ALLIED ENG160 MODULE 4 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Points
1. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: Mexican and
American food share some similarities because of the ingredients that are used
amongst the two cultures.
a. cultures
b. ingredients
c. cultures, food
d. None of the
choices apply
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2. __________
are brief, informative stories that can serve as examples and make an abstract
idea more understandable.
a. Anecdotes
b. Arguments
c. Poems
d. Riddles
3. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: He is a crazy
man with a gold-plated swiss army knife.
a. gold-plated
b. swiss
c. swiss army
d. None of the
choices apply
4. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: Mr. Smith and
his wife, patty, are an interesting couple that live down the street.
a. Mr. Smith, patty
b. street
c. patty
d. None of the
choices apply
5. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: When uncle
harvey got the bill from his doctor, he called the American Medical Association
to complain.
a. doctor
b. uncle, harvey
c. complain
d. harvey
6. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: Technology is
an interesting thing because of all of the advances that occur every year with
every new product that is released to the market.
a. market
b. year
c. market
d. None of the
choices apply
7. __________
is storytelling.
a. Argumentation
b. Exemplification
c. Description
d. Narration
8. The
following question refers to APA Style: Use a __________ between a
grammatically complete introductory clause and a final phrase or clause that
illustrates or further explains the former thought, in ratios and proportions,
and in references between place of publication and publisher.
a. period
b. comma
c. colon
d. dash
9. The
following question refers to APA Style: Which of the following types of
punctuation marks are used to end a complete sentence?
a. Periods
b. Commas
c. Colons
d. Dashes
10. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: Chinese food
is great with tortillas and a scoop of cabbage.
a. food
b. tortillas
c. cabbage
d. None of the
choices apply
11. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: When i have a
cold, I use vicks ointment and chew listerine lozenges.
a. I, vicks,
listerine
b. vicks, listerine
c. lozenges
d. Listerine,
lozenges
12. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: Since no man
volunteered for the job, the boy scouts in springfield, illinois, have a woman
troop leader.
a. boy, springfield
b. scouts, boy, springfield,
illinois
c. springfield,
illinois
d. illinois
13. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: Dr. Freeling
of the business department is offering a new course called introduction to web
design.
a. introduction,
business
b. business
c. web, design,
introduction
d. design
14. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: On their job
site in korea, the french, swiss, and Chinese coworkers used English to
communicate.
a. korea, french,
swiss
b. french
c. swiss, french
d. coworkers
15. Which of
the following is not a rule for using dialogue?
a. Place quotation
marks around the words, and start a new paragraph when a new character begins
speaking
b. Set off tag lines
from quotations with commas
c. Record people’s
words exactly as they speak them
d. Make sure your
reader does not know who is speaking at any given time
16. Dialogue
can be used for all of the following, except:
a. to move the plot
or action of the story along.
b. to tell what
happened before the story began.
c. to act as
examples that support your point of view.
d. to reveal other
important facts that will make the story clearer, more suspenseful, or more
meaningful.
17. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: A new
restaurant featuring vietnamese cuisine has just opened on the south side of
the city.
a. restaurant
b. vietnamese
c. south
d. cuisine
18. The
following question refers to APA Style: A __________ is used to indicate a
sudden interruption in the continuity of a sentence.
a. period
b. comma
c. colon
d. dash
19. The
following question refers to APA Style: Commas are used in all of the following
ways, except:
a. between elements
in a series of three or more items (including before and and or).
b. to set off a
nonessential or nonrestrictive clause.
c. to separate two
independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
d. to introduce a
word or phrase used as an ironic comment, slang, or coined expression.
20. Identify
the words that require capitalization in the following sentence: During world
war II, many americans were afraid that the japanese would invade California.
a. world, war,
americans
b. war
c. americans,
japanese
d. japanese,
americans, world, war