The following question refers to “An Indian’s Views of Indian Affairs”. Choose the vocabulary word that fits best into the follo
wing sentence: Chief Joseph’s writings effectively _________ the argument that American Indians should not receive equal rights.
valid
verify
counter
influence
2.
The following question refers to “An Indian’s Views of Indian Affairs”:
The tone of Chief Joseph’s argument is
direct.
hesitant.
indecisive.
boisterous.
3.
The following question refers to persuasive prewriting strategies:
Which of the following is not a question you would ask to consider your audience and/or purpose?
What concerns might my audience have?
Will the reasons and evidence make my audience think about this issue?
What will my audience expect from my essay?
How did this experience change me?
4.
The following question refers to complements. What is the predicate nominative of the following sentence?
The group that Chief Joseph was trying to influence was the government.
influence
trying
group
government
5.
The following question refers to “An Indian’s Views of Indian Affairs”:
What appeal to emotion does the chief use within his speech to influence people?
He speaks of having no more wars.
He states, “Let me be a free man.”
He uses phrases like “shot down like animals” to explain how the white men treat his people.
He feels that American Indians are willing to be held to the same standards as others.
6.
The following question refers to “The Next Green Revolution”:
Which of the following is something that Steffen suggests people can do today to help the environment?
drive hybrid cars
move to rural areas
buy “save the earth” bumper stickers
heat their homes with wood
7.
The following question refers to persuasion:
The structure of an argument can vary tremendously from one argument to the next.
True
False
8.
The following question refers to “Ain’t I a Woman?”:
Which of the following is a detail that supports the main idea that men claim to give women preferential treatment, but do not treat Truth that way?
“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back…”
“What’s that [intellect] got to do with women’s rights or negro’s rights?”
“I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.”
“Nobody ever helps me into carriages…”
9.
The following question refers to active and passive voice:
A passive voice verb always includes a form of be and the past participle of a verb.
True
False
10.
The following question refers to persuasion:
In order to decide whether or not the author’s argument is convincing, you must draw conclusions.
True
False
11.
The following question refers to complements. What is the indirect object in the following sentence:
My mother gave me her favorite sweater.
mother
favorite
sweater
me
12.
The following question refers to sentence combining. The following sentence is a compound sentence:
The cat has not been feeling very well; as a result, he has been moping around the house for days.
True
False
13.
The following question refers to “The Next Green Revolution”:
An argument is a
literary perspective on a topic.
point of view on a specific topic.
conclusion you draw from a group of facts.
single detail that supports an important idea.
14.
The following question refers to persuasive prewriting strategies:
Which of the following is NOT one of the types evidence you would use in a persuasive essay?
expert opinions
personal opinions
analogies
anecdotes
15.
The following question refers to “An Indian’s Views of Indian Affairs”:
The tone of Chief Joseph’s argument is indecisive.
If the underlined phrase is <em>born in New York in 1856, </em>then that would be a participial phrase, which often functions as an adjective in a sentence, like is the case here. Gerund is always used as a noun, and infinitive has the form <em>to + verb </em>(to go, to be...)
