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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.that began with Caedmon’s raceless dew, and is endingin the alleys of Brixton, burning like Turner’s ships.

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The speaker thinks Turner was a bad artist.
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The speaker knows a lot about historical ships.
C
The speaker has knowledge of famous British artists.
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The speaker dislikes most paintings by Turner.
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In argumentative writing, what should a strong claim do? Check all that apply.identify the topicinclude relevant evidenceprovide reasons for the claimstate a specific stanceestablish a specific viewpoint

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identify the topic
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include relevant evidence
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provide reasons for the claim
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state a specific stance
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establish a specific viewpoint
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.I was there to add some color to the British theater."But the blacks can’t do Shakespeare, they have no experience.”

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The speaker feels that most people are familiar with Shakespeare.
B
The speaker feels that British theater is not inclusive of all races.
C
The speaker feels that most actors need more experience.
D
The speaker feels that Shakespeare is overrated in England.
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A reference in a text to another well-known text, person, event, or thing is called a(n)

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perspective.
B
attitude.
C
allusion.
D
narration.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.The leaf stems tug at their chains, the branches bendinglike Boer cattle under Tory whips that drag every wagonnearer to apartheid.

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It helps the reader understand why the war was fought and how the war ultimately ended.
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It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.
C
It helps the reader understand that the author supported the Second Boer War and the Brixton rioting.
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It suggests that the past war is the sole reason for the current political climate in Brixton.
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The significance of an object is what the object reveals about the daily life, beliefs, interests, and customs of a society during a specific time period.

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Read the paragraph.Students enrolled in Physics 101 were asked to assemble wooden cars to demonstrate the principles of friction. The cars began as uniform kits, each containing a four-inch block of wood, four wheels, and two metal rods. Students carved, assembled, painted, and embellished their creations. In the end, there was an impressive line-up of mini racers with sleek, sanded bodies. They represented every color of the rainbow, with racing stripes and lightning bolts adorning many.

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to develop the central idea of the principles of friction
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to establish the importance of learning higher-level science
C
to describe students’ cars to help readers visualize them
D
to explain the importance of the students’ creations
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Read the excerpt from "Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle” and consider the accompanying image.If you wanted to sail, it was impossible to keep a precise record of time. And at sea, if you can’t tell the time, you don’t know how far east or west you are. It is relatively easy to calculate latitude – your distance north or south of the equator – by measuring the height of the Sun above the horizon at noon; but this won’t let you calculate longitude – your position east or west.

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The image engages readers with an historic example.
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The image aids readers’ understanding of key concepts.
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The image entertains readers with a modern application.
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The image explains how to measure the height of the sun.
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How does Michio Kaku develop the idea of an impending scientific revolution in “Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence”?

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by praising the efficiency of modern-day Internet research
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by providing quantitative proof of recent scientific progress
C
by comparing scientific knowledge to grains of sand on a beach
D
by providing the names and contributions of modern scientists
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Which sentence most effectively uses a formal style and tone?

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In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Europe was obsessed with finding a clock that could keep accurate time aboard a rocking ship.
B
Clockmaking was important to Britain. They relied heavily on trade by sea. They needed to find a clock that could keep accurate time.
C
As a maritime nation, Britain was particularly concerned with creating a clock that could keep accurate time, even when aboard a rolling ship.
D
I think it was smart that Britain focused on creating a clock that could keep accurate time under all circumstances. Look at the benefits.
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They and their Dutch and English competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to Europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world.
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All European visitors were struck by the Oba’s position as both the spiritual and the secular head of the kingdom, and the Benin brass plaques are principally concerned with praising him.
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A British delegation seeking to enter Benin City during an important religious ceremony had been attacked and some of its members killed. The details of what actually happened are far from clear.
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It is a bewildering fact that by the end of the nineteenth century the broadly equal and harmonious contacts between Europeans and West Africans established in the sixteenth century had disappeared from European memory.
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Which sentence must be revised to eliminate a split infinitive?

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Jamar went to band practice and came home with a sunburn.
B
Lucas makes it a habit to only watch the stunts the skateboarders did.
C
Gabriela loves to noisily and cheerfully make breakfast for her family each day.
D
Samuel needs to regularly organize the papers and folders in his school bag.
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Read this excerpt from "Talking Robots."Of course, neural networks still have a long way to go before they can model the human brain. As physicist Heinz Pagels has said: “The difference between a real neuron and the model neurons . . . is like the difference between a human hand and a pair of pliers.” But the fact that a simple neural network can speak at all is remarkable, indicating that perhaps human abilities can be simulated by electronics. . . . Which is the most accurate summary of Kaku’s argument?

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The simulated speech of neural networks suggests the potential for other electronic simulations.
B
Neural networks are vastly inferior to the human brain, and critics question whether they can speak at all.
C
Neural networks are vastly different from the human brain, just as pliers are different from the human hand.
D
Electronic simulation of speech suggests that technological ability will eventually exceed human potential.
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.This suffragette coin stands for all those who fought for the right to vote. Recent objects have been about nineteenth-century mass production and mass consumption – this one is about the rise of mass political engagement.

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after "This suffragette."
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after "Recent objects."
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before "mass consumption."
D
before "this one is about."
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Read the claim for an argumentative paragraph that discusses why the suffragette-defaced penny is the most historically significant object in MacGregor’s text.The suffragette-defaced penny is the most historically significant artifact because it represents the redefining of a woman’s place within the British political nation.

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Defacing a coin of the realm was against the law, so when women deliberately stamped “Votes for Women” across the image of the king’s face on a penny, it sent a forceful and shocking message.
B
British coins had two sides: the profile of Edward VII appeared on one side, while the image of Brittania appeared on the other.
C
British women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote in 1918, and in 1928 the Equal Franchise Act extended the right to vote to all women over the age of 21.
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In Britain in the 1880s, roughly 60 percent of the male population had the right to vote, but no women at all were able to do so.

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