ENG 160 week 1 Knowledge Check
Match the Key Term with the proper definition
1. A group of words having a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought and is not able to stand alone.
2. A run-on with no punctuation to mark the break between thoughts.
3. Verbs that help describe a subject by connecting it to another word.
4. A group of words having a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and is able to stand alone.
5. A word group that lacks a subject or a verb and/or one that does not express a complete thought.
6. One of a group of words that precede a noun or pronoun and indicate direction, position, placement, duration, or another kind of connection to the other words in the sentence.
7. Who or what a sentence speaks about; usually a noun or pronoun that acts, is acted upon, or is described.
8. A comma incorrectly used to connect two complete thoughts.
9. What the sentence says about the subject; a word that shows what a subject does or that helps describe the subject by linking it to an adjective.
10. Verbs that work with the main verb to make up the complete verb in a sentence.
2. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence:
With one graceful motion, the shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base.
a. Graceful, grounder
b. Motion, shortstop
c. Shortstop, fielded and threw
d. Grounder, fielded and threw
3. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence:
Before class, Antonietta and Jorge rushed to the coffee machine in the hall.
a. Class and Antonietta, rushed
b. Antonietta and Jorge, rushed
c. Antonietta and Jorge, in the hall
d. Jorge and coffee machine, rushed
4. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence:
I shifted uncomfortably on the lumpy mattress before falling into a restless sleep.
a. I, uncomfortably
b. Mattress, falling
c. I, sleep
d. I, shifted
5. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence:
During the American Revolution, some brides rejected white wedding gowns and wore red as a symbol of rebellion.
a. American Revolution, rejected
b. Brides, rejected and wore
c. Brides, wore
d. Brides, wore and rebellion
6. Identify the subject and verb of the following sentence:
The little girl's frantic family called a psychic to locate the child.
a. Girl, psychic
b. Family, locate
c. Family, called
d. Girl, locate
7. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
The amber lights on its sides outlined the tractor-trailer in the hazy dusk.
a. on its sides
b. outlined the tractor-trailer
c. in the hazy dusk
d. the amber lights
8. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
The people in the apartment above ours fight loudly.
a. in the apartment
b. above ours
c. the people in the apartment
d. ours fight loudly
9. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
The people in the all night coffee shop seemed weary and lost.
a. all night coffee shop
b. in the all night coffee shop
c. seemed weary and lost
d. people in the all night
10. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
The jar of peppercorns tumbled from the spice shelf and shattered on the floor.
a. of peppercorns
b. tumbled from the spice shelf
c. on the floor
d. from the spice shelf
11. Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
Waiting in the long ticket line, Matt shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
a. in the long ticket line
b. from one foot
c. to the other
d. his weight
12. Which of the following is not one of the four steps in the writing process?
a. Discover a clearly stated point or thesis
b. Provide logical, detailed support for your thesis
c. Disorganize and disconnect your supporting material
d. Revise and edit your sentences
13. Which of the following is not a part of the traditional essay?
a. Introductory paragraph
b. Body paragraph
c. Concluding paragraph
d. Summary paragraph
14. Which of the following is not a benefit of writing the traditional essay?
a. Mastering the traditional essay will help make you a better writer.
b. Writing the traditional essay will decrease your reading skills.
c. Writing the traditional essay will strengthen your skills as a reader and listener.
d. Essay writing will make you a stronger thinker.
15. All of the following are prewriting techniques, except:
a. preparing a scratch outline.
b. questioning.
c. making a list.
d. loitering.
16. __________ means jotting down in rough sentences or phrases everything that comes to mind about a possible topic.
a. Freewriting
b. Questioning
c. Clustering
d. Preparing a scratch outline
17. __________, also known as brainstorming, involves collecting ideas and details that relate to your subject.
a. Clustering
b. Making a list
c. Questioning
d. Preparing a scratch outline
18. In __________, you generate ideas and details by asking, why, when, where, who, and how about your subject.
a. Clustering
b. Making a list
c. Questioning
d. Preparing a scratch outline
19. __________ involves the use of lines, boxes, arrows, and/or circles to show relationships among ideas and details.
a. Questioning
b. Making a list
c. Preparing a scratch outline
d. Clustering
20. Which of the following means rewriting an essay, building on what has already been done, to make it stronger?
a. Revising
b. Editing
c. Questioning
d. Scratching
21. The good __________ does two things: it tells readers an essay's topic and it presents the writer's attitude, opinion, idea, or point about that topic.
a. essay
b. thesis statement
c. conclusion
d. title
22. The following question refers to APA Style.
When was the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association published?
a. 1949
b. 1940
c. 1932
d. 1929
23. The following question refers to APA Style.
The rules of APA Style are developed from all of the following, except:
a. an extensive body of psychology literature.
b. authors and editors who are experienced in scholarly writing.
c. the Modern Language Association.
d. recognized authorities on the publication practices.
24. The following question refers to APA Style.
__________ are reports of original research and include the following sequence of sections: introduction, method, results, and discussion.
a. Literature reviews
b. Empirical studies
c. Theoretical articles
d. Case studies
25. The following question refers to APA Style.
__________ are critical evaluations of material that have been published before.
a. Literature reviews
b. Empirical studies
c. Theoretical articles
d. Case studies
26. The following question refers to APA Style.
Which of the following is not a goal to using the APA Style?
a. To protect the real estate rights
b. To ensure the accuracy of scientific knowledge
c. To protect the rights and welfare of research participants
d. To protect intellectual property rights
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