English Unit 7 Test
An emotional appeal in writing gives the reader a little time to consider how he personally feels.
False
Directive language gradually makes false promises about the future.
False
Propaganda is a deceptive technique used only to confuse.
False
The bandwagon technique tells you what a famous person thinks or uses to get you to accept that idea or product.
False
The most important part of any paragraph is the topic sentence.
False
There is no relationship between a paragraph's structure and its purpose.
False
A statement which suggests something that may not be the total truth contains an unwarranted implication.
True
Black or white fallacy is a propaganda technique implying that only two choices exist.
True
Name-calling and appeal to mass emotion are propaganda techniques.
True
The propaganda technique that urges people to accept a product because a famous person uses it is called transfer.
True
doubtfulness, uncertainty
ambiguity
A general to particular paragraph is best _____.
as an opening paragraph in an essay
What kind of sentence error is demonstrated below? I banged on the door and screamed unashamedly for help, I grinned sheepishly as the tour guide yanked open the door.
comma-splice
What kind of sentence error is demonstrated below? I saw a door that looked as though no one ever used it, naturally, I opened it then.
comma-splice
Unity in a paper on China and the United States would best be maintained by using _____.
comparison or contrast development
The three parts of a composition are the introduction, body, and _______________________.
conclusion
the suggested or associated meaning of a word
connotation
expressing much in a few words
context
the surrounding area or use in a sentence; aids understanding of the meaning of a word
context
The large yellow-gold leaves sifted slowly down from the tall poplars. And the leaves fell like big soft red raindrops from low bushy-topped sourwoods to ferny ground. Dark frostbitten oak leaves slithered down among the lacework of tree branches to the leaf-carpeted ground. Two of these oak leaves dropped onto Grace's ripe-wheat-colored hair. And a big yellow-gold poplar leaf fell and stuck to my shirt. They were a little damp, for they fell from a canopy of leaves where there was no sun.
descriptive
Which two types of paragraphs are often incorporated into an expository paragraph?
descriptive and narrative
A paragraph that explains a process or how to do something is _____.
expository
What kind of sentence error is demonstrated below? A little anxious and, not to mention terrified, tourist!
fragment
What kind of sentence error is demonstrated below? While I waded through the stares of hundreds of curious tourists.
fragment
What kind of sentence error is demonstrated below? While walking through the old English castle.
fragment
What is the best method of opening your introductory paragraph?
from general to particular
What is the best method for developing your concluding paragraph?
from particular to general
social; mingling
gregarious
Locate the transitional word or phrase that notifies the reader that a contrasting statement will follow.
however
brought into the body of the material
incorporated
A paragraph that tells a story is _____.
narrative
What kind of sentence error is demonstrated below? I decided castles were risky places to tour.
no error found
What kind of sentence error is demonstrated below? Suddenly, the door slammed behind me and left me in the dark.
no error found
using too many words for the same idea
redundant
The best method of developing a paragraph about a landscape would be _____.
spatial
The large yellow-gold leaves sifted slowly down from the tall poplars. And the leaves fell like big soft red raindrops from low bushy-topped sourwoods to ferny ground. Dark frostbitten oak leaves slithered down among the lacework of tree branches to the leaf-carpeted ground. Two of these oak leaves dropped onto Grace's ripe-wheat-colored hair. And a big yellow-gold poplar leaf fell and stuck to my shirt. They were a little damp, for they fell from a canopy of leaves where there was no sun.
spatial order
cunningly made or contrived
subtle
Coherence is best described as _____.
the order of ideas enabling the reader to move easily from point to point.
A thesis statement is _____.
the subject of your paper the statement the writer attempts to prove
a proposition or argument to be proved
thesis
Most incoherent paragraphs are the result of a writer _____.
thinking in individual sentences
Why must you research any differing or opposing views before you write your view in a composition?
to make your case stronger as you disprove opposing views
