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Use the following definitions to answer the question. emerge: 1. (verb) to come up, appear immerge: 1. (verb) to sink into, immerse Which sentence contains correct word usage?

A
A beautiful rainbow emerged from behind the storm clouds.
B
The frog immerged among the water lilies to show its bulging eyes.
C
The boat immerged from the fog so quickly that it nearly collided with us.
D
Be sure to emerge the beaters into the bowl before turning on the mixer.
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Read the sentence. After going over the attendance data, I have learned that twenty percent of our students are calling in sick every day, and it would be good to do something to stop this problem. Which appeal is the speaker using in the sentence?

A
pathos, an appeal based on the audiences’ emotion
B
logos, an appeal based on logic and reason
C
eros, an appeal based on love
D
ethos, an appeal based on the speaker’s character
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Read the sentence. Derek Jeter notched his 3,000th hit for the New York Yankees when he was thirty-seven years old in 2011 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Which is the best way to revise this complex sentence?

A
In 2011, Derek Jeter notched his 3,000th hit for the New York Yankees. At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, he was thirty-seven years old.
B
In 2011, Derek Jeter notched his 3,000th hit for the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. He was thirty-seven years old.
C
Derek Jeter notched his 3,000th hit at age thirty-seven. In the Bronx at Yankee Stadium in 2011.
D
Derek Jeter notched his 3,000th hit for the New York Yankees when he was thirty-seven years old playing at Yankee Stadium. In the Bronx.
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Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter takes place before the story begins?

A
The Puritans erect a jail.
B
The crowd discusses Hester’s crime.
C
The Puritans elect officials.
D
The crowd walks to the scaffold.

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