1. Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed hundreds of buildings.
American Institute of Architects recognized Frank Lloyd Wright as the greatest American architect of all time.
Which of these best combines the ideas in the group of sentences above to make an interesting sentence? (5 points) Frank Lloyd Wright, an American architect who designed hundreds of buildings, was recognized by the American Institute of Architects as the greatest American architect of all time.
2. Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly? I need to leave for school right now; however, I don't have all of my school supplies gathered.
3. Read the sentence below and answer the corresponding question.
Despite their differences, my father and mother had an __________ divorce.
Which word best completes the sentence? amicable
4. Which of these is an example of a metaphor? She is a rose without a thorn.
5. Which of these sentences contains an oxymoron? Although he didn't want to, Mr. Keynes took his laptop along with his bathing suit and other holiday clothes because this was a working vacation.
6. What is the best description of a Gordian knot in lines 10 and 11? Impossible to unknot
7. Which of these defines the word enwrapped in line 4? To be hidden
8. Based on the words luminous, treasure, search, lose, scintillating, and riddle that are used in the poem, what does the poet think of love? Precious but mysterious
9. The author's use of the phrase, "brightly expressive as the twins of Leda," demonstrates the use of which literary device? simile
10. "Knot" and "plot" are examples of which poetic device? Rhyme
11. What type of plot structure allows authors to go into specific detail about key events and reveal more about the characters through their reactions to conflict? Episodic plot structure
12. What does Bertie mean when he uses "totter" and "trickle"? Bertie means to show that he's a man of leisure.
13. What is the central idea of lines 16–30? Aunt Agatha can't contact Gussie to get him to change his embarrassing behavior.
14. Jake wrote the following summary of the story:
Bertie's Aunt Agatha wakes him one morning. He is a little intimidated by her because she is bossy, so he doesn't want to cross her. He shuffles out of bed to meet her. Aunt Agatha tells Bertie to travel to the United States.
Which of the following sentences is the correct conclusion for Jake's summary of the story? She wants him to stop his cousin Gussie from doing something foolish, and he is not surprised by her request.
15. Drawing from the passage, how does Bertie feel about Gussie? Bertie knows Gussie well, especially that Gussie tends to get into trouble.
16. I thought that SHE also must have written something on her tombstone...
How does this text reflect the passage as a whole? The capitalization shows the importance of the woman to the narrator.
17. It appears that they found me at daybreak, lying on the grave unconscious.
Why did the author choose to put a break between the narrator's discovery and his recovery by others? To suggest the extent of the narrator's shock
18. It appears that they found me at daybreak, lying on the grave unconscious.
Read the phrase from the passage and answer the question that follows.
On turning round I saw that all the graves were open, that all the dead bodies had emerged from them, and that all had effaced the lies inscribed-engraved or written on the gravestones by their relations, substituting the truth instead.
Which word, if substituted for emerged, would best retain the meaning of the passage? Arisen
19. Read the sentence from the passage and answer the question that follows.
And I saw that all had been the tormentors of their neighbors-malicious, dishonest, hypocrites, liars, rogues, calumniators, envious; that they had stolen, deceived, performed every disgraceful, every abominable action
Which word, if substituted for abominable, would best retain the meaning of the passage? Repulsive
