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Read the excerpt from "Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle” and consider the accompanying image.If you wanted to sail, it was impossible to keep a precise record of time. And at sea, if you can’t tell the time, you don’t know how far east or west you are. It is relatively easy to calculate latitude – your distance north or south of the equator – by measuring the height of the Sun above the horizon at noon; but this won’t let you calculate longitude – your position east or west.

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The image engages readers with an historic example.
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The image aids readers’ understanding of key concepts.
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The image entertains readers with a modern application.
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The image explains how to measure the height of the sun.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.The leaf stems tug at their chains, the branches bendinglike Boer cattle under Tory whips that drag every wagonnearer to apartheid.

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It helps the reader understand why the war was fought and how the war ultimately ended.
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It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.
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It helps the reader understand that the author supported the Second Boer War and the Brixton rioting.
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It suggests that the past war is the sole reason for the current political climate in Brixton.
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one narrator, past tense
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one narrator, present tense
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many speakers, past tense
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many speakers, present tense
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Which events in chapter 8 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde develop the theme "It is important to trust one’s instincts”? Check all that apply. Poole confesses his belief that he feels something is wrong.Poole is relieved when the lawyer comes to the Jekyll home.The cold, stormy weather slows the men as they walk together.The butler believes a murder has been committed in the laboratory.Poole states his belief that the masked figure is Mr. Hyde.Edward Hyde is found dead, but Dr. Jekyll has disappeared.

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Poole confesses his belief that he feels something is wrong.
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Poole is relieved when the lawyer comes to the Jekyll home.
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The cold, stormy weather slows the men as they walk together.
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The butler believes a murder has been committed in the laboratory.
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Poole states his belief that the masked figure is Mr. Hyde.
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Edward Hyde is found dead, but Dr. Jekyll has disappeared.
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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s State of the Union address and the poster below it.As spokesmen for the United States Government, you and I take off our hats to those responsible for our American production—to the owners, managers, and supervisors, to the draftsmen and the engineers, and to the workers—men and women—in factories and arsenals and shipyards and mines and mills and forests—and railroads and on highways.

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The poster’s images feature the male factory workers more prominently and almost hides the female worker in the background, while the speech specifically acknowledges both male and female workers equally.
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The poster’s images merely suggest that factory work is a thankless job, whereas the speech specifically acknowledges that it is.
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The poster’s images portray a variety of different industries, whereas the speech acknowledges only those who work in factories.
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The poster’s images clearly illustrate that factory work is a vital job, whereas the speech barely acknowledges its significance.

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