ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL

On what does a memoir focus?A. a person's imagination
B. a person's achievements
C. a list of milestones in life
D. a specific life-changing event

Answers

Answer 1
Answer: The correct option is D.
A memoir is a type of creative writing that talks about the personal knowledge or experience of the writer within his lifetime. A memoir is usually written in order to share a particular life changing event that the author experienced. The writing is usually factual, less formal and less encompassing.
Answer 2
Answer: D. a specific life-changing event  

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In this excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, what does the description of the attire of the strange man say of his social status?And in guise all of green, the gear and the man:
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The correct answer of this answer is option C. The description of the attire of the strange man say of his social status that he belonged to the nobility. A nobleman uses special fabrics in his clothes. This denotes the status of a nobleman.

Answer:

c - The man belonged to the nobility.

Explanation:

how did magellan's discovery of what is now considered the philippines directly affect the native populations that were living there?

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The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "Because of Magellan's expedition to the Philippines, it greatly brought a lot of changes and influence most especially to the tradition and culture, Roman Catholicism, etc. When he arrived, he initiated the first mass and first baptism.

Answer:

They became aggressive after having new religious views forced upon them.

Explanation:

Which sentence refers to a dynamic character? A farmer sticks to an old method of farming while his peers adopt new methods. A spoiled rich teenager learns humility after working with the homeless. Two sisters argue over whether country life or city life is better. A president can't decide whether to declare war over an incident.

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The answer is: B. Spoiled rich teenager learns humility after working with the homeless.

(A dynamic character is one that changes in some way throughout the story.)

B.

A spoiled rich teenager learns humility after working with the homeless.

Which is the tense of the underlined verb? The dog had been growling at the cat.

A.
present progressive

B.
past progressive

C.
present perfect progressive

D.
past perfect progressive

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C. 
present perfect progressive 

Which step is NOT listed as a strategy when defining words with a dictionary?1)Guess the word’s meaning.
2)Pick the first listed definition as the correct definition.
3)Look up the word in the dictionary.
4)Check your definition against the meaning in the dictionary.

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2)Pick the first listed definition as the correct definition is the step not listed as a strategy. 

1. Barbara McClintock won the Nobel Prize in 1983 when her ___ that genes in corn kernels could "jump" proved correct. A.
conjecture


B.
discourse


C.
interjection


D.
precursor
2. A bright red nose is the ___ feature of the Old World monkey, the mandrill.


A.
abject


B.
desultory


C.
resilient


D.
salient
3.



Be careful not to ___too much debt by overusing credit cards.



A.
assail


B.
avail


C.
incur


D.
prevail

4.



Those who fall ill with tuberculosis ___ slowly, recovering after many weeks or months of treatment.



A.
accelerate


B.
convalesce


C.
exult


D.
interject
4.



Those who fall ill with tuberculosis ___ slowly, recovering after many weeks or months of treatment.



A.
accelerate


B.
convalesce


C.
exult


D.
interject
5.



In 1889, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr established Hull House in Chicago, where they offered ___ to immigrants.



A.
celerity


B.
concurrence


C.
succor


D.
valor
6.



Which word is not related to speaking?



A.
avail


B.
discourse


C.
interjection


D.
voluble

7.



Which word is not related to the thinking process?



A.
concur


B.
conglomeration


C.
conjecture


D.
exult
8.



Which word has a root not related to movement?



A.
celerity


B.
precursor


C.
salient


D.


valor

9.



Which word does not describe the feelings of a victorious hero or heroine?



A.
prevalent


B.
exultant


C.
resilient


D.
valorous
10.





jacere : interject ::





A.


volvere : avail


B.


valere : convalesce


C.


salire : accelerate


D.


currere : care

11.



concur : agree ::



A.
evolve : develop


B.
interject : disturb


C.
prevail : argue


D.
conjecture : mix
12.



desultory : thorough ::



A.
valorous : heroic


B.
prevalent : obvious


C.
abject : miserable


D.
inflexible : resilient

13.



exult : victory ::



A.
race car : celerity


B.
prevail : triumph


C.
incursion : anger


D.
evolution : change

14.



The tortoise wins the race against the hare in Aesop's fable, proving that persistence is more important than ___.



A.
conglomeration


B.
discourse


C.
celerity


D.
precursor

Answers

1, c2, a
3, b4, b
5, c6, a
7, b8, d9, c
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