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Which is a characteristic of relevant evidence?

A
It is from a reliable source.
B
It can be proved.
C
It is current.
D
It is interesting.
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publication datecentral ideaparts of speechauthor’s background

A
publication date
B
central idea
C
parts of speech
D
author’s background
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Which pieces of textual evidence support the inference that the codebook was of high importance? Select 2 options.

A
On several occasions Room 40 received an unexpected but welcome gift when a German codebook was recovered after a sea battle and presented to the British code breakers.
B
One such gift was a codebook from the German ship Magdeburg, a light cruiser that ran aground on an island off of Finland.
C
When Russian ships quickly bore down on the cruiser, the captain of the stranded ship immediately did what all naval officers were taught to do: he ordered his signalman to bring him the ship's codebook so he could throw the book, wrapped in lead covers, into the sea.
D
But before the signalman could deliver the book to his captain, he was killed by Russian guns.
E
When the Russians recovered his body, the sailor was still clutching the codebook in his arms.
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opinionsideasevidencedescriptions

A
opinions
B
ideas
C
evidence
D
descriptions
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Read this excerpt from The Dark Game.Another thing that changed very little in the years between the wars was the means of obtaining military intelligence. Although the use of photography and the telegraph brought some technological advances, the craft of spying on the enemy's army still relied on fieldwork.

b
by enhancing the reader’s understanding of which technological advances were used during fieldwork
b
by changing the reader’s perceptions about how fieldwork could help the Union cause
b
by including more detailed information about who did fieldwork for the Union and how it was done
b
by adding complexity to the topic by raising the moral issues involved in fieldwork and other espionage
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direct characterizationindirect characterizationdirect developmentindirect development

A
direct characterization
B
indirect characterization
C
direct development
D
indirect development
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Read this paragraph from The Dark Game.When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster." She was in her early forties and unmarried. What could she do, she wondered, to serve her country? The answer came to her when she recalled her father's aunt Letitia telling her how she had ministered to the captured troops of the Continental army during the American Revolution, especially those who had been wounded in action.

A
Elizabeth Van Lew was an unmarried woman in her forties who wanted to serve her country but did not know how.
B
Elizabeth Van Lew asked herself what she wanted to do to help the Northern cause during the Civil War.
C
Elizabeth Van Lew was called a spinster in the South during the time of the Civil War because she had been unmarried for such a long time.
D
Elizabeth Van Lew wanted to help during the Civil War and drew inspiration from a relative who had taken care of wounded Revolutionary soldiers.
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Which best describes the use of juxtaposition in writing?

A
repeating the same word or phrase in a sentence
B
placing two concepts near one another for comparison
C
substituting one word for another
D
exaggerating for effect
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Why do nonfiction authors use ellipsis when quoting from a source?

A
to inform readers that the quotation is being used as evidence
B
to help engage readers with the material being presented
C
to persuade readers to agree with the quotation
D
to show readers that words have been excluded
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Peter is writing about this excerpt from The Code Book.A variation on the Trojan horse is a brand-new piece of encryption software that seems secure, but which actually contains a backdoor, something that allows its designers to decrypt everybody's messages. In 1998, a report by Wayne Madsen revealed that the Swiss cryptographic company Crypto AG had built backdoors into some of its products, and had provided the U.S. Government with details of how to exploit these backdoors. As a result, Americ

H
Hidden messages can be shared through a backdoor in encryption software. It reminds me of the way I leave my kitchen door open so the cat can come in.
H
Hidden messages can be shared through a backdoor in encryption software. The author gives an example of this software helping the government.
A
A Trojan horse is a type of encryption software, but as the author explains, it is not always 100 percent secure.
A
A Trojan horse is a type of encryption software, which reminds me of Greek mythology.
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restrictivenonrestrictiverelativeappositive

A
restrictive
B
nonrestrictive
C
relative
D
appositive

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