Quizzes on Tone Words & Parallelism

Positive, Negative, Humor/Irony Words+ Faulty Parallelism

DEFINE THE WORDS BELOW:1. jubilant2. coarse3. facetious4. taunting5. wryCORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM:6.The company announced a bonus for all five-year

employees and that deserving new employees would be given additional benefits.

DEFINE THE WORDS BELOW:1. elated2. choleric3. pompous4. quarrelsome5. irreverentCORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM:6.The principal insisted that all of us return by

10 o’clock and the teachers must check us in.

DEFINE THE WORDS BELOW:1. apprehensive2. staid3. melancholy4. grave5. poignantCORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM:6.This was a much harder quiz for me than

Maurice.

DEFINE THE NEUTRAL WORDS BELOW:1. admonitory2. histrionic3. resigned4. grave5. vexedCORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM:6. Attention has been centered on the need for

more teachers, adequate classrooms, and there isn’t enough equipment.

DEFINE THE NEUTRAL WORDS BELOW:1. matter-of-fact2. clinical3. didactic4. fervent5. forthrightCORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM:6.How do your grades in English compare with

science?

DEFINE THE TONE WORDS BELOW: add ELEGIAC TO YOUR TONE WORDS LIST!!!

1. wistful2. histrionic3. didactic4. flippant5. wryCORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM:6.People have been more interested in reading

the book than the movie version.

DEFINE THE TONE WORDS BELOW:1. elegiac2. consoling3. poignant4. baffled5. callousCORRECT FAULTY PARALLELISM:6. Some birds like to eat fruit as much as insects.