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Which assignment is most likely to require a works cited page?

A
a demonstration speech about how to bait a hook
B
a personal narrative telling the story of a vacation
C
a research paper describing the effects of erosion
D
a business letter seeking employment opportunities
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Which best defines a sonnet?

A
A sonnet is a line of rhyming poetry.
B
A sonnet is a rhyming poem of fourteen lines.
C
A sonnet is a pair of two rhyming lines.
D
A sonnet is a stanza of four poetic lines.
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Which action is an example of plagiarism?

A
neglecting appropriate punctuation in an essay
B
failing to cite references for a research paper
C
ignoring grammatical rules on a writing test
D
forgetting to create a title for an original story
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Read this excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bull-dozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned. What inference can be made about Della from this excerpt?

A
Della bargains well in order to save money.
B
Della shops for all her groceries at the same store.
C
Della prefers the vegetable man to the butcher.
D
Della goes grocery shopping every day.
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Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi." Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts. This excerpt is an example of which kind of characterization?

A
direct characterization, because it is describing Della’s skill for decorating
B
indirect characterization, because it is revealing Della’s cultural heritage
C
indirect characterization, because it is showing Della’s pride in her long hair
D
direct characterization, because it is describing Della’s prized possessions
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Which is an example of a couplet from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”?

A
But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
B
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
C
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,
D
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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