From idea to essay a rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook Eleventh Edition Jo Ray McCuen
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QUIZ1. What jobs did the author’s parents hold? ____a. The father was a janitor, and the mother was a waitress. ____b. The father was a professor, and the mother was a faculty wife. ____c. The father was a priest, and the mother was a professor. ____d. The father owned a store, and the mother worked in the store.
____a. a Saint Bernard ____b. a golden retriever ____c. a German shepherd ____d. a Great Dane 3. Before going to school, the author had been ____a. shy and lonely. ____b. undisciplined and disobedient. ____c. given to temper tantrums. ____d. a charming, lively child
____a. 56 ____b. 86 ____c. 26 ____d. 36
____a. to everyone who reads her memoir ____b. only to the author’s family ____c. only to the author ____d. to all little children
Quiz1. How many times did the author face death? _____ a. two times _____ b. he never did _____ c. five times _____ d. six times 2. What does the author say he would love to believe but can't? _____ a. That there is life after death _____ b. That life exists on other planets _____ c That miracles happen _____ d. That medical doctors are not in medicine for the money 3. Whose bone marrow did the author receive in a transplant? _____ a. His mother's _____ b. His sister's _____ c. His twin brother's _____ d. An anonymous donor's found on the Internet 4. What movie did the author and his wife co-write and co-produce? _____ a. Space Sluts in the Slammer _____ b. Contact _____ c. The Annihilation of Fish _____ d. Pulp Fiction 5. The author frequently quotes William John Rogers. Who is he? _____ a. A passenger who went down with the Titanic _____ b. A poet _____ c. A Victorian novelist _____ d. A short story writer from New York Coming Into Language Jimmy Santiago Baca Quiz1. Why does the author land in prison the first time? _____ a. He forged a check.
_____ a. a popular spy novel. _____ b. a book by Mary Baker Eddy. _____ c. the Bible. _____ d. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. 3. After serving time on death row, the author was moved to ______ a. the tier that housed the mentally disturbed. ______ b. a new prison in Georgia. ______ c. Mexico. ______ d. Alcatraz. 4. From the time he was seven, teachers had punished him by _____ a. slapping his hand. _____ b. making him write “I will do better” a hundred times. _____ c. calling him “stupid.” _____ d. making him write lines on the chalkboard. 5. At one point the author describes how some detectives in the county jail _____ a. kicked some poor drunk to his knees. _____ b. spit on a prostitute dying of AIDS. _____ c. called a homeless woman “damned disgusting.” _____ d. burned a runaway kid with a cigarette. How to Say Nothing in 500 Words Paul Roberts Quiz1. The composition assigned is on the subject of _____ a. a special vacation. _____ b. college football. _____ c. a favorite teacher. _____ d. your favorite U.S. President. 2. Which of the following was not advice given by the author? _____ a. Get rid of obvious padding. _____ b. Slip out of abstraction. _____ c. Call a fool a fool. _____ d. Choose subjects familiar to your reader. 3. The author says that students often "hedge" in their writing because they _____ a. want to deceive the instructor. _____ b. have not prepared for the essay. _____ c. feel inexperienced and incompetent. _____ d. are trying to imitate great writers. 4. Expressions such as "to all practical intents and purposes" are _____ a. pat expressions. _____ b. important guideposts for the reader. _____ c. excessively intellectual. _____ d. useful when developing an argument. 5. "Colored" words are words _____ a. calculated to produce a picture. _____ b. loaded with associations. _____ c. used by black writers. _____ d. not found in the dictionary. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Classification/Division Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Directory: english english -> Chaos equipment included english -> Protecting the rights of the child in the context of migration english -> United Nations E/C. 12/Esp/5 english -> Form a-122 File No. Retirement homes act, 2010 application under section 116 of the act english -> The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine english -> 1. 2 Extraction of exposure and others parameters english -> 【Education&Working Experience】 english -> Tourist Areas Haiti, another discovery english -> Active Vocabulary Download 0.76 Mb. Share with your friends:
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