MP 1 - Post Diagnostic Review

Match the following words to their definitions.

• An author's personal experience

• Tone

• Creative Writing

• Mood

• Book or account of one's life

• Literary

• Reveals the attitudes of the author

• Memoir

• State of feeling in the reader

• Autobiography

Identify the complete subject in the sentence: The eighth-grade boys went to the tutoring after school.

• went

• The eighth-grade boys

• boys

• tutoring

Match the following words with their definition:

• Suggestive of the supernatural

• Disconcerting

• Causing an emotional disturbance

• Exacerbate

• Foreshadowing an evil or tragic event

• Eerie

• To make worse

• Ominous

• Paralyzing with fear

• Petrifying

Is the following clause independent or dependent: Although animal communication is not considered a form of communication.

• Independent

• Dependent

Identify if the clause is independent or dependent: Jim and Pam eat lunch together in the breakroom.

• Independent

• Dependent

Select the correct form of the sentence

• Soccer, which is the most popular sport in South America, will hold its next World Cup in the US.

• Soccer which is the most popular sport in South America, will hold its next World Cup in the US.

• Soccer, that is the most popular sport in South America, will hold its next World Cup in the US.

• Soccer which is the most popular sport in South America will hold its next World Cup in the US.

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: The eighth-grade boys went to the tutoring after school.

• went to the tutoring after school

• The eighth-grade boys

• boys

• tutoring after school

Is the following a misplaced or dangling modifier: While eating dinner, the lights went out.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling

Identify if the sentence is a misplaced or dangling modifier:

He threw the ball to the dog made of durable rubber.

• Misplaced Modifier

• Dangling Modifier

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Mom does not like to sleep in a tent, nor does she like cooking over a fire.

• Mom does not like to sleep in a tent nor does she like cooking over a fire.

• Mom does not like to sleep in a tent nor, does she like cooking over a fire.

• Mom does not like to sleep, in a tent, nor does she like cooking over a fire.