Language Skill and Inferno Review

Language Skill and Inferno Review Sheet

Commas with Appositives -- insert 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 garbages odor was nasty; Dante is appalled by what he sees in Circle Three.

6. Malebolges name an 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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