English 1213 Nuggets quiz

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1) Describe briefly (two sentences max.) any situation or event you thought funny or disturbing in a movie or serial TV show you've seen recently (a TV series, that is, with actors, not a talk show, news show, etc.).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2) Introduce the following quotation from paragraph 26 on p. 963 of the story about Sammy quitting his grocery store job in our text: "You didn't have to embarrass them." 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3) Introduce the following quote from paragraph 17 on p. 962 of the same story about Sammy: "That makes no difference."
 
 
 
 
 

4) Introduce the following passage from paragraph 14 on p. 962 in the same story: "They'll Do It Every Time." 
 
 
 
 
 

5) Underline or put in quote marks the following titles:

     a) The Simpsons [TV show]
     b) I Could Not Stop for Death, [poem]
     c) Trifles [short play]
     d) Ms. Magazine
     e) Macbeth [by Shakespeare]
     f) Are There Traditional Families Still? [essay]
     g) Chipper Jones Goes Yard [an article], from USA Today
     h) The Necklace [short story]
     i) The Scarlet Letter
     j) Gone With the Wind [the movie]
 

Rewrite #'s 6-8, punctuating as needed (do not remove any of the quotation marks):
6) The closest Mom comes to swearing is saying "shoot" "darn" "Jiminey" or "Jumping Jehoshaphat"
 
 
 
 
 

7) Little Ryan's favorite question is "Why"
 
 
 
 
 

8) Did Bill Clinton really say "dammit"
 
 
 
 

9) Introduce and quote a passage from either of the two articles we read on SUVs, using an ellipsis to indicate that you have left out words from within a single sentence.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

10) Introduce and quote a passage from either article on SUVs, using an ellipsis to indicate that you have left out an entire sentence or more.