Futile Struggles

1.(LC)

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen? (5 points)

a. The teacher was much-loved.

b. The determined-talented band played.

c. The strawberries were chocolate-covered.

d. The well-known artist arrived.

Type: MC
Score: 5
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.2a

2.(MC)

Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen? (5 points)

a. The skaters practiced their mind-blowing moves.

b. Each accomplished-skater had practiced for many years.

c. When you complete those skating-moves, people gasp.

d. The skaters had amazing-skills that surprised the audience.

Type: MC
Score: 5
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.2a

3.(MC)

Read this line from “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe:

In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence—an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy—an excessive nervous agitation.

Which word from this sentence does Poe present as a synonym for the word trepidancy? (5 points)

a. manner

b. incoherence

c. Inconsistency

d. Agitation

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