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Choose any two characters studied in this semester and compare them to one another. The characters that you choose may be
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Choose any two characters studied in this semester and compare them to one another. The characters that you choose may be
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Choose any two characters studied in this semester and compare them to one another. The characters that you choose may be
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Choose any two characters studied in this semester and compare them to one another. The characters that you choose may be
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Respond in a paragraph. Answer is written in complete sentences.Choose any two characters studied in this semester and compare
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In English 11 you have studied literature from the 1920s through the 1980s and learned about how American society changed over
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In English 11 you have studied literature from the 1920s through the 1980s and learned about how American society changed over
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In English 11 you have studied literature from the 1920s through the 1980s and learned about how American society changed over
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In English 11 you have studied literature from the 1920s through the 1980s and learned about how American society changed over
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In English 11 you have studied literature from the 1920s through the 1980s and learned about how American society changed over
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Respond in 3-5 complete sentences.Explain the significance and meaning of Dr. Eckleberg’s eyes in Fitzgerald’s The Great
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Respond in 3-4 complete sentences.Explain the title, “Life on the Color Line.” Your response should be two to three
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A. “Where are we going, Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour. Which way does your beard point tonight?(I touch your book
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What are possible reasons for Tobias Wolff naming his morality play “Mortals”?
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What are possible reasons for Tobias Wolff naming his morality play “Mortals”?(1 point) Responses All the characters were
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In “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?,” why can’t Berlin stop laughing at the thought of Billy dying?(1 point)
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Their wives turn to lard after a couple of babies, and remain sweetly compliant as they take care of yours.(1 point) Responses
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No amount of kicking, screaming, or pleading could dissuade my mother, who was solidly determined to have us learn the language
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We felt then a gratifying sense of inclusion, but it had unfortunately come too late.(1 point) Responses reluctant complete
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For questions 20–25, choose the meaning of the bold word.If we complained about indiscernible ailments as children, Mommy
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QuestionThe man referenced to in line 17 is best described as (1 point) Responses a judge. a neighbor. an enemy. the father’s
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1 To-morrow they were there. In the early afternoon the wagon stopped before a paintless two-room2 house identical almost with
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In Langston Hughes’s short story “Why, You Reckon?,” what motivates the narrator to get involved in a scheme to rob a
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Which of the following uses allegory to symbolize something deeply spiritual or to present a moral lesson?(1 point) Responses
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In “Babylon Revisited,” why did Fitzgerald choose the title to be metaphoric of Paris?(1 point) Responses Paris is the
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When an author uses a concrete object to represent an idea or emotion, it is called(1 point) Responses style. symbolism. mood.
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In Hemingway’s short story, “In Another Country,” why does the narrator see himself as different from the other wounded
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An author’s attitude toward his or her subject in a piece of writing is ___________.(1 point) Responses tone voice style mood
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In Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron,” Vonnegut uses _________ and irony to expose and condemn the desire to
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What kind of nonfiction writing chronicles a journey of one person through a recount of personal details and thoughts about a
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Like the modernists, postmodern writers focused on _____________ experience and emphasized the effects of cultural divisions.(1
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The Beat Generation was a group of young writers who fought for the traditional forms of poetry to be embraced during the
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The 1960s was not only a time of change in the rights of the American people, but it was also a time of leaving behind
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Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison wrote about the disparity of African Americans during the modernism literary era.(1 point)
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The Harlem Renaissance was considered a rebirth of the artistic beauty and talent of the African American community.(1 point)
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Modernist writers responded to economic and world circumstances, such as World War I and the Great Depression.(1 point)
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In 1987, the average U.S. household received 1.6 pieces of personal correspondence each week, but by 2012 that number had
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The poet likes to transpose words which can confuse her readers.What does the word transpose mean as it is used in this
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The tooth fairy is real. If that weren't true, then children wouldn't leave their lost teeth under their pillows for her. So,
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What evidence from the passage supports the author's bias against opponents of aquaculture?A. The author chooses to call the
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What evidence from the passage supports the author's bias against opponents of aquaculture?The author chooses to call the
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The sentence below directly quotes a book. Which one avoids plagiarism by using proper MLA citation style?Sailors agree that the
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Read this claim from paragraph 2 of the passage:The popularity of cell phones has expanded among adolescents in the past few
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Passage A"It’s hard to be satisfied with your life when you’re poor. All the advice you get for saving money only makes you
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Which sentence below punctuates titles correctly?Five years after landing on Mars, the Curiosity rover still roams the planet,
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Crum, M. (22 Sept 2013). 7 reasons your favorite books were banned. blank.According to APA style, what citation element belongs
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Crum, M. (22 Sept 2013). 7 reasons your favorite books were banned. blank.According to APA style, what citation element belongs
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What does an effective conclusion for an essay include?a new perspective on the thesis the words “in closing” the words
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1. Zoos are needed to protect animals. 2. The Wildlife Conservation Society has worked hard to create more than one hundred
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Which of the following uses the correct MLA style for an in-text citation with an attributive phrase?According to Gould,
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Read the following sentence:Because the concert is completely sold out, fans who didn’t buy tickets for the show ahead of time
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Which sentence uses colons and semicolons correctly?The passengers on the bus include these three people: Mr. Korelli; the team
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Identify the sentence that is punctuated correctly.The event will be held on Sunday October 7, 2018. The event will be held on
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Which sentence below expresses numbers correctly?Mom’s chocolate cake recipe calls for 2 and one quarter cups of sugar.
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4. An alternative to Title I funding lies in the idea of "school choice" reforms that utilize government policies and
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Adult red wolves vary in length from 137.16 cm to 168.64 cm. Estimate the difference in length between the longest and shortest
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Another sign of fall is changing animal behavior. Birds become especially social during the beginning of autumn; they flock
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Read the following implied thesis statement:We learn more from failure than we do from success. Which choice below is the most
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ead the following passage:On average, Americans drink three cups of coffee each day. Americans spend about $2.00 for each cup of
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Read this sentence fragment.Think the film is stunning. Which of the following makes this fragment a complete sentence? I think
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Read this sentence.Garrett is a fantastic surfer, he goes to the beach every weekend. Identify the choice that corrects the
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Which of the following is a sentence fragment?A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. The early bird catches the worm. If
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Read this sentence.Gavin was sick he did not get enough rest last night. Identify the choice that corrects this run-on sentence.
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Identify the choice that contains a comma splice.Carmen, decked out in her work clothes, trimmed trees and pulled weeds. The
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Which of the following is not a run-on sentence?It is silly to continue Daylight Saving Time, for energy use is very different
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21 The last bit of daylight disappeared behind the highway, and moments later we were surrounded by darkness. The highway, the
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Even with Graduated Driver Licensing programs, the debate about the minimum driving age is still complex and heated. Both sides
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When Should Teens Drive?by Rebecca Lebowitz 1 What is the appropriate age for a new driver to earn a license? Is age 16, the age
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Pencil IconRead the following passage: "In news that will probably surprise no one, it turns out that money actually does buy
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Joan is filling a 2liter soda bottle with different colors of sand to make an art project for her class. She has 1000
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Bernice received the following scores on five science tests:, and . Which of the following statements is true? The mean of the
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Which of the following is an extended definition of beret?Moira pulled off her beret and tossed the small black cap onto the
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Which term in the passage includes a formal definition?nutritional value (paragraph 5) herbicide-resistant super-weeds
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Read this sentence.Mrs. Jardins has been selling fruit at the farmer's markets for years; her peaches are the best in town.
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What does the word mandating mean in paragraph 7 of the passage?limiting requiring considering suggesting
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Read this sentence.If you truly want to learn about different cultures, you must be open-minded. What is the connotative meaning
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"All Jack wanted was independence: the ability to take care of himself and make his own decisions."What type of definition is
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"Timothy was only a few weeks old when I met him; what a sweet little babe."What is the denotative meaning of the word babe as
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Which sentence from the passage contains objective language?A. “Will humans become too dependent on machines and lose the
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Charlie made friends easily because of his innate warmth and good cheer.What does the word "innate" mean in this context? Use
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?A. The dentist did not find anything wrong with her teeth, but Sue continues to
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Which of the following is a compound-complex sentence?A. Because Miklos is a physical therapist, he has very strong opinions
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Read the following sentence.The table below illustrates these issues. What type of sentence is this? complex simple compound
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Combine the following sentences into a single compound sentence:Pauline frowned at the newspaper. She threw it down in
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Combine the following sentences into a single compound sentence:Pauline frowned at the newspaper. She threw it down in
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Read the following introductory paragraph, which is missing a hook:Although dog bite deaths are rare, they are horrifying and
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Read the following introductory paragraph:Summer is here at last, a time when many people are happily stepping out to enjoy the
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Read this title page of a book.All the Light We Cannot See (A Novel) By Anthony Doerr Book design by Ellen R. Sasahara Jacket
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Read the following email:From: Bert Thompson To: Edgar Williams; JoJo Miyahara; Milagros Aguilar Cc: Boris Chaney Subject:
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Use this dictionary entry to answer the question.-ize (suffix) bring about; make What does the word politicize mean as it is
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Which of these sentences is an opinion?Light pollution is an overuse of artificial light and can create negative ecological
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Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of the passage.“Our Beautiful Mosaic is a collaboration among Jonathan Rodriguez, Cara
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Read this sentence.I will never forget my first day at soccer practice. What is the main (action) verb in the sentence? I forget
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Read this sentence.The boy played with his toy trucks. Which of the following revises this sentence to include a prepositional
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Read the following paragraph, which is missing a topic sentence:The top two U.S. manufacturers had combined sales of over $950
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Read the following sentences, which need revising, editing, and proofreading:Cocconut oil. Trendy. But healthy? Americans (72%)
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Read this sentence fragment:The dripping faucet. Which revision is a complete sentence? A. The sound of the dripping faucet
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Read this sentence, which contains a comma splice.This food truck is popular, the line is always long. Which of the following
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Read this sentence, which contains a comma splice.This food truck is popular, the line is always long. Which of the following
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Which of the following is a sentence fragment?I love summer. I forgot to bring the blanket. It is time to go. Although he is
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