Embedding Quiz 10 (30 MCQs)

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1. When the speaker states, "I am the master of my fate / I am the captain of my soul, " (Henley 15-16) it becomes evident that the tone of the poem is empowered.
2. Time Magazine reports, "Today's teenagers are more addicted to technology than ever" (Lauren 17)Where should the period be placed?
3. What punctuation should you use if you need to take words out of a quote?
4. Which of the following sentences contains an embedded quote?
5. Similar vectors indicate:
6. Shrek is cruel to Donkey. For example, after he meets Farquaad, Shrek tells Donkey, "Maybe there's a reason donkeys shouldn't talk."
7. Greg learns to appreciate his parents' wisdom. Eventually, he shares with the reader, "What this whole episode has taught me is that ..... it's not such a bad idea to listen to your mother" (Kinney 185).
8. In the dependency relation 'dog $\rightarrow$ barks', the word 'barks' is:
9. If you are only discussing one work throught an essay you don't have to write the author after each and every quotation.
10. In which paragraphs in your essay should you use specific evidence from the text?
11. What is a snippet?
12. In the sentence "She pretended like everything's okay, " which punctuation is missing to embed it correctly?
13. What should you avoid when embedding a quote into your writing?
14. If an author's name is indicated earlier in the sentence, that name does not need to appear in the parenthetical cite.
15. The exact words of a key person are called?
16. What is wrong with the following embedded quote? One major problem with paying for college is how expensive it has become. "In 1975, annual tuition and fees for the University of California were about $ 630 (which adjusted for inflation is over $ 3, 000) and UC tuition and fees now are over $ 14, 000" (Strauss).
17. What is the purpose of embedding quotes in an essay?
18. ..... is a set of rules for exchanging text, graphic, sound, video, and other multimedia files.
19. What can you use to indicate that you have added or changed a word in a quote?
20. What is the term for using an author's exact words in your writing?
21. When embedding quotes, I want to remember to .....
22. He describes the bird as "cheerily chirping in the early day" (Owen 6).
23. "Can you teach me how to Dougie?" she asked. Is this sentence correct?
24. What is wrong with the following embedded quotation? When lockdowns began last March, most people "felt encased in our own lonely snow globes, looked out at a world that seemed to be fallilng apart. (Zacharek)"
25. What is the problem with this quote's punctuation?We can see evidence of bias when he calls the government "misguided and completely irresponsible." (Daniels 23)
26. What is a common mistake when embedding quotes?
27. Is this embedding example correct?As Jane Smith explains, "A duck's quack doesn't echo."
28. Is this text evidence embedded properly? This is shown when Suni Lee wins the Olympics though her "inner voice tells her she didn't deserve to win."
29. When the word "THAT" comes after a "says" word, do you use a colon or a comma?
30. Which is the dependent clause? Even though there were twenty people there, I knew nobody.