Which best explains the difference between informative and explanatory texts?

Informative= provides background Explanatory= tells process

Which of the following is written in the subjunctive mood?

If I were on vacation, I would wear sandals.

Why does the author organize "The Season's Curmudgeon Sees the Light" as she does?

to show how her feelings about spring have changed

Which of the following sentences contains a verb in the future perfect tense?

By tomorrow, Andy will have walked home with Beth every day this week.

What is the author's main purpose in "Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall"?

She wants to inform readers of scientific facts about autumn leaves.

How do you form the perfect tense of a verb?

Use a form of the verb "have" and the past participle of the verb

What is the effect of beginning "Always to Remember" with a description of the memorial competition?

gives background for the importance of Lin's achievement

In "Forest Fire," why does the narrator plan to save a stack of diaries if she must evacuate?

The diaries are important to her.

Which of the following sentences contains a verb in the subjunctive mood?

If you were taller, you could try out for the basketball team.

Which of the following uses the indicative mood?

I will feel flush after I get my very first paycheck.

Why does the author of "Always to Remember" discuss Maya Ying Lin's background?

to show its influence on her design

Which of the following sentences contains a verb that is correctly formed in the perfect tense?

Beverly has wanted to be a singer for years.

When MacNeil says that much of television news is "machine gunning with scraps" he means that

television news stories are too short and fast

Which of the following best describes the idea from MacNeil's essay referenced in the last question?

it is an opinion presented through an appeal to emotion

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1
Which best explains the difference between informative and explanatory texts?
Informative= provides background Explanatory= tells process
Informative= why something happens Explanatory= order in which it happens
Informative= provides support to author's view Explanatory= why viewpoint
Informative= history of figure Explanatory= how figure felt
2
Which of the following is written in the subjunctive mood?
If I were on vacation, I would wear sandals.
It was the weekend, so she slept until noon.
The teacher grades his students' weekly spelling tests.
She could not concentrate with the loud car outside her house.
3
Something that is "trivial" is
insightful
important
insignificant
Unusual
4
Which verb mood is used to issue requests or commands?
interrogative
subjunctive
Indivative
Imperative
5
Why does the author organize "The Season's Curmudgeon Sees the Light" as she does?
to compare what she likes about fall and spring
to show how her feelings about spring have changed
to contrast fall weddings and song with spring weddings and song
to contrast reading with gardening
6
The technique in which the writer invites the audience to draw logical conclusions from evidence the writer presented
appeal to emotions
appeal to authority
appeal to reason
7
Which of the following sentences contains a verb in the future perfect tense?
Andy has been walking home with Beth every afternoon.
By tomorrow, Andy will have walked home with Beth every day this week.
Andy will walk home with Beth every day next week.
Andy is going to walk home with Beth every afternoon.
8
What is the author's main purpose in "Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall"?
She wants to entertain readers with an imaginative fable about leaves.
She wants to inform readers of scientific facts about autumn leaves.
She wants to persuade readers to stop pollution
She wants to explain the origin of macabre fall holidays
9
How do you form the perfect tense of a verb?
Use the helping verb "will" and the base form of the verb.
Use a form of the verb "be" and the past participle of the verb
Use a form of the verb "have" and the present participle of the verb
Use a form of the verb "have" and the past participle of the verb
10
What is the effect of beginning "Always to Remember" with a description of the memorial competition?
keeps the essay from being autobiography or fiction
Gives background on the importance of architecture in the US
gives background for the importance of Lin's achievement
keeps the essay from focusing too much on Lin's work
11
In "Forest Fire," why does the narrator plan to save a stack of diaries if she must evacuate?
The furniture in her house is too heavy
The diaries are important to her.
The newspaper photographer wants to take a picture of her with the diaries
She is too scared to think of anything else
12
Which of the following sentences contains a verb in the subjunctive mood?
If it rains, we can move the party inside.
If you were taller, you could try out for the basketball team.
We were going to cook dinner but decided to eat out instead.
Do you believe that the Jackson are moving to Alaska?
13
When asking a question that does not expect an answer, what persuasive technique is this?
a controversial question
generalization
rhetorical question
repetition
14
Which of the following uses the indicative mood?
I insisted that my brother do the dishes because I set the table.
If I win the lottery, I hope that you'll help me spend the money.
If I were rich, I would get convertibles for us both.
I will feel flush after I get my very first paycheck.
15
Which word is closest in meaning to "pervading"?
looking
invading
spreading
arguing
16
Why does the author of "Always to Remember" discuss Maya Ying Lin's background?
to show her disinterest in architecture
to show its influence on her design
tos how that she experienced hardships
to appeal to Chinese-American readers
17
Which of the following sentences contains a verb that is correctly formed in the perfect tense?
Desmond has love swimming in the ocean
Beverly has wanted to be a singer for years.
Jake have painted his room three times
Susan is spoken at our club before
18
When MacNeil says that much of television news is "machine gunning with scraps" he means that
television news stories are too short and fast
television news covers war too much
television news covers too much violent crime
television news lacks high-tech equipment
19
Which of the following best describes the idea from MacNeil's essay referenced in the last question?
It is a fact presented through an appeal to authority
it is an opinion presented through an appeal to authority
It is a fact presented through an appeal to emotion
it is an opinion presented through an appeal to emotion
20
Which word or phrase is closest in meaning to the word "unanimous"?
divided
not accurate
in agreement
justifies

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