1. What is an article?

2. What are pronouns?

3. What is a preposition?

4. Below are the first 2 paragraphs, or introduction, to the Declaration of Independence.
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Which of the following most accurately identifies the thesis of the work?

5. What are adjectives?

6. If you have 2 quotes from books to use in your paper that explain the same idea that you want to illustrate, what should you do?

7. What tricks did you learn in this course to make reading easier?

8. Another student wants to go with you to the library to study for the test in English class tomorrow.How might they ask you?

9. In 'Good Readers, Good Writers,' Vladimir Nabokov says 'In reading, one should notice and fondle details.There is nothing wrong about the moonshine of generalization when it comes after the sunny trifles of the book have been lovingly collected.If one begins with a readymade generalization, one begins at the wrong end and travels away from the book before one has started to understand it.'How can you explain this idea simply to your friend who has not read the essay?

10. When you are watching a professor, how can you determine her point of view?

11. If you read an article on Wikipedia about United States history that says a war happened in 1813, but you watch a video with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor who says the war happened in 1812, which can you trust more?

12. Is it important to use an English dictionary while you are doing your reading for class?Why, or why not?

13. You are at a study group for your computer science class, and you want to ask your friend a question about something in the textbook.Please select the least formal way to ask a question below.

14. In the introduction of 'USA History in Brief,' the authors wrote 'The United States of America has been a democracy for more than 200 years.Issues that were important its early years remain so today: big government versus small government, individual rights versus group rights, free markets versus controlled trade, and connection with the world versus focusing on internal affairs.'Based on that quote, what could you say the rest of the text will be about?

15. If you are standing next to a water cooler and someone starts talking about the weather, what are they probably doing?

16. If you are calling your professor to ask him a question about the homework, what is an appropriate greeting?

17. You are making a presentation in your class about phonics.At the beginning of your presentation, how could you introduce phonics to your class?

18. Is the 5 paragraph essay (Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion) appropriate for all papers?

19. What is Richard Grahm's rule #1 for learning English?

20. In Virginia Woolf's essay, 'How Should One Read a Book?' she wrote, 'The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions.'How can you describe her point of view in a discussion during class?

21. What does The Elements of Style teach as the proper way to join independent clauses?Choose the correct example below.

22. What is Vladimir Nabokov talking about in 'Good Readers, Good Writers' when he says 'Up a trackless slope climbs the master artist, and at the top, on a windy ridge, whom do you think he meets?The panting and happy reader, and there they spontaneously embrace and are linked forever if the book lasts forever.'

23. When you are writing a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, what is the proper way to use a comma according to the Elements of Style?

24. After you use a quote in a paper and cite where you found it, do you need to write anything more about the quote?

25. You are working your job at the university library.When the phone rings, what is an appropriate way to answer?