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Which lines contain diction that creates the overall tone? Select 3 options.

A
It was a lovely sight to see
B
Amid the jaggéd shadows
C
To make her gentle vows
D
Her face, oh call it fair not pale
E
Each about to have a tear
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Which excerpt from A Princess of Mars most supports the conclusion that the narrator is reckless?

A
It therefore now occurred to me that the surest way of learning the exact attitude of this beast toward me would be to attempt to leave the room.
B
Furthermore, I could see from the shortness of his legs that the brute himself was no jumper and probably no runner.
C
Evidently his mission was to protect me only, I thought, but when we reached the edge of the city he suddenly sprang before me, uttering strange sounds and baring his ugly and ferocious tusks.
D
As I was to learn, this is the fleetest animal on Mars, and owing to its intelligence, loyalty, and ferocity is used in hunting, in war, and as the protector of the Martian man.
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Read the passage from How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.Bring it back by the scruff of the neck. Ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. Do not despair. Continue. Keep it up.Which revision uses signal words to clarify the sequence of events for readers?

A
Bring it back by the scruff of the neck. Ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. First, do not despair. Then, continue. Finally, keep it up.
B
The procedure is to bring it back by the scruff of the neck. In fact, ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. Do not despair. Continue. Keep it up.
C
The process is to bring it back by the scruff of the neck. Ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. That’s right, do not despair. Continue. Keep it up.
D
Bring it back by the scruff of the neck. The truth is that once you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. The plan is to not despair. Continue. Keep it up.
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One advantage of reading Sudanese Slit Drum, rather than listening to it in a podcast, is that the reader

A
sets the pace.
B
pauses for effect.
C
adds sound effects.
D
emphasizes key words.
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Read the passage from "Optimism.”My life was without past or future; death, the pessimist would say, "a consummation devoutly to be wished.” But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. Night fled before the day of thought, and love and joy and hope came up in a passion of obedience to knowledge.

A
She suggests a hypothetical situation to illustrate how dark life would be without the benefit of optimism.
B
She uses an example from her own life to illustrate why she is able to be optimistic despite her circumstances.
C
She explains the facts of her physical limitations to shed light on the importance of considering pessimism.
D
She cites a quotation from an expert to lend credibility to the idea that pessimism sometimes has its merits.

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