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Samuel Johnson’s dictionary is best described as the first

A
study of word origins.
B
collection of word meanings.
C
modern English dictionary.
D
modern literary study.
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Which is the best example of an explicit statement from Thoughts and Sentiments that shows Cugoano's beliefs about slavery?

A
“However, notwithstanding all that has been done and written against it, that brutish barbarity, and unparalelled injustice, is still carried on to a very great extent in the colonies, and with an avidity as insidious, cruel and oppressive as ever.”
B
“However, it cannot but be very discouraging to a man of my complexion in such an attempt as this, to meet with the evil aspersions of some men, who say, ‘That an African is not entitled to any competent degree of knowledge, or capable of imbibing any sentiments of probity; and that nature designed him for some inferior link in the chain, fitted only to be a slave.’”
C
“By some of such complexion, as whether black or white it matters not, I was early snatched away from my native country, with about eighteen or twenty more boys and girls, as we were playing in a field.”
D
“But the supporters and favourers of slavery make other things a pretence and an excuse in their own defence; such as, that they find that it was admitted under the Divine institution by Moses, as well as the long continued practice of different nations for ages; and that the Africans are peculiarly marked out by some signal prediction in nature and complexion for that purpose.”
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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal.”Then as to the females, it would, I think, with humble submission, be a loss to the publick, because they soon would become breeders themselves: And besides, it is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice, (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty, which, I confess, hath always been with me the strongest objection against any project, how well soever intended.

A
a loss to the publick
B
some scrupulous people
C
indeed very unjustly
D
strongest objection against
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Keats’s poem is titled "Ode on a Grecian Urn." What does the choice of the word ode tell the reader about the poem? Select three options.

A
The poem is written in a formal style.
B
The poem includes a theme.
C
The poem is addressed to something.
D
The poem expresses emotions.
E
The poem explores a serious topic.
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Which words in the excerpt have negative connotations? Check two answer options.

A
deprived
B
elective
C
representation
D
oppressed
E
sides

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