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English, 23.11.2019 09:31, ndkdidnfnk

8. he is the apple of my eye the above sentence represents a
a. simile
b. hyperbole
c. metaphor
d. personification
9. language that appeals to the senses is called
a. punctuation
b. imagery
c. hearing, sight, touch
d. metaphors
10. when one has been going to college for as long as he has, to think the college owes a degree.
choose the pair that uses the correct verb tense
a. you start; you
b. one starts; one
c. he starts; him
d. she start; you
11. the poetry of robert frost (1874-1963) often seems to suggest some kind of fate controls our lives. his essays, too, a similar malignant presence.
a. indicating
b. indicated
c. indicates
d. indicate
12. choose the sentence with the correct use of possessives.
a. the students success was largely attributable to their hard work and dedication.
b. the student's success was largely attributable to their hard work and dedication.
c. the students' success was largely attributable to their hard work and dedication.
d. the students' success was largely attributable to his or her hard work and dedication.
13. choose the sentence with the correct use of possessives.
a. the schools collection included an original set of blackstone's commentaries.
b. the schools' collection included an original set of blackstone's commentaries.
c. the school collection included an original set of blacksones commentaries.
d. the school's collection included an original set of blackstone's commentaries.
14. choose the incorrect sentence.
a. bill and mary's car was a lemon, leading them to seek rescission of their contract under the state's lemon law.
b. bill's and mary's car was a lemon, leading them to seek rescission of their contract under the state's lemon law.
c. bob's car was filled with mud stains.
d. all of the sentences are correct
15. choose the correct sentence.
a. the lawyers' could generally be found after hours at the hanover street bar and grill.
b. the lawyer's could generally be found after hours at the hanover street bar and grill.
c. both a and b
d. the lawyers could generally be found after hours at the hanover street bar and grill.
16. did you see that new movie asked my friend revise the following sentences by adding quotation marks and/ or other punctuation.
a. did you see the new movie asked my friend
b. did you see the new movie, "asked my friend."
c. "did you see the new movie? " asked my friend.
d. "did you see" the new asked my friend.
17. when she saw his new mercedes, she exclaimed what a beautiful car revise the following sentences by adding quotation marks and/ or other punctuation.
a. "when she saw his new mercedes" she exclaimed, what a beautiful car!
b. when she saw his new mercedes, she exclaimed, "what a beautiful car! "
c. when she saw his new mercedes, she exclaimed what a beautiful car!
d. none of the above
18. i just finished reading shirley jackson's short story the lottery revise the following sentences by adding quotation marks and/ or other punctuation.
a. i just finished reading shirly jackson's short story, "the lottery."
b. i just finished reading "shirly jackson's" short story, the lottery.
c. "i just finished reading shirly jackson's short story the lottery."
d. i just finished reasing " shirly jackson's short story the lottery."
19. the car a 1989 toyota was badly damaged.
rewrite the above sentence with the correct punctuation. add commas as necessary so all appositives are correctly punctuated.
a. the car, a 1989 toyota, was badly damaged.
b. the car a 1989 toyota ,was badly damaged.
c. the car, a 1989 toyota was badly damaged
d. the car, a 1989, toyota was badly damaged.
20. on venus the closest planet to the earth there is no water. rewrite the above sentence with the correct punctuation. add commas as necessary so all appositives are correctly punctuated.
a. on venus the closest planet to the earth, there.
b. on venus, the closest planet to the earth there is no water.
c. on venus, the closest planet to the earth, there is no water.
d. none of the above.
21. luis miguel one of mexico's most famous singers lives in acapulco. revise the following sentences by adding quotation marks and/ or other punctuation.
a. luis miguel one of mexico's most famous singers, lives in acapulco.
b. luis miguel, one of mexico's most famous singers, lives in acapulco.
c. luis miguel one of mexico's, most famous singers, lives in acapulco.
d. luis miguel one of mexico's most famous, singers lives in acapulco.
22. select the sentence that uses the underlined word correctly.
a. none below.
b. i'd like to ask your advise about something.
c. i'd like to ask your advising about something.
d. i'd like to ask your advice about something

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