Order Essayists and Fiction Writers

Order Essayists and Fiction Writers
Order Essayists and Fiction Writers
1. According to the claim in the fi rst sentence of the passage:
(A) authors are ambitious to excel in all kinds of writing
(B) authors are likely to fail when writing humor
(C) authors are not likely to fail when writing humor
(D) there is no kind of writing in which authors are more likely to fail
than any other
(E) there is no kind of writing in which authors are more ambitious than
any other
152. According to the fi rst paragraph, humor is:
(A) fi lled with extravagant conceptions
(B) the product of wild, irregular fancies
(C) from unnatural distortions of thought
(D) absurd and inconsistent
(E) required to be reasonable
153. Th e fi rst paragraph contains all of the following rhetorical techniques except:
(A) allusion
(B) rhetorical question
(C) oxymoron
(D) personifi cation
(E) complicated syntax
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154. In paragraph three, the writer seeks to prove his claim with the use of:
(A) literary example
(B) inductive reasoning
(C) deductive reasoning
(D) allegory
(E) anecdote
155. In context, the word “barbarous” in line 18 most nearly means:
(A) aggressive
(B) cruel
(C) violent
(D) uncivilized
(E) ignorant
156. Th e second “him” of the last paragraph, in line 42, refers to:
(A) an impostor
(B) humor
(C) wit
(D) good sense
(E) truth
157. In context, the word “spurious” in line 52 most nearly means:
(A) counterfeit
(B) facetious
(C) deceptive
(D) authentic
(E) artless
158. Th e primary mode of composition of the passage as a whole is:
(A) narration
(B) description
(C) classifi cation
(D) defi nition
(E) cause and eff ect
159. Th e tone of the passage can best be described as:
(A) self-assured
(B) sympathetic
(C) acerbic
(D) somber
(E) frantic
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160. According to the passage as a whole, humor must be all of the following
except:
(A) rational and truthful
(B) amusing to the writer
(C) amusing to the reader
(D) clear and cohesive
(E) both serious and jovial
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