Category: Writing

4. Pounded on the table, / Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom,
Hard as they were able, / Boom, boom, BOOM,
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
5. O’er leagues of land and water a weary way you’ll go Before you’ll find the country where the blue roses grow.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
6. On the sidewalk boys are playing marbles. Glass marbles, with amber and blue hearts, roll together and part with a sweet clashing noise.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
7. A strange wind rattled the window-pane, and down the lane a dog howled on,
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
8. Two brown ponies trotting slowly
Stopped at the dim-lit trough to drink. The dark van drummed down the distance slowly,
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
9. All his thoughts as a river flowed, Flowed aflame as fleet he rode,
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
10. The beating hearts of the stars aloof Kept time to the beat of the horse’s hoof.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
11. Fast, and fast, by the road he knew; And slow, and slow, the stars withdrew;
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
12. Out of the purple drifts,
From the shadow sea of night, On tides of musk a moth uplifts
Its weary wings of white.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
13. Bees that from the meadows bring
Honey on a golden wing To the garden grot.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
14. Springtide of Love! The secret sweet
Is ours alone; O heart of Love, at last you beat
Against my own!
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
15. Through the black night Love’s little lantern, like a glowworm’s bright, May lead our steps to some stupendous dawn.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
16. My heart it was a white, white rose That bloomed upon a broken bough, He did but wear it for an hour, And it is withered now.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
17. Only a dog’s long lonely howl
When from the window poured pale light. And from the wood The hoot came ghostly of the owl.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
18. Sun shine, moon shine,
Stars, and winds a-blowing, All into this heart of mine
Flowing, flowing, flowing!
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
19. The flaming flower of daytime died, And the night was as a new bride
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer
20. Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)? ________________________________________________ Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer

Which of the following forms can be used to represent the ZERO conditional?
If + present tense, will
If/when + present tense, present tense
If + past simple, would + verb
If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
2
Which of the following forms can be used to represent the FIRST conditional?
If/when + present tense, present tense
If + past simple, would + verb
If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
If + present tense, will
3
Which of the following forms can be used to represent the SECOND conditional?
If + past simple, would + verb
If/when + present tense, present tense
If + present tense, will
If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
4
Which of the following forms can be used to represent the THIRD conditional?
If/when + present tense, present tense
If + present tense, will
If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
If + past simple, would + verb
5
Which of the following forms can be used to represent the MIXED conditional?
If + past perfect, would + verb
If/when + present tense, present tense
If + present tense, will
If + past simple, would + verb
6
Identify the conditional used in the following sentence:
If I were you, I would stop smoking.
Mixed
First
Second
Third
7
Identify the conditional used in the following sentence:
If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor.
Mixed
First
Second
Third
8
Identify the conditional used in the following sentence:
If it rains tomorrow, I will stay at home.
Mixed
First
Second
Third
9
Identify the conditional used in the following sentence:
If I’d had enough money, I would have travelled the world.
Mixed
First
Second
Third
10
Identify the conditional used in the following sentence:
If you eat too much, you put on weight.
Mixed
First
Zero
Third
11
When reporting speech, what does the following tense change to?
Past simple changes to…
Present perfect
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
12
When reporting speech, what does the following tense change to?
Present continuous changes to…
Past perfect
Past continuous
Present perfect
Past perfect continuous
13
When reporting speech, what does the following tense change to?
Present perfect changes to…
Past perfect
Past continuous
Present perfect
Past perfect continuous
14
When reporting speech, what does the following tense change to?
Past perfect…
Changes to the past perfect continuous
Changes to the past continuous
Changes to the present perfect
Remains the same
15
When reporting direct speech, which of the following is NOT a correct phrase for ‘tomorrow’?
The next day
The following day
That day
The day after
16
When reporting direct speech, which of the following is NOT a correct phrase for ‘yesterday’?
The day before
The next day
The previous day
The preceding day
17
Which of the following reported sentences is the correct form of this direct speech sentence?
Jane said, “I went to Italy last week.”
Jane said that she had gone to Italy the week before.
Jane said she was going to Italy last week.
Jane said she went to Italy last week.
Jane said she was going to Italy next week.
18
Which of the following reported sentences is the correct form of this direct speech question?
Kate asked John, “Are you working tomorrow?”
Kate asked John if he was working tomorrow.
Kate asked John if she was working the next day.
Kate asked John if he was working the following day.
Kate asked John if he was going to work the following day.
19
Which of the following reported sentences is the correct form of this direct speech sentence?
Catherine said, “I have never eaten octopus.”
Catherine said that she never eats octopus.
Catherine said that she has never eaten octopus.
Catherine said that she didn’t eat octopus.
Catherine said that she had never eaten octopus.
20
Which of the following reported sentences is the correct form of this direct speech sentence?
Jack said, “I am having dinner with my wife this evening.”
Jack said that he was going to have dinner with his wife that evening.
Jack said that he was having dinner with his wife that evening.
Jack said that he was having dinner with his wife yesterday.
Jack said that he was having dinner with my wife this evening.

Text-Dependent Questions Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences.
PART A: Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text? [RL.2]
A. White people were intent on stealing as much wealth as they could from people of color, and violence was an unintended consequence.
B. Prejudice is used to justify conquering and/or killing people seen as inferior.
C. White people in the 19th century thought that colonization was for the betterment of all people.
D. Power over countries and peoples can lead to corruption, though not often.
PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A? [RL. 1]
A. “Pile on the Black Man’s Burden. / ‘Tis nearest at your door;” (Lines 1-2)
B. “Hail ye your fearless armies, / Which menace feeble folks / Who fight with clubs and arrows / And brook your rifle’s smoke.” (Lines 5-8)
C. “Pile on the Black Man’s Burden / His wail with laughter drown” (Lines 9-10)
D. “Better by far defend it / With honor’s holy breath.” (Lines 15-16)
Which of the following statements best summarizes how the poem describes the [RL.3] white man?
A. The poem describes the white man as a group of fearless armies setting out to defend the weak.
B. The poem describes the white man as arrogant and cruel, laughing at the black man.
C. The poem describes the white man as buffoonish and unaware of the destruction he causes.
D. The poem describes the white man as a conquering force setting out to spread its power and influence at the cost of indigenous peoples.

Which statement best describes a technique used to represent Amy’s desire to marry the narrator? A) The narrator describes in detail her youthful enthusiasm as a major motivating factor. B) The narrator asks a hypothetical question that is immediately refuted. C) The narrator applauds her decision as a reflection of an inner strength that is unparalleled. D) The narrator stresses her sincerity as proof of a dedication fostered by her maidenhood.

1. Once upon a time, three thieves, who ____________ (steal) a pot of gold in a
distant town ____________ (return) to their village. They ____________ (pass)
through a small town when it ____________ (grow) dark. Their village
____________ (be) still a long way away. Each of them had a doubt,
“____________(be) it safe to travel through the forest with all this gold?” 2. Air
and water ____________ (be) necessary for life. Air ____________ (contain)
oxygen which we inhale. We ____________ (release) a gas called carbon
dioxide, which ____________ (consist) of carbon and oxygen. Trees ____________
(act) as our friends because under sunlight, they ____________ (break) carbon
dioxide into two components and ____________ (consume) carbon which
____________ (be) the basis of the food for all the plants. 3. I ____________
(employ) a new servant, Hari. He ____________ (be) quite obedient,
hardworking and submissive but sometimes, he ____________ (behave) very
strangely. Last evening, I was alone. I ____________ (hear) his cries and ran
towards him. He, at once, ____________ (stop) crying. He had not been
actually crying, he ____________ (pretend). I ____________ (scold) him for his
strange behaviour.

2. Identify the form and function of the underlined section of the following sentences.
For Example – They at lunch in the city.  Form = Preposition   Function= Adverb phrase
A.   We spoke to the officer in the afternoon.
Form: Preposition Function: Adverb Phrase
B.    Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Form: Preposition Function: Adverb phrase
C.    The young in the photograph is my older sister.
Form: Preposition Function: adverb phrase
D.   Tim bought a dog for his son’s birthday.
Form: Preposition Function: Adverb phrase
E.    Noriko went to the hospital because she was very sick
Form: Conjunction   Function: Adjective phrase
Are correct?

Book TELL NO ONE novel by Harlan Coben
CHAPTER 41 TO 42
QUESTION 1
What was unusual about Hoyt asking who was at the door?
A.Hoyt could see Beck through the glass door.
B.Hoyt knew Beck was coming.
C.Hoyt preferred direct confrontation and faces you at the door.
D.Hoyt saw Beck walking up to the door.
QUESTION 2
How did Hoyt greet Beck as he walked into the kitchen?
A.Hoyt placed a gun muzzle against Beck’s temple.
B.Hoyt grabbed Beck around the neck and jerked him back.
C.Hoyt patted Beck down looking for a weapon.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 3
What does Hoyt do with the Glock he found on Beck?
A.Hoyt pointed the Glock at Beck.
B.Hoyt placed the Glock in his pocket.
C.Hoyt placed the Glock on the kitchen table.
D.Hoyt slid the Glock across the kitchen floor.
QUESTION 4
What did Hoyt think Beck had come to do?
A.Hoyt thought Beck had brought some friends to kill him.
B.Hoyt thought Beck had come to see the pictures from Elizabeth’s autopsy file.
C.Hoyt thought Beck had come to kill him.
D.Hoyt thought Beck had come to ask questions Hoyt did not want to answer.
QUESTION 5
What had Hoyt been doing before Beck came to the house?
A.packing
B.shaving
C.crying
D.drinking
QUESTION 6
Beck and Hoyt are talking in the living room when suddenly Hoyt signals for Beck to be quiet with a finger to his lips. Then Hoyt creeps to the window and peeks out through the drawn shades. What is Hoyt afraid of?
A.Hoyt is afraid someone is listening to his conversations and watching his house.
B.Hoyt is afraid Beck’s friends (Tyrese and Brutus) are back.
C.Hoyt is afraid Carlson has followed Beck to Hoyt’s house.
D.Hoyt is afraid Mrs. Parker will hear what he is about to tell Beck.
QUESTION 7
What reasons did Hoyt give for not liking Beck?
A.Hoyt thought Beck might have mental issues like his mother.
B.Beck came from a good family.
C.Hoyt thought Beck was a hindrance to Elizabeth’s growth.
D.Hoyt thought Beck was too focused on material things.
QUESTION 8
What does Hoyt think about Beck and Elizabeth’s relationship now?
A.Elizabeth has grown and is better without Beck.
B.How incredibly lucky they both were to have each other.
C.They should never have married.
D.They are better apart.
QUESTION 9
Hoyt begins to explain the events at the lake eight years ago. What was the job of the two men found buried at the lake?
A.Griffin Scope had hired the two men to scare Elizabeth.
B.Griffin Scope had hired the two men to kidnap Elizabeth and punish Hoyt.
C.Griffin Scope had hired the two men to interrogate Elizabeth and then kill her.
D.Griffin Scope had hired the two men to kill Beck and kidnap Elizabeth.
QUESTION 10
Hoyt and Ken received information about Griffin Scope’s plans for that night at the lake. How did Hoyt and Ken stop the plan from being carried out?
A.Ken and Hoyt hid behind two boulders on each side of the road from Lake Charmaine.
B.As the car approached the boulders, Hoyt shot out a tire on the car.
C.As Bob and Mel got out of the car to check the tire, Hoyt shot them both in the head.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 11
How was Hoyt able to convince Elizabeth to go into hiding?
A.Griffin Scope is a power you cannot fight because he has cops and judges in his pocket.
B.Griffin Scope wanted Elizabeth dead and he would not stop until she was dead.
C.Griffin Scope would wipe out anyone connected to Elizabeth to find Elizabeth.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 12
What do you think it means when Hoyt says Griffin Scope has “cops and judges in his pocket.”
A.They carry items for Griffin.
B.They control Griffin.
C.They hide things from Griffin.
D.They are on Griffin’s payroll and work for him.
QUESTION 13
What had Elizabeth been doing for the last eight years?
A.living in third world countries
B.working for the Red Cross
C.working for UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)
D.All of the above.
QUESTION 14
Where did the body come from that was used as a substitute for Elizabeth’s?
A.It was an body of a drifter found near Lake Charmaine.
B.It was a Jane Doe in the police pathology lab.
C.It was an unidentified body found near Tyrese’s condemned bulding.
D.It was an unclaimed body from Benny’s crematorium.
QUESTION 15
Why did Hoyt and Ken stage the body to look like a murder by KillRoy?
A.To quickly close Elizabeth’s murder case.
B.To help Ken Parker and the FBI find KillRoy.
C.To convince Griffin Scope of Elizabeth’s death.
D.All of the above.
QUESTION 16
How did Hoyt and Ken control the identification of Elizabeth’s body?
A.Ken and Hoyt dumped the body in a town with a small coroner’s office, then anonymously called the police.
B.Hoyt and Ken arrived at the medical examiner’s office at the same time as the body.
C.Hoyt identified the body and Ken backed up Hoyt’s identification.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 17
Why did no one miss the two men buried at Lake Charmaine?
A.The two men were suppose to leave the country after the murder.
B.They were both drifters.
C.They were both unreliable.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 18
Why did Scope’s people keep tabs on Hoyt and Beck after Elizabeth’s murder?
A.Scope was worried that Elizabeth might be alive.
B.Scope was worried Elizabeth had given Hoyt or Beck incriminating material.
C.Scope was worried that Bob and Mel would return and contact Beck or Hoyt about why Scope wanted Elizabeth murdered.
D.Scope was worried one of Brandon’s enemies would contact Hoyt or Beck.
QUESTION 19
Why did Elizabeth choose to come back now?
A.When Elizabeth read on the Internet that the bodies had been discovered near Lake Charmaine, she thought it would be safe for her to hide at Lake Charmaine.
B.When Elizabeth read on the Internet that the bodies had been discovered near Lake Charmaine, she knew she needed to retrieve the evidence in the Sarah Goodhard safety-deposit box.
C.When Elizabeth read on the Internet that the bodies had been discovered near Lake Charmaine, she was concerned the Scopes might realize she was still alive.
D.When Elizabeth read on the Internet that the bodies had been discovered near Lake Charmaine, she realized she needed to destroy her autopsy file.
QUESTION 20
You are going to read three different scenarios on how Brandon Scope was murdered.  In the first scenario, Hoyt says Elizabeth shot Brandon. Why did Elizabeth shoot and kill Brandon Scope?
A.When Elizabeth wouldn’t stop investigating Brandon’s dirty business, Brandon threatened to kill Beck and her parents.
B.When Elizabeth wouldn’t stop investigating Brandon’s dirty business, Brandon broke into Beck and Elizabeth’s home and came at her with a knife.
C.Elizabeth shot Brandon because he had beaten her badly.
D.Elizabeth shot Brandon when she found out Brandon was selling drugs and running prostitution with the young people who came to the center.
QUESTION 21
How did the key to the safety-deposit box end up in Mel’s shoe?
A.Elizabeth gave the key to Mel.
B.Ken planted it in Mel’s shoe.
C.Hoyt planted it in Mel’s shoe.
D.Bob took it from Elizabeth and give it to Mel.
QUESTION 22
How was Hoyt able to convince Elizabeth not to call the police after she shot Brandon?
A.Even though the shooting was self-defense, the police would never believe Elizabeth.
B.Even though Griffin’s philosophy was, “you eliminate the enemy,” Griffin would accept Elizabeth’s self-defense plea.
C.Since Brandon was a Scope, no one would believe he would try to kill Elizabeth.
D.Even though the shooting was self-defense, Griffin Scope would kill Elizabeth for killing his son Brandon.
QUESTION 23
Hoyt framed Helio Gonzalez for Brandon Scope’s murder. What did Elizabeth do to correct the situation?
A.Elizabeth went to Peter Flannery because she could not accept an innocent man being accused of Brandon’s murder.
B.Elizabeth went to Peter Flannery to save Helio from a grave injustice.
C.Elizabeth provided Helio an alibi.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 24
Why did Scope want Elizabeth killed?
A.Scope wanted revenge for Elizabeth killing Brandon.
B.Scope wanted to cover up the truth about Brandon Scope’s illegal businesses.
C.Scope wanted to maintain Brandon’s legacy as a hero in the community.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 25
What did Beck take with him as he left Hoyt’s house?
A.Beck took his father’s gun.
B.Hoyt’s gun
C.a liquor bottle from Hoyt’s bar
D.The Glock Tyrese had given Beck
QUESTION 26
What did Shauna call to tell Beck?
A.I saw her.
B.She wants to meet you tonight.
C.She wants to meet you at Dolphin.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 27
Brutus and Tyrese dropped Beck off at the train station. What did Beck see in the newspaper that disturbed him?
A.a young starlet who’d been arrested for shoplifting
B.A picture of Beck.
C.the comics
D.Melvin Bartola – one of the names of the men found dead at the lake
QUESTION 28
How did Eric Wu locate Tyrese, Latisha, and TJ’s residence?
A.Eric Wu described the the two men with Beck to Larry Gandle’s friends at the police department.
B.Eric Wu went through the police mug books and found an image of Brutus Cornwall.
C.Eric Wu made a few phone calls and learned Brutus worked for Tyrese Barton.
D.All of the above
QUESTION 29
What did Beck want to research at the Ridgemont, New Jersey library?
A.Stephen Beck’s car accident
B.KillRoy’s many murders
C.Elizabeth’s abduction by KillRoy
D.Beck’s mother’s mental illness
QUESTION 30
What did the newspaper article of Melvin Bartola being the sole witness to Stephen Beck’s accident prove?
A.Stephen Beck committed suicide.
B.Stephen Beck was involved in an accident.
C.Stephen Beck was murdered.
D.Stephen Beck fell asleep at the wheel.
QUESTION 31
On page 336, Tyrese says to Beck, “You told me to run away and not come back. Maybe, you should do the same.” Then on page 341,  Tyrese tells Brutus, “I don’t want to go back.” What is he referring to?
A.He doesn’t want to go back to the life he is living as a drug dealer.
B.He doesn’t want to go back to Latisha.
C.He doesn’t want to go back to his office in the condemned buidling.
D.He doesn’t want to go back to his BMW.
QUESTION 32
What did Eric Wu want to know from Tyrese?
A.Where he could find Shauna
B.Where he could find Brutus
C.Where he could find Elizabeth
D.Where he could find Dr. Beck

PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?
A. While dialogues between perpetrators and victims develop a mutual understanding, they don’t deter people from repeating a crime.
B. The justice system’s focus on punishment fails to foster forgiveness between people and give victims what they truly desire.
C. Restorative justice is a good way of resolving minor legal conflicts between people, but it is unlikely to be useful in addressing serious or violent crimes.
D. While victims may feel immediately better after a wrongdoer is punished, it’s been proven that their sense of satisfaction eventually fades.

Many Arabic speakers tend to insert a vowel in their pronunciation of
English words. The first column has examples from L2ers whose L1 is
Egyptian Arabic; the second column has examples from L2ers whose L1
is Iraqi Arabic (consider [?] to be a single consonant):
L1 = Egyptian Arabic
L1 = Iraqi Arabic
[bilastik]
plastic
[iflo?r]
floor
[?iri?]
three
[ible?n]
plane
[tiransilet]
translate
[?ilidren]
children
[sila?d]
slide
[i?ri?]
three
[fir?d]
Fred
[istadi]
study
[?ildiren]
children
[ifr?d]
Fred
a.
What vowel do the Egyptian Arabic speakers insert and where?
b.
What vowel do the Iraqi Arabic speakers insert and where?
c.
Based on the position of the italicized epenthetic vowel in “I wrote
to him,” can you guess which list, A or B, belongs to Egyptian Arabic
and which belongs to Iraqi Arabic?
Arabic A
Arabic B
kitabta
‘I wrote him’
‘katabtu
‘I wrote him’
kitabla
‘He wrote to him’
katablu
‘He wrote to him’
kitabitla
‘I wrote to him’
katabtilu
‘I wrote to him’

Loaded Words: Using Denotation and Connotation
Directions: Read each list of words below. Each word has a different connotation, but has the same general denotation. Decide what the general denotation is for each group. Write the answer on the line provided. Then, number the words in each group from most positive connotation to most negative connotation.
Practice 1:
___ imprison                                General denotation for all words:_______________
___ incarcerate
___ intern
___ evacuate
___ detain
___ lock-up
___ confine
Practice 2:
___ prisoner                                 General denotation for all words:_______________
___ evacuee
___ internee
___ detainee
___ inmate