Question 6: Literary
Question 8: False
Question 10: The giant squid is a deep-ocean dweller that is difficult to study, but fascinating details have emerged about its existence.
Question 11: Long sentences with plenty of commas to reflect lengthy, emotional thoughts
Question 12: True
Question 13: The guilt of my dark deed disturbed me but little.
Question 14: At the end of a long day, there is usually just one thing on my mind: sleep.
Question 15: ... his long neck and pointed bill ready to snap up a likely morsel for his breakfast.
Question 6(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(03.07 MC)
A newspaper article is about a young girl who devotes all her time to volunteering at the local humane society. The girl is described as being like Mother Teresa, a woman who started a charity for those in need in the 1950s and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. What type of allusion did the author include?
Biblical
Historical
Literary
Mythological
Question 8 (True/False Worth 1 points)
(01.01 LC)
Diction is the way writers arrange words and punctuation to create sentences.
True
False
Question 10(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(01.07 MC)
Read the article and answer the question that follows.
Tales of the Deep: The Giant Squid
By Carter Madison
Have you ever wondered what swims in the deepest parts of the world's oceans? Well, we just got a better idea about one mysterious creature of the deep ocean: the giant squid.
Just recently a Japanese film crew managed to film a giant squid swimming in its natural habitat. They managed to lure it to their cameras with bait after many hours of waiting and searching two thousand feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
The giant squid is truly a giant. It can grow up to 50 feet in length, with tentacles making up most of this great length. For comparison, 50 feet is about as long as most school buses. Imagine meeting something the size of your school bus in the deep dark ocean and you might get an idea what it is like to meet a squid.
Over the centuries, many squid specimens have been found, but it's hard to get an idea of how the squid lives because it typically cruises in the deepest depths of the ocean. We know that the giant squid's main predator is the sperm whale. We know this because bits of giant squid have been found in the stomachs of sperm whales. We also know they feed on deep-sea fish and other squid. We know this because of all the giant squid that have washed ashore.
The giant squid lives in all of the world's oceans, though few are found in the tropics or the Arctic waters. As a result, stories of giant squid were told among sailors for hundreds of years. These sightings must have been frightening and may be the source for the legend of the Kraken, a sea monster reputed to be as large as an island and capable of eating an entire ship.
Which of the following best states the central idea of this article?
Giant squids are cool creatures.
Scientists have studied giant squid for centuries.
The giant squid lives in all the world's oceans, though few are found in the tropics or the Arctic waters.
The giant squid is a deep-ocean dweller that is difficult to study, but fascinating details have emerged about its existence.
Question 11(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(01.01 MC)
An author is writing a passage that reflects on an important moment in their childhood. What type of syntax would best fit their purpose?
Long sentences with plenty of commas to reflect lengthy, emotional thoughts
Medium sentences with minimal punctuation to reflect a straightforward explanation
Short sentences with dashes and exclamation marks to reflect short, nervous bursts
Simple sentences that lack emotion and are easy for the reader to follow
Question 12 (True/False Worth 1 points)
(03.04 LC)
A suffix is added to the end of a root word.
True
False
Question 13(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(01.02 MC)
Which of the following lines from Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Black Cat" reveals an unreliable narrator?
I alone fed him, and he attended me wherever I went about the house.
Pluto—this was the cat's name—was my favorite pet and playmate.
The monster, in terror, had fled the premises forever!
The guilt of my dark deed disturbed me but little.
Question 14(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(03.06 MC)
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
At the end of a long day, there is usually just one thing on my mind: sleep.
I relaxed: in my chair and closed my eyes I was finally home.
I like: reading, swimming, and traveling to different state parks each summer.
She broke her record running time by clocking a five minute:twenty second mile.
Question 15(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(01.03 MC)
Read the fable "The Heron." Then, answer the question that follows.
A Heron was walking sedately along the bank of a stream, his eyes on the clear water, and his long neck and pointed bill ready to snap up a likely morsel for his breakfast. The clear water swarmed with fish, but Master Heron was hard to please that morning.
"No small fry for me," he said. "Such scanty fare is not fit for a Heron."
Now a fine young Perch swam near.
"No indeed," said the Heron. "I wouldn't even trouble to open my beak for anything like that!"
As the sun rose, the fish left the shallow water near the shore and swam below into the cool depths toward the middle. The Heron saw no more fish, and very glad was he at last to breakfast on a tiny Snail.
A theme of the fable is "Accept a good opportunity or you may be left with nothing." Which of the following excerpts supports the development of the theme in the story?
A Heron was walking sedately along the bank of a stream, his eyes on the clear water …
… his long neck and pointed bill ready to snap up a likely morsel for his breakfast.
Now a fine young Perch swam near.
"No indeed," said the Heron. "I wouldn't even trouble to open my beak for anything like that."
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