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Angeline is preparing an oral presentation about the need for an alternative to the town landfill. What is the best technique or strategy she can use to motivate and inspire her audience to take action?

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She can speak respectfully in order to persuade her audience to take action.
B
She can use repetition in her conclusion to emphasize her request to take action.
C
She can use words that appeal to the logic of taking action, rather than to emotions.
D
She can speak loudly to convince her audience of the importance of taking action.
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Why might a public service campaign about recycling include a video game like this one? Select two options.

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to reach a young audience
B
to reinforce computer skills
C
to attract high-tech sponsors
D
to help fund new recycling programs
E
to teach players about recycling
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Read the line from Rita Dove’s poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors,” then study Frida Kahlo’s painting Self-Portrait with Monkey and Parrot.the thumbprint searing her immutable brow.

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It suggests that the portrait is about anger.
B
It suggests that the painting is as bold and resilient as Kahlo was.
C
It suggests that Kahlo’s self-portrait reveals weakness.
D
It suggests that Kahlo had finally mastered painting self-portraits.
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How does Machiavelli work to achieve his secondary purpose—to inform his readers? Select two options

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He explains that principalities don’t know how to rule themselves.
B
He describes the steps people take when they join rebellions.
C
He describes the emotions of people in a conquered republic.
D
He shows the different roles within a royal family.
E
He argues why a prince should sometimes ruin a city.
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Read the passage from an argumentative essay.(1) Bernie Sanders has argued that no one should have to pay tuition to go to college. (2) This will only increase the tax burden on the middle classes.

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explaining the concept of a tax burden.
B
adding "however" to the beginning of the sentence.
C
placing "therefore" at the beginning of the sentence.
D
connecting it to the preceding sentence with "and."
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Read the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell.In July 2012 a report was published by the United States Institute of Peace. . . .. . . The study suggests that the importance of social media was in communicating to the rest of the world what was happening on the ground during the uprisings. . . .Data from the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project at least somewhat supports this conclusion with its findings that the majority of Egyptians are not online. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of the total population do not use the internet. When looking specifically at those with a college education, use of social media for obtaining political information is more prevalent than in other segments of the population. Though most of the country is disconnected from the internet, 84% of those who are online say they visit social networking sites for news about Egypt’s political situation. These findings point to social media’s important role in spreading information, but do not necessarily indicate that social media was a mobilizing force in the uprisings.

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to include ideas about how social media can help authoritarian regimes remain in power
B
to emphasize that Egyptians, even those who are highly educated, mistrust social media
C
to illustrate that social media motivated average Egyptians to take part in the uprisings
D
to show that even though social media use was limited, it was often directly connected to politics
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Read the procedural document.Under normal use, a vehicle’s cabin air filter should be replaced every 8–12 months. Replacing the cabin air filter is a minor task, taking only a few minutes, but skipping it altogether is bad for your health. It can even reduce the life of your vehicle’s air-conditioning system.To change your vehicle’s cabin air filter, follow these simple steps:1. Open the glove box. Remove the screw and slide the hook out as shown.2. Push in each side of the glove box to disconnect it.3. Remove the filter case by holding both sides.4. Remove the filter from the filter case.5. Inspect the filter surface.If the filter is just moderately dusty, you can clean it by blowing compressed air from the reverse side. Do not wash or oil the filter.If the filter is dirty, it should be replaced.Which revision would most make this document more helpful to someone replacing a cabin air filter?

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labels indicating where a glove box and filter are located in a car
B
a list of the materials needed for changing a cabin air filter
C
a photo or graphic indicating what clean and dirty air filters look like
D
recommendations for where to purchase inexpensive cabin air filters
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Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll’s House.Helmer: You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had not sufficient knowledge to judge of the means you used. But do you suppose you are any the less dear to me, because you don't understand how to act on your own responsibility? No, no; only lean on me; I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes. You must not think anymore about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me. I have forgiven you, Nora; I swear to you I have forgiven you.

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“You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had not sufficient knowledge to judge of the means you used.”
B
“But do you suppose you are any the less dear to me, because you don't understand how to act on your own responsibility?”
C
“I will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness in my eyes.”
D
“You must not think anymore about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me.”
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Read the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell.Now, research is emerging that reexamines in a more detailed way the role that social media played in the Arab uprisings.In July 2012 a report was published by the United States Institute of Peace based on an extensive content analysis of bit.ly links from the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Bahrain. Bit.ly links, or short URLs, are predominantly used in social media such as Twitter. The authors came to some conclusions that countered the initial assumption that social media was a causal mechanism in the uprisings.Instead, the study suggests that the importance of social media was in communicating to the rest of the world what was happening on the ground during the uprisings.

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by explaining how to use social media in the same way that protesters used it during the Arab uprisings
B
by citing a report that examines why social media sites were a causal mechanism in the Arab uprisings
C
by examining the type of web links that were generated in nations that took part in the Arab uprisings
D
by describing how social media reported on events in the rest of the world during the Arab uprisings
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What are the characteristics of a theme in literature? Select two options.

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Theme is added to the conflict to lead to the resolution of the plot.
B
Theme is established through the conflicts and their resolution.
C
Theme is a restatement of the main topic of the story.
D
Theme is always directly connected to descriptions of the story's setting.
E
Theme is conveyed as a message about a topic related to the plot.
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Read the excerpt from an editorial.State lawmakers are considering overturning a law that forbids the sale of lottery tickets on Sundays. Proponents of the bill claim that the reason for the potential change is a result of consumer demand. These "state leaders” clearly have no concept of how to maintain family values. Playing the lottery is just as despicable as gambling in a casino and should be outlawed altogether.

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Using first-person pronouns shows that the writer has strong opinions against the lottery.
B
Placing “state leaders” in quotation marks indicates that the writer is mocking the lawmakers.
C
Stating the reason for the bill highlights the writer’s anger over the potential change.
D
Comparing the lottery to gambling establishes factual evidence to back the writer’s opinion.
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Read the passage from chapter 17 of The Prince.against my will, my fateA throne unsettled, and an infant state,Bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs,And guard with these severities my shores.

A
It changes the tone to make it more threatening.
B
It supports the overall tone of fear.
C
It changes the tone to become more serious.
D
It suggests a tone of loving concern.
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Read the two excerpts."Remembering to Never Forget: Dominican Republic's 'Parsley Massacre’” by Mark Memmott:Seventy-five years ago, thousands of Haitians were murdered in the Dominican Republic by a brutal dictator. It was one of the 20th Century's least-remembered acts of genocide.As many as 20,000 people are thought to have been killed on orders given by Rafael Trujillo. But the "parsley massacre" went mostly unnoticed outside Hispaniola. Even there, many Dominicans never knew about what happened in early October 1937. They were kept in the dark by Trujillo's henchmen."A Genetics of Justice” by Julia Alvarez:During my early teen years in this country, I knew very little about what was actually going on in the Dominican Republic. Whenever Ia situación on the island came up, my parents spoke in hushed voices. In December 1960, four months after our arrival, Time magazine reported the murder of the three Mirabal sisters, who along with their husbands had started the national underground Dominican Republic. My parents confiscated the magazine. To our many questions about what was going on, my mother always had the ready answer, "En boca cerrada no entran moscas." No flies fly into a closed mouth. Later, I found out that this very saying had been scratched on the lintel of the entrance of the SIM's torture center at La Cuarenta.

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Memmott writes well after the events occurred, while Alvarez writes while the events are occurring.
B
Memmott tells about one event that occurred, while Alvarez tells about the dictatorship as a whole.
C
Memmott gives an anecdote to tell about the dictatorship’s cruelty, while Alvarez tells about her family.
D
Memmott presents facts about the dictatorship objectively, while Alvarez gives details about how it affected people.

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