Unit Test/ Unit Test Review

Abigail is writing a comparative essay about two books. She would like to write an in-depth analysis of each book and then compare them. Which organizational style would work best for Abigail?

blocking

Fill in the blanks in order. Serena wanted to _______ a novel _______ her favorite author.

buy, by

Fill in the blank. I want ______ part in this group project because I want to do my own.

no

Which sentence is written correctly?

Lita was devastated and started wailing when she heard the news.

Read the sentence. Alma plans to visit London and Paris, where her parents went on their first trip together as a married couple. What best describes the underlined part of the sentence, and why?

It is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins with a relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

Which are examples of an expository writing style? Check all that apply.

More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception. Other attacks include the use of viruses and Trojan horses. Only a small fraction of the information flowing around the world is securely encrypted.

Read the excerpt from The Code Book. A theoretical breakthrough would be a fundamentally new way of finding Alice's private key. Alice's private key consists of p and q, and these are found by factoring the public key, N. The standard approach is to check each prime number one at a time to see if it divides into N, but we know that this takes an unreasonable amount of time. Which statement is best supported by this excerpt?

The author writes with great scientific detail.

Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Check all that apply.

The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb. The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment. Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.

Fill in the blank. My mom ______ me to go to the store.

allowed

Read the sentence. Digestion is divided into four parts, ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination. Which revision is necessary?

change the comma after "parts" to a colon

A _____________ phrase is necessary to the meaning of a sentence.

restrictive

Which transitional words show cause and effect? Check all that apply.

so thus therefore consequently