1. Quizzes on Tone Words & Parallelism

2. Positive, Negative, Humor/Irony Words+ Faulty Parallelism DEFINE THE WORDS BELOW: 1.jubilant 2.coarse 3.facetious 4.taunting 5.wry CORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM: 6.The company announced a bonus for all five-year employees and that deserving new employees would be given additional benefits.

3. DEFINE THE WORDS BELOW: 1.elated 2.choleric 3.pompous 4.quarrelsome 5.irreverent CORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM: 6.The principal insisted that all of us return by 10 o’clock and the teachers must check us in.

4. DEFINE THE WORDS BELOW: 1.apprehensive 2.staid 3.melancholy 4.grave 5.poignant CORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM: 6.This was a much harder quiz for me than Maurice.

5. DEFINE THE NEUTRAL WORDS BELOW: 1.admonitory 2.histrionic 3.resigned 4.grave 5.vexed CORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM: 6. Attention has been centered on the need for more teachers, adequate classrooms, and there isn’t enough equipment.

6. DEFINE THE NEUTRAL WORDS BELOW: 1.matter-of-fact 2.clinical 3.didactic 4.fervent 5.forthright CORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM: 6.How do your grades in English compare with science?

7. DEFINE THE TONE WORDS BELOW: add ELEGIAC TO YOUR TONE WORDS LIST!!! 1.wistful 2.histrionic 3.didactic 4.flippant 5.wry CORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM: 6.People have been more interested in reading the book than the movie version.

8. DEFINE THE TONE WORDS BELOW: 1.elegiac 2.consoling 3.poignant 4.baffled 5.callous CORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM: 6. Some birds like to eat fruit as much as insects.