Creating a Blog — Unit test Answers

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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 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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Read the excerpt from Silent Spring.There had been several sudden and unexplained deaths, not only among adults but even among children, who would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours.

A
The sentence proves that the author is knowledgeable.
B
The sentence creates an image of children at play.
C
The sentence discusses the death of children.
D
The sentence offers facts about diseases adults contract.
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Read the dictionary entry.re • frain [ri-freyn]1. (verb) to resist doing something2. (noun) the chorus of a musical piece

A
The flight attendant requested that the passengers refrain from smoking.
B
Students should refrain from using their cell phones during the lecture.
C
Experienced audience members refrain from clapping until the end.
D
The haunting refrain stayed with the audience long after the show ended.
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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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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 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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Which multimedia choice would be most effective in persuading blog readers to learn to play a musical instrument?

A
a video clip of an award-winning marching band
B
an interview with a successful popular musician
C
a graph illustrating various instrument families
D
a photo featuring the world’s largest symphony
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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.

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2
B
3
C
4
D
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Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase as an adverbial phrase?

A
The paintings of dragons were reproduced using new techniques.
B
The old, creepy house with the broken windows is haunted.
C
The questionnaire from the college took three days to complete.
D
The bumpy road jangled the carriage that we drove around the lake.
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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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Read the excerpt from "A Case for Waawaatesi."Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.

A
logos and reason.
B
ethos and credibility.
C
pathos and ethos.
D
logos and pathos.
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Which excerpt from Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi” best appeals to readers’ logic?

A
Think of it this way, your ancestors navigated by the stars, and today most people won’t walk outside without a GPS. That’s a crazy loss of direction or skill at some level for sure.
B
Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.
C
It’s things like frogs, who make it their business to croak at night, particularly when mating. Artificial lights disrupt their mojo and that means less frogs and reduced populations.
D
Migratory birds depend on cues from properly timed seasonal schedules. Artificial lights can cause them to migrate too early or too late and miss ideal climate conditions for nesting, foraging and other behaviors.
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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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