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Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? What is the purpose of this rhetorical question as it used by Douglass?

A
It is designed to introduce an idea.
B
It is designed to convey an emotion.
C
It is designed to express an opinion.
D
It is designed to obtain information.
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Read the sentence. The team raises most of their money at the bake sale.The error in this sentence is a

A
pronoun-antecedent voice agreement error.
B
pronoun-antecedent number agreement error.
C
pronoun-antecedent gender agreement error.
D
pronoun-antecedent subject agreement error.
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Read the excerpt from the article "Indicted Her for Murder."The awful crime of which Mrs. Hossack stands accused is still fresh in the minds of every newspaper reader in Iowa.Which best describes the excerpt?

A
It is a fact because it can be proven using objective evidence.
B
It is a fact because it cannot be proven using objective evidence.
C
It is an opinion because it can be proven using objective evidence.
D
It is an opinion because it cannot be proven using objective evidence.
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Choose the correct version of the sentence.

A
Top athletes train long hours, eating healthy diets and dedicate themselves to their sports.
B
Top athletes train long hours, eat healthy diets, and dedicate themselves to their sports.
C
Top athletes train long hours, eat healthy diets, and dedicating themselves to their sports.
D
Top athletes training long hours, eating healthy diets and dedicate themselves to their sports.
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Which is an example of a sentence fragment?

A
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was published in 1776.
B
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, which was published in 1776.
C
Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine and published in 1776.
D
Common Sense, authored by Thomas Paine, was published in 1776.
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Adding the prefix -inter to the word state creates a new word that means

A
"over states."
B
"between states."
C
"across states."
D
"beyond states."
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The prefix im- in the word impractical gives a clue that this word means

A
"very useful."
B
"more useful."
C
"not useful."
D
"too useful."
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Which excerpt from "My Heart Is Bursting" most contributes to the cultural view that freedom is essential to happiness?

A
I moved away from those disposed for war, and I also came along to see you.
B
We have been waiting here a long time to see you and are getting tired.
C
I love to roam over the prairies. There I feel free and happy, but when we settle down we grow pale and die.
D
These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo; and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting; I feel sorry. I have spoken.
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Adding the suffix -tion to the word pollute makes a new word that means

A
"full of pollutants."
B
"able to be polluted."
C
"the action of polluting."
D
"one who pollutes."
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What is the purpose of the third stanza of "Auspex"?

A
It indicates another direction the poem could take.
B
It clearly indicates the poem’s theme.
C
It offers a solution to the problem introduced in the poem.
D
It contrasts the image of the birds from the first stanza.
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Which excerpt from part one of Trifles most develops the motives of the County Attorney?

A
COUNTY ATTORNEY. Somebody should have been left here yesterday.
B
COUNTY ATTORNEY. How did she seem to feel about your coming?
C
COUNTY ATTORNEY. (To the Sheriff.) You’re convinced that there was nothing important here-—nothing that would point to any motive?
D
COUNTY ATTORNEY (with the gallantry of a young politician). And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?
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Which best describes Paine’s purpose in writing Common Sense?

A
to persuade readers to fight for independence from Britain
B
to persuade readers to seek a peaceful reconciliation with Britain
C
to persuade readers to demand fair representation in the British Parliament
D
to persuade readers to exchange ideas freely with the British
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Read the excerpt from Common Sense."Neither can ye reconcile Britain and America. The last cord now is broken, the people of England are presenting addresses against us.”In this excerpt, Paine uses figurative language to

A
suggest that the relationship between Britain and America cannot be severed.
B
exaggerate the colonists’ claims of injustice against Britain.
C
emphasize that harmony between Britain and America is not possible.
D
describe Britain’s cruel treatment of the colonists.
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Which statement is the best thesis for a compare-and-contrast essay?

A
One poster presents a humorous cartoon, while the other presents an informative chart and a direct quotation.
B
These advertising posters are designed to generate discussion and interest in family counseling services.
C
Though both posters use graphic images, the poster with the mother’s advice presents a more compelling message.
D
Both posters produced by the local human services board seek to advertise county-based family counseling.

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