Review Midterm Exam

Question 1

What is wrong with the following sentence: The man fell but he was okay.

Answer 1

Comma
Correction: The man fell, but he was okay.
Join two independent clauses, with the use of a coordinating conjunction

Question 2

What is wrong with this sentence: The cat which is eight years old likes to sleep all day long.

Answer 2

Comma
Correction: The cat, which is eight years old, likes to sleep all day long.
To set off an opposition

Question 3

What type of quotation integrations are the following?

Henry says, “I don’t understand this.”

The narrator states, “the garden was beautiful” (72).

Jackson writes, “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (3).

Answer 3

Signal phrase + comma

Question 4

What type of quotation integrations are the following?

David is an obedient child: “He went with her without protest into the house” (70).

Henry does not feel remorse for his privilege: “Obesity’s our problem, not malnutrition” (72).

Monica does not love David: “She had tried to love him” (70).

Answer 4

Introduction sentence + colon

Question 5

True or False?

The theme must include the topic in the sentence.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What are the three different types of irony?

Answer 6

Verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony.

Question 7

What is foreshadowing?

Answer 7

The presentation of events or scenes that prepare the reader (in some degree) to future events or scenes in the story.

Question 8

What is a symbol?

Answer 8

Concrete thing that represents something abstract

Question 9

What type of quotation integrations are the following?

As Monica is sitting down, time goes by as it always does for “wives whose husbands are away improving the world” (71).

The Swinton family is quite wealthy. They live “in one of the ritziest city-blocks,” which is high above the ground and “embedded in other apartments” (77).

Answer 9

Truncating + paraphrasing

Question 10

What is wrong with the following sentence:
I like vegetables fruits and sweets.

Answer 10

Wrong use of the comma (separate enumerated items)
This is the correction: I like fruit, vegetables, and sweets.

Question 11

What is wrong with the following sentence:
After I took a shower I got dressed.

Answer 11

Wrong use of the comma (introductory clause or phrase)
This is the correction: After I took a shower, I got dressed.

Question 12

What literary device can be found in this quote?

“Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones.”

Answer 12

Foreshadowing

Question 13

What is a myth?

Answer 13

A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

Question 14

What type of irony is portrayed in this passage from the short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long”? “Though three-quarters of our overcrowded world are starving […] obesity’s our problem, not malnutrition.”

Answer 14

Situational irony

Question 15

Which quote is better?

Henry wanted to tell his coworker to “take [his] mind off [his] wife, [that] bastard, [while] still smiling” (71).

The narrator states, “Take your mind off my wife, you bastard, thought Swinton, still smiling” (71).

Answer 15

The narrator states, “Take your mind off my wife, you bastard, thought Swinton, still smiling” (71).

Question 16

What is a fable?

Answer 16

A short story typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral

Question 17

What literary device is present here: “In these you will find what you want. But do not open them before you get home and in your own lodge.”

Answer 17

Foreshadowing

Question 18

What is wrong with the following sentence:
He went on a beautiful majestic trip to Greece.

Answer 18

Wrong use of the comma (separate two adjectives belonging to the same category)
This is the correction: He went on a beautiful, majestic trip to Greece.

Question 19

What are the main characteristics of a fairy tale?

Answer 19

1. “Once upon a time…”
2. The presence of magic
3. Good vs evil characters

Question 20

What is the difference between a round character and a flat character?

Answer 20

A round character is described in detail and often changes during the story. A flat character doesn’t have much description and stays the same throughout the whole story.

Question 21

What is wrong with the following sentence:
I have not yet submitted my homework, I will finish it tomorrow.

Answer 21

Comma Splice
This is the correction: I have not yet submitted my homework; I will finish it tomorrow.

Question 22

What is wrong with the following title: “The love of the Time” ?

Answer 22

Love

Question 23

What type of character is David in the short story “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long”?

Answer 23

David is a round character.

Question 24

When integrating quotations, how should the page be written?

Answer 24

In brackets, with no “p.”, no numbers repeating if there are multiple pages, and with the period outside such as the following: “[citation]” (402-5).

Question 25

What is setting in a story?

Answer 25

the location and time frame in which action of a narrative takes place.

Question 26

What is the difference between a myth and a parable?

Answer 26

A parable is a short story illustrating lessons, usually in a religious context. On the other hand, a myth is a traditional story that describes a belief regarding a fact or phenomenon.

Question 27

Which is correct?

“She ate in the bathroom alone,” according to the narrator (32).

She ate in the bathroom alone”, according to the narrator (32).

Answer 27

“She ate in the bathroom alone,” according to the narrator (32).

Punctuation must always be inside the quotation marks.

Question 28

Which is correct?

“People ain’t the way they used to be.” (5).

“People ain’t the way they used to be” (5).

Answer 28

“People ain’t the way they used to be” (5).

There is no need for a period inside the quotation marks since there is one outside.