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- 1. Multiple Choice
Her yellow pagne is double-wrapped and her ornate bodice cut low on her large bosom.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
What type of sentence structure is this?
Compound
Complex
Compound Complex
Simple
- 2. Multiple Choice
It was ornately scrolled in copper and brass, but it settled appreciably before Ullman pulled the gate across.
Stephen King -- The Shining
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Verb
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
- 3. Multiple Choice
They were ornate, barely legible, and always the same.
Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
What is the definition of the underlined word?
having lots of decorative detail
Ambiguous nature
Graceful and fluid
sensible and practical
- 4. Multiple Choice
He knew where the oars were—hidden to deter the visitors from going out
E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
- 5. Multiple Choice
Assume for a moment that the death penalty Is a deterrent.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The underlined word means:
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
possible to do easily or conveniently.
the inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall
- 6. Multiple Choice
In order to try and see the water as solid, and not be deterred by its motion, he looked up at the far shore and held the lunch bags high just in case.
William P. Young -- The Shack
What type of sentence is this?
Compound
Complex
Compound Complex
Simple
- 7. Multiple Choice
Franz complimented Albert, who looked at himself in the glass with an unequivocal smile of satisfaction.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
Pay attention--what is the ANTONYM of the UNDERLINED WORD?
Ambiguous
Certain
Confusing
Helpful
- 8. Multiple Choice
For a second, two seconds, they had exchanged an equivocal glance, and that was the end of the story.
George Orwell -- 1984
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
- 9. Multiple Choice
The two men sauntered languidly to the table
Oscar Wilde -- The Picture of Dorian Gray
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Noun
- 10. Multiple Choice
On the whole, however, they seemed languid and exhausted.
Albert Camus -- The Stranger
Which is an appropriate ANTONYM for the underlined word?
Hyper
Sleepy
Lazy
Social
- 11. Multiple Choice
My sleep was dreamless and deep, and I rise languidly, stretching as I meet the Snake’s eyes.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
What type of sentence is this?
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
Simple
- 12. Multiple Choice
A sudden fury rose within him and he felt a strong desire to take up his machete, go to the church and wipe out the entire vile and miscreant gang.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
What part of speech is the underlined word?
Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
- 13. Multiple Choice
And here, gentlemen, the foul play of these miscreants must come out.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
What is the definition of the underlined word?
a person who behaves badly
thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something
a thing with distinct and independent existence
the famous or well known
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which sentence is complex?
We have arrested the miscreant.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
I told you to take that loping miscreant under the line of white point; now, if your bullet went a hair’s breadth it went two inches above it.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
None may stand before us once we set forth to cleanse Alagaesia of every miscreant, traitor, and subversive.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
In mid-December, a small collection of Jews and other miscreants was brought down Munich Street again, to Dachau.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
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