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A reporter is planning to write a review of the newest restaurant in town for a city magazine. According to guidelines from the Society of Professional Journalists, what should she do before she writes the review?

A
call the restaurant and let them know her purpose for coming in so she can be guaranteed a table
B
call the restaurant to set up an interview with the head chef so he knows to prepare his best dish
C
dine at the restaurant without alerting the management that she is coming in to do a review
D
dine at the restaurant and identify herself so that the restaurant management will pay for her meal
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What kind of evidence would best support the rebuttal? Select three options.

A
statistics about how many hours teenagers need to sleep
B
statistics about when classes usually begin at US schools
C
statistics about the sleeping habits of high school students
D
information about the effects of sleep deprivation on teenagers
E
information about logistical problems involved in changing class times
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Read the excerpt from "Keep Things Stirring." I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up—it cuts like a knife. It will feel all the better when it closes up again.

A
The idea that giving women rights would hurt men shows just how important it is to create equality.
B
While it is difficult to give up control over another person, it is better in the long run to cut those ties.
C
For men, giving women rights is like cutting themselves with a knife. But remember: time heals all wounds.
D
It is difficult and painful to give up power one has had for a long time, but that pain will heal in time.
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Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Macbeth and Banquo have just encountered the three witches, who greet Macbeth as the thane of Cawdor and tell him he will be king one day.Macbeth. Into the air, and what seem’d corporal meltedAs breath into the wind. Would they had stay’d!

A
It suggests that Macbeth would like to spend more time with the witches.
B
It implies that Macbeth is terrified by the witches’ sudden departure.
C
It indicates that Macbeth believes that the witches flew away in the wind.
D
It emphasizes that Macbeth saw the witches fade away slowly, like a dream.
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Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. The sergeant is reporting to Duncan about the rebel attack.Sergeant. As whence the sun ’gins his reflection[Shipwrecking] storms and direful thunders break,So from that spring whence comfort seem’d to comeDiscomfort swells. Mark, King of Scotland, mark:No sooner justice had with valour arm’dCompell’d these skipping kerns to trust their heels,But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage,With furbish’d arms and new supplies of menBegan a fresh assault.Duncan. Dismay’d not thisOur captains, Macbeth and Banquo?Sergeant. Yes;As sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion.

A
astonished
B
confident
C
confused
D
hopeless
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Which sentences use the active voice? Select three options.You'll have to hurry if you want to catch the next bus into the city!Shakespeare's plays may have been written by more than one person.The tree was struck by lightning, and then had to be cut down by Maria.You should use wool cloth to make a winter coat, and line it, too.Jake threw the laundry into the machine and put quarters in the slots.

A
You'll have to hurry if you want to catch the next bus into the city!
B
Shakespeare's plays may have been written by more than one person.
C
The tree was struck by lightning, and then had to be cut down by Maria.
D
You should use wool cloth to make a winter coat, and line it, too.
E
Jake threw the laundry into the machine and put quarters in the slots.
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Read "Keep Things Stirring.

A
that slavery has only partially, not entirely, been destroyed
B
that women should have a voice in courtrooms, same as men do
C
that men will rule over women unless both are given equal rights
D
that everyone should make the same money for the same work
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Read the the letter to the editor.Evaluate the excerpt from the letter:How are mixed-use areas different from what we have now? Let me tell you. Our city currently has a dense downtown area and then a massive amount of sprawl reaching out in every direction—the sprawl takes up seventy-five percent of the city’s land. Urban sprawl, the spreading of large developments of housing and shopping areas around a city’s center, has many negative cultural and environmental effects.

A
The question-and-answer form allows the writer to lay out the benefits of mixed-use neighborhoods.
B
The compare-and-contrast form allows the writer to explain how urban sprawl can be increased in her city.
C
The compare-and-contrast form allows the writer to refute each potential benefit of urban sprawl.
D
The question-and-answer form allows the writer to define the difference between urban sprawl and mixed-use neighborhoods.
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Read the excerpt from the conclusion of the letter to the editor.We need to urge our city planners to say goodbye to the urban sprawl that has engulfed our nation like a tidal wave in the last few decades, and instead build more traditional mixed-use neighborhoods that were once the building blocks of city infrastructure in our nation. As the authors of Suburban Nation wrote: "We shape our cities and then our cities shape us. The choice is ours whether we build subdivisions that debase the human spirit or neighborhoods that nurture sociability and bring out the best in our nature.”

A
allusion
B
referencing a major claim
C
referencing a counterargument
D
repetition

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