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Regular Vocabulary-Reading-Writing Quiz #4
Define these 5 words from our list of 10:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
entreat
frugal
macabre
sycophant
heresy
Match these 5 Greek or Latin roots or affixes with their meanings:
6. derm
7. dec
8. dict
9. dorm
10. ego
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B.
C.
D.
E.
I
sleep
ten
skin
speak
KEYSTONE LITERATURE CONCEPTS
11. The student in your graduating class voted most likely to succeed ends up on welfare and the
class clown ends up rich. Also, your mother walks into your messy room and says, "nice."
Explain why both of these scenarios involve irony.
12. Which word in the following sentence is a form of football jargon: “The coach called a post-route but
the team captain had so much swagger that he brazenly changed the play.”
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“O for a muse of fire/that would ascend the brightest
heaven of invention!” When Shakespeare penned this line,
he was continuing a tradition dating back to the ancient
Greeks: the invocation of the Muses. The Muses were the
Greek goddesses of creativity, whom poets would call upon
at the beginning of their tales. The Muses acted as inspiring
guides who drove the narrative forward. In a sense, it was
the Muses who told the story through the poet, who served
as a medium for the goddesses. Homer famously began
both The Iliad and The Odyssey by calling upon the Muses
to set the theme for each poem: the rage of Achilles in The
Iliad and the journeys of Odysseus in The Odyssey. Though
Shakespeare did not begin each of his plays by calling upon
the Muses, each time he did so was a conscious homage to
the mythic heroines of the poetic and dramatic arts.
13. In line 1, Shakespeare’s metaphor suggests
A. that the Muses chose whomever they wished to serve as their poet
B. that ancient muses were made of flame
C. that the task of ancient muses was to provide fire
D. that the fires of poetic inspiration were sparked by the muses
Regular Vocabulary-Reading-Writing Quiz #4
14. Which of these is the main idea of the passage?
A. Most great writers like Shakespeare begin their works by invoking the Muses.
B. Achilles and Odysseus would never have existed had it not been for Homer’s belief in
the Muses.
C. Shakespeare occasionally borrowed from Greek tradition by invoking the Muses.
D. The Iliad and The Odyssey were both composed by Homer, who called on the Muses for
inspiration.
SAT WRITING CONCEPTS
By the time that the Space Shuttle Atlas-3 15 lifts off, NASA had fixed the communications
tower which would allow them to communicate with the astronauts.
(A) NO ERROR
(B) lifted off, NASA had fixed
(C) was lifting off, NASA was fixing
(D) lifts off, NASA fixes
The Shakespearean drama opens with a moral dilemma— how to choose between freedom and
societal needs—16 then introduced the possibility that one does not always have the power to
choose one’s fate.
(A) NO ERROR
(B) then introduced the possibility that one did not always have
(C) then introduces the possibility that one does not always have
(D) then introducing the possibility that one does not always have
17. Write a topic sentence for this SAT prompt:
As you read the passage below, consider how the author uses:
• logos--statistics, facts, and logical reasoning to support claims
• pathos--word choices that appeal to readers’ emotions, adding power to the ideas expressed
• ethos--details or quotes that build trust in the author’s expertise, indicating either that he
is an expert on the topic he is writing about or that other “experts” agree with him
< 2-PAGE ARTICLE WOULD APPEAR HERE >
Write an essay in which you explain how Paul Bogard builds an argument to persuade his
audience that natural darkness should be preserved. In your essay, analyze how Bogard uses the
features listed in the box above to strengthen the persuasiveness of his argument. Be sure that
your analysis focuses on the most relevant features of the passage. Your essay should not explain
whether you agree with Bogard’s claims, but rather explain how Bogard builds an argument to
persuade his audience.