Exam 7: Description

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for errors in spelling and look-alikes/sound-alikes. Select the letter of the correct list of misspelled words. Dose your energy level raise?

In each of the following plans, one detail has nothing to do with the topic sentence; it is merely a bit of irrelevant information. Select the irrelevant detail. It was clearly a bird lover's room.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for errors in spelling and look-alikes/sound-alikes. Select the correct list of misspelled words. Ask what majors they chose in college. Don't be shy; many people welcome the chance to help another explore a goal. Once you've narrowed your choices, take courses in relevent majors, or snag a summer internship. Than go for it, and declare you're major!

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for errors in spelling and look-alikes/sound-alikes. Select the correct list of misspelled words. Like many college students, you may have arrived on campus unsure of your career direction. In fact, choosing a major is offen one of a person's toughest decisions.

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow. (1) On my right a woods thickly overgrown with creeper descended the hill's slope to Tinker Creek. (2) On my left was a planting of large shade trees on the ridge of the hill. (3) Before me the grassy hill pitched abruptly and gave way to a large, level field fringed in trees where it bordered the creek. (4) Beyond the creek I could see with effort the vertical sliced rock where men had long ago quarried the mountain under the forest. (5) Beyond that I saw Hollins Pond and all its woods and pastures; then I saw in a blue haze the world poured flat and pale between the mountains. ⎯ Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek , Bantam, 1975, page 41 The main idea of the paragraph above is implied, not stated by a topic sentence. Which of the following sentences most accurately states the main idea?

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow. (1) It would be difficult to imagine a more stifling and uncomfortable outfit than one favored by the fashionable, well-to-do lady of the Elizabethan era. (2) Atop her dyed and styled hair, she wore an often elaborate headdress. (3) Her face was covered with a base coat of white lead and sulfur makeup, with additional layers of dye for cheeks and lips. (4) Around her neck was either a heavy necklace of large jewels or a ruff, a stiff ring made of starched lace. (5) A bodice with long, detachable sleeves covered her to her waist. (6) Beneath this bodice, a corset functioned as a girdle to flatten her chest and decrease the size of her waist. (7) Underneath her skirt, or kirtle, she wore a stiff frame made of wire or whalebone, which was designed to make the skirt balloon out from the body. (8) On her legs and feet, knee-length stockings made of wool or silk and leather shoes completed her many-layered costume. Select the number of the topic sentence that states the overall impression of the subject.

In each of the following plans, one detail has nothing to do with the topic sentence; it is merely a bit of irrelevant information. Select the irrelevant detail. My favorite pair of jeans are beat up and worn out.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for errors in spelling and look-alikes/sound-alikes. Select the correct list of misspelled words. But its also an importent one. If your still uncertain about the path you should take, here's a three-step process that might help you move from worry to action.

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for errors in spelling and look-alikes/sound-alikes. Select the letter of the correct list of misspelled words. Prisoners who live in large groups may become more violent, an children in crowded play groups fight more often over toys.