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200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Vocab SAT Those Dreaded Commas Literature Only in 3 rd Period
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$100 If you know the meaning of PHIL, and TURO means “cheese,” what does Turophile likely mean?
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$100 Love of Cheese
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$200 If you know the meaning of MAL, and VOL means “to wish,” what does Malevolent likely mean?
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$200 To wish evil (or badness) upon someone
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$300 The __________________ color when spring comes is green as the grass grows and flowers and trees thrive. A. domineering B. predominant C. privileged D. dismal
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$300 B. predominant
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$400 Shaniqua was so ---- with her numerous letters, emails, and visits to Justin Beiber’s house demanding his phone number that he had to take out a restraining order against her. A. affable B. inept C. tenacious D. posit
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$400 C. tenacious
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$500 T-Bone lived a(n) ---- lifestyle where he ate 12 course meals that included the finest delicacies such as blue-fin tuna, caviar, and chocolate-covered grasshoppers. A. decadent B. susceptible C. surreptitious D. inaudible
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$500 A. Decadent
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$100 There is probably no story A B more dramatic then baseball’s C D great hitter and right fielder, Hank Aaron. No error E
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$100 There is probably no story A B more dramatic then baseball’s C D great hitter and right fielder, Hank Aaron. No error E
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$200 Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese in A the 9 th century, and eventually it was used B C to create fireworks. No error D E
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$200 Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese in A the 9 th century, and eventually it was used B C to create fireworks. No error D E
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$300 Interested in studying insects and their effects on A agriculture, Daquan and Turk plan on becoming B an entomologist and then returning to help the C D farmers in their small towns. No error E
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$300 Interested in studying insects and their effects on A agriculture, Daquan and Turk plan on becoming B an entomologist and then returning to help the C D farmers in their small towns. No error E
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$400 Dr. Wang Wu has disproved a widely accepted theory of physics when she showed that identical nuclear particles do not always act alike. A. has disproved B. having disproved C. disproved D. disproves E. disproving
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$400 Dr. Wang Wu has disproved a widely accepted theory of physics when she showed that identical nuclear particles do not always act alike. A. has disproved B. having disproved C. disproved D. disproves E. disproving
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$500 During my most recent trip, I came across a A B C wonderful antique store wandering in the old D quarter of the city. No error E
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$500 During my most recent trip, I came across a A B C wonderful antique store wandering in the old D quarter of the city. No error E
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$100 A recent report indicates that sleep- deprived drivers caused more than 100,000 accidents last year, they fall asleep at the wheel. A. year, they fall B. year; and they fall C. year because these drivers fell D. year and falling E. year, they were falling
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$100 C. year because these drivers fell
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$200 The tribal council’s program familiarized young people with A Cherokee history, taught them tribal B traditions, and had the opportunity to learn C D skills used by ancient artists. No error E
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$200 The tribal council’s program familiarized young people with A Cherokee history, taught them tribal B traditions, and had the opportunity to learn C D skills used by ancient artists. No error E
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$300 If students realized that their attitude impacts their behavior. They would A perhaps try to think before they act so B C that others have a positive impression of D them. No error E
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$300 If students realized that their attitude impacts their behavior. They would A perhaps try to think before they act so B C that others have a positive impression of D them. No error E
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$400 Illiteracy is an enormous problem, it A affects millions of people worldwide B C and is an impediment to social D progress. No error E
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$400 Illiteracy is an enormous problem, it A affects millions of people worldwide B C and is an impediment to social D progress. No error E
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$500 Many changes occurred while she was president of the college, and they increased its educational quality as well as effectiveness. A. college, and they increased its educational quality as well as effectiveness B. college, they both increased the educational quality and effectiveness of the college C. college, which both increased its educational quality as well as increased its effectiveness. D. college; and these changes increased its educational quality and effectiveness. E. college, these changes increased both the educational quality and effectiveness of the college.
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$500 C. college, which both increased its educational quality as well as increased its effectiveness.
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$100 An autobiography like Ben Franklin’s has most in common with which of the following literary forms? A. a poem B. a historical narrative C. a short story D. a journal
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$100 D. A journal
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$200 Which of the following elements is not characteristic of the Puritan Plain Style? A. metaphors B. direct statements C. short words D. references to everyday objects
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$200 A. metaphors
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$300 What does Proctor shout when he refuses to hand over his signed confession? A. “I say God is dead!” B. “Because it is my name!” C. “You are tearing down heaven and raising up a whore!" D. “Pontius Pilate!”
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$300 B. “Because it is my name!”
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$400 The Puritans believed that poetry... A. was the work of the Devil. B. was the only appropriate outlet for emotions. C. should serve God by clearly expressing only useful or religious ideas. D. should celebrate the beauty of the natural world.
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$400 C. Should serve God by clearly expressing only useful or religious idea
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$500 Judging by the following sentences, how would you characterize the diction of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? On the September morning consecrated to the enormous event he arose nervously at six o'clock, dressed himself, adjusted an impeccable stock, and hurried forth through the streets of Baltimore to the hospital, to determine whether the darkness of the night had borne in new life upon its bosom. A. formal B. informal C. conversational D. regional
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$500 A. formal
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$100 Which member of our class is responsible for breaking Mr. Marsh’s chair?
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$100 Mrs. Miller
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$200 Who gave up her precious mascara and scarves for her Transcendentalist project?
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$200 Natalie
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$300 Who entertained the class with both his nose bleeds and his “popping open” a can of The Switch after lunch?
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$300 Brendan
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$400 What annoying habit did Nate begin that now Paul and several others follow?
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$400 Poking his tea cap with his pencil and drinking the tea like a baby bottle.
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$500 Can you name the 5 students who sat in the original back row of the left side of the classroom?
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$500 From the front: Dawson, Josh, Shane, Ben Cardwell, & Josiah
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