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English — Classes 9–10

Literary analysis, advanced rhetoric, grammar, and composition.

Sample Practice Questions
  1. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

    • He insisted that she is present.
    • He insisted that she was present.
    • He insisted that she be present.
    • He insisted that she were present.
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    Answer: He insisted that she be present.

  2. In poetry, 'caesura' is:

    • a rhyme in the middle of a line
    • a pause in the middle of a line
    • the final couplet
    • the volta in a sonnet
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    Answer: a pause in the middle of a line

  3. 'She is the best in the class, if not the school.' — This construction is:

    • concessive
    • comparative-superlative conditional
    • parallel structure
    • ellipsis
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    Answer: comparative-superlative conditional

  4. Which sentence uses the Oxford comma?

    • I bought milk, eggs and bread.
    • I bought milk eggs and bread.
    • I bought milk, eggs, and bread.
    • I bought, milk, eggs and bread.
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    Answer: I bought milk, eggs, and bread.

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