English 2 – Final Exam
______1. What is the definition for metaphor? |
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______2. What is this: The snow is like a blanket covering the ground? |
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______3. What is this: The fish I caught is a mile long? |
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______4. What is this: The wind combed her hair with its fingers? |
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______5. Is this a complete sentence: Scrambling across the forest’s ground.? |
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______6. Is this a complete sentence: He scrambling across the forest’s ground? |
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______7. Punctuate this sentence correctly: He said I am angry with you. |
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______8. Punctuate this sentence correctly: The girls jacket is in the closet. |
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______9. Capitalize this title correctly: her day in the sun |
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______10. Capitalize and punctuate this title of a short story correctly: her eyes were watching |
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Matching: Write the letter of the correct definition on the line in front of each vocabulary word. |
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______11. betrayal |
a. failure |
______12. devastate |
b. disloyal |
______13. discordant |
c. grief |
______14. fiasco |
d. loss of honor |
______15. indignity |
e. young, intelligent person |
______16. lament |
f. daydream |
______17. prodigy |
g. destroy |
______18. ream |
h. blame |
______19. reproach |
i. measurement |
______20. reverie |
j. horrible sound |
Matching—Write the letter of the correct definition on the line in front of each vocabulary word.
______21. denouement |
a. the beginning of a story where setting and mood are established |
______22. climax |
b. increasing tension in a story |
______23. rising action |
c. decreasing tension in a story |
______24. falling action |
d. the end or resolution of a story |
______25. exposition |
e. the part of the story where the tension is the most intense |
Matching - Write the letter of the correct definition on the line in front of each type of sentence.
Types of Sentences Definitions
______26. simple |
a. contains two or more independent clauses and one dependent |
______27. compound |
b. contains two independent clauses which are joined by a comma and a conjunction or by a semicolon |
______28. complex |
c. contains one independent and one dependent clause |
______29. compound-complex |
d. contains one independent clause |
Sentence Type Identification – Choose the correct sentence type by writing the letter of the correct type on the line in front of each example sentence.
a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound-complex
______30. Greg is articulate, but he is very immature.
______31. If you cannot send the program to the mainframe, all your hard work will be wasted.
______32. While we are waiting, let’s play cards until he returns; it will help pass the time.
______33. You will have to wait until tomorrow for the next train.
Matching—Write the letter of the correct definition on the line in front of each step of the persuasive speech step.
______34. need |
a. captures interest of audience |
______35. attention |
b. lets listeners see results of proposed solution |
______36. visualization |
c. explains how to solve the problems |
______37. satisfaction |
d. gets listeners to do something |
______38. action |
e. presents problems and reasons why listener should pay attention |
Matching— Write the letter of the correct definition on the line in front of each vocabulary word.
______39. waif |
a. a deep hole; bottomless pit |
______40. conflagration |
b. religious, worshipful |
______41. pious |
c. a homeless child or orphan |
______42. abyss |
d. a show or action that makes fun of something |
______43. farce |
e. huge destructive fire |
Matching— Write the letter of the correct definition on the line in front of each vocabulary word.
______44. invectives |
a. real |
______45. sages |
b. clearness of thought |
______46. lucidity |
c. yell at |
______47. harangue |
d. wise people |
______48. veritable |
e. insulting or abusive words |
Grammar Practice
Adverb or Adjective?
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word in parentheses. Choose the correct adjective or adverb form as shown in the example.
Example: Peter works ______ (slow). Answer: Peter works slowly.
Gerunds and Infinitives
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word in parentheses. Choose the correct gerund or infinitive form as shown in the example.
Example: They need _________________(go) home. Answer: They need to go home.