english study guide

Question 1

Transcendentalism focused on conformity, religion, and tradition

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What does the M stand for in the meal plan?

Accepted Answer

Main idea

Question 3

Labeling is the use of a figurative comparison to convey a positive or negative feeling toward the subject.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What is an Oxymoron?

Accepted Answer

A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements

Question 5

What is ethos?

Accepted Answer

Credibility

Question 6

What is a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

Question 7

Monosyllabic words have more than one syllable in length

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

What are the mnemonic devices “CUPS & ARMS” used for?

Accepted Answer

Revision and editing

Question 9

Which punctuation is used between independent clauses if the second summarizes or explains the first?

Accepted Answer

Colon

Question 10

Citing specifically Shakespeare is different than citing any other work

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly into her mother’s dress.

Accepted Answer

To let go

Question 12

The use of emotionally charged language to express or elicit an attitude about something.

Accepted Answer

Rhetorical Definition

Question 13

The school was filled with halls and rooms and offices. This is an example of what literary device?

Accepted Answer

Polysyndeton

Question 14

The rhetorical triangle includes ethos, pathos, and logos

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

What are dashes used for?

Accepted Answer

Dashes add more emphasis to the material they set off

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