Pontificating is ________.
A. speaking with claims of importance
B. speaking in a pompous way
C. drawing incorrect conclusions
D. drawing conclusions with insufficient information
B.
The following question refers to "The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe and On Writing by Stephen King.
Which main idea is similar to both texts?
A. Writers should not trust their own instincts.
B. Writing alone is necessary.
C. Writing is dif
C.
The following question refers to "The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe and On Writing by Stephen King.
What is a key difference between the organizational aspects of the texts?
A. The conclusion of the Poe excerpt indicates cheerfulness, whil
C.
Which phrase defines "immutable" best?
A. not desirable
B. not comparable
C. not changeable
D. not edible
C.
The following question refers to On Writing by Stephen King.
Who, according to King, will not like the idea that competent writers can be made into good writers?
A. many writing teachers
B. most parents
C. typical vacationers
D. sophisticated poets
A.
What is the definition of "vile"?
A. overly arrogant
B. highly interesting
C. overwhelmingly beautiful
D. extremely bad or disgusting
D.
I __________ requested to speak with a manager when the waiter brought our check and charged us for additional appetizers.
A. crevicely
B. incidently
C. indignantly
D. immutably
C.
The following question refers to "The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe and On Writing by Stephen King.
What is a key difference between the main ideas of the texts?
A. Poe states that the writer's job is simple, while King states that the wri
D.
The following question refers to "The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe and On Writing by Stephen King.
Which aspect of organization is similar to both texts?
A. chronological organization
B. topical organization
C. comparison/contrast organiz
B.
The following question refers to "The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe and On Writing by Stephen King.
What is a key difference in the use of details in the texts?
A. Poe's essay is dominated by facts, while King's memoir is dominated by imag
A.
The following statement refers to "The Philosophy of Composition" by Edgar Allan Poe.
According to Poe, "there is a radical error" in the __________.
A. "consideration of an effect"
B. "elaborate and vacillating crudities of thought"
C. "red paint and the
D.
Which of the following is the least important aspect of a work to examine when evaluating an argument?
A. the consistency and clarity of the message
B. the length of the text
C. the reader's capacity to feel and see what the writer feels and sees
D. the c
B.
The following question refers to On Writing by Stephen King.
Which statement does not describe King's "muse-guy"?
A. The muse-guy "scatter[s] creative fairy-dust all over your typewriter . . . ."
B. The muse-guy "lives in the ground" and is "a basement gu
A.