Deck 11: Evaluating Authors Techniques

Question 1

A generalization is defined as

A) an idea a writer accepts as true and makes no effort to prove or substantiate.
B) a statement about an entire group based on information about part of the group.
C) a reference to well-known religious, literary, artistic, or historical works.
D) a comparison between humans and ideas or objects according to one characteristic.

Answer 1

a statement about an entire group based on information about part of the group.

Question 2

The statement that is an example of the passive voice is:

A) Organic gardening methods are healthier.
B) They say global warming has caused recent increases in hurricane activity.
C) Parents were concerned about the school district's plan for a longer school day.
D) The industry's job bidding system was found to be suspect.

Answer 2

The industry's job bidding system was found to be suspect.

Question 3

A word that describes a place where people live but has a negative connotation is

A) house.
B) shack.
C) residence.
D) home.

Answer 3

shack.

Question 4

A word that describes a person who is outspoken but has a positive connotation is

A) forceful.
B) assertive.
C) pushy.
D) domineering.

Question 5

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Cliché

A) The prime goal of all politicians is to be reelected.
B) The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
C) Jamie was considered the boss's Man Friday.
D) The company streamlined its operations and downsized redundant positions.

Question 6

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Euphemism

A) The prime goal of all politicians is to be reelected.
B) The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
C) Jamie was considered the boss's Man Friday.
D) The company streamlined its operations and downsized redundant positions.

Question 7

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Allusion

A) The prime goal of all politicians is to be reelected.
B) The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
C) Jamie was considered the boss's Man Friday.
D) The company streamlined its operations and downsized redundant positions.

Question 8

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Generalization

A) The prime goal of all politicians is to be reelected.
B) The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
C) Jamie was considered the boss's Man Friday.
D) The company streamlined its operations and downsized redundant positions.

Question 9

The standard, dictionary definition of a word is known as its

A) denotative meaning.
B) connotative meaning.
C) implied meaning.
D) figurative meaning.

Question 10

Personification is a type of figurative language in which the author

A) makes a comparison using the words like or as.
B) attributes human characteristics to ideas or objects.
C) states or implies a relationship between two unlike items.
D) reveals information by making an incomplete comparison.

Question 11

The sentence that expresses a metaphor is:

A) The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
B) The flowers turned their faces upward and drank in the sun.
C) The sound was as lonesome as the whistle of a distant train.
D) The valley was a patchwork quilt in shades of green, brown, and gold.

Question 12

Writers who use the passive voice avoid revealing information by

A) ignoring contradictory evidence.
B) making an incomplete comparison.
C) including only details that favor their position.
D) not identifying who performed a specific action.

Question 13

A word that describes a person who is enthusiastic but has a negative connotation is

A) wholehearted.
B) spirited.
C) fanatical.
D) passionate.

Question 14

A word that describes a person who is frugal with money but has a positiveconnotation is

A) cheap.
B) thrifty.
C) tight.
D) stingy.

Question 15

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Cliché

A) Our neighbor is currently between jobs.
B) The plant manager was known among his employees as quite a Scrooge.
C) Teenage drivers are reckless.
D) You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Question 16

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Euphemism

A) Our neighbor is currently between jobs.
B) The plant manager was known among his employees as quite a Scrooge.
C) Teenage drivers are reckless.
D) You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Question 17

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Allusion

A) Our neighbor is currently between jobs.
B) The plant manager was known among his employees as quite a Scrooge.
C) Teenage drivers are reckless.
D) You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Question 18

Write the letter of the choice that matches the following terms with the appropriate example.

-Generalization

A) Our neighbor is currently between jobs.
B) The plant manager was known among his employees as quite a Scrooge.
C) Teenage drivers are reckless.
D) You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Question 19

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-The primary purpose of this passage is to describe

A) Rosa Parks's background.
B) the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
C) Dr. Martin Luther King's early days as a minister.
D) Dr. King's role in the Montgomery bus boycott.

Question 20

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-The organizational pattern of this passage is

A) classification.
B) comparison-contrast.
C) time sequence.
D) definition.

Question 21

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-Of the following words from paragraph 1, the only one with a negative connotation is

A) jammed.
B) patient.
C) orderly.
D) determined.

Question 22

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-Of the following words from paragraph 2, the only one that does not have a negative connotation is

A) community.
B) arrested.
C) humiliation.
D) segregated.

Question 23

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-Of the following words from paragraph 3, the only one that does not have a positive connotation is

A) stirring.
B) powerful.
C) communion.
D) wrong.

Question 24

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-In paragraph 3, the phrase "until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream" is an example of

A) a simile.
B) a metaphor.
C) a generalization.
D) personification.

Question 25

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-In paragraph 3, Dr. King's statement that the people of Montgomery "injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization" is an example of

A) a simile.
B) a metaphor.
C) an allusion.
D) personification.

Question 26

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-Another example of figurative language in this selection is

A) "first and foremost we are American citizens."
B) "over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call."
C) "justice is a lie."
D) "Historians would look back at Montgomery."

Question 27

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-Of the following statements based on the selection, the one that is an opinion is:

A) Loudspeakers were set up for those who could not fit inside the church.
B) Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger.
C) The bus boycott would continue for more than just one day.
D) Dr. King's speech proved him to be a prophet.

Question 28

Read the following passage and then answer questions bellow
A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. "We are here this evening," he began slowly, "for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means."Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery's African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery's black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city's buses in protest of Parks's arrest. Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. "If we are wrong, justice is a lie," he told the clapping and shouting throng. "And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream." Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, " 'There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.' And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization." The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.

-The tone of this selection can best be described as

A) bitter.
B) nostalgic.
C) admiring.
D) frustrated.