Creating a Blog — Unit test Answers

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Read the sentence.The skillful pilot maneuvered successfully during the training mission.

A
It’s a verb phrase acting as an object in the sentence.
B
It’s a verb phrase acting as the predicate of the sentence.
C
It’s a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial phrase.
D
It’s a prepositional phrase acting as an adjectival phrase.
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A
a rebuttal
B
evidence
C
detail
D
a claim
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Read the excerpt from Jackson’s blog.Learning to speak a new language is one of the best decisions I ever made! This summer, I traveled throughout Japan with my robotics team and was able to communicate with almost everyone we met. Next year, I’m planning to live in Japan as an exchange student. I think it will help me improve my Japanese reading and writing skills. I hope all my friends get inspired to learn a language, too!

A
advertise foreign language lessons.
B
entertain with humorous anecdotes.
C
persuade readers to learn a language.
D
teach readers how to speak Japanese.
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Read the lines from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield.I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;

A
Both lines use alliteration as a sound device.
B
Both lines use assonance as a sound device.
C
The first line contains alliteration, and the second line contains assonance.
D
The first line contains assonance, and the second line contains alliteration.
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Read the poem.Instruments poised, chins highNot a blink, nor a sighAs every eye awaits her handTo cue the members of the band.

A
aabb
B
abab
C
abcb
D
abcd
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Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone.Nancy took a breath and gathered her thoughts. She imagined that passing through the gray-zone door into Level 4 was like a space walk, except that instead of going into outer space, you went into inner space, which was full of the pressure of life trying to get inside your suit. People went into Level 4 areas all the time at the Institute, particularly the civilian animal caretakers. But going into a containment zone to perform a necropsy on an animal that had died of an amplified unknown hot agent was something a little different. This was high-hazard work.

A
amplified unknown hot agent; high-hazard work
B
like a space walk; trying to get inside your suit
C
going into a containment zone; perform a necropsy
D
imagined that passing; civilian animal caretakers
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Read the sentences below.The new safety requirements were enacted based on scientists’ recommendations. Fewer accidents occurred.

A
The new safety requirements were enacted based on scientists’ recommendations; fewer accidents occurred.
B
Based on the scientists’ recommendations, the new safety requirements were enacted, and fewer accidents occurred.
C
Based on the scientists’ recommendations, the new safety requirements were enacted so that fewer accidents occurred.
D
The new safety requirements were enacted based on scientists’ recommendations, and fewer accidents occurred.
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Which statements describe the poem? Select three options.

A
The poem has an abcb rhyme scheme.
B
Every line length is the same.
C
Each stanza is a quatrain.
D
The poem contains two stanzas.
E
The meter is fixed throughout the poem.
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Read the paragraph from The Hot Zone.There was not a uniform in the group, although a few members of the ambulance team wore camouflage fatigues. The caravan crossed the Potomac River at Point of Rocks and hit Leesburg Pike just as rush hour began. The traffic became bumper to bumper, and the officers began to get frustrated. It took them two hours to reach the monkey house, contending the whole way with ill-tempered commuters. Finally the column turned into the office park, which by that time was filling up with workers. The supply van and the ambulance were driven along the side of the monkey house, up onto a lawn, and were parked behind the building, to get them out of sight. The back of the building presented a brick face, some narrow windows, and a glass door. The door was the insertion point. They parked the supply van up close to the door.

A
Withholding information from the public is routine policy.
B
Choosing a point of entry can be extremely tricky.
C
The military always takes many safety precautions.
D
Great care was taken to keep the truth from the public.
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Use the passages Silent Spring and "A Case for Waawaatesi” to answer the following question.

A
paragraph 1 of Silent Spring
B
paragraph 1 of “A Case for Waawaatesi”
C
paragraph 3 of Silent Spring
D
paragraph 3 of “A Case for Waawaatesi”
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Read the poem.Snowflakes cascadeMy yard is changed.A backyard reality is rearranged.Neglected bikes wear blankets of snow,Hopscotch lines cower and hide,The toys in the yard . . . lost until spring.

A
2
B
3
C
4
D
6
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A is a group of words that work together to express an idea and can function as a noun, adjective, verb, or adverb.

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Read the paragraph from The Hot Zone.At six-thirty, he gave an order to move out, and the column of vehicles left Fort Detrick's main gate and headed south, toward the Potomac River. It consisted of a line of ordinary automobiles—the officers' family cars, with the officers inside wearing civilian clothes, looking like commuters. The line of cars followed behind two unmarked military vehicles. One was a supply van and the other was a snow-white ambulance. It was an unmarked Level 4 biocontainment ambulance. Inside it there were an Army medical-evacuation team and a biocontainment pod known as a bubble stretcher. This was a combat medical stretcher enclosed by a biocontainment bubble made of clear plastic. If someone was bitten by a monkey, he would go into the bubble, and from there he would be transferred to the Slammer. The supply van was a white unmarked refrigerator truck. This was to hold dead monkeys and tubes of blood.

A
to help the reader visualize the thorough precautions that were in place
B
to persuade the reader that safety precautions should always be followed
C
to inform the reader of what could happen if precautions were overlooked
D
to explain in great detail why such precautions were needed for the situation
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Jargon consists of words that are specific to a

A
feeling or emotion.
B
time and location.
C
desired tone or mood.
D
subject or profession.
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Which blog statement is an example of a claim?

A
Without previous financial experience, many college students acquire unnecessary debt.
B
Experts suggest that high school students benefit from maintaining a personal savings account.
C
Using a debit card for small purchases is one way teens can practice financial responsibility.
D
Budgeting is an important skill for teenagers to develop and practice before leaving home.

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