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1
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God Himself used the spoken word but never the written word

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false

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God cause foreign languages to come into existence at the Tower of Babel

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true

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3
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The Bible has many types of literature, such as poetry, history, parables, letters, and written visions

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true

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The Bible teaches tht words are powerful, and they can do great good or great harm

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true

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the bible has had little influence on american literature

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false

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6
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studying American literature can help Americans to understand their cultural heritage

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true

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studying american literature can help readers to learn about themselves and about how to express ideas

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true

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American writers like to write to share their experiences, to offer wisdom, and to improve situations

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true

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American writers like to write to describe their society and to create their own worlds for profit

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true

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THe first American literature course was started at the college level at Yale in 1928

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false

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11
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American literature courses at the high school level became popular in the 1930s

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false

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American literature is taught junior year because it goes well with american history

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true

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13
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american students read less today because there is less variety of types of literature available

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false

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14
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periods of american literature have been based on significant events, or authors, or philosophies

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true

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the correct order for labels of American literature is rationalism, transcendentalism, realism, romanticism, modernism, and post-modernism

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false

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16
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Children enjoy playing make-believe

playing is what

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a gerund

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17
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her goal is to become a doctor

to become

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an infinitive

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18
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we saw the truck approaching the intersection

approaching

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participle

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19
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nancy was working as fast as possible

working

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none of the above-verb

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20
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14 tools

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Opening Adjective
Delayed Adjective
Opening Adverb
Delayed Adverb
absolute phrase
appositive phrase
prepositional phrase
participial phrase
gerund phrase
infinitive phrase
independent clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
noun clause
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21
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open adjective

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OADJ

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22
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what is an opening adjective

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start the sentence with an adjective

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23
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structure of opening adjective

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comma will follow word or phrase

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delayed adjective

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dadj

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25
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what is a delayed adjective

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adjective or adjective phrase in the middle or at the end of the sentence

26
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opening adverb

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oadv

27
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what is the opening adverb

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adverb used to begin a sentence

28
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key words to adverbs

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how, when, where

29
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structure of opening adverbs

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comma will follow

30
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delayed adverb

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dadv

31
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what is the delayed adverb

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adverb placed in the middle or end

32
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absolute phrase

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ab

33
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what is the absolute phrase

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noun and participle

34
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key to absolute phrase

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inserts was or were makes it sound complete

begins with a possessive pronoun

35
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appositive

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ap

36
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what is appositive

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noun or noun phrase that renames a noun right beside it

37
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key to appositves

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a, an, the

38
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prepositional phrase

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prep

39
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what was the prepositional phrase

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position

40
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key to prepositional phrase

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could be removed and sentence would remain

41
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participial phrase

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PPH

42
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what is a participial phrase

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function like adjectives

43
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key to participles

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can be removed and do not harm the sentence

44
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gerund

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GPH

45
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what is a gerund

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functions like a noun

46
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what can a gerund function as

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subject, direct object, object of the preposition, predicate noun, appositive

47
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what happens when you remove a gerund

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brings disaster

48
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infinitve

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INF

49
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what is the infinitive

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to and verb

50
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what can the infinitive function as

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noun
adjective
adverb

51
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what is a clause

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has subject and verb

52
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what is an independent clause

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can stand alone

53
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three dependent clauses

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adverb
adjective
noun

54
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what leads an adjective clause

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who, whose, which

55
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what leads adverb clause

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after, as, before, when, while, until, because, since, as if, as though, although, if

56
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what begins a noun clause

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that, what, how, why, where

57
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what is multiplying

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two or more of the same kind of tool next to each other, separated by commas

58
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three types of punctuation

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semi-colon, colon, dashes

59
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what does the semi-colon do

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join two independent clauses whose ideas are closely related

60
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what does the colon do

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list, explanation

61
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what is the dash

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interruption
interesting detail
abrupt change of thought
afterthought

62
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The Bible has very little do say about language arts

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false

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