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Read the sentences.The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy. It looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.

A
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy, so that, it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
B
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy until it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
C
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy, and it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
D
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy; consequently, it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
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If Kaya wanted to analyze the development of the central ideas in The Farewell Speech, which questions should she ask herself? Select three options.

A
What are the central ideas of the text?
B
Which central ideas interact or connect?
C
Which central ideas show a particular bias?
D
Which central ideas are the most interesting?
E
How does the author advance the central ideas?
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Read the paragraph from Gordon’s personal narrative.1 When I first entered the room, I was really struck by what I saw. 2 It was my first day of cooking lessons, and I was on my way to fulfilling my dreams of one day becoming a chef in my own world-renowned restaurant. 3 I had spent countless hours of my childhood watching my parents, both professional chefs, prepare delicious meals. 4 From them, I had already obtained a solid foundation of cooking basics. 5 However, it was in this room that I would build upon those basics and begin my ascent as a chef in my own right.

A
Gordon should revise sentence 1 to provide specific details about what “struck” him as he first entered the room.
B
Gordon should revise sentence 2 to describe his dreams more clearly and explain what he hopes to accomplish one day.
C
Gordon should revise sentence 3 to replace vague words like “countless” and “delicious” with more precise adjectives.
D
Gordon should revise sentence 4 to add detailed examples about the many cooking basics he learned from his parents.
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Which phrases provide clues that sepulchre means "grave”? Choose three answers.

A
canoniz’d bones
B
hearsed in death
C
we saw thee
D
ponderous and marble jaws
E
the glimpses of the moon
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Read the last stanza of "Mutability.”It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability.

A
Poetry is an expression of the imagination.
B
Poetry can make all things more beautiful.
C
Life is fleeting and constantly changing.
D
Life is filled with a wide range of emotions.
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Which topics would be most important for a student to include in an essay about philosophy in English literature?

A
food, drink, and clothing
B
culture, history, and music
C
trade, transportation, and art
D
writers, ideas, and symbolism
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Which excerpts from Act III of Hamlet show that plot events have resulted in Claudius feeling guilty? Select 3 options.

A
Claudius: I like him not, nor stands it safe with us To let his madness range.
B
Claudius: I your commission will forthwith dispatch, And he to England shall along with you.
C
Claudius: A brother’s murder! Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will:
D
Claudius: Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
E
Claudius: But, O! what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?'
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Which line from "Ode to the West Wind" is an example of a metaphor?

A
"O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being"
B
"Are driven like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing"
C
"Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red"
D
"(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)"
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Which line from "She Walks in Beauty" describes the woman in an unusual way?

A
"Which heaven to gaudy day denies"
B
"And on that cheek, and o'er that brow"
C
"So soft, so calm, yet eloquent"
D
"The smiles that win, the tints that glow"
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Read the sentence.We took a long walk along the path beside the bubbling stream.

A
The sentence contains a single dependent clause.
B
The sentence contains a single independent clause.
C
The sentence contains both independent and dependent clauses.
D
The sentence contains neither an independent nor a dependent clause.
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Which lines best complete the sentence? Select 3 options.Grendel, by John Gardner, is written

A
in first person to show a single perspective.
B
to tell an old story from a new point of view.
C
so that Beowulf’s feelings can be understood.
D
with Grendel acting as a first-person narrator.
E
using first person to show Hrothgar’s perspective.
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How does the play-within-a-play in Act III of Hamlet represent Elizabethan drama?

A
by teaching a spiritual lesson to the characters of the play
B
by imparting historical detail about Shakespeare’s England
C
by criticizing the country’s political policies of the day
D
by offering a realistic portrayal of human behavior
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Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Ghost: Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, With juice of cursed hebona in a vial,And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man That swift as quicksilver it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body.

A
The simile compares the poison to a fast-moving, toxic element, emphasizing its deadliness.
B
The metaphor compares the uncle to a poisonous plant, which illustrates his deadly intent.
C
The personification of the vial makes it seem more lethal.
D
The apostrophe allows the ghost to address the evil uncle.

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