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What level of parallelism? The cookies were warm, soft, and gooey.
Parallel words
Parallel clauses
Parallel phrases
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Essential or nonessential appositive? Joey and Chandler both fight over Rachel's sister Jill.
Essential
Nonessential
3
Find the appositive phrase: Boo, my cat, is adorable.
Boo
is
adorable
my cat
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Appositive phrases are used for all the following EXCEPT...
Smooth choppy writing
Add your opinion
Clarify by expanding a definition
Specifying who or what
5
An appositive is...
A verbal clause
A cute bunny rabbit
An adverb describing a verb, adjective, or another adverb
A noun phrase identifying another noun named in a sentence.
6
Identify the type of sentence: I burned dinner, but I didn’t burn the cake.
compound-complex
inverted
simple
compound
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What does an MLA heading include?
Name, Date, Teacher's name
Name, Teacher's name, Class, Date
Name, Class period
Name, Date, Teacher's name, Class period
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The following is an example of what type of sentence?
While he searched for a book, Tom made tea.
Compound
Complex
Simple
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In an inverted sentence, the....
We don't talk about inverted sentences...or Bruno
chicken comes before the egg
Verb appears before the subject
Subject appears before the verb
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A periodic sentence will....
Begin with dependent clauses and end with independent clauses
Make a command
Begin with multiple details and end with an independent clause
Talk about the periodic table of elements
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All of the following are reasons to add a
long
, simple sentence EXCEPT:
show a lack of focus
mimic interminable length of content
To transition abruptly
create an exhausting tone
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What is the difference between a long and a short simple sentence?
Long simple sentences use ellipses...
Short simple sentences have simpler ideas.
Long simple sentences have additional phrases describing the clause.
Short simple sentences are 7 words or less.
13
Which is the complex sentence?
Because she did not study, she felt unprepared for the test.
Although she ate breakfast, she was still hungry before lunch.
All are complex sentences
Since the hurricane hit, there wasn't much left standing.
14
In the MLA heading, the date should look like:
12 December 2019
Dec 12, 2019
12 Dec. 2019
December 12, 2019
15
Essential or nonessential appositive? Ron's only female friend, Hermione, is the top student.
Nonessential
Essential
16
Which Star Wars character typically speaks in inverted sentence patterns?
Princess Leia
Yoda
Darth Vader
Luke Skywalker
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Why would a writer use dashes instead of commas around an appositive phrase?
To distract the reader
To draw attention to the appositive phrase
You can't use dashes around an appositive phrase
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Which is NOT a type of punctuation you can use to set off an appositive phrase?
commas
dashes
semi-colons
colon
19
What is the most effective level of parallelism?
Phrases
Question marks
Words
Clauses
20
All of the following are literary devices that use parallel structure EXCEPT...
Antithesis
Alliteration
Anaphora
Antimetabole
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Writers should never write in cumulative, periodic, and inverted sentences.
False
True
22
Can short simple sentences still be single independent clauses?
False
True
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Cumulative Sentence is...
Completes the main idea at the beginning then builds on it
Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in parallel
Sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, or calls to action
Repetition of words in reverse order
24
Which of the following is NOT an example of
antithesis
?
She was the sweetest and cutest kid she ever babysat.
Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.
One small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
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What is the
appositive
?
Ms. Slater, a faculty member at Red Mountain, teaches AP Language and Composition .
a faculty member at Red Mountain
Ms. Slater
teaches AP Language and Composition
to brilliant students
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Level of parallel structure? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
Word
Clause
Simple
Phrase
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What are the levels of parallelism?
word, phrase, clause
word, phrase, Santa Clause
word, phrase, sentence
clause, phrase, sentence
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What is the effect of a periodic sentence construction?
Force the reader to reread to understand what the sentence is saying.
Emphasize the finality of the subject with a clear conclusion.
Emphasize details to set the tone or to build suspense before main clause.
Distract the reader with unnecessary details so they are surprised.
