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Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen in a compound modifier?

A
My little sister was well-behaved throughout the entire ride.
B
The supplies that you brought were much-needed.
C
A newly-married couple moved into the apartment across the hall.
D
Enrique’s dream is to become a full-time singer.
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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.

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Bernardo reads both fiction and nonfiction, and he likes it a lot.
B
After the play, Henrique told Isadora that her solo was excellent.
C
Hiroto prepared so well for the debate that he crushed the competition.
D
Vivian met Laura at the coffee shop where she works after school.
E
When Mariana and Rahul studied with Lisa and Nico, it helped them.
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Which line is written in iambic pentameter?

A
I really like horses and giraffes.
B
I have ridden a horse, but I never fell off.
C
I know a man who owns a horse.
D
I came to see a man about a horse.
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Which line from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore is an example of personification?

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“She has no pride of dress and decoration.”
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“My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.”
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“O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.”
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“like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.”
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Read the sentence.If writers want to reach more readers, you can write a blog.

A
he
B
I
C
they
D
us
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True or False:

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T
F
F
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Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore.My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.Only let me make my life simple and straight,like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.

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It allows the reader to visualize what the poet looks like.
I
It makes the imagined addressee feel more present to the reader.
I
It allows the reader to imagine what the music might sound like.
I
It makes the figurative language of the poem stand out more.
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Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night."Good men, the last wave by, crying how brightTheir frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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The use of the rhyming words "bright" and "light" puts a focus on living rather than dying.
T
The use of the rhyming words "bright" and "light" describes the speaker's desire to die.
T
The use of the rhyming words "bright" and "light" highlights the idea that death must come for everyone.
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The use of the rhyming words "bright" and "light" emphasizes the speaker's love for his father.
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Read the sentence.The advertisement shows a group of people on an assembly line helping to make a large piece of equipment.

i
invent
s
secure
m
manufacture
m
mold
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Which literary device attaches human qualities or actions to animals, objects, or abstract concepts?

m
metaphor
s
simile
p
personification
i
imagery
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intensiveobjectivepossessivesubjective

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intensive
B
objective
C
possessive
D
subjective
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Ari is revising her essay to include more precise language. Which words should she replace? Select 3 options.specific wordsmisused wordsrepeated wordsvague wordsscientific words

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specific words
m
misused words
r
repeated words
v
vague words
s
scientific words
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Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.To begin with, it has nothing to do with archaism, with the salvaging of obsolete words and turns of speech, or with the setting-up of a "standard-English” which must never be departed from. On the contrary, it is especially concerned with the scrapping of every word or idiom which has outworn its usefulness. It has nothing to do with correct grammar and syntax, which are of no importance so long as one makes one’s meaning clear, or with the avoidance of Americanisms, or with having what is called a "good prose style.” On the other hand it is not concerned with fake simplicity and the attempt to make written English colloquial.

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Orwell’s purpose is to persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by arguing that grammar is important.
B
Orwell’s purpose is to persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by discouraging the use of worn-out words and phrases.
C
Orwell’s purpose is to entertain readers with humorous language. He achieves this by using unusual grammar.
D
Orwell’s purpose is to entertain readers with humorous language. He achieves this by using funny words and phrases.
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Read the sentence.The phone call, from the admissions office, made me ecstatic.

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The phone call from the admissions office made me happy.
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The phone call from the admissions office, made me happy.
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The phone call (from the admissions office) made me happy.
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The phone call—from the admissions office—made me happy.
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What grammatical structure is repeated in this excerpt? Check all that apply.

A
the use of "somewhere," followed by an adverb
B
the use of an adverb to begin the lines
C
the use of "Those that I," followed by a verb
D
the use of a pronoun to end the lines
E
the use of "I do not," followed by a verb

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