Choose the correct word for the following sentence: Beginning the eulogy with a knock-knock joke did not have the ________ Pastor Bob had desired.
a) effect
b) affect
Ques. 2The role of descriptive transition words is to show that details follow a logical pattern of organization.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 3The following sentence offers an example of subordination: Because Dr. Johnson blamed every illness on evil spirits, his patients often sought a second opinion.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 4Identify the following: Whereas I am tall and lanky, Tito, the world's smallest man, is short and stout.
a) introductory word used with independent clause
b) introductory phrase used with independent clause
c) introductory dependent clause used with independent clause
Ques. 5Choose the part of the sentence that expresses the main idea: Bill's peculiar habit of chatting with mailboxes may have been the ultimate reason he was fired from the post office.
a) Bill's peculiar habit
b) Bill's peculiar habit of chatting with mailboxes
c) the ultimate reason
Ques. 6Choose the topic of the following sentence: Jasper and Jameel might have been identical twins, but their personalities differed in several obvious ways.
a) personalities differed
b) several ways
c) Jasper and Jameel
Ques. 7What type of sentence is the following? The velvet painting of Elvis looks great, but it doesn't match the lava lamp.
a) simple
b) compound
c) complex
d) complex-compound
Ques. 8The following sentence contains faulty parallelism: The restaurant patrons began not only to sing, but also dance.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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