1. In the sentence below, my acts as what type of pronoun?
Alexandra Grace gave my gift to Genevieve since I couldn't attend the party.

2. In the words marine and maritime, what does the root mari mean?

3. What is the antecedent for the word she in the sentence below?
Kendra worked in animation for a movie company; she had always been a talented artist.

4. Which of the following is an accurate sequence of the steps of the writing process?

5. Which graphic organizer would be most helpful to use in the prewriting stage if you have to write an essay in which you must compare two sides of an argument?

6. Which of the following questions does NOT need to be considered during the revision step of writing a research paper?

7. Fill in the blank. Word parts such as re- and dis- that are added to the beginning of a word and influence a word's meaning are called _______.

8. In words such as navigate and naval, the root word nav has what meaning?

9. What is the effect of the connotation of the underlined phrase used in the sentence below?
Leah always had a taste for the fruit of knowledge.

10. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate method for including the thesis statement in an argumentative essay?

11. In words such as population and popular, the root word pop has what meaning?

12. What is a common theme shared by both 'The Boys' Ambition' in Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi and in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan.

13. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe how to summarize a source?

14. Which of the following supports the idea that a story's theme is about acceptance?

15. Which of the following does NOT support the importance of using multiple resources to collect information on a topic?

16. In the words inscribe and transcribe, what does the root word scribe mean?

17. Which of the following would be the most credible source for gathering information about the dwarf planet Pluto?

18. Which of the following is NOT a suggested revision strategy?

19. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
The rain roared and cried the whole night long.

20. Which of the following is a characteristic of the conventions writing trait?

21. Generally speaking, a persuasive or argumentative essay should be organized using which structure?

22. Fill in the blank. The author's purpose in writing a research paper is to _______.

23. Which of the following would be the best topic if you were asked to write an argumentative essay that presents a logical argument and that could be backed up by significant supporting evidence?

24. Which of the following would be the most credible account of the Battle of Lexington?

25. Which of the following is a similarity between the two text excerpts provided below?
Text 1:
Pollution
Extinction
Endangered
They're real
Problems in the world
With which we need to deal.
Text 2:
Excerpt from OtherWords: Michael Brune's 'A More Sustainable Future for Us All'
'More recently, the Club has challenged the Real ID Act. This measure allows the Department of Homeland Security to waive 36 federal laws − including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Wilderness Act. That ill-conceived suspension of bedrock environmental laws has been used to construct border walls in the Southwest with little regard to their effect on wildlife and habitats nor their cost in human lives.'