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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato.Do you observe that we were not far wrong in our guess that temperance was a sort of harmony?Why so?Why, because temperance is unlike courage and wisdom, each of which resides in a part only, the one making the State wise and the other valiant; not so temperance, which extends to the whole, and runs through all the notes of the scale, and produces a harmony of the weaker and the stronger and the middle class, whether you suppose them to be stronger or weaker in wisdom or power or numbers or wealth, or anything else. Most truly then may we deem temperance to be the agreement of the naturally superior and inferior, as to the right to rule of either, both in states and individuals.

A
It uses antithesis to establish a middle ground between opposing forces.
B
It uses metonymy to represent larger factors and values that are at play.
C
It uses pathos in the form of strong language to persuade the audience.
D
It uses ethos by drawing on life experiences that the speaker has had.
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Read the sentence.He is obsessed with completing his album; he eats, sleeps, drinks music.

A
metonymy
B
synecdoche
C
asyndeton
D
zeugma
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”The thirty-two chapters of a novel—if we consider how to read a novel first—are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building: but words are more impalpable than bricks; reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing.

A
criticize.
B
entertain.
C
inform.
D
persuade.
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Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More. But the time appointed for labour is to be narrowly examined, otherwise you may imagine that since there are only six hours appointed for work, they may fall under a scarcity of necessary provisions: but it is so far from being true that this time is not sufficient for supplying them with plenty of all things, either necessary or convenient, that it is rather too much; and this you will easily apprehend if you consider how great a part of all other nations is quite idle.

A
It prohibits the audience from devoting too much time to pleasure.
B
It shames the audience for believing that they can be lazy workers.
C
It allows the audience to understand his personal working schedule.
D
It encourages the audience to worry about wasting productive time.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

A
biography.
B
essay.
C
myth.
D
play.
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Read the excerpt from Greta Thunberg’s speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.There will not be any solutions or plans presented in line with these figures here today, because these numbers are too uncomfortable. And you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is.You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you.We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now is where we draw the line. The world is waking up. And change is coming, whether you like it or not.

A
abductive, because the speaker makes a generalization about climate change
B
inductive, because the speaker starts with specific observations about the responsibility of youth
C
inductive, because the speaker moves toward a broad conclusion about older generations
D
abductive, because the speaker starts with a specific trend in CO2 usage
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Read the excerpt from Greta Thunberg’s speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.So a 50% risk is simply not acceptable to us—we who have to live with the consequences.To have a 67% chance of staying below a 1.5 degrees global temperature rise—the best odds given by the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]—the world had 420 gigatons of CO2 left to emit back on January 1, 2018. Today that figure is already down to less than 350 gigatons.How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just "business as usual” and some technical solutions? With today’s emissions levels, that remaining CO2 budget will be entirely gone within less than 8 1/2 years.

A
by presenting a solution to the problems of not addressing CO2 emissions sooner
B
by emphasizing that the audience is not trying hard enough to reduce CO2 emissions
C
by highlighting the pattern in global temperature rises that cause CO2 emissions to increase
D
by focusing on methods that would be most effective at immediately reducing CO2 emissions
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Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More.The same trade generally passes down from father to son, inclinations often following descent: but if any man’s genius lies another way he is, by adoption, translated into a family that deals in the trade to which he is inclined; and when that is to be done, care is taken, not only by his father, but by the magistrate, that he may be put to a discreet and good man: and if, after a person has learned one trade, he desires to acquire another, that is also allowed, and is managed in the same manner as the former. When he has learned both, he follows that which he likes best, unless the public has more occasion for the other.

A
by explaining why a person should pursue a specific career
B
by exposing faults in the traditional method of job selection
C
by showing what happens if someone is unsuited for work
D
by describing why a society needs people to do certain jobs
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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato.And so at last, instead of loving contention and glory, men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the rich man, and make a ruler of him, and dishonour the poor man.They do so.They next proceed to make a law which fixes a sum of money as the qualification of citizenship; the sum is higher in one place and lower in another, as the oligarchy is more or less exclusive; and they allow no one whose property falls below the amount fixed to have any share in the government. These changes in the constitution they effect by force of arms, if intimidation has not already done their work.Read the excerpt from Utopia by Sir Thomas More.Even the Syphogrants, though excused by the law, yet do not excuse themselves, but work, that by their examples they may excite the industry of the rest of the people; the like exemption is allowed to those who, being recommended to the people by the priests, are, by the secret suffrages of the Syphogrants, privileged from labour, that they may apply themselves wholly to study; and if any of these fall short of those hopes that they seemed at first to give, they are obliged to return to work; and sometimes a mechanic that so employs his leisure hours as to make a considerable advancement in learning is eased from being a tradesman and ranked among their learned men.

A
Plato draws on their inherent virtue, while More elaborates on their commitments to studying.
B
Plato exposes their harm to good society, while More describes how they will contribute.
C
Plato praises their extreme loyalty, while More writes that they should connect with citizens.
D
Plato tries to remedy the social divide, while More provides a plan for their governing style.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”Then turn from your blurred and littered pages to the opening pages of some great novelist—Defoe, Jane Austen, Hardy. Now you will be better able to appreciate their mastery.

A
The author might place Defoe, Austen, and Hardy in a setting on Jupiter.
B
The author might go into detail about the lives of Defoe, Austen, and Hardy.
C
The author might write a plot in which Defoe, Austen, and Hardy solve a crime.
D
The author might include dialogue for the roles of Defoe, Austen, and Hardy.
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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato. Let us then consider, first of all, what will be their way of life, now that we have thus established them. Will they not produce corn . . . and clothes, and shoes, and build houses for themselves? And when they are housed, they will work, in summer, commonly, stripped and barefoot, but in winter substantially clothed and shod. They will feed on barley-meal and flour of wheat, baking and kneading them, making noble cakes and loaves; these they will serve up on a mat of reeds or on clean leaves, themselves reclining the while upon beds strewn with yew or myrtle. And they and their children will feast . . . wearing garlands on their heads, and hymning the praises of the gods, in happy converse with one another. And they will take care that their families do not exceed their means; having an eye to poverty or war.

A
logos; the speaker appeals to logic by describing how much work the people would need to do
B
logos; the speaker appeals to reason by describing the different roles of people in society
C
pathos; the speaker appeals to the emotions by describing the various foods and festivities that will bring about happiness
D
pathos; the speaker appeals to strong emotions by describing how unfulfilling people’s lives would be
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Read the body paragraph from an argumentative essay.Dancers are by far the most talented athletes in modern society. All dancers are really strong, graceful, and flexible. Everyone wishes they could be coordinated like dancers. Only people who have never seen a dance say dancers are not athletes.

A
Dancers are by far the most talented athletes in modern society.
B
All dancers are really strong, graceful, and flexible.
C
Everyone wishes they could be coordinated like dancers.
D
Only people who have never seen a dance say dancers are not athletes.
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When separating items in a list, a writer should

e
end the list with a colon.
s
separate the items with colons.
a
add a comma after the “and” before the last item.
a
add a comma before the “and” before the last item.
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Look at the procedural text.

Question illustration
A
It provides additional information that narrows the focus of the text.
B
It draws attention to important information in the table of contents.
C
It introduces the various sections that appear within each chapter.
D
It explains the author’s primary reason for writing about this topic.
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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato.On the other hand, the men of business, stooping as they walk, and pretending not even to see those whom they have already ruined, insert their sting—that is, their money—into some one else who is not on his guard against them, and recover the parent sum many times over multiplied into a family of children: and so they make drone and pauper to abound in the State.Yes, he said, there are plenty of them—that is certain.The evil blazes up like a fire; and they will not extinguish it, either by restricting a man’s use of his own property, or by another remedy:What other? One which is the next best, and has the advantage of compelling the citizens to look to their characters:—Let there be a general rule that every one shall enter into voluntary contracts at his own risk, and there will be less of this scandalous money-making, and the evils of which we were speaking will be greatly lessened in the State.

A
Contracts pose the greatest risk to people with little money.
B
It is immoral for people to conduct unfair business dealings.
C
People do not think about those whom they have wronged.
D
A government is stronger when its business is run ethically.
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Read Dimitri’s outline for the claim and one body paragraph of his argumentative essay.Claim: Social networking improves society.Reasons: It helps people to share information and connect with global events.Evidence: A recent survey showed that almost 30% of Americans get their news from social networking rather than from TV or radio.Counterclaim: Social networking is distracting, leading to lower grades among students.

A
replace the statistical evidence with a personal anecdote.
B
change the viewpoint he states in his claim because it is biased.
C
add a rebuttal to discredit the counterclaim and support his claim.
D
insert another counterclaim to fully explain the opposing argument.
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When items in a list already contain commas, the writer should separate the items in the list using

c
commas.
h
hyphens.
p
periods.
s
semicolons.
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What text features are included in this text? Check all that apply.

A
a title
B
a subtitle
C
headings
D
image captions
E
illustrations
F
a numbered list
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Read the excerpt from The Republic by Plato. And our State must once more enlarge; and this time the enlargement will be nothing short of a whole army, which will have to go out and fight with the invaders for all that we have, as well as for the things and persons whom we were describing above.

A
ethos; the speaker appeals to credibility by suggesting he has the skills to protect society
B
kairos; the speaker appeals to time by showing the urgent need for a strong army presence
C
pathos; the speaker appeals to emotions by inspiring the audience to fear invaders
D
logos; the speaker uses logic and reasoning to convince others of why a large army is necessary
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Read Pat Mora’s poem quoted in "The Leader in the Mirror."Immigrantswrap their babies in the American flag,feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie,name them Bill and Daisy,buy them blonde dolls that blink blueeyes or a football and tiny cleatsbefore the baby can even walk,speak to them in thick EnglishNow read the excerpt from Mora’s essay "The Leader in the Mirror."My own father was once a paper boy for the newspaper hosting the banquet. I might not have known that fact, nor his long history of hard work, had I not been listening to him with my tape recorder a few years ago. I did not want the students to wait as long as I had to begin preserving the rich inheritance of their family voices. The strength of their heritage would give them the courage to face the future.

A
In the poem, Mora writes about immigrant families’ desire to fit in. In the essay, she writes about the importance of remembering one’s heritage.
B
In the poem, Mora writes about her own family heritage. In the essay, she writes about immigrant families in general.
C
The poem uses flowery language, while the language in the essay is scientific.
D
The poem is written with a rhyming pattern, while the essay is not written in rhyme.

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