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The author’s purpose is

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the primary reason the author wrote the text.
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the feelings the author has about the text.
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the thoughts the author has about the text.
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the conclusions the author draws in the text.
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definition
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example
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explanation
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synonym
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Viewing the Gorgon, King Polydectes and his men turn to stone.
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The Ethiopians force King Cepheus to sacrifice his daughter.
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Perseus makes his old friend Dictys king of the island.
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King Acrisius and King Polydectes try to kill Perseus.
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Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths, not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.

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The sentence proves that the author is knowledgeable.
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The sentence creates an image of children at play.
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The sentence discusses the death of children.
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The sentence offers facts about diseases adults contract.
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sight
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sound
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touch
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taste
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Think of it this way, your ancestors navigated by the stars, and today most people won’t walk outside without a GPS. That’s a crazy loss of direction or skill at some level for sure.
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Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.
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It’s things like frogs, who make it their business to croak at night, particularly when mating. Artificial lights disrupt their mojo and that means less frogs and reduced populations.
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Migratory birds depend on cues from properly timed seasonal schedules. Artificial lights can cause them to migrate too early or too late and miss ideal climate conditions for nesting, foraging and other behaviors.
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Some sections of “Initiation” imply that Millicent will decline the sorority’s invitation.

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her feeling pride in becoming a candidate for the group.
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her beginning to question the way the group runs its operations.
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her completing the final challenges in the initiation.
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her waiting for her moment to confront the members of the sorority.
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Read the passage from "The Raven and the First Men: The Beginnings of the Haida.”Raven crept into the chief’s dwelling. He appeared as a baby, with raven hair and black eyes. The chief’s daughter adopted the child, never knowing that he was in fact Raven the trickster.The daughter loved the child, but soon the baby began to cry. The Sky Chief did whatever he could to comfort his new grandson, but the baby was inconsolable. Finally, to appease the child, he gave him a small box to play with. Rave

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were large.
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were small.
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had windows.
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had fireplaces.
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Read the excerpt from "Perseus."For a time she kept his birth secret from her father, but it became increasingly difficult to do so in the narrow limits of that bronze house and finally one day the little boy—his name was Perseus—was discovered by his grandfather. "Your child!” Acrisius cried in great anger. "Who is his father?” But when Danaë answered proudly, "Zeus,” he would not believe her.

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having a goddess mother
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keeping a family secret
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living in an unusual home
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having a special birth
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Read this excerpt from The Odyssey."Oh, Nan, they are a bad lot; they intendruin for all of us; but Antinous appears a blacker-hearted hound than any.Here is a poor man come, a wanderer,driven by want to beg his bread, and everyonein hall gave bits, to cram his bag—onlyAntinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder!"

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Antinous’s friends will rally around him, and he will be victorious in battle.
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Antinous will gain great power and win the heart of Penelope at last.
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Antinous’s friends will turn on him, and he will suffer for his actions.
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Antinous will become a poor man and wanderer like Odysseus.
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connotation
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denotation
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tone
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It has fantastic features that help to explain the reason for the Maasai’s traditions.
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It has supernatural features that help to explain the volcanic eruption in the Maasai’s home.
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It has supernatural features that help to explain the conflict with the Maasai’s cattle.
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It has fantastic features that help to explain the purpose of the Maasai’s weather.
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Read the paragraph.Eating too much sodium can cause health problems. Around ninety percent of Americans eat more sodium than is recommended. Eating less sodium would help Americans become more healthy.

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It connects the main idea and the evidence.
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It introduces the main idea and the evidence.
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It provides a rebuttal for the main idea.
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It provides a counterclaim to the main idea.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Said Odysseus:"Run then, while I hold them off with arrowsas long as the arrows last. When all are goneif I'm alone they can dislodge me."

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to run quickly when in dangerous battle
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to make arrows with few materials
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to lead confidently in times of distress
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to give orders without self-assurance
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King Acrisius and the King of Larissa
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Perseus and Hermes
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Andromeda and Athena
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Dictys and Perseus
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Look at the frames from One War Ends, Another Begins.In these frames, the author emphasizes the challenges Clara faced by showing

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the excitement others felt around Clara
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the image of Clara feeding the cat
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the worried expression the doctor’s face
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the varied expressions on Clara’s face
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One theme found throughout The Odyssey is that good leaders take responsibility for those in their charge.

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“The wind that carried west from Iliumbrought me to Ismarus, on the far shore,a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought.”
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“I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches, and called the rest: All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one tastethe Lotus, or you lose your hope of home.”
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He drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for Antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup, embossed, two-handled, golden: the cup was in his fingers: the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death?
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“Spare your own people. As for ourselves, we'll makerestitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”
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Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis.”Doodle was frightened of being left. “Don’t go leave me, Brother,” he cried, and he leaned toward the coffin. His hand, trembling, reached out, and when he touched the casket he screamed. A screech owl flapped out of the box into our faces, scaring us and covering us with Paris green. Doodle was paralyzed, so I put him on my shoulder and carried him down the ladder, and even when we were outside in the bright sunshine, he clung to me, crying, “Don’t leave

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Once the narrator returns to school, he leaves Doodle at home and forgets all of his plans to help him.
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After Doodle refuses to touch the casket, the narrator refuses to help Doodle and leaves him alone in the loft.
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Later in the story, the narrator races ahead and leaves Doodle to struggle behind during a terrible storm.
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When Doodle struggles to learn to walk, the narrator leaves and Doodle is left sitting alone in Old Woman Swamp.
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Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross.The conditions were so new to them that it was a relief to meet persons who had seen such things before. We were asked not only to act with them, but to assume charge of the administration of relief. This, of course, we would not do, but that we would meet with, counsel, and aid them in every way in our power, is needless to affirm. That we did do this, through every day of our stay of three months, not only our own conviction, but the unasked and u

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to emphasize Clara’s mission to assist rather than control
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to highlight Clara’s talent for public speaking
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to show why Clara asked politicians for financial support
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to illustrate how resilient people are in the face of danger
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She needs to add to the beginning and introduce what her challenge was.
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She needs to add to the beginning and introduce the important people involved.
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She needs to add to the middle and provide some of the obstacles she faced.
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She needs to add to the end and provide some reflection on the challenge.

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