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**Practice #1:**

 * //Highlight the error. If there is no error, mark E.//**

1. Despite the home __team's__ best effort, the __visitor's__ __played__ hard and __won__ by forty points.

2. The __new carpenters__ on the TV design show, __who are very knowledgeable in their fields__, __use__ many different __power tools__. E


 * Practice #2:** //**Complete the sentences by choosing the best answers.**//

1. The singer's __lyrics, which prompted much analysis, turned out to be nothing more than randomly assembled phrases from commercials the singer likes.

a. sinister b. reasonable c. cryptic d. divergent e. divulging

2. The needle of the pressure gauge indicated that an explosion was__.

a. formidable b. ostensible c. imminent d. irreconcilable e. diametrical

**Practice #3**
//**Read the passage and chose the best answers to the questions that follow it.**//

(1) America is dependent on foreign oil, a fact that dismays many Americans. (2) Hybrid cars, most o which run on gasoline or diesel and electricity, can help America reduce its dependence on foreign oil. (3) They also reduce pollution. (4) Energy sources like electricity and solar power cut down on the harmful emissions that contribute to allergy-aggravating smog. (5) Lobbyists say that eventually hybrid cars will be just as affordable as gasoline-powered and diesel-powered vehicles. (6) However, the auto industry contends that the cost of research and development of hybrids will drive the price of the product higher than consumers will accept.

1. Which of the following is true about the author of the passage? a. The author is probably sympathetic to the auto industry. b. The author is probably in favor of the use of hybrids. c. The author is probably annoyed by lobbyists. d. The author has probably participated in studies on the effectiveness of hybrid cars. e. The author probably knows someone who purchased a hybrid.

2. The passage implies that many Americans a. dislike the fact that the U.S. depends on foreign electricity and solar power b. dislike the fact that U.S. is independent of foreign countries c. appreciate the fact that lobbyists are working hard to reduce smog nationwide d. disapprove of America's reliance on foreign oil e. have test-driven hybrids

**Practice #4**
//**Complete the sentences by choosing the best answers.**//

1. The _ workers never held a job for more than a few weeks. a. inseparable b. transcendent c. transient d. forthcoming e. indispensable

2. The poor cousin tiptoes around the house with a meek, __air. a. simplistic b. superior c. subliminal d. subservient e. subject__

**Practice #5**
//**Complete the answer the most improves the underlined portion of the original sentence. If the original sentence does not have an error, choose (A).**//

1. The herd of zebras move __across the plains of the Serengeti with speed and grace.__ a. move b. moves d. moving e. was moving
 * c. moved**

__2. There once was a Roman__ emperor, who__, did nothing but sit around all day long and feed the pigeons. a. emperor, who, b. emperor, whom, c. emperor, that, d. emperor, which,
 * e. emperor who**__

**Practice #7**
//**Complete the sentences by choosing the best answers.**//

1. Frank couldn't tell whether the columnist was being, or whether she was serious about her unusual opinions. a. arcane b. defunct c. prolific d. expository e. sarcastic

2. The company brought together its best engineers to _ on a plan that would _ the performance of many of its products. b. perforate...improve c. exasperate...deviate d. exacerbate...confound e. enervate...advance
 * a. collaborate...enhance**

**Practice #8**
(1) Nearly all scientists agree that global warming is melting the world's largest glacial structures and causing water levels to rise. (2) Researchers estimate that the earth's water levels, particularly, in seas and oceans, rise a fraction of an inch each year. (3) If the ice caps continue to melt, the gulf stream could be affected.

The term "glacial structures" most likely refers to which of the following? a. frozen tundra c. mountain ice and snow d. intercontinental glaciers e. frozen lakes
 * b. polar ice caps**

**Practice #9**
//**Choose the answer that most improves the underlined portion of the original sentence. If the original sentence does not have an error, choose (a).**//

1. Once the expiration date on the milk has passed, it __would be prudent to dispose__ of the old milk. b. would have been prudent to have disposed c. would be, prudent to dispose, d. was prudent to dispose e. might would be prudent to dispose
 * a. would be prudent to dispose**

2. Jenny's piggy __bank, fell__ from the shelf and shattered into a thousand tiny pieces. a. bank, fell b. bank, falls c. bank falls d. bank that fell
 * e. bank fell**

**Practice #10**
//**If there is an error, choose the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct.**//

1. The local veterinarian said he **__won't never__** do any medical work on an animal __larger than__ a small horse or small cow __because he didn't__ specialize __in that type__ of medicine in college. __No error.__

2. Carol __bought__ a __brand new__ blanket __for the__ baby**__, which was__** blue. __No error.__

**Practice #11**

 * //Read the passage and choose the best answers to the questions that follow it.//**

(1) There are many ways to figure out whether you will be successful at a particular endeavor. (2) One way to research the outcomes of other similar endeavors. (3) This could help you determine your odds of success. (4) Therefore, statistics are of only marginal assistance without smart analysis.

1. In the context of the paragraph, which of the following is the best revision for sentence 2? a. One way to research the outcomes of other similar endeavors is: b. One way, is to research the outcomes, of other similar endeavors. d. Some ways are to research the outcomes of other similar endeavors. e. One way perhaps to research the outcomes of other similar endeavors.
 * c. One way is to research the outcomes of other similar endeavors.**

2. Which of the following revisions does sentence 4 most need? a. Replace "Therefore" with "Perhaps." c. Offset "without smart analysis" with commas. d. Replace "are" with "were." e. Remove the comma after "Therefore."
 * b. Replace "Therefore" with "However."**

**Practice #12**
//**Read the passage and choose the best answer that follows it.**// (1) If I could travel back in time and found any company or industry, I would choose the bottled water industry. (2) This industry has a brilliant strategy: take water that costs a few pennies, bottle it in plastic containers that cost a few pennies, and then sell it for about a dollar a bottle. (3) That is pure genius. (4) The best part is that many bottled waters are actually dirtier than tap water. (5) But because of clever marketing campaigns, most people think all bottled water comes from the purest mountain streams.

1. Which of the following is the main idea of the paragraph? a. Consumers are so naive that industries often take advantage of them. b. The bottled water industry has a brilliant business plan. c. The author would like to buy stock in bottled water companies. d. The bottled water industry should be prosecuted. e. The bottled water that most people enjoy is exactly the same as tape water in both taste and content.

**Practice #13**
//**Complete the sentences by choosing the best answers.**//

1. The witness's statement originally seemed devastating for the defense, but things looked up when she on Thursday. b. recounted c. reminisced d. reminded e. revisited
 * a. recanted**

2. Despite the many that greet each new novel he publishes, Mr. King remains remarkably. __a. awards...pompous c. admonitions...pessimistic d. honors...haughty e. criticisms...defeated__
 * b. accolades...humble**

**Practice #14**
//**If there is an error, choose the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct.**//

1. Bess **will mail** __the package to her cousin__ in Atlanta __fourteen long days__ before __the fragile package__ arrived__. No Error.

2. Video games__ have gotten __more and more realistic__ every year__; when I__ was __a kid, for example, the most high-tech game__ **is**__ Pac-Man. No Error.

**Practice #15**
//**Read the passage and choose the best answer to the question that follows it.**// (1) The local library has requested a fifteen percent increase in its budget for next year. (2) Without the additional funds, according to a library spokesperson, the library will not be able to expand its collection of literature. (3) Many people say that before the budget is approved, the community should be allowed to vote on the use of the funds. (4) Others oppose the increase because they argue that the growth of the local library will affect local merchants who sell books. (5) If local merchants lose sales, they say, the town will lose tax revenues, and everyone will suffer.

1. Based on the information in the passage, which of the following conclusions can be drawn? a. Local business owners do not support the library. b. The library wants to buy more books. c. The fifteen percent budgetary increase is relatively small. d. The fifteen percent budgetary increase is relatively high.
 * e. The city's budget could be devastated because of a loss of revenue from local bookstores.**

Practice #16 Complete the sentences by choosing the best answers. 1. After listening to the prisoner's passionate pleas, Judge Jim decided to grant the man _ _. b. vengeance c. vulnerability d. viscosity e. clemency
 * a. platitude**

2. The _ clues were discovered when the famous detective conducted a _ investigation. a. unmistakable...enthusiastic b. mysterious...meticulous c. shrouded...thorough e. faint...painstaking
 * d. hidden...thorough**

Practice #17 Choose the answer the most improves the bolded portion of the original sentence.

1. She thought she had bought temporary dye; **therefore, her hair** was bright orange for three months, so it seemed she's made a mistake. a. ; therefore, her hair b. ; and, her hair c., and, her hair d. ; thus, her hair
 * E**

2. Dogs are man's best friend, except when the dog scratches the sofa or soils the carpet. a. Dogs are man's best friend b. Dogs are men's best friend c. dogs are man's best friends d. Dogs were man's best friend
 * e. A dog is man's best friend**

**Practice #18**
//**Read the passage and choose the best answer to the question that follows it.**// (1) Meteorological technology has progressed in leaps and bounds in the last half-century. (2) Meteorologists today have access to instruments that scientists of days past could only dream of. (3) They use information gathered by satellites, airplanes, and high-tech gadgets and gizmos placed around the world. (4) In recent years, the technology of meteorology has improved, the science of meteorology has evolved. but one thing remains the same.

1. Based on the rest of the paragraph, which of the following is the best choice for the final sentence of the paragraph? a. Therefore, meteorology must be the most precise science of the last half-century. b. The ability to predict the weather must also be improving. d. The weather has changed over the last half-century, too, so the science of meteorology must continue to change. e. Weather forecasts should return to school to earn their degrees in meteorology.
 * c. The weather is still unpredictable.**

Literary Terms Log
 She was different from those frustrated archetypes. || if a person keep getting hits(aka hook bites in fishing definition) then you can infer that the person is good at fishing || if someone is always sad you know they are emo || let me play during journal and sat time and I will do them at home let me run on the team in practices, or i quit! || What are u you doing??? (to a kid who is misbehaving) What is that?? || You would not understand the cartoon below unless you recognize the fairy tale it alludes to. //Straw into Gold// is an allusion to the folk tale about Rumpelstiltskin || The stray dog was a lot like my buddy Aiden; it showed up whenever it wanted to, it didn't look like it had bathed in weeks, and it would disappear every time I got used to it being around. On top of that, it was always hungry, and expected me to spring for lunch. Glove is to hand as paint is to wall || My brother is one of the victims. When he comes home he plays the computer until around 12 midnight. sooner or later does he realize he did not study for his test and not do his homework for tomorrow person A got in trouble for speaking out someone's name in korean, with a korean accent || although the 1:1 mac program is a good idea to increase our education, there are still many flaws. Even though it might threaten the social security, people should be allowed to buy guns || The impressiveness was habitual and not for show, for spectators were few. The time was barely ten o'clock at night, but chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain in them had well nigh depeopled the streets. || Mighty thunder from the sky struck the ground. The sun is shining today. || David and Goliath - smaller one beat bigger guy the Crucible || The thunder cried out My desk hates me || -of year -Shall I compare thee to a summers day || windy waves slow shock || Roar(lion) sploot(drop of water) || While I have eyes to see; B And having none, yet I will keep A A heart to weep for thee. B
 * **Term** || **Definition** || **Examples (three)** ||
 * Archetype || n. a very typical example of a certain person or thing || That exercise is the perfect archetype for that sport.
 * Extended Metaphor ||  ||   ||
 * Paradox ||  ||   ||
 * Plain style ||  ||   ||
 * Figures of Speech ||  ||   ||
 * irony ||  ||   ||
 * motivation || the reason for acting in a particular way ||  ||
 * dynamic character ||  ||   ||
 * comic relief || comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work ||  ||
 * symbol || a thing that represents something || The "mill" in animal farm ||
 * inference || a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence || In the crucible abby keeps lying and we can infer that she is also lying about the elizabeth's trial
 * aphorism || a pithy observation that contains a general truth || if a person keep getting hits(aka hook bites in fishing definition) then you know he has a good bait
 * persuasion || one of the four forms of discourse which uses reason and emotional appeals to convince a reader to think or act in a certain way || Give me Liberty or Give me death
 * rhetorical question || obvious question || can u see?(when u bump into someone)
 * allusion || a reference to someone or something that is known from history lit, religion, politics, sports, or some other branch of culture || T.S. Eliot drew on his knowledge of the Bible when he alluded to the raising of Lazarus from the dead in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (Collection 5)
 * analogy || a comparison b/w two things, typically on the basis of their structure for the purpose of explanation or clarification || changing tires is like putting on your shoe
 * anecdote || a short & amusing or interest story about a real incident or person || I can relate to how daniel lee got in trouble for turing on his computer and leaving his Skype program to "auto logg in at start up" get getting caught by mr Otis.
 * counterclaim || a claim made to rebut a previous claim || althought the kis english policy is a good idea, it should be abolished because... blah blah blah
 * Mood || the overall emotion created by a work of lit || The policemen on the beat moved up the avenue impressively.
 * Tone || The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience. || It was a dark and foggy night.
 * Allegory || A form of literature that can be intre || the ant and the grasshoper - the grasshopper failed to survive the winter as for the ant did
 * Personification || a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feeling thoughts or attitudes || the flower sways side to side
 * Meter || a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables || -That time
 * Alliteration || the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. || allocated animals
 * Onomatopoeia || a formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named || bzzzz(fly)
 * rhyme scheme || the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or a verse || Bid me to weep, and I will weep,  A

There once was a big brown cat //A// That liked to eat a lot of mice. He got all round and fat A ||