English Quiz

Allusion is defined as:

In which of the following examples did the author use allusion?

What does a Boolean search do?

Choose all the correct answers: Which of the following are Boolean search terms?

Choose all the correct answers. When evaluating a website ask yourself the following questions:

When writing and email to someone for information, your email should be all of the following?

An introductory paragraph for an informational paper includes all of the following:

Choose all of the following which are good attention grabbers for an informational paper?

What makes a good thesis for an informational paper? Include all correct answers.

Choose all of the following that makes a good thesis statement for an informational paper?

Which of the following is correct?

For an informational paper, you want to consider all of the following for body paragraphs.

When considering a conclusion for an informational paper, you should do all of the following:

Choose all the correct answers for the following question: Which sentence(s) are punctuated properly?

Choose all the correct answers for the following question: What constitues plagiarism?

Which is an example of a properly cited passage. Knox, Bernard. Introductuion. The Odyssesy of Homer. Trans. Robert Fagles.

What things do readers look for to identify characterization?

Which sentence is correct?

Which sentence best displays parallel structure?

Which sentence best displays parallel structure?

What narrative point of view does the author use in lines 21-28? Over the last three decades, fast food has infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society. An industry that began with a handful of modest hot dog and 5 hamburger stands in southern California has spread to every corner of the nation, selling a broad range of foods wherever paying customers may be found. Fast food is now served at restaurants and 10 drive-throughs, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary schools, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at gas stations, and even at hospital cafeterias. Americans now 15 spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, 20 and recorded music—combined. Pull open the glass door, feel the rush of cool air, walk in, get in line, study the backlit color photographs above the counter, place your order, hand over a 25 few dollars, watch teenagers in uniforms pushing various buttons, and moments later take hold of a plastic tray full of food wrapped in colored paper and cardboard. The whole experience of buying fast food 30 has become so routine, like brushing your teeth or stopping for a red light. It has become a social custom as American as a small, rectangular, handheld, frozen, and reheated apple pie. 35 Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought, unaware of the subtle and not so subtle ramifications of their purchases. They rarely consider where 40 this food came from, how it was made, what it is doing to the community around them. They just grab their tray off the counter, find a table, take a seat, unwrap the paper, and dig in. The whole 45 experience is transitory and soon forgotten. People should know what lies behind the shiny, happy surface of every fast food transaction. They should know what really lurks between those sesame50 seed buns. As the old saying goes: You are what you eat.

Which word best describes the author's tone in lines 31-34? Over the last three decades, fast food has infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society. An industry that began with a handful of modest hot dog and 5 hamburger stands in southern California has spread to every corner of the nation, selling a broad range of foods wherever paying customers may be found. Fast food is now served at restaurants and 10 drive-throughs, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary schools, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at gas stations, and even at hospital cafeterias. Americans now 15 spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, 20 and recorded music—combined. Pull open the glass door, feel the rush of cool air, walk in, get in line, study the backlit color photographs above the counter, place your order, hand over a 25 few dollars, watch teenagers in uniforms pushing various buttons, and moments later take hold of a plastic tray full of food wrapped in colored paper and cardboard. The whole experience of buying fast food 30 has become so routine, like brushing your teeth or stopping for a red light. It has become a social custom as American as a small, rectangular, handheld, frozen, and reheated apple pie. 35 Hundreds of millions of people buy fast food every day without giving it much thought, unaware of the subtle and not so subtle ramifications of their purchases. They rarely consider where 40 this food came from, how it was made, what it is doing to the community around them. They just grab their tray off the counter, find a table, take a seat, unwrap the paper, and dig in. The whole 45 experience is transitory and soon forgotten. People should know what lies behind the shiny, happy surface of every fast food transaction. They should know what really lurks between those sesame50 seed buns. As the old saying goes: You are what you eat.

What type of conclusion is being used in the following model? If this state continues to permit landowners to drain wetlands, we will see a tremendous decline in the numbers and variety of wildlife.

What types of transitions are being used in the following model? *Because* a tree fell across the electric wires Monday night, we lost our electricity for four hours. At first, the lights went out. *Then*, we found a flashlight in a drawer. *Next*, we went to our camping supplies to find our lanterns. *Soon* we were playing Monopoly as a family.