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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A
You will need the following ingredients milk, eggs, sugar, and flour.
B
You will need the following ingredients, milk, eggs, sugar, and flour.
C
You will need the following ingredients - milk, eggs, sugar, and flour.
D
You will need the following ingredients: milk, eggs, sugar, and flour.
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Read this claim from an argumentative essay about zoos. Zoos must improve conditions so that they can meet the health and safety needs of the animals.Which piece of evidence, if true, would best support this claim?

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Exposure to different animals can help to educate the public.
B
Funding sources for zoos can be limited, so they often rely on donations from the public.
C
Many animals die prematurely in zoos because they are exposed to infectious diseases.
D
Animals can be bred at zoos to increase their population.
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Read the sentence.The president of the company was attending the mandatory sales meeting.Which type of phrase or clause is underlined in the sentence?

A
noun clause
B
verb phrase
C
adjectival phrase
D
adverbial clause
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Read the sentence from an argumentative essay about wearing helmets while riding a bike.Always wear a helmet when riding a bike because riding without one is stupid.Which revision exhibits the best word choice for the underlined portion of the sentence?

A
riding without one is dangerous and reckless.
B
riding without one is insane and regrettable.
C
riding without one is an uninformed choice.
D
riding without one is not right for you.
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Read the excerpt from "Missing in Action” by Thanhha Lai.(1) Father left home(2) on a navy mission(3) on this day(4) nine years ago(5) when I was almost one.(6) He was captured(7) on Route 1(8) an hour south of the city(9) by moped.(10) That’s all we know.

A
Line 1 establishes a mysterious event that the speaker wants the reader to solve.
B
The end of the first stanza emphasizes the speaker’s sadness over how young she was at that time.
C
Line 7 helps the reader identify where the event described by the speaker occurred.
D
The one-sentence stanza emphasizes the speaker’s frank attitude toward the event being described.
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Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron."“You been crying?” he said to Hazel. “Yup,” she said. “What about?” he said.“I forget,” she said. “Something real sad on television.”“What was it?” he said.“It’s all kind of mixed up in my mind,” said Hazel.“Forget sad things,” said George.“I always do,” said Hazel.How does this interaction between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s social criticism?

A
It demonstrates potential problems that occur in a competitive relationship.
B
It illustrates the need for maintaining equality in a society.
C
It suggests that people can show emotions in different ways.
D
It shows how technology can dehumanize and desensitize people.
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Read the line from “Child of the Americas.”An immigrant and the daughter and granddaughter of immigrantsThe author’s word choice suggests a feeling of

A
certainty.
B
connectedness.
C
inferiority.
D
incompleteness.
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Which sentence best describes George Bergeron’s characterization in "Harrison Bergeron"?

A
He is a static character, because he has become dehumanized by government controls.
B
He is a dynamic character, because he becomes angry with the police for arresting his son.
C
He is a static character, because he has average intelligence.
D
He is a dynamic character, because he attempts to remove that bag that carries his handicap radio device.
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Study the image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.How does Spiegelman’s visual representation of the Holocaust aid with comprehension?

Question illustration
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It shows the diversity of people affected by the events of the Holocaust.
B
It illustrates that few people from Sosnowiec were relocated to the camps.
C
It draws attention to the great number of people affected by the Holocaust.
D
It depicts a large number of faceless individuals, making the Holocaust less real.
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Use the following definitions to answer the question.evade:1. (verb) to cleverly escape somebody or something, to avoidinvade:1. (verb) to enter by force, to enterWhich sentence contains correct word usage?

A
The thieves were able to invade being arrested by the police.
B
Guerrilla forces evaded the capital city and announced their power.
C
Corn leaf aphids invaded the crop and caused damage to the plants.
D
Sheila tried to evade the private party by bribing the security guard.
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Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."Lately, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

A
Tan discusses her thoughts about language to build the idea that the English language does not have words to match some Chinese terms.
B
Tan discusses her relationship with her mother to build the idea that mothers and daughters in all cultures often have misunderstandings.
C
Tan discusses her mother’s use of English to build the idea that a form of language can be purposeful and meaningful even if it is nonstandard.
D
Tan discusses the English language to build the idea that there is a lack of appropriate synonyms for the word “broken.”
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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”The Negro has many pent up resentments and latent frustrations, and he must release them. How does King conclude this claim?

A
by stating the inevitability of violent protests
B
by urging White leaders to release him from jail
C
by encouraging White leaders to allow nonviolent protests
D
by persuading his followers to break laws and create unrest
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Which sentence makes the best use of a transitional word or phrase?

A
Math was interesting to me in high school; likewise, it is interesting to me in college.
B
Math was interesting to me in high school; otherwise, it is interesting to me in college.
C
Math was interesting to me in high school; for example, it is interesting to me in college.
D
Math was interesting to me in high school; in contrast, it is interesting to me in college.
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Read the excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban.He stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. His blue eyes are like lasers in the night. The beams bounce off his fingernails, five hard blue shields. They scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. The porch turns blue, ultraviolet. Her hands, too, are blue. Celia squints through the light, which dulls her eyesight and blurs the palms on the shore.Which is an example of a hyperbole?

A
“smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her”
B
“and stretches out a colossal hand”
C
“His blue eyes are like lasers in the night.”
D
“The porch turns blue, ultraviolet.”
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Read the excerpt from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Death by Black Hole.”If you stumbled upon a black hole and found yourself falling feet-first toward its center, then as you got closer, the black hole’s force of gravity would grow astronomically. Curiously, you would not feel this force at all because, like anything in free fall, you are weightless. What you do feel, however, is something far more sinister. While you fall, the black hole’s force of gravity at your two feet, they being closer to the black hole’s center, accelerates them faster than does the weaker force of gravity at your head. The difference between the two is known officially as the tidal force, which grows precipitously as you draw nearer to the black hole’s center. For Earth, and for most cosmic places, the tidal force across the length of your body is minuscule and goes unnoticed. But in your feet-first fall toward a black hole the tidal forces are all you notice.Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the idea that falling into a black hole would be excruciatingly painful?

A
Curiously, you would not feel this force at all because, like anything in free fall, you are weightless.
B
What you do feel, however, is something far more sinister.
C
For Earth, and for most cosmic places, the tidal force across the length of your body is minuscule and goes unnoticed.
D
But in your feet-first fall toward a black hole the tidal forces are all you notice.
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Read the excerpt from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Death by Black Hole.”But there is more bad news.All parts of your body are moving toward the same spot—the black hole’s center. So while you’re getting ripped apart head to toe, you will also extrude through the fabric of space and time, like toothpaste squeezed through a tube.To all the words in the English language that describe ways to die (e.g., homicide, suicide, electrocution, suffocation, starvation) we add the term “spaghettification.”In this excerpt, Tyson conveys his complex ideas by

A
introducing complicated terminology.
B
providing relevant statistics and figures.
C
relating the information to something familiar.
D
describing a personal experience.
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Read the passage from “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica.”all wanting the comfortof spoken Spanish, to gaze upon the family portraitof her plain wide face, her ample bosomresting on her plump arms, her look of maternal interestas they speak to her and each otherof their dreams and their disillusions—In this passage, the words “ample” and “plump” are

A
sensory images that describe a wealthy person.
B
sensory images that describe a motherly figure.
C
words that express an attitude of respect.
D
words that express an attitude of disgust.
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Read the sentence.It was difficult to extinguish because the fire was too hot.What is the best way to revise this sentence?

A
It was difficult to extinguish it because the fire was too hot.
B
The fire was difficult to extinguish because it was too hot.
C
The hot fire made it difficult to extinguish it.
D
The sentence is correct as written.
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Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.Reargument was largely devoted to the circumstances surrounding the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868.The Supreme Court studies the Fourteenth Amendment to determine

A
the primary authors of the document.
B
whether its intent has been compromised.
C
how it has been interpreted in each state.
D
whether it needs to be repealed.
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Which sentence is written correctly?

A
As an enthusiastic reader, Sanjay often visits the library to check out new books.
B
As an enthusiastic reader—Sanjay often visits the library to check out new books.
C
(As an enthusiastic reader) Sanjay often visits the library to check out new books.
D
As an enthusiastic reader Sanjay often visits the library to check out new books.

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