b) loneliness is an ever-changing world
c) the need for higher education at all ages
d) the difficulty of making new friends
2. Which of the following is the theme of " Girls can we educate we dads"?( 1 point)
a) Fathers do not know about their daughters struggle to grow up
b) fathers and daughters do not understand eachother
c) sexual descrimination belittles and insults women
d) women have been more independant and assertive
3. Read the following sentences from "The Third Bank of the River.""Father, you have been out there long enough. You are old . . . Come back, you don't have to do it anymore . . .Come back and I'll go instead. Right now, if you want. Any time. I'll get into the boat. I'll take your place."Which of the following words best describes the speaker's tone (1 point)
a) annoyed
b) desperate
c) determined
d) pleading
4. Read the following sentences from "The Third Bank of the River."
She scolded us daily—my sister, my brother, and me. But it happened one day that Father ordered a boat . . . Mother carried on plenty about it. Was her husband going to become a fisherman all of a sudden? Or a hunter? Father said nothing.Which of the following words best describes the relationship between the Mother and her family? (1 point)
a) contemptuous
b) disconnected
c) hostile
d) opressive
5. Read the following sentences from "The Youngest Doll."The aunt thought he was listening for the breathing of the prawn to see if it was still alive, and shefondly lifted his hand and placed it on the spot where he could feel the constant movement of thecreature's antennae. The young man released the ruffle and looked fixedly at his father. “You couldhave cured this from the start,” he told him. “That's true,” his father answered, “but I just wanted youto come and see the prawn that has been paying for your education these twenty years."In these sentences, the prawn most likely symbolizes ( 1 point)
a) a craving for power and knowledge.
b) a sense of selfish motivation and greed.
c) a feeling of unity between father and son.
d) a secret shared between doctor and patient.
6. Read the following lines from the poem "Love After Love.""you will greet yourself arrivingat your own door, in your own mirror,and each will smile at the other's welcome,"In these lines, the mirror most likely symbolizes (1 point)
a) a show of vanity.
b) a sense of comfort.
c) the recognition of one's talents.
d) the reflection of one's inner beauty.
9. Which of the following best describes the diction of this excerpt from "When Greek Meets Greek"? "This fellar was Chandrilaboodoo (after this, we calling this man Chan) and he had a big beard with a hairnet over it, and he was wearing a turban. When he see Ram, he clasp his hands with the palms touching across his chest by way of greeting." (1 point)
a) technical and detached
b) informal and colloquial
c) vivid and metaphorical
d) lofty and formal
10. Hybrids produce less pollution than conventional cars. (1 point)
a) S-V-O
b) S-V-IO
c) S-V-N
d) S-V-A
The correct answers are the following:
9. The diction of this excerpt is (C) vivid and metaphorical.
10. Hybrids produce less pollution than conventional cars: (A) S-V-O. Subject, Verb, Object.
c. Timeline
b. Diagram
d. Graph
Answer:
b. Diagram
Explanation:
Diagrams describe where something is located. They are simplified drawings showing the appearance or structure of something, which can represent schematically the different rooms of a house with their corresponding colors.
The rest of the choices are incorrect because a table is set of facts or figures displayed in columns, a timeline is a pictorial description of the passage of time as a line, and a graph is a diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, calculated along one of a pair of axes at right angles.
The answer is:
B) Diagram
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direct object
indirect object
predicate noun
predicate adjective
the hostess is the indirect object in this sentence
revision and rewriting – and why does he consider it to be the essence of his
profession?
Answer:
The author believed that professional writers revise and rewrite their sentences because the first draft is usually written in emotions and thus needs to be revised to correct any error.
Zinsser considered rewriting to be an essence of his profession because it helps him to correct the errors in doing so.
Explanation:
'On Writing Well' is a book written by William Zinsser. The book talks about the skill of writing and how to develop and polish that skill.
In his book, he asserted that revising and rewriting is something that most writers do. He believed it because rewriting helps a writer to correct any information left out, or to add any vital information in his writing.Or, to correct any grammatical error in the writing.
He perceived that revising and rewriting is an essence of his profession because it help him to correct any errors in his profession of writing. Rewriting and revising enhance ones written work and helps to bring the best out to his/her readers. He asserted that first draft of the writing is usually written in emotions or out of the flow of thoughts that comes to our mind.
B. waste, walk, wonder
C. been, because, yet,
D. am, is ,are, was