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Read the claim.Schools should stop doing standardized testing.Read the counterclaim.The Department of Education says that teaching students to do well on standardized tests helps to motivate students and keep them focused on important subjects.Read the rebuttal.On the contrary, being forced to focus on testing stresses students and limits the amount of knowledge they can gain.
Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva.
To critique society is to examine it in order to
Read the sentence.Emilia didn’t realize the spy had gained the access codes until the security breach happened.
Read this sentence from a report on Oscar Wilde.Oscar Wilde uses humor to critique society and show that there is too much concern about coming from a proper family.
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Which sentences contain vague pronouns? Check all that apply.Bernardo reads both fiction and nonfiction, and he likes it a lot.After the play, Henrique told Isadora that her solo was excellent. Hiroto prepared so well for the debate that he crushed the competition.Vivian met Laura at the coffee shop where she works after school.When Mariana and Rahul studied with Lisa and Nico, it helped them.
Read the passage.(1) I think that schools should switch from using paper textbooks to using computer tablets. (2) Textbooks were effective in the pre-digital age, but now we live in a technology-based society, so schools need to get with the program and adopt a modern approach to learning. (3) In fact, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission said that "it’s time for the next stage” of learning with tablets and pointed out how textbooks are often out of date. (4) Opponents argue that t
A statement that seems to be contradictory but proves to be true in some sense is a(n)
Read the excerpt from Act III of The Importance of Being Earnest.Lady Bracknell. [With a shiver, crossing to the sofa and sitting down.] I do not know whether there is anything peculiarly exciting in the air of this particular part of Hertfordshire, but the number of engagements that go on seems to me considerably above the proper average that statistics have laid down for our guidance. I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? I merely desire information. Until yesterday I had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a Terminus. [Jack looks perfectly furious, but restrains himself.]
Read the excerpt from Act III of The Importance of Being Earnest.Jack. But my dear Lady Bracknell, the matter is entirely in your own hands. The moment you consent to my marriage with Gwendolen, I will most gladly allow your nephew to form an alliance with my ward.
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