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Part 4: Writing to Evaluate Mortimer's Style Answers

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Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.1.) It is easy to write the line "people starve to death"; it is much harder to deal with the harsh reality. 2.) But you need to understand this point, if only to see how little choice you might have in what you eat. 3.) The itinerant poor might literally die in the street.

A
It highlights the number of impoverished people in Elizabethan England.
B
It explains how the reader can avoid dealing with the hungry poor.
C
It illustrates how the diet of Elizabethan England can benefit the reader.
D
It emphasizes why this passage is important to the reader personally.
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Read the literary analysis of The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.In The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, Mortimer helps readers relate to how deadly the plague was. He uses specific, clear examples to make his points, such as in the following example.

A
Elizabethans studied Galen, who lived in the second century CE.
B
Sixteenth-century medical assumptions were wrong.
C
After the 1556 outbreak, people did not know whether the plague would return.
D
An estimated 250,000 people died during the epidemic.
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Which sentence uses precise, domain-specific wording?

A
I enjoyed reading all that stuff the author wrote about the landscape.
B
I found the author’s writing long and wished he had cut out some words.
C
I read the whole thing and thought the author did a pretty good job overall.
D
I liked how the author’s use of second-person point of view got my attention.
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Read the sentence.The playwright created a tragedy with nice characterizations.

A
playwright
B
tragedy
C
nice
D
characterizations
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Read the beginning of the literary analysis paragraph.The writer has a very accomplished style. His descriptions make the facts more dramatic for the reader.

A
In addition to providing facts, the writer uses a variety of interesting words.
B
The writer repeats the word “deadly” so much that it becomes alarming.
C
Last night, I couldn’t stop thinking, “Wow,” about what the writer said.
D
The writer has good control of his language, tone, and point of view.
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Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.There are no roads across this wasteland, only track ways. Elizabethans see it as good for nothing but pasture, tin mining, and the steady water supply it provides by way of the rivers that rise there. Many people are afraid of such moors and forests. They are "the ruthless, vast and gloomy woods . . . by nature made for murders and for rapes,” as Shakespeare writes in Titus Andronicus. Certainly no one will think of Dartmoor as beautiful. Sixteenth-century artists paint wealthy people, prosperous cities, and food, not landscapes.

A
It creates a condescending tone that conveys the author’s dislike of the countryside.
B
It supports the author’s purpose of challenging the image of the romantic countryside.
C
It emphasizes the author’s position that travelers should go visit the countryside.
D
It uses second-person point of view to compare the author’s and reader’s views of the countryside.
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Read the literary analysis paragraph.In Parasite, author Mira Grant’s writing style helps readers examine the dangers of medical technology. Grant uses precise wording to help readers grasp advanced medical concepts. Her clear style allows readers to explore a world that might otherwise be beyond them.

A
a concluding statement
B
a specific point
C
supporting evidence
D
a topic sentence
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The purpose of adding relevant evidence to a paragraph is to

A
add a point.
B
support a point.
C
introduce a topic.
D
conclude a topic.
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Which question should writers ask in order to consider their audience?

A
When is my writing due?
B
Who will read my writing?
C
How long should my writing be?
D
How will I reach my writing goal?
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Read the sentence.Lots of writers have written good stuff other than books, like stuff for movies.

A
Modern novelists often expand to other genres, such as screenwriting.
B
Modern writers often write books and other things, such as screenplays.
C
Many writers choose to write other things instead of books, such as movies.
D
Many novelists do good writing for books as well as for stuff like movies.

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