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Language Skill and Inferno Review Sheet - Answer Key |
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Language Skill and Inferno Review Sheet - Answer Key |
Commas with Appositives Binsert commas where needed.
1. Geryon, a hideous monster, represents fraud.
2. Attila the Hun, a violent sinner, is punished in Circle Seven.
3. The Minotaur, a dreaded beast, is half-man and half-bull.
Possessives -- insert apostrophes where needed.
4. Cerberus= job in hell is to keep watch over the gluttons.
5. The garbage=s odor was nasty; Dante is appalled by what he sees in Circle Three.
6. Malebolge=s name can be translated as evil pockets, evil pouches or evil ditches.
Using semi-colons and commas -- insert the necessary marks.
7. The atmosphere in Circle Three is that of a huge garbage container; however, no one ever comes to empty the trash.
8. Dante sees new souls in pain; hence, he is moved to feel empathy.
9. The organization of Circle Eight is most complex; it is divided into ten separate pockets.
Using the words affect and effect correctly -- pick the winner!
10. In order to (effect/affect) a metamorphosis in the reader, Dante describes hell with vivid and disgusting imagery.
11. Like Dante, I am most (effected/affected) by the story of Paulo and Francesca; it makes me cry to hear of their woe.
12. The (effect/affect) of this terrifying story is clearly most powerful!
13. The personal (effects/affects) of the horned demons in Circle Eight, Pocket One included whips as well as other implements of torture.
14. The menacing looks of the centaurs had an immediate (effect/affect) on the sinners.
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