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ASVAB Word Knowledge: Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of these words is closest in meaning to incoherent?
Audience and Purpose Videos 8 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.7 Passage Drill 1. Paragraph 2 serves primarily to what?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.6 Passage Drill 2. The primary purpose of lines 6 through 12 is to what?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 2. What is the principle effect of the author's allusions in lines 10-11?
Diction and Syntax Videos 11 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.3 Passage Drill 1. In the context of the passage, what does the word "compass" in line 15 mean?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.10 Passage Drill 1. The speaker's diction in this passage serves to characterize him as which of the f...
AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 2. What is the grammatical referent of the word "it" in the phrase "that it should hav...
Form and Structure Videos 6 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.7 Passage Drill 4. The ongoing emphasis on vegetation and nature in the poem classifies it as which of...
AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 5. The verse form of this poem is a what?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 6. Which of the following best explains the relationship between the title and the content...
Imagery and Figurative Language Videos 12 videos
AP® English Literature and Composition Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. Which literary device is used in lines 31 to 37?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.4 Passage Drill 2. What literary device characterizes lines 18 through 23?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.10 Passage Drill 2. All of the following literary devices are used in this passage except what?
Literary Comprehension Videos 14 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.2 Passage Drill 1. All of the following are true of struldbrugs except that what?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.9 Passage Drill 1. Which of the following is offered as a possible explanation for the struldbrugs' absence...
AP® English Literature and Composition Passage Drill 2, Problem 1. What claim does Bacon make that contradicts the maxim "Whatsoever is delig...
Rhetorical Skills Videos 50 videos
ACT English: Passage Drill 2, Problem 11. Which of the following sentences would make the most effective transition?
In this ACT English passage drill determine if the writer of the passage may or may not have achieved their proposed goal.
ACT English: Passage Drill Drill 3, Problem 2. What would the paragraph lose if the writer omits the underlined phrase?
Usage and Mechanics Videos 116 videos
ELA Drills, Advanced: Punctuation 1. Which option best completes the sentence?
ACT English: Passage Drill 4, Problem 7. Which form of "own" works best in this sentence?
ACT English: Grammar and Usage Drill 1, Problem 1. What should replace the underlined word?
Voice and Tone Videos 16 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.4 Passage Drill 1. Which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude towards immortality?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 1. In the third paragraph, how does the author foreshadow a coming tone shift?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 1. In the context of the passage, with which of the following would the author most li...
Word Knowledge Videos 1 videos
ASVAB Word Knowledge: Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of these words is closest in meaning to incoherent?