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accurately portrayshumorously critiquesscientifically studiesmathematically measures

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accurately portrays
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humorously critiques
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scientifically studies
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mathematically measures
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Read this sentence from a report on Oscar Wilde.Oscar Wilde uses humor to critique society and show that there is too much concern about coming from a proper family.

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“Where did the charitable gentleman who had a first-class ticket for this seaside resort find you?”
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“Yes, Lady Bracknell. I was in a hand-bag—a somewhat large, black leather hand-bag, with handles to it—an ordinary hand-bag in fact.”
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“To be born, or at any rate bred, in a hand-bag, whether it had handles or not, seems to me to display a contempt for the ordinary decencies of family life . . .”
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“May I ask you then what you would advise me to do? I need hardly say I would do anything in the world to ensure Gwendolen’s happiness.”
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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.

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invent
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secure
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manufacture
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mold
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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.
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It makes the imagined addressee feel more present to the reader.
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It allows the reader to imagine what the music might sound like.
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It makes the figurative language of the poem stand out more.
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Which literary device attaches human qualities or actions to animals, objects, or abstract concepts?

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metaphor
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simile
p
personification
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imagery
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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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To critique society is to examine it in order to

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state a fact.
b
break a rule.
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give an opinion.
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provide evidence.
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Jack.

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how the rules of Victorian society were not very strict and were not taken seriously.
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how members of the upper class were not concerned with the rules of society and rarely followed them.
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how the rules of Victorian society dictated many things, even what was proper to read.
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how members of high society rarely read books and were not concerned with cultural knowledge.
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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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Lady Bracknell.

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She says that she does not want Gwendolen, an unmarried girl, to sit apart from her guardian.
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She says that she disapproves of Algernon as a suitable husband because he ate all of the cucumber sandwiches.
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She says that she expects certain treatment because she is a married woman.
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She says that Lady Harbury looks younger since her husband’s death.
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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
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misused words
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repeated words
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vague words
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scientific words
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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.
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The use of the rhyming words "bright" and "light" describes the speaker's desire to die.
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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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compoundmodifyingnonrestrictiverestrictive

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compound
B
modifying
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nonrestrictive
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restrictive
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Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above;Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night."Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Death is an uncertain event in the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," while the main idea in the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night" is that death is certain to happen to everyone.
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The main idea in the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is that death can be avoided if one tries, while the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night" claims that death is a positive experience.
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In the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," the speaker is frightened of death, while in the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night," death is described as a natural event that happens at old age.
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The excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" reveals an acceptance of death, while the main idea in the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into the good night" is to fight death at all costs.
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Read the sentence.Cora Emily and Elliot visited relatives in Boston, Massachusetts Durham, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine.

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They should be punctuated in the same way. Both lists should use commas to separate items.
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They should be punctuated in the same way. Both lists should use semicolons to separate items.
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They should be punctuated differently. The items in the first list should be separated by commas. The items in the second list should be separated by semicolons.
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They should be punctuated differently. The items in the first list should be separated by semicolons. The items in the second list should be separated by commas.

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