Maintain a Consistent Style

Parts of Speech

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40 Quizzes
Standard Language

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6 Quizzes
1. Standard English
2. Lesson Test: Standard English
Mechanics

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8 Quizzes
1. Nonrestrictive and Parenthetical Elements
2. Lesson Test: Nonrestrictive and Parenthetical Elements
Sentence Structure

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20 Quizzes
Style and Tone

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14 Quizzes
1. Style and Tone
2. Lesson Test: Style and Tone
Vocabulary Strategies and Use

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40 Quizzes
Figurative and Descriptive Language

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36 Quizzes
Reference Materials

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16 Quizzes
1. Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Thesauruses
2. Lesson Test: Dictionaries, Glossaries, and Thesauruses

Language Arts 6th Grade

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1. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Luanne dug through her purse, trying to find her keys. She didn’t even care about the tears rolling down her cheeks as she pushed aside old receipts and candy wrappers.

2. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

3. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Did you know that a single tree can grow different kinds of fruit? Imagine a tree that can grow grapefruits, oranges, and lemons or peaches and apricots. Farmers can cut a healthy branch from, say, a peach tree and merge it with an apricot tree trunk.

4. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Shel Silverstein authored many children’s poetry books. He attributed his unique style to the fact that he did not read poetry extensively before he began writing it.

5. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert was present at or near three presidential assassinations. When his father was assassinated at Ford’s Theater, Robert was nearby in the White House. Sixteen years later, Robert was an eyewitness to the shooting of President Garfield at a train station.

6. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Saving money is an important financial skill to develop. Financial consultants can help individuals create plans for spending responsibly to stimulate saving. Many banks offer savings accounts in which individuals can keep money that they wish to set aside for the future.

7. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

8. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Christian giggled as he hunkered down in the closet. Adele unlocked the door and tossed her keys on the table. Christian zoomed out of the closet and yelled, “Boo!” Adele screamed and then started laughing. “Christian!” she exclaimed.

9. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Many American adolescents experience some anxiety or depression. These young people benefit from working with professional therapists. The clients learn techniques for understanding and managing their anxious or depressed thoughts.

10. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Margaret skipped along the path without a care in the world. She smiled, just happy to take her time on such a beautiful spring day. As she came to the clearing, she spread her arms wide and ran joyfully to the pond.

11. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

The green light in The Great Gatsby represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams. Gatsby believes the light will lead him out of his emotional darkness into love, as represented by his beloved Daisy.

12. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Cultures around the world strongly associate specific animals with stereotypical characteristics. For example, many people consider owls to be wise animals, a belief that traces back to the Greek goddess of wisdom being associated with owls.

13. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Emily and Jamie wandered through the sprawling park. They giggled as they tried to catch the drips of ice cream that fell from their cones. Jamie squealed as her heap of ice cream toppled from her cone onto the ground. The girls broke into laughter again.

14. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

The Salem witch trials took place in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. Colonists prosecuted several people for witchcraft. There are many theories regarding the cause of this mass hysteria. Some believe that the colonists’ bread contained fungus that caused people to experience hallucinations.

15. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Courtney has never ever been to the dentist. She’s always been really freaked out by the drills and tools and stuff. Too bad she just got a cavity and finally has to go.

16. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

17. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Magic realism is a genre that features realistic settings in which magic occurs. Gabriel Garcia Marquez popularized magic realism. Some of the most famous novels of the genre are One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, both of which are by Marquez.

18. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Bernice waved merrily from the porch as Nadia stepped out of her old rustbucket of a truck. “I’m thrilled that you’re finally here!” Bernice called from her wheelchair. Nadia smiled cheerfully and walked toward her dear old pal.

19. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

20. Question

Choose the most appropriate ending for the passage.

Rob grinned and took a sip of his lemonade. He was content to just sit with Sean, even if they didn’t talk much. He was thrilled they were spending time together.