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Once Mia knows what her topic is, she should next focus on

A
finding her sources.
B
setting up her schedule.
C
setting research goals.
D
writing her questions.
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Which activities support the central idea about financial planning? Select 3 options.

A
saving money in a piggy bank
B
making impulsive candy purchases
C
investing extra money to earn interest
D
spending lavishly as a personal reward
E
purchasing stock in a growing company
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Which statements are true of both a political speech and a printed political advertisement? Select 3 options.

A
They utilize diction as rhetoric.
B
They employ parallelism.
C
They seek to inspire.
D
They use colors and images.
E
They attempt to persuade.
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Read the excerpt from Sudanese Slit Drum.It is another document of the enduring geopolitical fault-line around the Nile cataracts that we have encountered twice before: in the sphinx of Taharqo (Chapter 22) and the head of Augustus (Chapter 35). This drum is part of the history of indigenous African culture, of the East African slave trade centred on Khartoum, and of the European scramble for Africa at the end of the nineteenth century.

A
viewpoint.
B
summary.
C
source.
D
detail.
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Read Noni’s research question about the history of the airplane.What did the Wright brothers use to make their first powered airplane?

A
What was the Wright brothers’ first powered airplane made of?
B
Would the Wright brothers’ first powered airplane have been successful if they had chosen other materials?
C
How did the materials the Wright brothers chose contribute to the success of their first powered airplane?
D
What materials did the Wright brothers use to build their first powered airplane?
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The list shows the steps in developing a research plan.Select the topic.Create a schedule.Set goals.Write down research questions.Identify research method(s).Find and evaluate sources.

A
5 and 6
B
4 and 5
C
3 and 4
D
2 and 3
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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 sentence.The brash seagull swooped over the divers before they plunged into the water.

A
before “over”
B
after “divers”
C
after “before”
D
after “water”
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Read the claim.The way to improve education is to divide schools by gender, so that males and females are taught separately.

A
If students spend even 10% of their time being distracted by the opposite gender, then that is just silly.
B
My dad has been a teacher since 1993, and I think he does fine teaching in a school that has only male students.
C
At least 50% of my class is the opposite gender, and the amount of time they are distracted by the opposite sex is minimal.
D
A 1993 study showed that teachers tend to favor males over females, thereby creating an inequality in mixed-gender schools.
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Read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.That the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.

A
Yes, because she uses objective language such as “society is formed in the wisest manner.”
B
Yes, because she uses objective language such as “it looks like presumption to endeavor.”
C
No, because she uses subjective language such as “though proof must be brought, or the strong hold.”
D
No, because she uses subjective language such as “absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.”
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Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.In both excerpts, the word endeavour means to

Question illustration
A
probe, investigate, or examine.
B
make an effort or attempt, or to try.
C
judge harshly or criticize.
D
overlook, ignore, or neglect.
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Complete the sentence with the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent.

A
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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Which sentences correctly use quotations from "A Modest Proposal"? Select three options.

A
“It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars, states Swift.”
B
Swift asserts that whoever finds “a fair, cheap and easy method” for solving the overwhelming issue of poverty in England would deserve to have “his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.”
C
Swift claims that his proposal would be profitable because no wealthy gentleman would think twice about paying ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child.
D
Swift explains that his proposal would bring relief to impoverished parents because they would “be rid of the charge of maintaining them after the first year.”
E
“This would be a great inducement to marriage, which all wise nations have either encouraged by rewards, or enforced by laws and penalties,” writes Swift about his proposal.
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Read the sentence from a rough draft.Every kid should take a foreign language class to learn the ins and outs of a whole different culture.

A
Kids should really study foreign language to learn about lots of cultures.
B
Kids: you know you want to sign up to learn a new language and culture!
C
Students should take a bunch of classes that allow them to learn new cultures.
D
Students should study foreign language to be exposed to new cultures.
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In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft contrasts her logic and reasoning with

A
various priests’ works.
B
her earlier work.
C
Rousseau’s work.
D
various European authors.
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Which evaluation of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman makes an accurate conclusion about Wollstonecraft’s beliefs and correctly supports it with text evidence?

A
Wollstonecraft writes, “Such deeply rooted prejudices have clouded reason.” This supports the idea that she believes people must overcome existing prejudices to reason correctly.
B
Wollstonecraft writes, “Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices.” This supports the idea that she believes all men are prejudiced and are therefore unable to reason truthfully.
C
Wollstonecraft writes, “The society is formed in the wisest manner.” This supports the idea that she believes that humans are so smart that their ability to reason is unquestionable.
D
Wollstonecraft writes, “For why should the gracious fountain of life give us passions.” This supports the idea that she believes that people’s passions should be ignored in favor of their reason.
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Select 5 options.Claims must always be supported by evidence such as

A
facts.
B
opinions.
C
statistics.
D
quotations.
E
examples.
F
hypotheticals.
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Read the facts about Mary Wollstonecraft.· Lived during the time of the American and French Revolutions· Published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792 (in response to a French government report advocating that women should be educated only for household duties)· Was embraced by twentieth-century women’s rights advocatesNow read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.In the present state of society, it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground.

A
By reinforcing existing prejudices, Wollstonecraft delayed the beginning of the women’s rights movement.
B
By challenging society, Wollstonecraft revealed that she supported the American and French Revolutions.
C
By supporting the truths of the time, Wollstonecraft reasoned against revolutionary thinking.
D
By challenging accepted principles, Wollstonecraft was one of the first proponents of women’s rights.
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Luiza is writing this paragraph about Sudanese Slit Drum.In "Sudanese Slit Drum,” Neil MacGregor traces the origins of a slit drum from Central Africa. He uses the drum to trace the Sudanese struggle for independence and to explain the battle that Kitchener’s Anglo-Egyptian army fought against the Sudanese.

A
detailed description.
B
informal viewpoint.
C
objective summary.
D
personal opinion.
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Which of these were challenges in England during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? Select 3 options.

A
labor shortages
B
the Black Death
C
class inequality
D
world wars
E
unemployment

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