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Why do authors introduce parallel plots?(1 point)Responses to support a certain tone or mood to support a certain tone or mood
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What is an inciting incident?(1 point)Responses an event that serves as closure after falling action an event that serves as
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What is a plot diagram?(1 point)Responses the five elements of plot that stories usually include the five elements of plot that
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How would a story from the science fiction genre most likely explore a theme about teamwork?(1 point)Responses by forcing
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How can genre affect the theme of a text?(1 point)Responses Genre affects which themes can be presented in the story. Genre
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What is the theme of a story?(1 point)Responses the story’s category or type the story’s category or type the main events
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How can readers best determine the theme of a story? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses by reviewing the setting
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What is a story’s central or unifying message?(1 point)Responses plot plot tone tone theme theme genre
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What is the origin of the phrase caveat emptor?(1 point)Responses Latin Latin Spanish Spanish French French English
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What is etymology?(1 point)Responses the development of formal languages the development of formal languages the scientific
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What is a word’s connotation?(1 point)Responses the feeling the word gives the reader the feeling the word gives the reader a
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Use the paragraph to answer the question.We heard racket about there being mysteries behind these gates, but sauntering up to
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Henry and Eva fold the sails and get out oars. We are bumping up against the stone-filled cribs of a large, wide dock within
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Use the excerpt from “Big Water” to answer the question.Today I feel only dread. I’m sweating again—my cheeks are
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What is an inference?(1 point)Responses an analysis of ideas or details included in a text an analysis of ideas or details
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What is textual evidence?(1 point)Responses details or clues in a story that foreshadow its ending details or clues in a story
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What are explicit meanings?(1 point)Responses ideas or details that are stated directly in a text ideas or details that are
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Which of the following is true about your weekly fitness log?A. Your log should be turned in once the workouts have been
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You will need to take the fitness pretest, which evaluates your current activity level, before you begin ANY assignments or
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Which of the following is true about the verification of your fitness logs?A. Your instructor may not contact your parent or
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Use the text description to answer the question.Text Description: An essay about social media and groupthink makes the claim
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What does a closing statement do in a concluding section? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses explains the entire
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What are a topic’s implications?(1 point)Responses the cultural significance of the topic the cultural significance of the
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What is the purpose of a concluding section? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses to tie together the main points
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Which sentence is written in a formal style and objective tone?(1 point)Responses Book designers avoid line breaks that would
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How can a writer adhere to the norms and conventions of a discipline?(1 point)Responses by writing on a set schedule and
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What is domain specific vocabulary?(1 point)Responses vocabulary that is general and commonly used vocabulary that is general
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What feature conveys significant amounts of information in the fastest and easiest way?(1 point)Responses paragraphs paragraphs
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Which features help readers create an outline as they take notes?(1 point)Responses headings and subheadings headings and
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Which transitions would best signal connections between ideas? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses for example for
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Which transitions would most effectively begin a conclusion? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses by and large by
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Which transitions would best show contrast between two or more ideas in a text? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Response
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Use the paragraph to answer the question.Dogs need a lot of training and attention when they are puppies. Nevertheless, they
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What is a participial phrase?(1 point)Responses a set of two or more words that add detail to a verb and together function as an
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What is a prepositional phrase? (1 point)Responses a preposition followed by its object and the object’s modifiers a
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Use the sentence to answer the question.The fox jumped over my lazy dog to reach the henhouse, and now some of my chickens have
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Which sentence contains both a noun phrase and a verb phrase?(1 point)Responses Some dog breeds have docked tails. Some dog
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What does the imperative mood express?(1 point)Responses imagined situations imagined situations recommendations recommendations
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What does the indicative mood express? pick one of the followingResponses wishes and desires wishes and desires hypothetical
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What does the indicative mood express?Responses wishes and desires wishes and desires hypothetical statements hypothetical
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What does the indicative mood express?(1 point)Responses wishes and desires wishes and desires hypothetical statements
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How is a verb in the conditional mood formed?(1 point)Responses using a verb to describe an action that will be completed in the
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Select the correct answer from the list.(1 point)The news on when I walk in the door.
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Which sentence contains a subject that is compound in form but singular in meaning?(1 point)Responses Rolls and baguettes are
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How does the voice in these sentences compare?(1 point) Responses The first sentence uses active voice, and the second sentence
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to tell about rules or laws?passive voice or active voice
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to write clear, concise sentence?passive voice or active voice
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to emphasize an action?passive voice active voice
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Which sentence is in active voice?(1 point)Responses Jimmy ate all the pies that were at the contest. Jimmy ate all the pies
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What is passive voice?(1 point)Responses a grammatical structure in which the subject receives the action named by the verb a
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What is active voice?(1 point)Responses a type of sentence that conveys strong emotion or excitement a type of sentence that
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How are sources listed in a Works Cited page?(1 point)Responses alphabetically, using either the authors’ last names or the
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How are in-text citations formatted in MLA style? Select the three correct answers.(2 points)Responses at the end of a sentence
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Which information is NOT relevant to include in a paper with the listed topic and thesis?(1 point) Responses Caring for a pet
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Which qualities are the most important for information in an explanatory essay? Select the three correct answers.(2 points)Respo
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This method allowed the researchers to distinguish between bees that were merely carrying the virus on their surfaces and those
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The team then measured the number of viruses stuck to each bee. Just because an animal has a virus on its outside doesn’t mean
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Everyone wants to save the bees. But as populations decline every year, we may be saving them to death.Human efforts to breed
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What methods can authors use to help readers navigate the evidence in a text? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses
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How is a central idea different from a topic?(1 point)Responses A central idea is broader and more general. A central idea is
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The journalism industry is severely lacking in leadership by women and racial minorities, according to the Nieman Reports story
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Use the dictionary definition to answer the question.etcetera (et ‘se tә rә) n. a Latin word meaning an unspecified number
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Which words might be the guide words on a dictionary page for electorate?(1 point)Responses endorphin and equal endorphin and
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What does the suffix -cide mean in the words pesticide and germicide?(1 point)Responses to limit to limit to kill to kill to
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Which of the following is a context clue?(1 point)Responses the text before or after a confusing word the text before or after a
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Use the scenario to answer the question.You want to write an essay about how a specific law was passed. You hope to help the
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Use the scenario to answer the question.You want to write an essay about how North American cuisine has evolved over time. You
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What important factors should a writer consider when choosing a text structure? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Response
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What is a rhetorical device?(1 point)Responses a question that does not and is not intended to have an answer a question that
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What is parallel structure?(1 point)Responses pairing information that is similar and different to highlight the similarities or
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Emile was a two-year-old boy living in Meliandou, a village in the West African nation of Guinea. In December 2013, Emile may
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Emile was a two-year-old boy living in Meliandou, a village in the West African nation of Guinea. In December 2013, Emile may
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Why is it useful to compare the introductions of two explanatory texts? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses It can
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What is an explanatory text?(1 point)Responses the statement that explains the central idea, claim, or focus of a text the
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What is a thesis statement?(1 point)Responses a concise summary of the central idea of a text a concise summary of the central
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Which of the following belongs in an objective summary?(1 point)Responses quotations from the text quotations from the text
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What is most necessary for a coherent text to do?(1 point)Responses include a detailed description of ideas include a detailed
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What helps readers interpret an informational text to find the central idea?(1 point)Responses a careful reading of the title
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Drag and drop the words into the correct locations. Answers may be used more than once.(2 points)Put responses in the correct
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What is a topic?(1 point)Responses the general subject of a text the general subject of a text the key point the author wants to
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What information does an introduction provide for readers?(1 point)Responses An introduction helps readers identify the claim or
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Which word describes the facts and information that support an idea or analysis?(1 point)Responses statement statement reasons
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Lonesome George, a wizened Galapagos giant tortoise, was the last of his kind. When a researcher spotted the nearly
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Lonesome George, a wizened Galapagos giant tortoise, was the last of his kind. When a researcher spotted the nearly
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Use the article excerpt to answer the question.When deaf viewers watched Nelson Mandela’s memorial last week and realized the
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Use the dictionary definition to answer the question.discontent (dis kәn ‘tent) adj. dissatisfied unhappy with the state of
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What does a diacritical mark do?(1 point)Responses shows how to pronounce words shows how to pronounce words shows the synonyms
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If human-managed bees and bee-friendly flowers are acting as hotspots for pathogens, keeping more bees and planting more flowers
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All of the honeybee colonies tested by the researchers were positive for both viruses, an unfortunate but common occurrence for
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Everyone wants to save the bees. But as populations decline every year, we may be saving them to death.Human efforts to breed
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The team plucked wild bumblebees from 19 sites around northern Vermont. Some sites were close to a commercial apiary — within
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Everyone wants to save the bees. But as populations decline every year, we may be saving them to death.Human efforts to breed
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What is evidence?(1 point)Responses statements made to support claims statements made to support claims mutually respectful
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During a collegial discussion, a participant canmake new connections by tweaking their own opinion when another person reasons
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What are rhetorical strategies?(1 point)Responses the choice and use of words and phrases in a speech or piece of writing the
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Use the scenario to answer the question.Student #1: Taxes are already too high, and yet we cannot even fund basic social
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What should a writer know before they begin writing? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses critiquing skills
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Use the scenario to answer the question.Jess gives a presentation about farm animals. During the presentation, she discusses a
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What does it mean to show empathy during a disagreement?(1 point)Responses It means trying to make your position seem
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What is a collegial discussion?(1 point)Responses a formal event where each student is given a set amount of time to talk a
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