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BYU ENGLISH FINAL EXAM 2024., Exams of English Language

BYU ENGLISH FINAL EXAM 2024. BYU ENGLISH FINAL EXAM 2024.

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BYU ENGLISH FINAL EXAM 2024
Malevolent - ANS>> Wishing harm to others
Condescend - ANS>> Deal with others in a snobby way
Illicitly - ANS>> Unlawfully or unproperly
Iniquity - ANS>> Wickedness or injustice
Contentious - ANS>> Looking disputes or arguments
Diminutive - ANS>> Small or tiny
Amiable - ANS>> Good-natured and friendly
Arbitrate - ANS>> Dispute or decide
Melancholy - ANS>> Sad and depressed
Aloof - ANS>> Reserved and at a distance
Placid - ANS>> Calm and quiet
Asinine - ANS>> Stupid and silly
Malignant - ANS>> Passionately evil
Perpetual - ANS>> Lasting a long time
Ascertain - ANS>> To find out with certainty
Ideas and Content - ANS>> Keep ideas straight. Ideas should be clear and should
surprise the reader to some degree.
Organization - ANS>> Consist of directing and organizing what is being said in a way
that the reader can understand.
Voice - ANS>> Consists of using your personality in your writing and giving writing
style. Exhibiting confidence in the topic.
Word Choice - ANS>> Using exact in detailed words to tell the reader is what they
should know.
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BYU ENGLISH FINAL EXAM 2024

Malevolent - ANS>> Wishing harm to others Condescend - ANS>> Deal with others in a snobby way Illicitly - ANS>> Unlawfully or unproperly Iniquity - ANS>> Wickedness or injustice Contentious - ANS>> Looking disputes or arguments Diminutive - ANS>> Small or tiny Amiable - ANS>> Good-natured and friendly Arbitrate - ANS>> Dispute or decide Melancholy - ANS>> Sad and depressed Aloof - ANS>> Reserved and at a distance Placid - ANS>> Calm and quiet Asinine - ANS>> Stupid and silly Malignant - ANS>> Passionately evil Perpetual - ANS>> Lasting a long time Ascertain - ANS>> To find out with certainty Ideas and Content - ANS>> Keep ideas straight. Ideas should be clear and should surprise the reader to some degree. Organization - ANS>> Consist of directing and organizing what is being said in a way that the reader can understand. Voice - ANS>> Consists of using your personality in your writing and giving writing style. Exhibiting confidence in the topic. Word Choice - ANS>> Using exact in detailed words to tell the reader is what they should know.

Page | 2 Sentence Fluency - ANS>> Having a natural flow of sentence types and structures. Concise and clear sentences. Conventions - ANS>> Trait consist of using correct English, paragraphing, capitalization, punctuation, usage, verb tense and spelling. Revising and editing the paper Noun - ANS>> A word used to name a person, place, thing or idea Pronoun - ANS>> Noun showing ownership Adjective - ANS>> A word used to modify a noun or pronoun Verb - ANS>> A word that expresses action or helps make a statement Adverb - ANS>> A word used to modify a verb, adjective, or adverb Preposition - ANS>> A word showing relationship of noun and pronoun to some other word in the sentence Conjunction - ANS>> A word that joins words or groups of words Interjection - ANS>> Wow! Oh! Ah! Hurray! Allusion - ANS>> A reference to an outside source, person, or object in a written text that assumes the reader knows what is being referred to Alliteration - ANS>> Words near each other that start with the same sound Personification - ANS>> Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects Hyperbole - ANS>> Exaggeration of the truth Simile - ANS>> A comparison between two unlike objects, using like or as Metaphor - ANS>> A comparison between two unlike objects, not using like or as Imagery - ANS>> Painting a clear picture in the readers mind Sensory - ANS>> Using other senses besides or with sight to describe something at the reader could possibly smell, hear, taste, or touch if they were actually there Symbol - ANS>> An object that represents an abstract idea Irony - ANS>> A result or word that is possible of what is expected

Page | 4 Demonstrative - ANS>> Descriptive. Describes a specific type in length (vacation pamphlets) Sentence - ANS>> A group of words and expressing a complete thought. Consists of two parts, a subject and a predicate Subject - ANS>> The person or thing the sentence is about Simple Subject - ANS>> The main word naming the person, place,mthing or idea the sentence is about Predicate - ANS>> What does subject does or is. Expressing action Simple Predicate - ANS>> The verb or verb phrase of sentences Simple Sentence - ANS>> A sentence that may have a single or compound subject and a single or compound predicate Compound Sentence - ANS>> A sentence which consist of two independent clauses, which are joined by a coordinating conjunction, punctuation, or both Complex Sentence - ANS>> Sentence that consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses Compound-Complex Sentence - ANS>> A sentence containing two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause Declarative Sentence - ANS>> A sentence that makes a statement Interrogative Sentence - ANS>> A sentence that asks a question Imperative Sentence - ANS>> A sentence that commands Exclamatory Sentence - ANS>> A sentence that communicates surprise or strong emotions Characters - ANS>> People who are a part of the happenings Protagonist - ANS>> The main character Antagonist - ANS>> The person usually found in conflict with protagonist Foil - ANS>> One placed to parallel/contrast the protagonist's actions Static - ANS>> Character that never changes

Page | 5 Dynamic - ANS>> Character who undergoes change within story Round - ANS>> Character described with many characteristics Flat - ANS>> Character with one or two traits Stock - ANS>> Stereotypical and minor character Setting - ANS>> The time and place of story Plot - ANS>> What occurs during the story Exposition - ANS>> The introduction Conflict - ANS>> Tensions existing in the story Character vs nature Character vs him or herself Character vs society Character vs another character - ANS>> The Four Different Conflicts Climax - ANS>> Most intense conflict in story Resolution - ANS>> Everything is resolved Point of View - ANS>> Who is telling the story Third Person POW - ANS>> Told by narrator out of action First Person POW - ANS>> Told by one of the characters Theme - ANS>> What the reader can learn (moral/messages) Autobiography - ANS>> A person's account of his or her life When Heaven and Earth Changed Places - ANS>> Told in first person and set in Vietnam war Kaffir Boy - ANS>> Narrative told by boy during Apartheid Farewell to Manzanar - ANS>> Japanese racism in World War II Acrimonious - ANS>> Caustic, bitter, or harsh in speech or manner Ambidextrous - ANS>> Using both hands with equal ease

Page | 7 Red Herring - ANS>> Occurs when a person throws into the argument something totally unrelated to sidetrack or confuse Slippery Slope - ANS>> Occurs when a person assumes that just because a person is headed down the wrong path, then that person will follow that path all the way Night searching for Eldorado - ANS>> Eldorado, Edgar Allan Poe Ellen and a man (married Ellen's cousin because he was in love with Ellen) - ANS>> Age of Innocence Stoning Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson because Tess he was one of the ones picked - ANS>> The Lottery Holocaust diary- perspective of a young male prisoner. The Selection, he and his father survived it - ANS>> Night Acquiesce - ANS>> To consent without protest Acquit - ANS>> To release to obligation; clear of charge Adamant - ANS>> Inflexible or unyielding Arid - ANS>> Dry or barren; an interesting or dull Bleek - ANS>> Cold, bare; gloomy or not hopeful Connive - ANS>> To cooperate secretly in a scheme or wrongdoing Contradict - ANS>> To assert the opposite of what is being spoken/contrary Corroborate - ANS>> To confirm or support Credibility - ANS>> Believability or reliability Reluctant - ANS>> To be hesitant because of doubts Drone - ANS>> And idler or loafer; to talk monotonous Fatalism - ANS>> The believe that all events are determined by fate/inevitable Mortification - ANS>> Extreme humiliation Perpetrate - ANS>> To commit; a blunder or a crime

Page | 8 Reprimand - ANS>> To rebuke or discipline severely