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Which source could best help answer the research question "Does cutting art and music programs impact high school students’ academic success?”

A
a wiki page about government-funded art and music programs for students
B
a museum’s website that focuses on the history of modern art
C
a government website that includes a study about a music program at a school
D
a blog that showcases student music from schools around the country
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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato. But is war an art so easily acquired that a man may be a warrior who is also a husbandman, or shoemaker, or other artisan; although no one in the world would be a good dice or draught player who merely took up the game as a recreation, and had not from his earliest years devoted himself to this and nothing else? No tools will make a man a skilled workman, or master of defence, nor be of any use to him who has not learned how to handle them, and has never bestowed any attention upon them.

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He uses inductive reasoning to arrive at a broad conclusion about the art of war.
B
He uses deductive reasoning to reach a specific conclusion about the role of warriors in society.
C
He uses inductive reasoning to make specific observations about commitment to art.
D
He uses deductive reasoning to arrive at a specific conclusion about the training required to learn a skill.
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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato.Now will the city have to fill and swell with a multitude of callings which are not required by any natural want; such as the whole tribe of hunters and actors, of whom one large class have to do with forms and colours; another will be the votaries of music—poets and their attendant train of rhapsodists, players, dancers, contractors; also makers of divers kinds of articles, including women’s dresses. And we shall want more servants. Will not tutors be also in request, and nurses wet and dry, tirewomen and barbers, as well as confectioners and cooks; and swineherds, too. . . . And our State must once more enlarge; and this time the enlargement will be nothing short of a whole army, which will have to go out and fight with the invaders for all that we have, as well as for the things and persons whom we were describing above. Why? he said; are they not capable of defending themselves? No, I said; not if we were right in the principle which was acknowledged by all of us when we were framing the State: the principle, as you will remember, was that one man cannot practise many arts with success.

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logos; the speaker uses reasoning by describing the skills that people in different roles need to be successful
B
pathos; the speaker appeals to emotions by explaining that many people in society will need to join the army
C
logos; the speaker uses facts to explain how important building a strong army is to a functioning society
D
pathos; the speaker appeals to emotions by showing how successful artists can be with years of practice
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Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore.My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.

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“in” and “thy”
B
“my” and “I”
C
“poet’s” and “sight”
D
“vanity” and “feet”
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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato.And so at last, instead of loving contention and glory, men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the rich man, and make a ruler of him, and dishonour the poor man.They do so.They next proceed to make a law which fixes a sum of money as the qualification of citizenship; the sum is higher in one place and lower in another, as the oligarchy is more or less exclusive; and they allow no one whose property falls below the amount fixed to have any share in the government. These changes in the constitution they effect by force of arms, if intimidation has not already done their work.Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More.Even the Syphogrants, though excused by the law, yet do not excuse themselves, but work, that by their examples they may excite the industry of the rest of the people; the like exemption is allowed to those who, being recommended to the people by the priests, are, by the secret suffrages of the Syphogrants, privileged from labour, that they may apply themselves wholly to study; and if any of these fall short of those hopes that they seemed at first to give, they are obliged to return to work; and sometimes a mechanic that so employs his leisure hours as to make a considerable advancement in learning is eased from being a tradesman and ranked among their learned men.

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Injustice will unquestionably make a society fall.
B
Social classes must coexist in a thriving society.
C
Money is the sole driving factor for most people.
D
Leaders should be excused from manual labor.
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Read the sentence.All people who exercise regularly are more fun to be around.What is the best revision of the sentence that avoids bias?

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Every person who exercises regularly is more fun to be around.
B
Only people who exercise regularly are more fun to be around.
C
People who exercise regularly are always more fun to be around.
D
People who exercise regularly are often more fun to be around.
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Read the excerpt from "Digging."My father, digging. I look down

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The alliteration connects the speaker inside the house to his father outside.
B
The alliteration allows the reader to imagine all of the actions performed by the father.
C
The alliteration emphasizes the history of the speaker’s family.
D
The alliteration makes the speaker appear unsatisfied with his life as a writer.
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Which sentence uses a subjective pronoun correctly?

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Laura and I have written an original play for this year’s festival.
B
Jakob and him were tied for first place going into the final round.
C
Her sister is planning a trip to visit colleges over the break.
D
Nico and them thought last month’s book selection was the best so far.
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Read this prompt.Create a multimedia presentation about curfew laws for teenagers. Use research and evidence to support your opinion. Use persuasive techniques and a variety of visual aids in your presentation.

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Many towns have curfew laws requiring teenagers to be home at a given hour.
B
Curfew laws often allow for exceptions, such as traveling home from work.
C
Curfew laws are ineffective and costly, and they should be abolished.
D
There is no way I will ever adhere to our town’s curfew laws.
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Read the sentence.The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts.

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“next door”
B
“family owned”
C
“specially made”
D
“chocolate covered”
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moodmotifrhymerhythm

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mood
B
motif
C
rhyme
D
rhythm
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Which lines contain diction that creates the overall tone? Select 3 options.

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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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