Sentence Completions: Style, Intensity, and Connotation Practice Test

Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. Each blank indicates that a word is missing. The sentence is followed by five answer choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

For the Thanksgiving holiday, most American families have            dishes including turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and apple pie.

Sentence Completions: Select the word or phrase that most correctly completes the sentence.

Many believe Galileo is a kind of                      for the new world of scientific exploration because of the persecutions he faced for his investigations.