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What is Parallelism?
a math problem
similarity in structure in a series of words or phrases
2
Which are possessive pronouns?
That, which, who
Theirs, his, ours
Myself, himself, ourself
Each other, one another
3
An infinitive form of a verb is always preceded by the word
'to'.
False
True
4
Define: Taciturn
Power obsessed
very talkative
Someone who is reserved and not talkative
5
Define: Miserly
polite
Grinch Like/Scrooge
tight
mean
6
The SAT Has 2 types of Sentence completion questions: _____________ and__________
vocabulary in context and logic based
Open ended and closed ended.
Conjucntions and illogical based query
7
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject
Diction
Tone
Tragedy
8
After observing territorial fights, Goodall had to revise her earlier opinion that these apes were always_____ animals
Cruel
ignorant
Peaceful
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SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions - Punctuation
D. task, digital artist Eldar Zakirov,
A. NO CHANGE
C. task digital artist Eldar Zakirov,
B. task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov,
10
A judgement made before all the facts are known must be called___
premature
fair
harsh
sensible
11
The narrator is someone outside of the action, not a character writing the story. He, She, They
Memoir
Foil
Third Person
Poem
12
What are the five categories of transitional words?
Time, Location, logic relations, Compare/Contrast, Additions
Time, Location, Compare, Comtrast, Additions
Time, Location, Logical Comparisions, Additions, Place
13
What is Critical Reading?
a section of short reading passaged by long comprehension questions
A long (400-900 words) reading passage testing the same
Making fun of somebody reading a book
Sentence Completion-Incomplete sentences with multiple-choice answers
14
How can I share/publish my writing with the world?
Through Kidblog or EDU blog
By registering for 826 Digital's video writing prompt youtube channel
Registering for Pen/Faulkner's creative writing workshop series
By posting comments in response to something I read on a news site
15
Ideas or customs are
ridiculed
for the purpose of improving society
Dialogue
Satire
Act
16
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions - Usage
B. there
D. it's
A. NO CHANGE
C. its
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Creative writing will help me improve my overall writing skills.
False
True
18
External: A character pitted against an outside force Internal: Occurs within the character
Idiom
Narrator
Conflict
19
Gerunds are specialized verbs ending in "ing".
False
True
20
Ravens appear to behave____, actively helping one another to fine food
combative
warily
cooperatively
mysteriously
21
Both______ and____, the man seldom spoke and never spent money.
taciturn and miserly
garrulous and stingy
effusive and frugal
vociferous and generous
22
An abstract noun is something you can touch with your hands.
True
False
23
What are the object pronouns?
Me,you,him,her,it,us,you,they.
my,me,mine,her,his.
their are none.
Me,you,him,her,it,us,you,them.
24
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions -
Punctuation
A. NO CHANGE
C. entrepreneur; he
B. entrepreneur:
D. entrepreneur,
25
What is this? (HINT: Think VOCAB words)
A bowl
valise
A man's purse
Luggage
26
When the reader's interest and emotional intensity reach the highest point
Metaphor
Climax
Comic Relief
Narrator
27
The research is so_________ that it leaves no part of the issue unexamined.
economical
Comprehensive
rewarding
probematic
28
A conversation, an episode, or an event that happened before the beginning of the story
Hyperbole
Flashback
Imagery
Fantasy
29
Parallelism is...
Omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases/words
Attribution of a lifelike quality to inanimate object/idea
Similarity of structure in a pair/series of words/phrases
30
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions -
Punctuation
A. NO CHANGE
C. Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State,
D. Box, an associate professor of geology, at Ohio State
B. Box an associate professor of geology at Ohio State
31
What is an adverb?
A short word that takes the place of a noun.
Tells what the noun does or is…
Describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
32
Hoping to ____ the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ____ to both labor and management
extend.......satisfactory
enforce...... useful
resolve.....acceptable
end..... divisive
33
The main idea in a work of literature
Theme
Plot Twist
Plot
34
Which uses the vocab word: Marrow best/correctly?
He decided to marrow himself.
The marrow went from here to there.
The dog chewed the bone in order to get to get to the marrow.
35
Which tense below represents an infinity?
the mouse was in the house
To run
he walked very slowly
walk
36
An autobiography is a piece of writing about a person, but written by that person.
False
True
37
Why is creative writing written?
written to entertain and educate
for fun
only for entertaining purposes
education
38
What do transitional words do?
Both are correct
Shows relationship between things
Shows relationship between sentences
39
The lesson taught in the work
Memoir
Moral
Fantasy
Drama
40
Which is the shortest form of fictional writing?
Short Story
Novellette
Flash Fiction
Novella
41
Bob sat still unable to ___ what he was witnessing.
stifle
obscure
fathom
42
A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality. Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal
Refrian
Paradox
Irony
Structure
43
A writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later
Speech
Dialect
Satire
Foreshadowing
44
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions - Punctuation
A. NO CHANGE
C. ethic, and
D. ethic,
B. ethic:
45
After the conflict of the story
Falling Action
Fiction
Rhyme
Diction
46
T/F Think about the meaning of the sentence before you look at the choices
False
True
47
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions -
Punctuation
B. can pollute waterway's,
C. could have polluted waterways,
D. has polluted waterway's
A. NO CHANGE
48
T/F-Watch for key introductory and transitional words that determine how the part of the sentence relate.
False
True
49
The Supreme Court's reversal of its previous ruling on the issue of states' rights__ its reputation for ___
bolstered/doggedness
compromised/consistency
dispelled/vacillaton
50
Although its publicity has been____, the film itself is intelligent, well acted, handsomely produced, and altogether___
extensive......moderate
risque'......crude
perfect......spectacular
tasteles......respectable
51
The narrator is third person but knows the feelings and thoughts of every character
Omniscient
Rhyme
Style
Personification
52
What is the correct
preposistion
in the sentence: The Rooms
in
my house.
rooms
in
Rooms
my
53
Participles are verb forms ending
"ING"
- They however, describe a noun.
True
False
54
Which vocab word can describe a serious student?
swoon
trigonometry
scholar
cynic
55
What can you expect from an SAT passage:
The passages very in style and tone/narrative, persuasive, expository..
A set of questions follows each passage or pair of related passages
passages are about 100-850 words
Sometimes you get 2 separate opinions on the issue.
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What is a preposistion?
examples are: words like "in," "at," "on," "of," and "to." Prepositions in
describes a noun
a word that shows a particular relationship, such a dirction or location
person, place of thing
57
The people who take part in the action of a story, a novel or drama
Poem
Characters
Allusion
Rhyme
58
What is the sequence of events in a story?
Theme
Plot
Speech
Antagonist
59
The fat cat sat on a mat and wore a hat.
idiom
rhyme
alliteration
simile
60
Find a Synonym for: -
Senseless, Absurd, Unreasonable
Begrudge
Irrational
Waylay
Effusive
61
SAT Vocab: Taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas is the definition of what word?
Piracy
Plagiarism
Cut and Paste
Copy Cat
62
Our ancestors left mysterious and creative art pieces that were unearthed.
recreational
artistry
ancestral
saga
63
The method of narrating a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of fiction
Stanza
Refrain
Point of View (POV)
Aside
64
Events in a story that move the plot along by adding complications or expanding the conflict
Character
Scene
Analogy
Rising Action
65
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions - Punctuation
A. NO CHANGE
C. body's biological clocks,
B. bodies' biological clocks',
D. body's biological clock's,
66
What does "revise" mean in the Writing Process?
Retelling your story.
Conferencing with Teacher Courtney.
Making changes to make your story better.
Writing a first draft of your story.
67
How do you start writing creatively?
Revise and Proofread
Experiment with all different types till you find one that you enjoy
If you get stuck, work on a mini project,a small poem, a 100 word story
Have fun with it!
68
The SAT test has 2 major sections (English and Math)
True
False
69
Why is creative writing written?
only for entertaining purposes
education
for fun
written to entertain and educate
70
A person, a place, an activity or an object that stands for something beyond itself
Ballad
Drama
Symbol
71
What is parallelism?
repeating a metaphor for emphasis
repeated grammatical structure for emphasis
repeating the same word or phrase for emphasis
repeating a simile for emphasis
72
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions - Usage
A. NO CHANGE
B. whom uses
D. who use
C. who uses
73
True/False: You Should place a comma before an apositive?
true
false
74
If I sat on the bus
complacently
, I could be described as all of the following
except:
content
pleasant
ecstatic
calm
75
This question could __________ you if you haven't studied your vocab list!
fawn
slough
bemuse
76
A narrator who is a character in the story and uses the pronouns I, me, and my.
Hyperbole
First Person
Imagery
Comedy
77
Which vocab word doesn't belong?
excrement
poo
urine
feces
78
What are transitional words?
first, next, then, last
because
the, is
79
T/F
Know your vocabulary.
Think carefully about the meanings of the words in the answer choices
True
False
80
What is the purpose of transitional words?
Make the paper more difficult to read.
To make you do more work.
To connect one idea to the next idea that makes sense.
81
The time and place of action of a story
Speech
Voice
Setting
Onomatopoeia
82
MLK Jr.’s speech had a positive _________ on my outlook on life.
uhhhh
idk
effect
affect
83
You can describe your summer plans in writing?
True
False
84
What are subject pronouns?
We,you,they,her,us,him.
I,you,he,she,it,we,them.
I,you,he,she,it,we,they.
85
What can sentence fragmenets express in creative writing?
Emotion
Happiness
Coolness
daddy
86
Also called Climax. The reader's interest and emotional intensity reach the highest point
Black Verse
Nonfiction
Biography
Turning Point
87
Abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events
Fantasy
Allegory
Rhyme
Metaphor
88
What is an example of an appositive?
Jeff, a student at Maloney High Scchool in Meriden.
Michael Myers, a fictional serieal killer from Haddenfield, IL.
Aarron Judge, a baseball player for the Yankees
James Bond, a secret agent for the British Secret Service
89
What is parallelism?
A comparison made between two things.
Two contrasting ideas next to each other.
Repetition of words/phrases that have the same structure.
90
Which uses the vocab word "disciplined" best/correctly?
The train was disciplined on time.
Wash all the disciplines.
The gymnast was disciplined and practiced for 3 hours a day.
91
This photo is of what SAT list 9, vocabulary word?
Congeal
Effusive
Glacial
92
What is a
preposistion
Shows relation to another verb
word preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another
Shows relation to another conjunction
Shows relation to another adjective
93
Carl has written a creative writing piece. But he has written every sentence in a different font
. Which trait is this?
Organisation
Collaboration
Presentation
Moderation
94
What is the first thing you should have before writing?
A light bulb moment
An Idea
A purpose
A answer
95
What do transitional words do for the passage?
Explain how parts of the sentence should relate to other parts
Give a logical pathway to the next passage
Help with contextual clues to identify sentence meanings
Key to figure out the sentnce
96
SAT Writing - Standard English Conventions - Punctuation
D. scientists, and,
B. scientists: and
A. NO CHANGE
C. scientists, and
