AnswersCMS 2026-2027 English II CREDIT RECOVERYThe Power of Humor

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Read the writing prompt. Drones are becoming a bigger part of everyday life. The rules and regulations for using drones are not yet fully established. Write a research-based essay discussing the many uses of drones, the potential future uses of drones, and the laws that are being discussed to regulate their use. Which research question would be most effective for this topic?

A
How has drone technology changed, and how will the future be changed by drones and by those who govern their usage?
B
Why does nobody know how to regulate drones or to create laws about their everyday use?
C
How are drones used in the United States by middle-class families, and what drone-specific laws are legislatures currently discussing?
D
How are drones currently used, and how will drone technology and legislation affect their future?
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Study the cartoon by James Silk. Expand Image How do the ice floe and the text create meaning?

A
The image shows the increasingly cold temperatures of the Arctic, and the text blames this on humans.
B
The image and the text show that polar bears try to avoid human communities.
C
The image and the text show that polar bears use ice floes as transport.
D
The image and the text work together to show the destructive consequences of human activity.
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Which quotation from a Shakespearean sonnet is a couplet?

A
“And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare, / As any she belied with false compare.”
B
“Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?”
C
“Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey, / If Time have any wrinkle graven there; / If any, be a satire to decay, / And make Time's spoils despised every where.”
D
“My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red, than her lips red: / If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; / If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.”
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Study the cartoon More Beaches Reported with Unhealthy Contaminants by Don Landgren Jr. Expand Image © Don Landgren – USA TODAY NETWORK. How does the cartoonist use an analogy to express his viewpoint in this cartoon?

A
The cartoonist compares the sharks to human beings to show that sharks are as intelligent as people.
B
The cartoonist compares a seal to a meal to show the importance of the food chain.
C
The cartoonist compares the ocean to a restaurant to show the importance of food safety.
D
The cartoonist compares the shark's illness to food poisoning to show that pollution affects wildlife.
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A student is writing a conclusion for a research-based expository essay on the possibility of exploring and inhabiting Mars. What should he include in his conclusion? Choose two correct answers.

A
a review of evidence used to support the thesis
B
new evidence to support his main thesis
C
a restatement of his main thesis
D
citations for the research cited in the essay
E
an opinion about the research in the essay
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Read the excerpt from Persepolis . Expand Image Which elements does the author use most to develop the central idea of these panels?

A
speech balloons and layout
B
captions and facial expressions
C
thought bubbles and captions
D
facial expressions and speech balloons
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Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.” What is the central idea of the second quatrain?

A
His mistress’s cheeks are not pink, and her breath is not sweet.
B
The speaker gives his mistress roses and perfume.
C
Roses do not look and smell as sweet as the speaker’s mistress.
D
The speaker’s mistress is like a rose—beautiful and fragrant.
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Which excerpt is an example of situational irony in Saki’s "The Storyteller”?

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“Most of the aunt’s remarks seemed to begin with ‘Don’t,’ and nearly all of the children’s remarks began with ‘Why?’ The bachelor said nothing out loud. ‘Don’t, Cyril, don’t,’ exclaimed the aunt, as the small boy began smacking the cushions of the seat, producing a cloud of dust at each blow.”
B
“The frown on the bachelor’s face was deepening to a scowl. He was a hard, unsympathetic man, the aunt decided in her mind.”
C
“She repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping.”
D
“‘It’s the stupidest story I’ve ever heard,’ said the bigger of the small girls, with immense conviction. “‘I didn’t listen after the first bit, it was so stupid,’ said Cyril.”

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