Popular culture has influenced the English language by introducing words or phrases that are now part of the basic vocabulary of our culture.

Which do you think is an example of such a word or phrase?

enigma

frugal

rapid

virtual reality

What is author's purpose? Question 2 options: a. The author's reason for writing the text b. The author's goals in life c. The author's attitude toward the text d. The author's way to connect with the reader

Scott joplin is probably the best-known of the ragtime composers. "probably" a) adjective b) adverb c) preposition d) noun

Read the thesis statement below and answer the question that follow. Should colleges accept students with high test scores or students with strong extracurricular backgrounds? How can this thesis statement be improved?

What is most likely the implication of these lines? "i cannot say clearly how i entered there, So drowsy with sleep had i grown at that hour when first i wandered off from the true way" A) event happened in a dream B) narrator planning to tell the

The use of phrases, fragments, and punctuation can influence the mood of a passage; keeping this in mind, how would you describe the mood of the following passage? "Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights.

Select the more effective use of correlative conjunctions to join these sentences. You may or may not go with us It depends on your parents. a Whether or not you go with us depends on your parents.

Which corrects any error in the use of apostrophes in the sentence? The numbers on the radios' knobs have worn away. A. There is no error in this sentence. B. radio's C. knobs' D. number's

Jackson compares the removal of Native Americans to the expansion of white settlement in America (and possibly to European immigration to the New World). What logical fallacy-or false reasoning-lies in this comparison?

Which character in Grendel is most clearly a round character? A. Wrolstan B. Hrothgar C. Beowulf D. Grendel

Samuel Taylor Coleridge "the time of the ancient mariner" most reflects which romantic ideal? A) importance of memory B) belief in the supernatural C) focus on the individual D) expression of emotion E) importance of nationalism