Which of the following wouldn't be a good choice for an authoritative digital source in a research project?

article retrieved from a general Google search that quotes from Wikipedia

To be designated as literary text -- literature -- a text must

Reflect some universal aspect on life

Which of the following suggestions to the presenter would best address this problem below?

Project your voice by relaxing the rib cage and maintaining good posture

What is an inference based on?

Details of the text and the reader's knowledge of the topic of the text

Roosevelt mentions construction of "great additional buildings for the business of government" to emphasize

The growth of the United States.

In a holistic evaluation of student essays, evaluations are made on the basis of the...

overall quality of each student's essay in relation to the topic

Mrs. Fairfax differs from the speaker in that Mrs. Fairfax

is more willing to take people at face value

Which of the following strategies isn't appropriate for helping students comprehend new vocab in nonfictional text?

Writing sentences on the board for the students to copy

When do English teachers require students to provide textual evidence?

To support an interpretation of a text

The author of the following passage compares certain readers with "chocolate addicts" primarily in order to

Indicate the depth of certain readers' feelings about science fiction

Which of the following is NOT true about the use of transitional expressions?

Writers should use them only at the end of each paragraph

Which of the following best identifies the intended audience of the passage from the National Park Service's Web site?

Families interested in visiting Lake McDonald

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1
Anna feels that she is confusing "who" and "whom" in her narrative. She wants to correct her error. Which would be best?
A thesaurus
A grammar guide
A dictionary
A glossary
2
Which of the following is the most common purpose for a writing task?
to persuade
to inform
to argue a point
to narrate a story
3
American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature.
Herman Melville
C.S. Lewis
George Orwell
J.D. Salinger
4
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
Irony
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Mood
5
Which of the following wouldn't be a good choice for an authoritative digital source in a research project?
extensive study posted by a car company with dates, stats & long references
article from US dept of Edu. with stats that include number of hs drop outs
peer-reviewed journal article retrieved from JSTOR with many listed sources
article retrieved from a general Google search that quotes from Wikipedia
6
To be designated as literary text -- literature -- a text must
Use literary devices
Advance a belief system
Reflect some universal aspect on life
Have an effect on the reader
7
Tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk; story told by common people used mainly to entertain.
Legend
Myth
Fairy Tale
Folk Tale
8
Which of the following suggestions to the presenter would best address this problem below?
Project your voice by relaxing the rib cage and maintaining good posture
Engage your audience by making eye contact with people in the back
Emphasize your main points by reading them directly from a paper
Entertain your audience with exaggerating body language
9
A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things.
Pronoun
Common noun
Proper noun
Collective noun
10
A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Folk Tale
Legend
Myth
Fable
11
What is an inference based on?
Recognizing the author's tone
Understanding the author's purpose
Details of the text and the reader's knowledge of the topic of the text
Facts and specific examples in the text
12
Roosevelt mentions construction of "great additional buildings for the business of government" to emphasize
The growth of the United States.
The power of the United States as a world leader
The complexity of democratic principles
Changes that have taken place in the type of government
13
When a teacher includes pictures and graphics as part of instruction in order to support learning, she is...
A research application
Prior knowledge
Metacognitive practices
Visual aids
14
The advertisement primarily uses which of the following persuasive techniques to appeal to the audience?
Bandwagon
Card Stacking
Testimonial
Glittering Generalities
15
General name for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Collective noun
Pronoun
Common noun
Proper noun
16
A worn-out idea or overused expression
Dialect
Cliche
Foreshadowing
Diction
17
In a holistic evaluation of student essays, evaluations are made on the basis of the...
average sentence length and the complexity demonstrated in each essay
overall quality of each student's essay in relation to the topic
number and variety of errors made by each student
ability of each student to communicate in a variety of discourse modes
18
Mrs. Fairfax differs from the speaker in that Mrs. Fairfax
is more willing to take people at face value
judges people by their social station in life
has more interest in the complexities of people's personalities
has more positive opinion of Mr. Rochester
19
American transcendentalist who was against a government that supported slavery. He wrote down his beliefs in Walden.
George Hebert
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Andrew Marvell
20
Two words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning or spelling or both (ex: bare and bear)
Homograph
Homophone
Homonym
21
Which of the following strategies isn't appropriate for helping students comprehend new vocab in nonfictional text?
Providing frequent opportunities for students to use their new vocab words
Writing sentences on the board for the students to copy
Activate the students prior knowledge to develop framework for new vocab
Studying examples of texts that use the new vocabulary in context
22
Which of the following best describes the instructional strategy below?
Conferencing
Discipline-based inquiry
Self-Regulated Strategy Development
Introduction-Body-Conclusion Strategy
23
When do English teachers require students to provide textual evidence?
To support an interpretation of a text
During creative writing
During a quick write
To make a reasoned argument about a social issue
24
The author of the following passage compares certain readers with "chocolate addicts" primarily in order to
Suggest that science fiction is not a serious literary genre
Contrast characteristics of science fiction with those of other genres
Explain why some readers consider science fiction to be dangerous
Indicate the depth of certain readers' feelings about science fiction
25
The passage below discusses...
Thomas Pynchon's V
Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away
George Orwell's 1984
E.M. Foster's A Passage to India
26
The lines "An Almanack," said he, "my dear;/You know we change them every year" are an example of a(n)
Annotation
Heroic couplet
Pun
Truism
27
Essays written by Jonathan Swift, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau express ideas of
The Renaissance Period
The Romantic Period
The Enlightenment
The Victorian Period
28
Which of the following is NOT true about the use of transitional expressions?
Writers should use them to create the proper direction of thought
Writers should use them only at the end of each paragraph
Writers should use them to transition from paragraph to paragraph
Writers should use them to transition from sentence to sentence
29
Which of the following best identifies the intended audience of the passage from the National Park Service's Web site?
Scientists researching glacier development
Families interested in visiting Lake McDonald
Academics studying the historical context of national parks
Teachers interested in creating virtual park field trips
30
The passage suggests that the speaker would describe the "account" mentioned in the first sentence as...
mystifying
erroneous
deficient
enlightening
31
The description of the sun in the second sentence contains which of the following literary devices?
Irony
Personification
Flashback
Foreshadowing
32
Names a particular person, place, thing or idea.
Collective noun
Proper noun
Common noun
Pronoun
33
Written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables
Elegy
Sonnet
Couplet
Haiku
34
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Analogy
Allusion
Dialect
Alliteration
35
Which activity would help a teacher collect data and plan a unit of study that addresses individual student needs?
Book pass
K-W-L chart
Reciprocal teaching
Concentric circles
36
Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
Characterization
Allusion
Analogy
Alliteration
37
A word that takes the place of a noun.
Pronoun
Proper noun
collective noun
Common noun
38
What is one effective way to activate students' prior knowledge?
Silent sustained reading
Rigor
Reciprocal teaching
Quick writes
39
One literary device that enhances meaning is
Setting
Imagery
Plot
Characterization
40
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Cliche
Dialect
41
Which of the following describes the organization of the paragraph below?
Order of importance
Chronological order
Cause and effect
Spatial order
42
A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun (ex: Your friend (Bill) is in trouble).
Prepositional Phrase
Conjunction
Clause
Appositive
43
Methods a writer uses to develop characters
Tone
Characterization
Dialect
Diction
44
What sound device is used in the line "With banners, by great gales incessant fanned"?
Mood
Tone
Symbolism
Assonance
45
Traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
Legend
Myth
Fable
Folk Tale
46
Which of the following best describes the organization of the paragraph below?
Chronological order
Order of importance
Cause and effect
Spatial order
47
Noted for their insightful portrayals of middle class families; wrote "Pride & Prejudice" and "Sense & Sensibility"
Emily Dickenson
Maya Angelou
Willa Cather
Jane Austen
48
Writer of science fiction , which deal with moral dilemas, including The Martian Chronicles and Farenhait 451
John Keats
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Stephen Crane
Ray Bradbury
49
What kind of writing is factual and verifiable, but written in an artistic way?
Fiction
Poetry
Nonfiction articles
Creative nonfiction
50
How many lines are in a sonnet?
16
14
10
12
51
What describes primary source documents that include magazine/ newspaper articles, interviews, photographs, tv, radio
Visual aids
Literary nonfiction
Testimonials
Media sources
52
What is one way to develop their characters?
With verifiable facts
Directly
Through the literary context
By assigning roles
53
Creative text written about a realistic problem and that is relatable and relevant to readers
American literature
Constructivist writing
Realistic nonfiction
Young adult literature
54
Which of the following would be an effective way to introduce & integrate a source into a research paper?
Some people think...
Dr. Philip Stern, author of 20 books on the subject , concluded that "...
I don't know how to say this, but this author says it best: "...
This quotation says it well: "...
55
Imaginary story about a hero overcoming a problem, often involving mystical creatures, supernatural power, or magic.
Fairy Tale
Folk Tale
Myth
Legend
56
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Foreshadowing
Narration
Diction
Dialect
57
Narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements.
Folk Tale
Legend
Myth
Fairy Tale
58
John Donne and John Milton are British writers of the...
Elizabethan Age
Victorian Era
Romantic Period
Restoration Period
59
Zora Neale Hurston is associated with which of the following literary movements?
Harlem Renaissance
Naturalism
New England Puritanism
Transcendentalism
60
Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
Adverb
Preposition
Adjective
Conjunction
61
Word used to show the relationship pf a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. (ex: in, near, under, to)
Adverb
Preposition
Adjective
Conjunction
62
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.
Haiku
Free Verse
Epic
Sonnet
63
Five lines. First, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines form a rhymed couplet
Haiku
Free Verse
Sonnet
Limerick
64
A memoir written by a person about his/her life or about verifiable events they experienced in an artistic way is
Poetry
Creative nonfiction
Fiction
Naturalistic fiction
65
Poetry that conforms to a specific shape or form in terms of the number of lines, meter, and rhyme scheme is
Closed for poetry
Open form poetry
Blank verse
Traditional poetry
66
The poem below is written in which of the following poetic forms?
Elegy
Sonnet
Ode
Ballad
67
A teacher asks students to write about what they think Roosevelt will discuss in the rest of the speech, that's what?
Summarizing
Clarifying
Visualizing
Predicting
68
Which of the following best describes the organization of the paragraph below?
Order of importance
Chronological order
Spatial Order
Cause and effect
69
Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage below?
author provides several explanations for taking a certain corse of action
author chronicles the various phases of his work in a particular discipline
author makes comparison with his own experience & that of others
author uses analogies to explain his experience of a particular action
70
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Allusion
Analogy
Alliteration
Characterization
71
One characteristic of metaphysical poetry is
Using paradoxes and puns as well as everyday language.
Addressing the value of scientific discoveries.
Using a serious, stern tone.
Addressing the practical, everyday concerns of life.
72
The author of the passage below argues that...
using language in a wide variety of situations improves grammar
analyzing & diagramming provide exercise in logical thinking
formal study of grammar improves writing ability
good judgement can be improved by studying the rules of formal grammar
73
To best encourage student engagement in the classroom, a teacher should select texts based on which of the following?
Topics that are interesting for the students
The instructional objectives
The culture of the local community
The instructional reading level of the class
74
Which of the following is an example of persuasive speech?
A professor's lecture on the structure of the heart
A tour guide's discussion of an art museum installation
A compaign manager's introduction of a mayoral candidate
A company president's yearly sales report
75
The excerpt below is an example of which of the following types of writing?
Narrative
Persuasive
Descriptive
Informative
76
which would be an appropriate assignment for assessing how well students can integrate evidence into an argument
speech
think-pair-share
Socratic seminar
debate
77
The sentence "Every day was a happy day, and every night was peaceful." can be classified as...
Complex
Simple
Compound-Complex
Compound
78
The scenario provided most accurately describes which of the following types of languages?
A dialect
A creole
A pidgin
A regionalism
79
Which of the following assumptions about the website is correct?
This site might belong to a nonprofit agency
The site has been evaluated for bias
The author of the site is well respected in his or her field
All of the information on the site is current
80
What is the tone of the poem?
Satirical
Mean-spirited
Irreverent
Scornful
81
Which of the following text features should a student examine first when determining the main idea in an informal text?
Italicized Words
Captions
Headings
Table of Contents
82
When a teacher provides information about the context of a poem, what is he or she doing?
Building students' background knowledge
Providing opportunities for discussion
Explaining the author's intentions
Analyzing the author's word choice
83
When a student goes on to elaborate on her explanation by quoting lines from a poem. In doing so, she is...
Analyzing the point of view
Demonstrating the perspective of the author
Showing the rhyme scheme
Supporting her explanation with textual evidence
84
United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
John Keats
Countee Cullen
Mark Twain
John Donne
85
The underlined portion can best be described as...
a relative clause
an independent clause
a subordinate clause
an adjective clause
86
What is an example of fallacious reasoning?
Including facts
Using a red herring
Including syllogisms
Using emotional language
87
Which of the following is the best way of describing the last three sentences of the passage?
highlight the contrast between the feelings of the sitters & bossman
use to paint a picture of the way the sitters with they spent evenings
They emphasize the weariness the sitters feel after a long day's work
vivid way of describing the ease & authority the sitters feel in evening

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