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How do conflicts throughout a story most affect the plot?

A
Conflicts help describe settings and characters in great detail.
B
Conflicts are a way to share characters’ thoughts and feelings.
C
Conflicts are used to introduce the resolution of the story.
D
Conflicts lead to more plot events as well as character reactions.
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Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 1, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and the background information on the allusion it contains.Excerpt:[FLAVIUS.] See whether their basest mettle be not moved.They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness.Go you down that way towards the Capitol;This way will I. Disrobe the imagesIf you do find them decked with ceremonies.MARULLUS. May we do so?You know it is the feast of Lupercal.FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no imagesBe hung with Caesar’s trophies. I’ll about,And drive away the vulgar from the streets:So do you too, where you perceive them thick.These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wingWill make him fly an ordinary pitch,Who else would soar above the view of men,And keep us all in servile fearfulness.Background information:In Rome, February 15 was Lupercalia, an annual festival celebrating the myth of the she-wolf that saved the lives of the infant twins Romulus and Remus. According to legend, the two boys became the founders of Rome. The festival is also said to have celebrated the god who protected flocks from hungry wolves.

A
Alluding to the ancient festival of Lupercal demonstrates that only commoners enjoy holidays.
B
The allusion to Lupercal provides an association with wolves, which intensifies the sense that violence is coming.
C
This allusion compares Flavius and Marullus to Romulus and Remus.
D
Lupercal alludes to an important patriotic festival, and celebrating Caesar’s triumphant return at the same indicates his high position in Rome.
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Which situation is an example of dramatic irony?

A
Cassius refers to Caesar as a god but does not think he is fit to rule Rome.
B
Brutus says that he is ill when he is really just upset about the plot to kill Caesar.
C
The audience knows all about the plot to kill Caesar, but Caesar himself knows nothing.
D
Brutus knows that Caesar is not the type to want to be king, but Brutus joins the plot anyway.
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The character who opposes the protagonist is the

A
foil
B
antagonist
C
archetype
D
tragic hero.
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Which statements describe a text with an argumentative structure? Select three options.It states an opinion.It offers reasons and evidence.It acknowledges opposing claims.It uses words such as problem, solve, and answer.It uses words such as likewise, similarly, and in contrast.

A
It states an opinion.
B
It offers reasons and evidence.
C
It acknowledges opposing claims.
D
It uses words such as problem, solve, and answer.
E
It uses words such as likewise, similarly, and in contrast.
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Which statement from "By the Waters of Babylon” provides the best example of how the physical environment shapes the character’s actions?

A
“These are the rules and the laws; they are well made.”
B
“It was a dead man’s house, a spirit house.”
C
“Sometimes signs are sent by bad spirits.”
D
“I tried to guide my raft with the pole but it spun around.”
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What three things must a writer use to develop a successful argument?

A
inductive and deductive reasoning, anecdotal evidence, and persuasive diction
B
logical reasoning, relevant evidence, and persuasive diction
C
historical examples, empirical evidence, and diction
D
anecdotal evidence, empirical evidence, and logical evidence

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