ELA 9-10 Pre-Assessment

Which sentence or sentences have correct parallel structure? L.9-10.1

• Kendra, after you confirm that our mailing list is up to date, Xavier will stuff the envelopes, will address them, and drop them off at the post office.

• Kendra, after you confirm that our mailing list is up to date, Xavier will stuff the envelopes, address them, and drop them off at the post office.

A bon mot is a witty response. In French the phrase literally means "good word."

Which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase? L.9-10.1

• bon mot

• the phrase

• In French

• "good word"

While the telephone connected fifty million people within seventy-five years of its inception, the Internet accomplished the same feat in only four years.

Identify the independent clause. L.9-10.1

• the Internet accomplished the same feat in only four years

• While the telephone connected

• of its inception

• While the telephone connected fifty million people within seventy-five years of its inception

Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury once dined at director Alfred Hitchcock's home [ ] the eccentric Hitchcock served a meal consisting entirely of purple food.

In the box above, is a comma (,), semicolon (;), or no punctuation needed? L.9-10.2

• comma

• semicolon

• no punctuation needed

Eric is planning a month-long vacation to Italy next summer. To prepare for the trip, he is taking language lesson's with his wifes' Italian grandmother.

How should the two plural or possessive errors be corrected? L.9-10.2

• lesson

  wife

• lessons

  wives

• lessons'

  wifes

• lessons

  wife's

Select the poem title in the Works Cited entry. L.9-10.3

Burns, Robert. "A Red, Red Rose." 100 Best-Loved Poems, edited by Philip Smith, Dover, 1995, p. 28.

• 100 Best Loved Poems

• A Red, Red Rose

• Burns, Robert

• Dover

**In Greek mythology, the muses are nine sister goddesses who embody and inspire song, poetry, art, and science.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? L.9-10.5

For several years, Dora Maar was Pablo Picasso's muse.

• a source of artistic motivation

• a distant friend

• a painter

• Greek

What does the simile in this text suggest? L.9-10.4

When Lee Mellon finished the apple he smacked his lips together like a pair of cymbals.

-Richard Brautigan, A Confederate General from Big Sur

• Lee Mellon didn't like apples.

• Lee gets his apples from Richard Brautigan.

• Lee Mellon made a loud noise with his lips.

• Lee Mellon is in a band.

Read the passage. Then, select the synonym of the word in bold. RI.9-10.4

Jack Griffith's antipathy toward the members of the Campbell Institute's financial advisory committee extended beyond his customary dislike of bureaucracy.

The committee had, without notice, withdrawn funding for his research project, effectively shutting it down.

• effectively

• dislike

• bureaucracy

• withdrawn

Read the passage and then answer the question. (enlarge the picture to read) RI.9-10.4

What is the meaning of squalor as used in the passage?

• risky circumstances

• filthy conditions

• crowded cities

• constant fear