Cumulative Midterm Exam Questions And Already Passed Answers.
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English 3B Cumulative
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English 3B Cumulative
An effective moderator of a group discussion - Answer helps the group remember the rules of discussion.
Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of loyalty in Greek society? - Answer "O Father, all my life like your fameas a fighting man has echoed in my ears"
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Cumulative Midterm Exam Questions
And Already Passed Answers.
An effective moderator of a group discussion - Answer helps the group remember the rules of
discussion.
Which excerpt from The Odyssey demonstrate the importance of loyalty in Greek society? - Answer "O
Father, all my life like your fameas a fighting man has echoed in my ears"
Read the sentence.
Hearing the key in the lock, the delighted dog dashed to the front door.
How is the underlined prepositional phrase used in the sentence? - Answer as an adverbial phrase
Read the excerpt from Part 3 of The Odyssey by Homer.
They scrambled to their places by the rowlocksand all in line dipped oars in the gray sea.But soon an
offshore breeze blew to our liking—a canvas-bellying breeze, a lusty shipmate sentby the singing nymph
with sunbright hair.So we made fast the braces, and we rested,letting the wind and steersman work the
ship.
Based on the excerpt, readers can conclude that Odysseus (the speaker) - Answer credits the singing
nymph for the favorable wind.
Read the paragraph from The Hot Zone.
C. J. knew that if people learned what this virus could do, there would be traffic jams heading out of
Reston, with mothers screaming at television cameras, "Where are my children?" When he talked to the
Washington Post reporters, he was careful not to discuss the more dramatic aspects of the operation. ("I
thought it would not be a good idea to talk about space suits," he explained to me much later.) He was
careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and
bleed, or major pucker factor.
The author most likely included this paragraph to - Answer explain some of the reasons for
downplaying the seriousness of the situation.
, Read the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis."
That summer, the summer of 1918, was blighted. In May and June there was no rain and the crops
withered, curled up, then died under the thirsty sun. One morning in July a hurricane came out of the
east, tipping over the oaks in the yard and splitting the limbs of the elm trees. That afternoon it roared
back out of the west, blew the fallen oaks around, snapping their roots and tearing them out of the earth
like a hawk at the entrails of a chicken. Cotton bolls were wrenched from the stalks and lay like green
walnuts in the valleys between the rows, while the cornfield leaned over uniformly so that the tassels
touched the ground. Doodle and I followed Daddy out into the cotton field, where he stood, shoulders
sagging, surveying the ruin. When his chin sank down onto his chest, we were frightened, and Doodle
slipped his hand into mine. Suddenly Daddy straightened his shoulders, - Answer crops withered,
curled up, then died under the thirsty sun
morning in July a hurricane came out of the east
a voice that seemed to rumble out of the earth itself
Read the excerpt from Part 2 of The Odyssey.
Neither reply nor pity came from him,but in one stride he clutched at my companionsand caught two in
his hands like squirming puppiesto beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
What does the simile add to the passage? Choose two answers. - Answer an image of helplessness
a comparison between the men and innocent animals
Which sentence contains the best example of descriptive details? - Answer The apartment shuddered
under the onslaught of the howling wind.
Read the sentence.
The snow and ice that arrived last night elated kids and adults alike when they awoke to a winter
wonderland.
What is the compound subject of the sentence? - Answer snow and ice
Which sentence is in the active voice? - Answer Our old toaster always burns the toast on one side.
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