English Lang · Unit 4 · Paper 3

Style unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 36 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 4, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted

Allusion as compressed argument

Colon and dash as rhetorical tools

Understatement and hyperbole

Shift

Balanced sentence

Parallelism

Jargon and its double edge

Periodic vs loose sentence

Euphemism and dysphemism

Sentence variety

Periodic sentence and its payoff

Cumulative sentence

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Juxtaposition

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Diction

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Rhetorical question

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Syntax

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

ARGUMENT ESSAY (6 points). Institutions — schools, governments, companies, professions — are frequently urged to preserve their traditions and just as frequently urged to adapt to changed conditions. The two demands are usually presented as opposites. Write an essay that argues your position on how institutions should weigh continuity against change. In your response you should: respond to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible position; provide evidence to support your line of reasoning; explain how the evidence supports your line of reasoning; and use appropriate grammar and punctuation in communicating your argument.