"Write quickly and you will never write well; write well and you will soon write quickly."

This is an antithetical statement.

If an experience is "subjective," that means . . .

the experience varies between individuals

All appositives are parenthetical remarks since they contain information that . . .

is not essential to the sentence's structure.

A parenthetical remark is a statement or phrase that can be removed without

affecting the main parts of a sentence.

If something is "relative" that means it . . .

depends on the person experiencing it

Which is a paradoxical situation?

a pain medication that causes more pain

Not all parenthetical remarks are appositives since parenthetical remarks don't always . . .

emphasize or define the immediately preceding word.

an analogical comparison is the same thing as

using an analogy to show commonalities

a place/group that is different from those surrounding it.

Which is zeugma? (a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses)

John and his license expired last week.

when someone learns to live within a different culture

Appeal to tradition is when the speaker claims that what s/he is saying is right because . . .

s/he is an authority, it's always been done this way

Which of these is a loose (cumulative) sentence?

I sat at the movies eating popcorn and watching Endgame.

An anthology is . . .

a collection of writings by different authors

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1
hazing
ignoring
painting
clouding over
bullying
2
conspicuous
solemn
thin
intelligent
clearly visible
3
When the speaker claims that the majority would agree, so the reader should too, s/he is using
post hoc fallacy
red herring fallacy
bandwagon fallacy
appeal to normality
4
Using an expert as a source is an
pathos appeal
straw man appeal
appeal to authority
ad hominem appeal
5
inability to pay one's debts
apportionment
rectitude
incommodious
insolvency
6
"Write quickly and you will never write well; write well and you will soon write quickly."
This is a metaphorical comparison.
This an extended analogy.
This is an antithetical statement.
This is an argumentative fallacy.
7
If an experience is "subjective," that means . . .
it can be objectively quantified
the experience is the same from person to person
the experience varies between individuals
8
unscrupulous businessman (usually referring to a lawyer)
usurer
shyster
conman
flimflam
9
All appositives are parenthetical remarks since they contain information that . . .
defines or emphasizes the noun before or after it.
is not essential to the sentence's structure.
reflects the opinion of the speaker.
10
Which is almost exactly the same as anadiplosis?
chiasmus
zeugma
antimetabole
metonymy
11
An argument that involves gathering evidence before coming to a conclusion:
vindictive
inductive
deductive
reductive
12
relinquish
accuse
give up
give back
add to
13
adolescence
teenage years
pre-teenage years
post-teenage years
early childhood
14
A parenthetical remark is a statement or phrase that can be removed without
affecting the main parts of a sentence.
changing the tone of a sentence.
affecting the speaker's point of view.
decreasing the number of words in a sentence.
15
anthropology is the study of
man's cultures
fossils
the earth
extinct plants
16
A person who lends money at an unreasonably high rate of interest:
debtor
shyster
guildsman
usurer
17
If something is "relative" that means it . . .
depends on the person experiencing it
involves family
is objectively true
is false
18
a critique is a . . .
response to an attack
short narrative
criticism
detailed analysis
19
vernacular
Latin
formal language
speech of the common person
educated speech
20
Which is a paradoxical situation?
a pain medication that causes more pain
a pain medication that doesn't treat the symptom
a pain medication that costs more than it's worth
a pain medication that doesn't work
21
An antithetical argument is ___ another argument.
a questioning of
a summary of
a redundancy of
in opposition to
22
Not all parenthetical remarks are appositives since parenthetical remarks don't always . . .
emphasize or define the immediately preceding word.
include information that is not essential to the sentence.
offer extra information.
23
ecstasy
creativity
mysterious feelings
overwhelming happiness
imaginative fancy
24
wanton
immoral
longing
suspicious
careful
25
related to language
heuristic
dialectic
intrinsic
linguistic
26
an analogical comparison is the same thing as
using an analogy to show commonalities
developing a synthesis from a thesis and antithesis
responding to anticipating criticism
reasoning through the differences between two things
27
Hard to pin down
allusive
occlusive
illusive
elusive
28
enclave
a disputable argument
a place/group that is different from those surrounding it.
a recess, like a cave
a collection of heterogeneous items
29
ruddy
reddish
rough
ignorant
smooth
30
gangrene
infection
jolly
rural
morose
31
atrophy
reward
success
instinctive revulsion
gradual decline
32
Which is zeugma? (a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses)
John and his license expired last week.
I showed her and she showed me.
I have suffered little because of your miserable jokes.
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments.
33
"Despite the blinding snow and the freezing temperatures, the tournament continued."
loose sentence
cumulative sentence
periodic sentence
interrupted sentence
34
I like all kinds of music, rhythm and blues, rock, and hip hop. What type of sentence is this?
loose
periodic
interrupted
interrogative
35
an opal is . . .
yellow
multicolored
red
green
36
acculturation
when one refuses to accept a dominant culture
when two cultures combine (like Tex-Mex)
when someone learns to live within a different culture
when one culture dominates another
37
malignity
evil
kindness
dutiful
suspense
38
Appealing to the opinions or beliefs of the majority
post hoc ergo propter hoc
sumptus populus
non sequitur
vox populi
39
Appeal to tradition is when the speaker claims that what s/he is saying is right because . . .
s/he is an authority
everyone believes it
it's always been done this way
it can't be proven wrong
40
"I just have this little tumor in my brain. It's nothing, really." The speaker is using . . .
anagram
meiosis
understatement
hyperbole
41
Which of these is an adverb?
self-righteousness
obscure
vehement
vehemently
42
Which of these is a loose (cumulative) sentence?
Onward we fight.
Happily willing to serve, I joined the military.
I sat at the movies eating popcorn and watching Endgame.
After going to the movies, I bought candy at the mall.
43
lenity
stubbornness
hunger
poverty
kindness
44
insidious
loathsome
incomplete
repetitive
candid
45
shoaling
thickening up with sand
increasing in depth
darkening
spreading out thinly
46
An anthology is . . .
another word for an encyclopedia
a collection of a single author's writings
a collection of writings by different authors
a set of novels with prequels and sequels
47
avarice
deceit
greed
lust
hate
48
A person with a detached tone would be . . .
flippant and ironic
concerned and subjective
reticent and terse
aloof and objective
49
acrimony
sincerity
accusation
truthfulness
bitterness
50
Which is a type of pun?
anastrophe
chiasmus
zeugma
anadiplosis
51
instructional in tone
metaphysical
didactic
heuristic
detached
52
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
aphorism
banality
quip
anecdote
53
pining
indifference
fret
longing
solid
54
If a tone is tentative, the speaker is being . . .
didactic with his/her audience
prescriptive in his/her approach
pedantic and contumacious
hesitant to decide something
55
Metaphorically substituting one word for another (example: He was addicted to the bottle)
pun
anastrophe
metonymy
synecdoche
56
Which of these is an adjective?
very
hurriedly
regretful
consequently
57
quarry
hunted animal
a question
an accumulation of debt
an argument
58
If an idea is aphoristic, it involves the use of an aphorism, which is . . .
a self-contradiction
an observation that contains a general truth
a personal reflection
a statement that most would disagree with
59
A loose sentence is the same as a ____ sentence.
inverted
interrupted
periodic
cumulative
60
What is syntax?
the diction used by the writer of a sentence
A tax levied by a government to penalize bad behavior
the type of sentence (simple, compound, etc.)
the word choice and word order in a sentence
61
A retraction of an argument is a ___ of it.
mocking
repetition
specifying or detailing
withdrawal or rejection
62
Any fallacy using faulty or illogical reasoning:
argumentative fallacy
appeal to reason
paradox
antithetical argument
63
What is the antecedent of the pronoun in this sentence? "The water ran on towards its destiny."
its
destiny
water
ran
64
rueful
indecisive
expressing sorrow or regret
damaged and uncertain
hospitable and content
65
accretion
growth or increase
climbing upward
decline or decay
breaking something apart
66
stanchion
a whip
an upright post
a cliff
a blood-clotting cloth
67
When the speaker is talking to an absent or non-human entity (Oh sun, why blaze so harshly!)
anadiplosis
apostrophe
anastrophe
apposition
68
"Here's a cat, here's a dog, & here's what their offspring would look like" Argument structure?
antithesis, thesis, synthesis
thesis, synthesis, antithesis
thesis, antithesis, synthesis
synthesis, thesis, antithesis

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Questions 68

Answers

1
hazing
ignoring
painting
clouding over
bullying
2
conspicuous
solemn
thin
intelligent
clearly visible
3
When the speaker claims that the majority would agree, so the reader should too, s/he is using
post hoc fallacy
red herring fallacy
bandwagon fallacy
appeal to normality
4
Using an expert as a source is an
pathos appeal
straw man appeal
appeal to authority
ad hominem appeal
5
inability to pay one's debts
apportionment
rectitude
incommodious
insolvency
6
"Write quickly and you will never write well; write well and you will soon write quickly."
This is a metaphorical comparison.
This an extended analogy.
This is an antithetical statement.
This is an argumentative fallacy.
7
If an experience is "subjective," that means . . .
it can be objectively quantified
the experience is the same from person to person
the experience varies between individuals
8
unscrupulous businessman (usually referring to a lawyer)
usurer
shyster
conman
flimflam
9
All appositives are parenthetical remarks since they contain information that . . .
defines or emphasizes the noun before or after it.
is not essential to the sentence's structure.
reflects the opinion of the speaker.
10
Which is almost exactly the same as anadiplosis?
chiasmus
zeugma
antimetabole
metonymy
11
An argument that involves gathering evidence before coming to a conclusion:
vindictive
inductive
deductive
reductive
12
relinquish
accuse
give up
give back
add to
13
adolescence
teenage years
pre-teenage years
post-teenage years
early childhood
14
A parenthetical remark is a statement or phrase that can be removed without
affecting the main parts of a sentence.
changing the tone of a sentence.
affecting the speaker's point of view.
decreasing the number of words in a sentence.
15
anthropology is the study of
man's cultures
fossils
the earth
extinct plants
16
A person who lends money at an unreasonably high rate of interest:
debtor
shyster
guildsman
usurer
17
If something is "relative" that means it . . .
depends on the person experiencing it
involves family
is objectively true
is false
18
a critique is a . . .
response to an attack
short narrative
criticism
detailed analysis
19
vernacular
Latin
formal language
speech of the common person
educated speech
20
Which is a paradoxical situation?
a pain medication that causes more pain
a pain medication that doesn't treat the symptom
a pain medication that costs more than it's worth
a pain medication that doesn't work
21
An antithetical argument is ___ another argument.
a questioning of
a summary of
a redundancy of
in opposition to
22
Not all parenthetical remarks are appositives since parenthetical remarks don't always . . .
emphasize or define the immediately preceding word.
include information that is not essential to the sentence.
offer extra information.
23
ecstasy
creativity
mysterious feelings
overwhelming happiness
imaginative fancy
24
wanton
immoral
longing
suspicious
careful
25
related to language
heuristic
dialectic
intrinsic
linguistic
26
an analogical comparison is the same thing as
using an analogy to show commonalities
developing a synthesis from a thesis and antithesis
responding to anticipating criticism
reasoning through the differences between two things
27
Hard to pin down
allusive
occlusive
illusive
elusive
28
enclave
a disputable argument
a place/group that is different from those surrounding it.
a recess, like a cave
a collection of heterogeneous items
29
ruddy
reddish
rough
ignorant
smooth
30
gangrene
infection
jolly
rural
morose
31
atrophy
reward
success
instinctive revulsion
gradual decline
32
Which is zeugma? (a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses)
John and his license expired last week.
I showed her and she showed me.
I have suffered little because of your miserable jokes.
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments.
33
"Despite the blinding snow and the freezing temperatures, the tournament continued."
loose sentence
cumulative sentence
periodic sentence
interrupted sentence
34
I like all kinds of music, rhythm and blues, rock, and hip hop. What type of sentence is this?
loose
periodic
interrupted
interrogative
35
an opal is . . .
yellow
multicolored
red
green
36
acculturation
when one refuses to accept a dominant culture
when two cultures combine (like Tex-Mex)
when someone learns to live within a different culture
when one culture dominates another
37
malignity
evil
kindness
dutiful
suspense
38
Appealing to the opinions or beliefs of the majority
post hoc ergo propter hoc
sumptus populus
non sequitur
vox populi
39
Appeal to tradition is when the speaker claims that what s/he is saying is right because . . .
s/he is an authority
everyone believes it
it's always been done this way
it can't be proven wrong
40
"I just have this little tumor in my brain. It's nothing, really." The speaker is using . . .
anagram
meiosis
understatement
hyperbole
41
Which of these is an adverb?
self-righteousness
obscure
vehement
vehemently
42
Which of these is a loose (cumulative) sentence?
Onward we fight.
Happily willing to serve, I joined the military.
I sat at the movies eating popcorn and watching Endgame.
After going to the movies, I bought candy at the mall.
43
lenity
stubbornness
hunger
poverty
kindness
44
insidious
loathsome
incomplete
repetitive
candid
45
shoaling
thickening up with sand
increasing in depth
darkening
spreading out thinly
46
An anthology is . . .
another word for an encyclopedia
a collection of a single author's writings
a collection of writings by different authors
a set of novels with prequels and sequels
47
avarice
deceit
greed
lust
hate
48
A person with a detached tone would be . . .
flippant and ironic
concerned and subjective
reticent and terse
aloof and objective
49
acrimony
sincerity
accusation
truthfulness
bitterness
50
Which is a type of pun?
anastrophe
chiasmus
zeugma
anadiplosis
51
instructional in tone
metaphysical
didactic
heuristic
detached
52
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
aphorism
banality
quip
anecdote
53
pining
indifference
fret
longing
solid
54
If a tone is tentative, the speaker is being . . .
didactic with his/her audience
prescriptive in his/her approach
pedantic and contumacious
hesitant to decide something
55
Metaphorically substituting one word for another (example: He was addicted to the bottle)
pun
anastrophe
metonymy
synecdoche
56
Which of these is an adjective?
very
hurriedly
regretful
consequently
57
quarry
hunted animal
a question
an accumulation of debt
an argument
58
If an idea is aphoristic, it involves the use of an aphorism, which is . . .
a self-contradiction
an observation that contains a general truth
a personal reflection
a statement that most would disagree with
59
A loose sentence is the same as a ____ sentence.
inverted
interrupted
periodic
cumulative
60
What is syntax?
the diction used by the writer of a sentence
A tax levied by a government to penalize bad behavior
the type of sentence (simple, compound, etc.)
the word choice and word order in a sentence
61
A retraction of an argument is a ___ of it.
mocking
repetition
specifying or detailing
withdrawal or rejection
62
Any fallacy using faulty or illogical reasoning:
argumentative fallacy
appeal to reason
paradox
antithetical argument
63
What is the antecedent of the pronoun in this sentence? "The water ran on towards its destiny."
its
destiny
water
ran
64
rueful
indecisive
expressing sorrow or regret
damaged and uncertain
hospitable and content
65
accretion
growth or increase
climbing upward
decline or decay
breaking something apart
66
stanchion
a whip
an upright post
a cliff
a blood-clotting cloth
67
When the speaker is talking to an absent or non-human entity (Oh sun, why blaze so harshly!)
anadiplosis
apostrophe
anastrophe
apposition
68
"Here's a cat, here's a dog, & here's what their offspring would look like" Argument structure?
antithesis, thesis, synthesis
thesis, synthesis, antithesis
thesis, antithesis, synthesis
synthesis, thesis, antithesis