Answers MCS English IV Semester 2 BLUsing Punctuation

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Which excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God is the best example of regional dialect?

“Shucks! If dat’s her notion she’s barkin’ up de wrong tree. Mah hands is full already.”“

“You got any smaller than him?” He indicated the son who seemed around twenty or so.

For instance during the summer when she heard the subtle but compelling rhythms of the Bahaman drummers, she’d walk over and watch the dances.

But Mrs. Turner’s shape and features were entirely approved by Mrs. Turner.

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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 9066.. . . I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated Commander deems such action necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion.By giving military commanders the authority to determine when, where, and how long a person needs to be detained, President Roosevelt is assuming

the internment of American citizens will be difficult to justify.

very few Japanese Americans will actually need to be interned.

Japanese Americans pose a serious threat against US security.

all the commanders will move forward fairly and with sound judgment.

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Tea Cake felt sorry for him without knowing why. So he didn’t blurt out the insults he had intended. But he couldn’t hold in everything. They talked about the prospects for the coming season for a moment, then Tea Cake said, “Yo’ wife don’t seem tuh have nothin’ much tuh do, so she kin visit uh lot. Mine got too much tuh do tuh go visitin’ and too much tuh spend time talkin’ tuh folks dat visit her.”Which best describes Tea Cake’s intent in mentioning Janie and Mrs. Turner to Mr. Turner?

He hopes Mr. Turner can influence Mrs. Turner to visit less frequently.

He wants Mr. Turner to encourage Mrs. Turner to find fulfilling activities.

He wants to show Mr. Turner that Janie works harder than Mrs. Turner.

He hopes to encourage Mr. Turner to visit him along with Mrs. Turner.

Read the paragraph.School administrators should be encouraged to increase funding for music education. Many feel that school music programs are expensive and time-consuming. However, participating in band, orchestra, or chorus has been shown to improve student learning. Studies show that children who participate in school music programs achieve higher grades than students who do not. They also perform better on standardized tests.

School music programs are expensive and time-consuming.

Participating in music programs has been shown to improve student learning.

Studies show children who participate in music achieve high grades.

Children who participate in music also perform better on standardized tests.

Which of these are metaphors? Choose two answers.She is the sun of my sky.They fought like cats and dogs.The child is as quiet as a mouse.Her coat was as black as coal.Life is a roller coaster.

She is the sun of my sky.

They fought like cats and dogs.

The child is as quiet as a mouse.

Her coat was as black as coal.

Life is a roller coaster.

Both Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea and Spiegelman’s Maus relate events of the Holocaust

from a Jewish survivor’s perspective.

using the third-person point of view.

by retelling the experiences of friends.

through the eyes of their fathers.

When separating items in a list, a writer should

end the list with a colon.

separate the items with colons.

add a comma after the “and” before the last item.

add a comma before the “and” before the last item.

Read the lines from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to work.Let us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood.Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.

creates a detached effect, since the reader is not addressed directly.

causes the reader to feel alienated if he or she does not have any brothers.

helps define the speaker’s voice in relation to his “brothers,” or community.

allows the reader to visualize all of the poet’s family and friends.

Which best describes Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea?

an emotionally detached autobiography

a brief biographical record of Wiesel’s life

a deeply personal account of a true event

an intense narrative of historical fiction

Read the text and study the image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.What message is Spiegelman trying to convey in the panel?

The good stamp in the passport would give the individuals a possible means of escaping persecution.

The better-dressed individuals were generally more affluent and thus had a better chance of being spared relocation.

Even in times of danger and despair, the individuals placed an emphasis on a tidy physical appearance.

By being presentable and appearing able-bodied, the individuals still had hope they could escape a terrible fate.

Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan, can indeed be defended, but only by arguments which are too brutal for most people to face, and which do not square with the professed aims of political parties. Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.

to inform readers of political events happening in his day

to inform readers of strong language used in political writing

to persuade readers that vague language is often used to soften harsh reality

to persuade readers that political speech should be softer and less specific

Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.Probably it is better to put off using words as long as possible and get one’s meaning as clear as one can through pictures or sensations. Afterwards one can choose—not simply accept—the phrases that will best cover the meaning, and then switch round and decide what impressions one’s words are likely to make on another person. This last effort of the mind cuts out all stale or mixed images, all prefabricated phrases, needless repetitions, and humbug and vagueness generally.

Orwell’s purpose is to inform his readers about political events. He achieves this by listing important events of his day.

Orwell’s purpose is to inform his readers about political events. He achieves this by quoting a current news article.

Orwell’s purpose is to persuade his readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by suggesting steps writers can take to choose their words carefully.

Orwell’s purpose is to persuade his readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by giving an example of a well-written political speech.

Which sentence from Their Eyes Were Watching God contains an example of dialect?

Otherwise they made little trips to Palm Beach, Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale for their fun.

It didn’t affect Tea Cake and Janie too much.

So Mrs. Turner frowned most of the time.

Before they realized it the sun was cooler and the crowds came pouring onto the muck again.

Read the excerpt from "In Response to Executive Order 9066".Of course I’ll come. I’ve packed my galoshesand three packets of tomato seeds. Denise calls themlove apples. My father says where we’re goingthey won’t grow.The father’s comment in this stanza lends the poem a tone of

playfulness.

irony.

formality.

hopelessness.

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.He claimed that she had been shaped up by a cow kicking her from behind. She was an ironing board with things throwed at it.Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of non-academic English?

claimed that she had been

cow kicking her from behind

was an ironing board

things throwed at it

When items in a list already contain commas, the writer should separate the items in the list using

commas.

hyphens.

periods.

semicolons.

Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea is a

biography.

memoir.

scholarly study.

fictional narrative.

Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better. The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient. . . . By this morning’s post I have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in Germany. The author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. I open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that I see: "[The Allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of Germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in Germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified Europe.” You see, he "feels impelled” to write—feels, presumably, that he has something new to say—and yet his words, like cavalry horses answering the bugle, group themselves automatically into the familiar dreary pattern.

He gives statistics to show that bad language is spreading.

He quotes a pamphlet that uses unoriginal language.

He provides a hypothetical situation in which a writer uses poor language.

He lists facts that prove lazy language has increased.

What is a theme in Dwight Okita’s poem "In Response to Executive Order 9066"?

Executive Order 9066 unfairly targeted Japanese Americans.

President Roosevelt was a wise and careful decision maker.

Many Japanese Americans were undercover spies for the enemy.

The US had to intern Japanese Americans to secure domestic borders.

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God, in which Tea Cake is talking about Mrs. Turner.“Thanky Ma’am. Ah hates dat woman lak poison. Keep her from round dis house. Her look lak uh white woman! Wid dat meriny skin and hair jus’ as close tuh her head as ninety-nine is tuh uh hundred! Since she hate black folks so, she don’t need our money in her ol’ eatin’ place. We kin go tuh dat white man’s place and git good treatment. Her and dat whittled-down husband uh hers! And dat son! He’s jus’ uh dirty trick her womb played on her. Ah’m telling her husband tuh keep her home.”What do Tea Cake’s words reveal about his intentions?

He plans to treat Mrs. Turner cruelly.

He plans to avoid Mrs. Turner and her business.

He plans to play a trick on Mrs. Turner’s family.

He plans to befriend Mrs. Turner’s husband.

A metaphor makes a comparison

that is between two unlike things.

that is between two similar things.

that uses the word like.

that uses the word as.

Read the passage from "To Autumn.”Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

apostrophe.

metaphor.

rhyme.

rhythm.

Read the passage from "To Autumn."Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

does not use rhyme in its structure.

shows several speakers’ questions.

describes a single speaker’s feelings.

has no definite rhythm in its structure.

Read the passage from "To Autumn."Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core

The author uses metaphor and simile to compare autumn to various elements found in nature.

The author uses apostrophe to help the reader form an objective, detached view of autumn.

The author uses a simple, logical style to explain to the reader what autumn is really like.

The author uses imagery and personification to make autumn seem friendly and generous to the reader.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measures which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.Which best describes the tone of the excerpt?

untrustworthy

personal

formal

impartial

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries, and which will afford assurance that all the men in all the lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want;This statement is based on the assumption that

peace is not possible for all people of the world.

some men will still lead lives of fear and want.

the allied powers will defeat Nazi Germany.

Germany will cooperate with Great Britain and the US.

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Third, they respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them;Which approach best describes the tone of the excerpt?

subjective with a number of loaded words and phrases

subjective with a reliance on facts and logic

objective with a number of words relying on authority

objective with a string of logical deductions and facts

Read the excerpt from the Joint Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill.Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the object of securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement and social security;This statement is based on the assumption that

improved labor standards, economic achievement, and social security are not always possible.

most countries will want to cooperate with the US and Great Britain after the war ends.

Churchill and Roosevelt have already developed a plan for international economic improvements.

all countries will cooperate to achieve common goals with regard to the world economy.

Read the excerpt.My father had never met Andrzej, yet that morning he sent for the boy he had forbidden me to see to come into our house. Not a word had been spoken to me about these arrangements. This was my father, and of course I was not consulted.I was standing in the kitchen when I heard Andrzej’s voice at our door. My knees sank. Mama scrutinized me. I did not even look at his face.“Welcome, Andrzej. Please have a seat.” Papa offered him a chair. . . .“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.”Determine the narrator’s point of view in Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.

a historian recounting her own experiences during the Holocaust

a historian describing a survivor’s experiences during the Holocaust

a teenager describing her own experiences during the Holocaust

a teenager recounting her parents’ experiences during the Holocaust

Read the excerpt.The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked.Finally, Andrzej signaled for me to stand up. Slowly, bracing my hands against the river rocks, I stood. My legs were barely able to stand my weight, they were shaking so badly with cold and fear.Which best describes the impact of Gelissen’s first-person account of her experiences in the excerpt from Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz?

It educates the reader on the historical sequence of events.

It causes the reader to question the truthfulness of the text.

It helps the reader to better understand the author’s pain and fear.

It distracts the reader from the narrative development of the story.

Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.Thrown off balance, struggling to keep from falling into the abyss below, I plummeted out of reach. Rolling down the steep incline, I grabbed at tree branches to break my fall as they ripped the mittens from my hands. Biting my tongue, I splashed into a stream with no cushion but ice-covered boulders. The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked. Which best describes the impact of this excerpt that reflects Gelissen’s decision to tell her story in memoir form?

It provides a variety of personal accounts of World War II and the Holocaust.

It provides an objective and detached account of a major historical event.

It provides a history of the key events of World War II and the Holocaust.

It provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.

Read the excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea.”"Cose you allus tries tuh know mo' than me, but Ah ain't so ign'rant. Ah knows a heap mahself. Many and many's the people been drove outa their senses by conjuration, or rid tuh deat' by witches."Why does Zora Neale Hurston use non-academic English in this excerpt?

to emphasize the relationship between John and his parents

to provide a historical context in which the events occur

to portray the dialect of Black Americans during the period

to reflect the mixed emotions John’s mother has about her child

Which excerpt from Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea” is an example of non-academic English?

"Yes, indeed!" said the father looking toward the tree designated.

Sometimes in his dreams he was a prince, riding away in a gorgeous carriage.

Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the simple folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams.

"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."

Read the excerpt from Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea.”Matty Redding, John's mother, was setting the table for supper. She was a small wiry woman with large eyes that might have been beautiful when she was young, but too much weeping had left them watery and weak.Which best describes the intent of Hurston’s use of voice as it relates to cultural experience?

Hurston explores the outdated notion of women in the kitchen rather than in the workforce.

Hurston reinforces the idea that women openly show their emotions, whereas men try to conceal them.

Hurston highlights the hardships that women in the community are experiencing through her description of Matty Redding.

Hurston comments on the wasted beauty of youth and the cruelty of aging through her portrayal of the main character.

Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.” Look at this image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.What idea is related in both excerpts?

the sense of relief people experienced when they found a way to escape during the Holocaust

the sense of fearful hesitancy people experienced while living under the oppression of Nazis fascism during the Holocaust

the sickness parents experienced as they were separated from their children during the Holocaust

the sense of confusion small children and older adults experienced during the Holocaust

Read the excerpt from Rena Kornreich Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.” Read the text and study the image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.The theme best expressed in both excerpts is

reconnecting with family

discovering new paths

rebelling communities

threatening uncertainty

Read the passage from "Optimism.”A poet once said I must be happy because I did not see the bare, cold present, but lived in a beautiful dream. I do live in a beautiful dream; but that dream is the actual, the present,—not cold, but warm; not bare, but furnished with a thousand blessings. The very evil which the poet supposed would be a cruel disillusionment is necessary to the fullest knowledge of joy.

fact.

quotation.

rebuttal.

statistic.

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example

hypothetical

quotation

statistic

Keller’s reason for writing "Optimism” is called her

claim.

counterclaim.

evidence.

purpose.

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