-iron

staircase was very unusual.

D. Yes I’m aware that birds may be

related to reptiles.



A. The red, yellow, and orange bands

of the rainbow were easiest to see.

B. In areas with high altitudes, such as

the Swiss Alps air pressure is low.

C. Ricardo will you be a volunteer for

the dance this Saturday?

D. During a growing season bulbs

store food for the plants that will

grow from them.



A. Before baking bread, Alan cleans

the counter, and measures all the

ingredients.

B. When she explored the CD-ROM’s

contents, Jenna found detailed

information.

C. Do you believe this colorful

energetic painting came to him in a

dream?

D. Stopped by the boulder the

bulldozer shuddered and then

quickly backed up?



A. Some termites, for example, build

enormous mounds that can be

twenty feet high.

B. The proper mouth position, is

needed to play the flute,

saxophone, or tuba.


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C. Flexing its body and pumping its

fins the catfish struggled upstream.

D. Inside the box on top of the

refrigerator there is an old, rusty

key.



A. Is Joe Arturo M.D. the most

experienced ear, nose, and throat

doctor at the clinic?

B. Yes, it’s true that African

Americans fought on both sides

during the Civil War.

C. On June 15 2007 we will move to

Nicaragua for a year.

D. The lizards called flying dragons,

can glide through the air.



A. Do you agree Ahmed, that spiders

are architects that design with silk?

B. Squinting through his telescope the

astronomer found what he hoped

was a new star.

C. My stepmother, who is our new

coach, played varsity softball in

college.

D. According to our computer science

teacher surge protectors are

important.


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A. The thick, strong shells of turtles

protect them from many predators.

B. Delighted the shouting children ran

to hiding places to start the game.

C. On Wednesday, Alan Saunders Jr.

will give a free seminar about

surfing.

D. Sea cucumbers may look harmless

but these animals have sharp spines

on their skin.



A. Fascinated, Amanda wanted to run

her fingers over the ancient, rock

carving.

B. Inside the cage the toucan gobbled

pieces of fruit.

C. Compared to some other animals

humans have a poor sense of smell.

D. Under the mattress in the master

bedroom Grandma’s jewelry is

stored in an envelope.



A. The lines on that iris are like roads,

that point toward its center.

B. Remember, Wendy, that

Grandfather will arrive on Tuesday,

May 4.

C. Well if you made an A in biology,

you probably will do well in

chemistry, too.

D. Drought and overgrazing for

instance are threatening grasslands

around the Sahara.

The following questions refer to poetry as covered in class and in Adventures in Reading.

28. A very brief poetic form that comes from Japanese tradition is called ____.

A. Sonnet

B. Blank Verse

C. Haiku

D. Parataxis

29. A poem that consists of three lines with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the

middle line is called ____.

A. Haiku

B. Imagery

C. Nature

D. Simile

30. A sonnet consists of how many lines?

A. 14

B. 10

C. 3

D. 5

31. Poets use diction to help them convey an emotion to a reader. Which of the following IS NOT A

CONSIDERATION for word choice?

A. Denotation

B. Connotation

C. Etymology

D. Parataxis

32. Shakespearian Sonnets would most likely deal with what theme?

A. Love

B. Celt Pride

C. Nature

D. Jazz Flute

E. None of the above

33. A Haiku usually deals with what theme?

A. Love

B. Celt Pride

C. Nature

D. Jazz Flute

E. None of the above


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34. Using words to create images in the reader’s mind is called____.

A. Parataxis

B. Metaphor

C. Imagery

D. Homage

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet, black bough.

-Ezra Pound

35. This poem uses what kind of comparison?

A. Simile

B. Metonymy

C. Parataxis

D. Metaphor

Separation

Your absence has gone through me

Like thread through a needle.

Everything I do is stitched with its color.

-W.S. Merwin

36. This poem uses what kind of comparison?

A. Parataxis

B. Metaphor

C. Simile

D. Personification

37. In the comparison of “Separation,” what two things are being compared?

A. Needle and thread

B. Absence and thread

C. Women and men

D. Love and Hate

38. A concept of Figurative Language in which part of a whole, or something closely associated with the whole,

is substituted for the thing itself is called ____.

A. Metaphor

B. Metonymy

C. Simile

D. Apostrophe

39. Attributing human characteristics to non-human or inanimate objects is known as____.

A. Personification

B. Simile

C. Parataxis

D. Rhythm

40. Prosody is _____.

A. The sound of poetry

B. The length of poetry

C. The marking of stressed and

unstressed syllables in a line of

poetry

D. Writing novels

41. Poets create rhythm with ____.

A. Drums

B. Tambourines

C. Rhyme

D. Stressed and unstressed syllables

42. Pleasant sounding words and rhythms contribute to a poem’s____.

A. Cacophony

B. Rhyme scheme

C. Euphony

D. Scansion


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43. Which of the following IS NOT ONOMATOPOEIA?

A. Bang

B. Click

C. Word

D. Pop

E. Fizz

44. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

A. Bold brothers blatantly burn books.

B. Five signs rhyme nine lively times.

C. He is as strong as an ox.

D. The bird hopped politely to the

side.

45. What is the process of marking stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

A. Scansion

B. ScanTron

C. Sing-song

D. Subtleties

46. What meter is used in Blank Verse and Shakespearian Sonnets?

A. Iambic pentameter

B. Anapest tetrameter

C. Iambic trimeter

D. Dactyl octameter

47. How many syllables are in one line of iambic pentameter?

A. 5

B. 10

C. 15

D. 20

48. Which of the following is the correct scansion of William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73”?

A. That time of year thou mayst in me behold

When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang

B. That time of year thou mayst in me behold


C. That time of year thou mayst in me behold


D. That time of year thou mayst in me behold



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Sonnet 55

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;

But you shall shine more bright in these contents

Than unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time.

When wasteful war shall statues overturn,

And broils root out the work of masonry,

Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn

The living record of your memory.

‘Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity

Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room

Even in the eyes of all posterity

That wear this world out to the ending doom.

So, till the judgment that yourself arise,

You live in this, and dwell in lover’s eyes.

-William Shakespeare

49. What is the rhyme scheme Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 55”?

A. a b a b c d c d e f e f g g

B. a b b a c d d c e f f e g g

C. a b c d e f g a b c d e f g

D. a a b b c c d d e e f f g g

50. Stanzas of four lines that have a similar rhyme, rhythm, or theme are called____.

A. Quatrains

B. Cinquains

C. Couplets

D. Haiku

51. The last two lines of the above “Sonnet 55” are a(n) ____.

A. Rhyming couplet

B. Tea cup

C. Internal rhyme

D. Iamb

52. Unrhymed iambic pentameter is known as ____.

A. Free verse

B. Assonance

C. Blank verse

D. None of the above

53. If the prefix “hexa-“ means 6, how many syllables are in one line of iambic hexameter?

A. 10

B. 12

C. 18

D. 20

Write answers to the following questions in space provided. Spelling is ½ credit.

1. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words is ________________________.

2. Rhythm in poetry comes from stressed and unstressed______________________________________.

3. ___________________________is the process of marking stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

4. Grateful, Table, Hatchet, Ginger, and Signal: Trochees or Iambs?____________________________

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5. Unrhymed iambic pentameter is __________________________________________________Verse.

6. What poetic foot is [unstressed-unstressed-stressed]?______________________________________

7. How many syllables are in one line of iambic octameter?___________________________________

8. How many anapests are in one line of anapest tetrameter?__________________________________

9. How many syllables are in one iambic foot?_____________________________________________

10. What comes next? Dimeter, Trimeter, Tetrameter, Pentameter,_____________________________.

11. Mark the syllables in the following line assuming that it is iambic trimeter:

Would you like fries with that?

12. Rhythm in poetry is created with stressed and unstressed ________________________________.

13. “Euphony” is defined as pleasant or unpleasant sound combinations?_______________________.

14. Apostrophe is related to what other common Figurative Language term? ____________________.

15. ________________________________is the repetition of consonant sounds within adjacent words.

16. What kind of consonant sound creates the consonance in this line of poetry?

"I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the

shore"___________________________________________________________________________.

17. _______________________________________is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of

successive words.

18. “Time out of mind” and “Free and easy” illustrate what poetic tool?_______________________.

19. What would you call a group of eight lines that go together as a stanza?____________________.

20. Please write out the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearian Sonnet:___________________________.

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21. What kind of poem is the following excerpt from?_____________________________________.

“Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

22. Consonance: repetition of __________________________________sounds within adjacent words.

23. What is the name for r and l sounds made with a roll in a flowing movement of the tongue as in the

following line of poetry: "I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore"-W.B.

Yeats?________________________________________________________________________

24. "The murmuring of innumerable bees" -Alfred, Lord Tennyson illustrates the use of what type of

consonant sound?_______________________________________________________________

25. Recording artists use pop filters to eliminate unwanted microphone interference caused by the

pronunciation of what type of constant?______________________________________________

26. What 4 letters or letter combinations represent the sounds known as sibilants?________________

27. _________________ comes from the Latin "assonare" - to answer with, or echo, the same sound

28. “Milk and silk” exhibits what kind of rhyme that is exact in vowel and consonant

sounds?________________________________________________________________________

29. “Thirty days have September/April, June, and__________________________________________.”

30. In the following lines of poetry:

"And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;

And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil

Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod." -Gerard Manley Hopkins

What kind of rhyme is exhibited by “seared…bleared, smeared” which occurs within a line of

poetry?__________________________________________________________________________

____________________________= 1 foot

____________________________= 2 feet

____________________________= 3 feet

____________________________= 4 feet

____________________________= 5 feet

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____________________________=6 feet

____________________________= 7 feet

____________________________= 8 feet

54.

Step 1: In odd numbered questions, each sentence needs a comma. For the sentences, decide

which word or words should be followed by a comma, underline the word or words that should

be followed by a comma, and add the comma in the appropriate place.

Step 2: For each sentence, there is a corresponding multiple choice question. Read each question

carefully and choose the best answer. Circle the letter of your answer.

Example: E1. We should have purchased two umbrellas but we only had enough money for one.

Answer: We should have purchased two umbrellas, but we only had enough money for

one.

E2. Which rule explains the addition of the comma in question E1? A. 22f

B. 22j4

C. 22h

D. 22i

1.Although scholars aren’t certain about who was the first European

printer to use movable type Johann Gutenberg is usually credited.

2. In question #1, which rule best explains the correct comma placement?

A. 22i. Use commas to set off nonessential subordinate clauses and nonessential participial

phrases.

B. 22k(3). Use commas to set off nonessential appositives and nonessential appositive

phrases.

C. 22j(4). Use a comma after an introductory adverb clause.

D. 22m. Do not use unnecessary commas.

3.The students who have signed up for the field trip may leave at

noon but all the others must attend classes.

Name:

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phrases.

B. 22h. Use a comma before and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet when the conjunction joins

independent clauses.



5.Gloria did you notice where I left my bowling ball?

6.In question #5, which rule best explains the correct comma placement?

A. 22k(2). Use comas to set off words used in direct address.





7.Miriam Colon who was born in Puerto Rico founded the Puerto Rican

Traveling Theatre.

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phrases.





9.Vendors sold T-shirts buttons caps and pennants to the sports

fans outside the stadium.



phrases.



C. 22f. Use commas to separate items in a series.


11.Listening to the orchestra play “The Star Spangled Banner” I

realized that I’m proud to be an American.

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A. 22j(2). Use a comma after an introductory participle or participial phrase.





13.The hikers munched on sunflower seeds and quenched their thirst

with ice-cold refreshing spring water.





C. 22g. Use commas to separate two or more adjectives preceding a noun.

D. 22j(4). Use a comma after an introductory adverb clause.

15.Isn’t their address 1042 Cleveland Avenue Enid Oklahoma 73703?





C. 22l(1). Use commas to separate items in dates and addresses.

D. 22j(4). Use a comma after an introductory adverb clause.

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17.Marian Anderson a contralto was the first African American to

become a permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera Company.





C. 22k(1). Use commas to set off nonessential appositives and nonessential appositive

phrases.


19.We rushed to the airport stood in line bought our tickets and

then heard that the flight had been delayed for three hours.



phrases.





21.Norm has had quite a run of bad luck yet he still says tomorrow

will be a better day for he prides himself on being an optimist.


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phrases.





23.That Ming vase wrapped in cotton and packed in a crate was

delivered to the museum earlier.


A. 22i.

B. 22h.

C. 22f.

D. 22m.

25.If we’re late for practice again Ms. Stubbs will drop us from the

team.


A. 22k(2).

B. 22h.

C. 22l(1).

D. 22j(4).

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27.At the beginning of the eighteenth century Chikamatsu

Monzaemon wrote the first Japanese tragedies to focus on the

lives of common people.


A. 22k(2).

B. 22h.

C. 22l(1).

D. 22j(3).

29.Nowadays the Sioux generally speaking make their living as

farmers and ranchers.


A. 22k(3).

B. 22h.

C. 22l(1).

D. 22j(4).

Bonus:

31.Jan Matzeliger an inventor in Lynn Massachusetts revolutionized

the shoe industry in 1883 with his machine that joined the top of

a shoe to its sole.

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32.In question #31, which combination of rules best explains the correct comma

placement?

A. 22k(3) and 22h

B. 22k(1) and 22l(1)

C. 22j(2) and 22f

D. 22j(4) and 22h

33.These four students should report to the auditorium after lunch:

Jeff Malone Mary Holt Kathryn Rogers and Hartmut Boylan

Barhtzwinger Jr.

34.In question #33, which combination of rules best explains the correct comma

placement?

A. 22k(3) and 22f

B. 22k(1) and 22l(1)

C. 22l(3) and 22f

D. 22j(4) and 22f

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