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Read the sentence.When they arrived at the beach, the students who had never seen the ocean before ran toward the shore.

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when they arrived at the beach
B
the students who had never seen
C
the ocean before
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ran toward the shore
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You are given the task to write an alternate ending to "It's Only Fair.” Your assignment is to change the ending so that the flat character becomes a dynamic character due to conflict.

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After they argue, Maritza ignores Avery, and she writes about Irene Morgan.
B
After they argue, Maritza agrees with Avery, and they write only about the more popularly known activist, Rosa Parks.
C
After they argue, Maritza convinces Avery, and they write about both Rosa Parks and Irene Morgan.
D
After they argue, Maritza and Avery are unable to agree on whether to write about Rosa Parks or Irene Morgan.
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Read the excerpt from "It's Only Fair.”"Fine!” Avery said, pushing a stack of books away and looking up at the clock on the wall. "But our paper’s due in three days and we still don’t have topic. What are we going to do?”"It’s obvious, isn’t it?” Maritza asked. "You write why Rosa Parks is so great, and I’ll do the same for Irene Morgan. And then we’ll put it all together.”

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Avery is a dynamic character because the external conflict with Maritza causes her to change.
B
Maritza is a dynamic character because the external conflict with Avery causes her to change.
C
Avery is a flat character because her internal conflict causes her to change.
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Maritza is a flat character because her internal conflict causes her to change.
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Complete the sentence with the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent.

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we should come to the drama room this afternoon.
B
you should come to the drama room this afternoon.
C
they should come to the drama room this afternoon.
D
he or she should come to the drama room this afternoon.
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.The CIA planning was extraordinary. Questions were asked. Problems were anticipated, solutions suggested. With information provided by an informant in the Soviet state-run telephone operation, the U.S. knew that the spot they needed to reach with the tunnel was under Schonefelder Chaussee, a major highway that ran along the southern edge of Berlin.

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The US government planned a spy mission in Eastern Germany to obtain information.
B
The US government’s skillful use of research and intelligence enabled a vital spy mission.
C
The United States worked with other Allied countries to create a tunnel under a highway in Berlin.
D
The United States violated international rules of diplomacy when spying on the Russians in Berlin.
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One way to brainstorm a topic for an informative essay is to

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decide the purpose for writing the essay.
B
present an opinion on a topic.
C
use prior knowledge about a topic.
D
provide supporting details for the essay.
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Read this line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;

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to engage the audience in the tragic story
B
to warn the audience about the bloodshed
C
to raise audience sympathy for the parents
D
to build suspense about how the story ends
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Which line from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University is a fact?

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Democracy is the standard by which governments are measured.
B
Throughout the world, free markets are the model for growth.
C
The key is freedom—freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication.
D
Every four years the American people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years.
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Which excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet best reflects the idea that when a person overlooks what he or she knows is wrong, it can result in a catastrophe?

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This letter doth make good the friar’s words,Their course of love, the tidings of her death:
B
And I, for winking at your discords too,Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish’d.
C
Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things:Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished:
D
Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while,Till we can clear these ambiguities,
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FurthermoreOn the other handAs a resultSpecifically

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Furthermore
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On the other hand
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As a result
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Specifically
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Which line of dialogue from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet most foreshadows that Mercutio’s death will lead to other tragic events in the story?

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Benvolio: O Romeo, Romeo! brave Mercutio’s dead;That gallant spirit hath aspir’d the clouds,
B
Romeo: This day’s black fate on more days doth depend;This but begins the woe others must end.
C
Tybalt: Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here,Shalt with him hence.
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Prince: Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio;Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?
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The most reliable source for a presentation about education in multi-age classes would be a

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school textbook for students.
B
parenting blog about student mentors.
C
wiki website about the history of one-room schoolhouses.
D
journal article about classrooms with students of varying ages.

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