AnswersRKAA- Common Core English 10 1.0Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Words, Phrases, and Clauses

Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Words, Phrases, and Clauses — Unit test Answers

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Read the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove.

A
It contains exactly 14 lines.
B
It has no set rhyme pattern.
C
It has a pattern of repeating lines.
D
It has a set number of syllables per line.
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Which sentence correctly uses a coordinating conjunction?

W
We listened to the rhythmic sound of the waves as we walked along the beach.
T
The sun peeked from behind the clouds while the gulls flew overhead.
S
Shiny seashells dotted the sand; and, I placed one in my pocket.
T
The sandcastle stood far from the tide line, so it was safe from the waves.
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Amira is writing a literary analysis of Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior, and Jade Snow Wong’s Fifth Chinese Daughter. Which thesis statement is the most effective?

A
There is a difference between a child's desires and a parent's dreams, as shown in Amy Tan’s "Two Kinds."
B
There is conflict and rebellion between children and their parents, as shown in Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior, and Jade Snow Wong's Fifth Chinese Daughter.
C
The difference between a child's desires and a parent's dreams can lead to conflict and rebellion, as shown in Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior, and Jade Snow Wong's Fifth Chinese Daughter.
D
The difference between a child's desires and a parent's dreams can lead to conflict and rebellion, as Amy Tan, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Jade Snow Wong show.
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Which excerpts from "Two Kinds” show a connection between conflict and culture? Select two options.“Three days after watching The Ed Sullivan Show, my mother told me what my schedule would be for piano lessons and piano practice.”“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America.”“‘Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!’ I cried.”“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’”“The instructor of the beauty training school had to lop off these soggy clumps to make my hair even again.”

A
“Three days after watching The Ed Sullivan Show, my mother told me what my schedule would be for piano lessons and piano practice.”
B
“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America.”
C
“‘Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!’ I cried.”
D
“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’”
E
“The instructor of the beauty training school had to lop off these soggy clumps to make my hair even again.”
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Read the passage from "Two Kinds.”She walked over and stood in front of the TV. I saw her chest was heaving up and down in an angry way."No!” I said, and I now felt stronger, as if my true self had finally emerged. So this was what had been inside me all along."No! I won’t!” I screamed.She yanked me by the arm, pulled me off the floor, snapped off the TV. She was frighteningly strong, half pulling, half carrying me toward the piano as I kicked the throw rugs under my feet. She lifted me up and o

S
She is extrinsically motivated by fear of having wasted money on a piano that no one plays.
S
She is extrinsically motivated by her anger over her daughter’s television-viewing practices.
S
She is intrinsically motivated by her love of piano music to get her daughter to practice playing.
S
She is intrinsically motivated by her belief that children should obey their parents.
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three

r
receiving good grades
p
paying discount prices
h
having a fear of spiders
f
falling in love
g
getting a reward
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Which quotations from Amy Tan's story "Two Kinds" best serve as evidence for the thesis on reconciliation? Select two options.

A
“‘Of course you can be prodigy, too,’ my mother told me when I was nine.”
B
“And after seeing my mother's disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die.”
C
“‘You want me to be someone that I'm not!’ I sobbed. ‘I'll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be!’”
D
“A few years ago, she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday.”
E
“And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song.”
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Read the passage from "Two Kinds.”In spite of these warning signs, I wasn't worried. Our family had no piano and we couldn't afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. So I could be generous in my comments when my mother bad-mouthed the little girl on TV."Play note right, but doesn't sound good! No singing sound," complained my mother."What are you picking on her for?" I said carelessly. "She's pretty good. Maybe she's not the best, but she's trying hard." I knew almost

a
an internal conflict within the mother, who wishes she could buy more things for her family
a
an internal conflict within the narrator, who wants to perform better than the little girl on the talent show
a
an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether the girl on television is playing well
a
an external conflict between the narrator, who wants to play piano, and her mother, who cannot afford to buy one
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A
coordinating conjunction
B
dependent clause
C
conjunctive adverb
D
subordinating conjunction
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adjectiveadverbclauseconjunction

A
adjective
B
adverb
C
clause
D
conjunction
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In an interpretive literary essay, what is the purpose of commentary in body paragraphs?

A
Commentary mentions and properly credits the author of a quotation.
B
Commentary ensures that evidence properly fits into a paragraph.
C
Commentary explains how evidence supports the writer's viewpoints.
D
Commentary introduces the reasons for the writer’s thesis and viewpoint.
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Read the sentence from an interpretive literary analysis.Amy Tan describes Jing-mei's mother's efforts to get her to become a prodigy: "I soon found out why Old Chong had retired from teaching piano. He was deaf."

A
Amy Tan points out the allusion in Jing-mei's mother's efforts to get her to become a prodigy: "I soon found out why Old Chong had retired from teaching piano. He was deaf."
B
Amy Tan points out the irony in Jing-mei's mother's efforts to get her to become a prodigy: "I soon found out why Old Chong had retired from teaching piano. He was deaf."
C
Amy Tan points out the imagery in Jing-mei's mother's efforts to get her to become a prodigy: "I soon found out why Old Chong had retired from teaching piano. He was deaf."
D
Amy Tan points out the theme in Jing-mei's mother's efforts to get her to become a prodigy: "I soon found out why Old Chong had retired from teaching piano. He was deaf."
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Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have a set rhyme pattern is known as

A
a haiku.
B
a villanelle.
C
free verse.
D
an Elizabethan sonnet.
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Read the stanza from "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove.Each night she lay down in pain and roseto the celluloid butterflies of her Beloved Dead,Lenin and Marx and Stalin arrayed at the footstead.And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs pantinglike children along the graveled walks of the garden, Diego’slove a skull in the circular windowof the thumbprint searing her immutable brow.

A
It describes the reason for Frida’s pain and suffering.
B
It indicates that the love Frida once felt has died.
C
It shows that Frida continues to think of politics.
D
It suggests that Frida prefers to be around nature.
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Read the line from Rita Dove’s poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors,” then study Frida Kahlo’s painting Self-Portrait with Monkey and Parrot.the thumbprint searing her immutable brow.

Question illustration
I
It suggests that the portrait is about anger.
I
It suggests that the painting is as bold and resilient as Kahlo was.
I
It suggests that Kahlo’s self-portrait reveals weakness.
I
It suggests that Kahlo had finally mastered painting self-portraits.

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