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What must a reader do when summarizing a text? Choose three correct answers.

A
include the central ideas
B
include the most important details
C
include all of the supporting details
D
use objective language
E
use subjective language
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Read the claim. The way to improve education is to divide schools by gender, so that males and females are taught separately. Which sentence provides the best supporting evidence for the claim?

A
A 1993 study showed that teachers tend to favor males over females, thereby creating an inequality in mixed-gender schools.
B
My dad has been a teacher since 1993, and I think he does fine teaching in a school that has only male students.
C
If students spend even 10% of their time being distracted by the opposite gender, then that is just silly.
D
At least 50% of my class is the opposite gender, and the amount of time they are distracted by the opposite sex is minimal.
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Read this prompt. Create a multimedia presentation about curfew laws for teenagers. Use research and evidence to support your opinion. Use persuasive techniques and a variety of visual aids in your presentation. Which is an effective claim for this prompt?

A
Curfew laws often allow for exceptions, such as traveling home from work.
B
Curfew laws are ineffective and costly, and they should be abolished.
C
There is no way I will ever adhere to our town’s curfew laws.
D
Many towns have curfew laws requiring teenagers to be home at a given hour.
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Which sentence should be revised to include commas to set off a nonrestrictive element?

A
The car in my driveway belongs to my oldest sister.
B
The TV show which we watch together airs on Friday nights.
C
The game that my mom gave me is really fun to play.
D
The tree in front of my house has been there for a century.
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Read the chapter title from How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day . CONTROLLING THE MIND The author includes the title as a way to

A
show how the chapter is organized.
B
show why the chapter is entertaining.
C
sum up the subject of the chapter.
D
provide evidence for the chapter.
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Read the passage from How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day . Bring it back by the scruff of the neck. Ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. Do not despair. Continue. Keep it up. Which revision uses signal words to clarify the sequence of events for readers?

A
Bring it back by the scruff of the neck. Ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. First, do not despair. Then, continue. Finally, keep it up.
B
Bring it back by the scruff of the neck. The truth is that once you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. The plan is to not despair. Continue. Keep it up.
C
The process is to bring it back by the scruff of the neck. Ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. That’s right, do not despair. Continue. Keep it up.
D
The procedure is to bring it back by the scruff of the neck. In fact, ere you have reached the station you will have brought it back about forty times. Do not despair. Continue. Keep it up.
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Read the passage from "Optimism.” My life was without past or future; death, the pessimist would say, "a consummation devoutly to be wished. ” But a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. Night fled before the day of thought, and love and joy and hope came up in a passion of obedience to knowledge. How does Keller use evidence to address the underlined counterclaim?

A
She cites a quotation from an expert to lend credibility to the idea that pessimism sometimes has its merits.
B
She explains the facts of her physical limitations to shed light on the importance of considering pessimism.
C
She suggests a hypothetical situation to illustrate how dark life would be without the benefit of optimism.
D
She uses an example from her own life to illustrate why she is able to be optimistic despite her circumstances.

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