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AP English Language and Composition Unit 5: Rhetorical Choices, Tone & Style — practice questions — page 3

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A student writes 'three apple's' for a plural. Apostrophes are never used to form:Read the answer and worked solution →An editor wants to enclose an aside, an example or a date inside a sentence. She uses:Read the answer and worked solution →A proofreader capitalises the very first word of every sentence, plus titles that come before a:Read the answer and worked solution →A writer quotes a line from a speech inside her paragraph. She encloses it in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the right spellingRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the contractionsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the usage gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the verbsRead the answer and worked solution →Object or no objectRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the marks and wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Usage bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A student writes 'three apple's' for a plural. Apostrophes are never used to form:

  1. Plural nouns
  2. Short forms
  3. Direct quotes
  4. Proper nouns
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Correct answer: A. Plural nouns

1. The apostrophe marks possession or a missing letter. 2. It has no role in making a noun plural. 3. So it is never used for plural nouns. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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An editor wants to enclose an aside, an example or a date inside a sentence. She uses:

  1. Abbreviations
  2. Parentheses
  3. Apostrophes
  4. Exclamations
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Correct answer: B. Parentheses

1. Nonessential extras are fenced off from the main sentence. 2. One mark encloses explanations, asides, examples and dates. 3. That mark is parentheses. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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A proofreader capitalises the very first word of every sentence, plus titles that come before a:

  1. Closing line
  2. Chapter break
  3. Person's name
  4. Common noun
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Correct answer: C. Person's name

1. Capitals open every sentence. 2. They also mark a title standing before someone's name. 3. So the answer is a person's name. _Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Handbook._

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