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Writing a Research-Based Essay — Unit test Answers

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Which best describes how graphics support an informative essay? Select two options.by supplementing complex numerical databy listing additional contributors to a sourceby providing transitions between one idea and the nextby revealing when the information was publishedby adding more detail to the information in the essay

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by supplementing complex numerical data
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by listing additional contributors to a source
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by providing transitions between one idea and the next
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by revealing when the information was published
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by adding more detail to the information in the essay
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Read the lines from "The Weary Blues."Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor.He played a few chords then he sang some more.The repetition of the word "thump" is an example of what literary device?

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personification
B
simile
C
onomatopoeia
D
metaphor
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Read the lines from "Harlem."Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Read the lines from "The Weary Blues."He did a lazy sway . . .He did a lazy sway.Which best describes the relationship between these lines?

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The lines from "Harlem" provide sensory details, and the lines from "The Weary Blues" do not.
B
The lines from "Harlem" and the lines from "The Weary Blues" both provide details through personification.
C
The lines from "Harlem" provide details using the sense of sight, and the lines from "The Weary Blues" provide details using the sense of touch.
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The lines from "Harlem" and the lines from "The Weary Blues" both provide details using the sense of sight.
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Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.[T]here are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors.The Supreme Court is most likely interested in these findings because it hopes to determine whether

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outdated schools can compete in modern society.
B
students of varying races have similar aptitudes.
C
teachers treat students of varying backgrounds equally.
D
separate systems of education can be equal.
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Read the excerpt from Black Boy.Then my father was called; he came forward jauntily, smiling. He tried to kiss my mother, but she turned away from him. I only heard one sentence of what he said.“I’m doing all I can, Your Honor,” he mumbled, grinning.In this excerpt, how does Wright convey his father’s attitude and beliefs?

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He depicts his father’s carefree, dismissive behavior.
B
He describes a scene in which his father shows affection.
C
He suggests that his father was unable to feel true joy.
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He indicates that he truly believes his father’s words.
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The speaker in "The Weary Blues" is most likely

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an audience member at a blues show.
B
a band member for a blues singer.
C
a contemporary blues critic.
D
a historian studying blues musicians.
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Which essay research questions are effective? Select two options.What is the best genre of music?Which restaurant makes the best burgers?What marketing strategies do companies use?How is strength training more effective than cardio exercise?Why is school start time important for ensuring student achievement?

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What is the best genre of music?
B
Which restaurant makes the best burgers?
C
What marketing strategies do companies use?
D
How is strength training more effective than cardio exercise?
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Why is school start time important for ensuring student achievement?
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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.What is the author’s purpose for including these sentences?

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to describe the productivity of his daily routine
B
to emphasize the significance of his critics’ letter
C
to establish the impressive credentials of his staff
D
to explain the nature of his profession
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Read the excerpt from Black Boy. A quarter of a century was to elapse between the time when I saw my father sitting with the strange woman and the time when I was to see him again. . . . I stood before him, poised, my mind aching as it embraced the simple nakedness of his life, feeling how completely his soul was imprisoned by the slow flow of the seasons, by wind and rain and sun, how fastened were his memories to a crude and raw past, how chained were his actions and emotions to the direct, animalistic impulses of his withering body.Wright’s purpose telling this anecdote is to illustrate his father’s

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accomplishments.
B
cruelty.
C
insights.
D
shortcomings.
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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application.How does King support this claim?

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by citing the 1954 Supreme court decision
B
by describing the fairness of moral laws
C
by describing a law about parade permits
D
by defining illegal segregation statutes
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Read the topic sentence from Damia’s research-based essay.Wolves are very similar to humans in terms of the way they communicate with members of their species.

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For instance, a wolf’s howl is used to warn other wolves of the possibility of a predator attack.
B
Also, wolves have an extremely keen sense of hearing that assists them in thwarting predators.
C
Humans typically use multiple methods to communicate with others, whereas wolves are more limited.
D
Wolves are incredibly territorial, which can cause strife with other members of their species.
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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. How does King support this claim in the rest of his letter?

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by providing examples of recent nonviolent sit-ins
B
by quoting Socrates and establishing historical precedent
C
by chronicling the history of violent tension throughout the South
D
by presenting a visual image of a world in which equality reigns
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Which excerpt from Black Boy best reflects the way in which Wright’s knowledge of history and culture influence his views on his father?

A
When I awakened one morning my mother told me that we were going to see a judge who would make my father support me and my brother. An hour later all three of us were sitting in a huge crowded room.
B
For some reason the entire thing struck me as being useless; I felt that if my father were going to feed me, then he would have done so regardless of what a judge said to him. And I did not want my father to feed me.
C
My father and a strange woman were sitting before a bright fire that blazed in a grate. My mother and I were standing about six feet away, as though we were afraid to approach them any closer.
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From far beyond the horizons that bound this bleak plantation there had come to me through my living the knowledge that my father was a black peasant who had gone to the city seeking life, but who had failed in the city; a black peasant whose life had been hopelessly snarled in the city.
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Read the sentence.The restaurant’s advertising campaigns are arguably interesting.

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advertising
B
campaigns
C
arguably
D
interesting
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Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.Why does the Supreme Court conclude that the plaintiffs have been denied their rights?

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The plaintiffs’ schools have neglected their responsibilities.
B
The Fourteenth Amendment fails to reference education.
C
Segregation is inherently unequal and unfair.
D
The plaintiffs’ children have endured racial stereotyping.

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