Quiz On Chapter 1 Reader

• Yes

• No

• Homogenous: words that sound the same

• Homonym: words that sound the same but different context

• Homosapiens: a discussion of the human body

• Homonym: words that are spelled correctly but does not make sense in sentence

• Reasons substantiating an opinion or strengthening an argument. Answers the question “Why?”

• Requires the writer to take only one point of view (either pro or con) and substantiate that position.

• Allows the writer a more open-ended approach, a broader range of responsibilities.

• Requires setting up a comparison between items, usually focusing on their differences.

• I saw an old friend yesterday, but she didn’t recognize me.

• Harry Houdini, the greatest magician of all time, was famous for his escapes.

• Yes, I have heard the Jimi Hendrix Experience album.

• I enjoyed the documentary film on global warming for, it was an eye awakening experience.

• Ellipses / to show the omission of one or more words in a quote

• Periods / to show the sentence continues on

• Ellipses / to show important information missing

• Periods / no particular meaning

When using quotation marks, which of the following is correct in regards to using a comma and period?  

• When the meeting was about to come to a close, the professor stood up quietly and said: “I do not expect to continue at this position any longer.”

• When the meeting was about to come to a close, the professor stood up quietly and said, “I do not expect to continue at this position any longer.”

• When the meeting was about to come to a close, the professor stood up quietly and said: I do not expect to continue at this position any longer.

• When the meeting was about to come to a close, the professor stood up quietly and said, “I do not expect to continue at this position any longer”.

• Use before a series of words or phrases

• Use to link coordinate clauses or two complete sentences

• Use with transitional adverbs such as however, therefore, hence, further, etc

• Both b and c

• Stylistic approach

• Separate key words

• Indicates a shift in thought

• Highlight a phrase

• Italics

• Underline

• Quotation marks

• Parenthesis

• Quotation marks

• Italics

• Neither a or b

• Both a and b

• True

• False