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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
new evidence to support his main thesis
B
a restatement of his main thesis
C
citations for the research cited in the essay
D
an opinion about the research in the essay
E
a review of evidence used to support the thesis
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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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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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Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130.” What is the central idea of the second quatrain?

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

A
“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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Read the excerpt from "The Storyteller." The smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "On the Road to Mandalay.” She only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. 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. Whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "Come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. The children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. Evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. Which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? Choose two correct answers.

A
“Whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.”
B
“‘Come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.”
C
“The children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.”
D
“Evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.”
E
“In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”

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