Unit Test

The simple predicate of this sentence is the word _____.

"worried"

Which revision puts the sentence in the active voice while maintaining the meaning?

At the end of the day, the coyote's haunting call filled the dusk.

Read this sentence from Silent Spring. Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye through much of the year. Read this sentence from "Save the Redwoods". The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when light comes the heart of the people is always right. Which best states a comparison of the tones used in these sentences?

Both sentences are uplifting, but the second sentence has a more moral tone.

Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph?

Great care was taken to keep the truth from the news.

Read the excerpt from "Save the Redwoods." In the course of my explorations twenty-five years ago, I found five sawmills located on or near the lower margin of the Sequoia belt, all of which were cutting more or less Big Tree lumber, which looks like the redwood of the coast, and was sold as redwood. One of the smallest of these mills in the season of 1874 sawed two million feet of Sequoia lumber. Since that time other mills have been built among the Sequoias, notably the large ones on Kings River and the head of the Fresno. What does the appeal in this excerpt mainly achieve?

It establishes the credibility of the author.

______________ is a type of appeal that tries to make readers feel something.

Pathos

Which sentence in the paragraph is in the passive voice?

Sentence 3

Which best compares the structure of Silent Spring and "Save the Redwoods"?

Silent Spring starts with a positive picture and ends with a negative picture, while "Save the Redwoods" starts with a negative picture and ends with a positive picture.

Which excerpt from John Muir's "Save the Redwoods" best appeals to readers' logic?

The Tuolumne and Merced groves near Yosemite, the Dinky Creek grove, those of the General Grant National Park and the Sequoia National Park, with several outstanding groves that are nameless on the Kings, Kaweah, and Tule river basins, and included in the Sierra forest reservation, have of late years been partially protected by the Federal Government; while the well-known Mariposa Grove has long been guarded by the State.

Read the excerpt from Silent Spring. In the gutters under the eaves and between the shingles of the roofs, a white granular powder still showed a few patches; some weeks before it had fallen like snow upon the roofs and the lawns, the fields and streams. Which best explains how the phrase "white granular powder" supports the author's purpose of calling attention to the environment?

The powder is an unnatural substance.

Which best describes how this excerpt appeals to readers' emotions?

The sentence discusses the death of children.

What is the best evaluation of the sentence?

The sentence is incomplete because it lacks a complete predicate.

Why might a writer use the passive voice? Check all that apply.

The writer wants to emphasize the receiver of the action. The writer does not know who performed the action. The writer does not think knowing who did the action is important.

Which sentence would be the best addition to the end of the paragraph?

Then the rebels will overcome the empire's troops and take the city.

Which sentence uses the passive voice for the main verb?

When we can pick our reading, mythology is most often chosen in my class.

When the subject of a sentence performs the action in the sentence, the verb in the sentence is in the _______.

active voice

The central idea of this excerpt is that working in a containment zone is very dangerous. Which phrases from the excerpt most support the central idea?

amplified unknown hot agent; high-hazard work

Which word in the sentence functions as the indirect object?

class

What is the complete predicate of the sentence?

decided to carefully review his novel to see if there was anything he could salvage

Read the excerpt from Silent Spring. There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings. The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and flickered across a backdrop of pines. Which phrases in the excerpt best support the author's purpose of creating a positive image of a town? Check all that apply.

heart of America live in harmony hillsides of orchards blaze of color backdrop of pines

In this excerpt, Muir compares a Calaveras tree to George Washington. The purpose of this comparison is to appeal to readers' _______________.

logos and pathos.

Considering the authors' use of appeals in their passages, which paragraph most appeals to logos?

paragraph 4 of "Save the Redwoods"

Read this excerpt from Silent Spring. Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change. Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Everywhere was a shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among their families. Read this excerpt from "Save the Redwoods". This righteous and lively indignation on the part of Californians after the long period of deathlike apathy, in which they have witnessed the destruction of other groves unmoved, seems strange until the rapid growth that right public opinion has made during the last few years is considered and the peculiar interest that attaches to the Calaveras giants. Which word best describes the tone used in both excerpts?

passionate

In Silent Spring Rachel Carson makes up a fictional story about what life in the United States will be like if we don't save the environment, whereas in "Save the Redwoods" John Muir __________________.

presents facts and evidence to convince readers to rescue the Sequoia.

Which verb or verb phrase completes the sentence with the appropriate verb tense?

revised

Jargon consists of words that are specific to a __________.

subject or profession.

Read the excerpt from Silent Spring. Yet every one of these disasters has actually happened somewhere, and many real communities have already suffered a substantial number of them. A grim specter has crept upon us almost unnoticed, and this imagined tragedy may easily become a stark reality we all shall know. Which words and phrases from the excerpt best support the author's purpose of creating a sense of alarm about the environment? Check all that apply.

these disasters grim specter tragedy stark reality

What is the author's purpose for including this paragraph?

to help the reader visualize the thorough precautions that were in place

The predicate of a sentence is ____________.

what is said about the subject or what the subject does.

Which verb or verb phrase is in the correct tense to complete the sentence?

will be quaking

In this excerpt, the phrase _________________ best shows the author's tone of despair.

withered vegetation

Which verb or verb phrase is in the correct tense to complete the sentence?

yearn