Which has the correct pronoun use?

Forcing people to make a decision against their wishes is not right.

Which sentence uses diction (wording) most appropriate for formal college paper?

The young girl stands up to play the piano, sounding beautiful.

Which is NOT an example of a primary source?

An article from Literature Resource Center database

Which of the following is NOT a step in planning a literary argument about 2 short stories?

Revising essay to include 2 secondary sources, 1 for each story

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Emily finds creativity in her mother's & her adversity; her mom has not.

What is an example of imagery? (author creates an image you can see)

"The scent of apples / I got from looking through a pane glass" by Frost

Which makes the best thesis idea for the poem "The World Is Too Much with Us"?

theme of humanity's alienation from nature

Make this more debatable: Mathilde Loisel likes nice things.

Mathilde's greed for things causes her to lose all she values.

What is best sentence?

Because good writers copyedit carefully, they rarely have comma splices.

What would be the best way to research for good supporting quotes from a source?

Literature Resource Center database from WS library & use title of work

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1
Which has the correct pronoun use?
Forcing people to make a decision against their wishes is not right.
Forcing people to make a decision against his wishes is not right.
Forcing a person to make a decision against their wishes is not right.
Forcing a person to make a decision against your wishes is not right.
2
If a short story & poem express same idea, they share the same what?
narrative point of view
characterization
chronology
theme
3
What would be inappropriate for constructing an outline for a lit analysis?
parallel grammar
support for thesis
balanced development
plot summary
4
Which sentence uses diction (wording) most appropriate for formal college paper?
She plays pretty good but can't regain her composure.
She totally want to marry the man.
The young girl stands up to play the piano, sounding beautiful.
For sure she wants to marry the man
5
Which is NOT an example of a primary source?
A poem by William Wordsworth
An article from Literature Resource Center database
A short story by Flannery O'Connor
A play by Tennessee Williams
6
What is an example of a primary source?
Library database article
Textbook authors' background chapter
A play
Google article
7
Over 400 million people speak English worldwide. What is this statement?
belief
fact
could not be a fact
opinion
8
Which of the following is a formal outline?
Includes fragments
None of these
Does not have a thesis statement
Same as informal or scratch outline plan
9
Which of the following is NOT a step in planning a literary argument about 2 short stories?
Revising essay to include 2 secondary sources, 1 for each story
Listing all similarities & differences between plots & characters
Reading 2 stories to compare or contrast
Choosing an outline format like a point-by-point or subject-by-subject
10
What makes a good thesis?
Debatable claim
Summarizes view of secondary source
Summary of plot
Describes author's motivation
11
Which of the following is NOT a good rhetorical pattern for a lit analysis?
cause & effect
compare/contrast
definition
expedition
12
Bret Harte wrote about real people as he traveled to goldfields & mining camps in his 1870 publication. This is a
opinion
anguish
inference
fact
13
Poet Blake uses fire imagery to make a tiger seem more dangerous. This is
fact
seems an opinion but could not be a fact
opinion
belief
14
What is right way to cite poem lines 1st time quoted & author not mentioned yet?
(Star Wars 1-2)
(Lines 1-2 page 500)
(Obi-Wan lines 1-2 pg 500)".
(Obi-Wan lines 1-2)
15
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Emily finds creativity in her mother's & her adversity her mom has not.
Emily finds creativity in her mothers' & her adversity; her mom has not.
Emily finds creativity in her mothers' & her adversity, her mom has not.
Emily finds creativity in her mother's & her adversity; her mom has not.
16
What is an example of imagery? (author creates an image you can see)
All have imagery
"The scent of apples / I got from looking through a pane glass" by Frost
"For sorrow near I did not look back" by Bradstreet
"I wish it was us" by Carver
17
Which makes the best thesis idea for the poem "The World Is Too Much with Us"?
written by Wordsworth
interesting research about poem
interesting poem
theme of humanity's alienation from nature
18
Make this more debatable: Mathilde Loisel likes nice things.
Mathilde likes fancy clothes.
Mathilde's greed for things causes her to lose all she values.
Mathilde likes expensive-looking jewelry.
Mathilde hates her apartment.
19
Who wrote "When You Are Old" about woman who does not realize man's love for her now? Read p. 713 or check online.
Yeats
Shakespeare
Frost
Poe
20
What is best sentence?
Good writersedit carefully they rarely have comma splices.
Because good writers edit carefully. They rarely have comma splices.
Because good writers copyedit carefully, they rarely have comma splices.
Because good writers edit carefully; they rarely have comma splices.
21
What error is in this sentence? Andy finished his draft he will have time to make corrections.
Fused sentence
Capitalization error
Subject-verb agreement error
Comma splice
22
What would be the best way to research for good supporting quotes from a source?
Literature Resource Center database from WS library & use title of work
Library Expanded Academic ASAP since it has lots of articles
Cite from Cliff Notes
Google author & pick 1st long article
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What elements would you include in an introduction?
Thesis statement
All choices are correct
Short overview of ideas coming up in body paragraphs
Name author & work

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