Term
Which of the following would be considered a primary source?
a. A biography
b. A newspaper article about an event
c. A diary entry from someone who experienced the event
d. A textbook
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a. Place the modifier next to the b. The emotional quality or mood
word it is describing conveyed by the writing
c. A diary entry from someone
a. First
who experienced the event
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Term
Which of the following describes the point of view in which the
narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters?
a. First
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person
b. Second-person
c. Third-person limited c. She was angry about the new job.
d. Third-person omniscient
-d. Third-person omniscient
-to buy groceries.
c. She needs to buy the following:
-b. She went to the store—to buy
apples, oranges, and bananas.
groceries.
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Term
When identifying the author's bias in a text, you should look for:
a. Emotional language or one
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b. Nitrogen
, b. 180 degrees
sided arguments
b. The length of the passage
c. The use of factual information
d. The author's professional title
-a. Emotional language or one-sided arguments
c. Cellular respiration
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Definition
and-effect relationship, the effect is:
a. The event that happens first
b. The result of a particular cause
c. The solution to a problem
d. The reason something happens
-b. The result of a particular cause
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In a cause
When identifying the author's bias in a text, you should look for:
a. Emotional language or one
, Which of the following is the best way to correct a run
How can you correct a sentence with a misplaced modifier?
a. Place the modifier next to the word it is describing
b. Remove the modifier
c. Add more modifiers
d. Change the sentence length
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Term
Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier?
a. Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by the athlete.
b. The athlete crossed the finish line quickly.
c. The finish line was crossed quickly by the athlete.
d. Quickly, the athlete crossed the finish line.
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a. Running quickly, the finish
c. Transpiration line was crossed by the
athlete.
a. To provide additional information a. I have a big test tomorrow; I can't
or clarification go out tonight.
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