Final Exam - English 1A
Did your primary textbook, They Say/I Say have 3 editors, which made it challenging for the Works Cited entry for homework?
- True
- False
This is a picture of ____________________, the author of An Anthropologist on Mars.
- Dr. Oliver Sacks
- Dr. Seuss
- Dr. Pepper
- Dr. Dolittle
The Traditional method of Argument and Persuasion is also called the ________________ method, named after the philosopher who wrote about the format in the 20th Century.
- Toulmin
- Disorganized
- Creative
- Truthful
The grammar error found twice in this sentence:
I was late for class, I parked in the Campus Security spot, I am in trouble.
is called a ___________________________.
- Comma splice.
- Lost verb.
- Hanging clause.
- Comma chameleon.
Question 5
5 / 5 pts
This diagram illustrates the __________________ ________________ used by a student for an Argument & Persuasion paper about the Vietnam War.
- Toulmin Method
- APA Format
- Disorganized Method
- Method Man
Tourette’s Syndrome is a disabling disease that includes uncontrollable movements or “tics,” and verbal outbursts, first described by Dr. ______________ in 1884 in France.
- George de la Tourette
- Oliver Sacks
- Jonas Salk
- Bob Saget
Always avoid using the _________ person in college writing.
- Second person or “you”
- confusing
- silly
- charming
This is an example of a good in-text citation using the MLA Format:
Dr. Mehmet Oz writes in his medical advice website that people should drink 8 glasses of water a day, according to Dr. Oz (www.yahoo.com).
- True
- False
The surgeon with Tourette’s Syndrome that Dr. Oliver Sacks visited in Canada in An Anthropologist on Mars was named ___________________.
- Dr. Carl Bennett
- Dr. Gregory House
- Dr. Dre
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter
This is a picture of _____________________________.
- Jesus Christ.
- Ronald McDonald.
- The Burger King.
- President Obama.
Dr. Carl Rogers, 20th Century psychologist, believed that to communicate effectively with others of differing viewpoints, it was important to first recognize ________________________________________.
- the opposing point of view
- the other person is lying
- the many reasons for your opinion
- how stubborn people who disagree with you are
This is a picture of ________________________, who is the subject of the title story in An Anthropologist on Mars.
- Temple Grandin
- Angelina Jolie
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Kim Kardashian
Temple Grandin, whose story provides the title for An Anthropologist on Mars, did not speak until she was age ____________ because of her autism.
- 4
- 18
- 27
- 48
Are these Temple Grandin’s favorite animals?
- True
- False
Tourettes Syndrome and Autism are contagious or infectious diseases, like the common cold, the flu and measles.
HOW is it possible that in the past, students have gotten a similar question wrong?
- True
- False
When you are reading and come across a word you do not know, you should always ________________________.
- Look the word up in the dictionary
- Guess its meaning based on the rest of the sentence
- Skip over quickly
- Don’t worry about it; the author was dumb enough to use a word that isn’t important enough for you to learn
_______ and Kim Kardashian went to the party with ______ and Khloe. (select the letter with the correct subjective and objective pronouns).
- He and him
- Him and him
- Him and he
- He and he
The Works Cited list in a college paper should be in alphabetical order, listed by author’s last name.
- True
- False
A sentence with two independent clauses joined together with no punctuation is called a ___________________ sentence.
- fused
- death
- short
- dumb
In the past, physicians thought that people with disabilities like autism or Tourette’s syndrome should _____________________ because they had nothing to offer others and could not care for themselves.
- be institutionalized (put in a hospital)
- euthanized (killed)
- given menial jobs
- sent to Disneyland
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