English Composition
1.When
writing a comparison-contrast essay, you could be addressing any of these
purposes
EXCEPT
for which one ?
a.Expressing
an idea
b.informing
c.Narrating
d.Persuading
2.
As derived from FRENCH, the work âjournal â is the best thought of as ?
a. a journey
b. daily
c. to inscribe
d. to recount
3.
The major problem in writing an argument based on inductive reasoning is the
possibility of
flawed
or spurious ?
a. inference
b. syllogism
c. presumption
d. bias
4.Thinking
about narrative categories, which sort of essay helps people feel that theyâre
joined in a common cause ?
a. Entertainment
b. curiosity
c. redemption
d. solidarity
6.Which
kind of descriptive device is used in the following sentence from a narrative ?
â
As I looked around the room in search of clues, the teddy bear __propped up on
the neatly made bedâstared at me with suspicious eyes. â
a.Analogy
b.simile
c.personification
d.metaphor
8.Motivational
letters are to encouraging positive action as diplomatic letters are to ?
a.sustaining important personal and organizational relationships.
b.dealing
with local, state. and federal regulatory agencies
c.resolving
internet or external dispute
d.soothing
the ruffled feathers of complaining customers .
9.Which
phrase is most likely to be part of an effective thesis statement ?
a.i
think
b.therefore
c.i
believe
d.in
my opinion
10.For
Sternberg, Don Juanâs alleged serial sexual conquests illustrate ?
a.infatuation
b.puppy
love
c.empty
love
d.fatuous
love.