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Read the passage from President Barack Obama's back-to-school remarks.Maybe you could be a good writer—maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper—but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor—maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine—but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class.

A
emphasize his belief in the importance of being able to write well.
B
explain his thoughts on the best classes to take for a good education.
C
prove his point by spelling out the options available with an education.
D
strengthen his argument that more scientists are needed in the workforce.
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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; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love; My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan's poor, No likely end could bring them loss Or leave them happier than before.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.Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo 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.

A
The refrains of "An Irish Airman Foresees His Own Death" stress that life and death are balanced, while the parallel structure of "Do not go gentle into that good night" stresses that men of all ages should fight against their oncoming demise.
B
The repetitions and refrains in both excerpts develop the theme that death cannot be avoided, no matter how hard one struggles against it.
C
Both the parallel structure in the excerpt of "An Irish Airman Foresees His Own Death" and the repetition in the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night" emphasize the inevitability of death.
D
The parallelism in "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" emphasizes the idea that the speaker identifies himself as an Irishman, while the refrains in "Do not go gentle into that good night" emphasize the speaker’s vehement opposition to death.
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persuasionmediapropaganda evaluation

A
persuasion
B
media
C
propaganda
D
evaluation
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Look at the poster.

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“Early stopping will make a late victory” suggests that giving up hope too soon in the war will lead to defeat.
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“Early stopping will make a late victory” stresses the idea that having lower levels of production means it will take longer to win the war.
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“Every minute counts!” reminds the reader that every day is precious and that valuable lives are being lost in the war.
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“Every minute counts!” emphasizes the idea that viewers should be contributing to the war effort at all times.
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What is the effect of the author’s use of apostrophe in the poem "85"?

A
It creates a detached effect between the readers and the author.
B
It engages readers by addressing someone unknown.
C
It causes the readers to imagine a future event.
D
It engages readers by addressing them directly.
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Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore.Ornaments would mar our union;they would come between thee and me;

A
“Ornaments would”
B
“our union”
C
“thee and me”
D
“come between”
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Sometimes hyphens are used to link words that work together to modify a single noun. These linked words are called

A
compound modifiers.
B
nonrestrictive elements.
C
independent clauses.
D
restrictive elements.
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Read the line from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.In the joy of your heart may you feel the living joy that sang one spring morning, sending its glad voice across an hundred years.

A
The personification shows how happiness is quick to fade.
B
The metaphor illustrates what it was like to live in the past.
C
The personification suggests that past happiness can last a long time.
D
The metaphor illustrates how one can be truly happy only in spring.
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Look at the poster.

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i
inspire women to pursue careers in medicine.
e
encourage women to join the armed forces.
i
inspire women to become part of the workforce.
e
encourage women to become skilled sailors.
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A writer should hyphenate a compound modifier that

c
contains an adverb ending in -ly.
c
comes after the noun it modifies.
c
comes before the noun it modifies.
c
contains an adjective ending in -ive.
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Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love;

A
The parallel structure of these lines establishes a strong contrast between the pilot's enemies and his allies.
B
The parallel structure of these lines highlights how frightened the pilot is of death.
C
The parallel structure of these lines connects the pilot to his Irish nationality.
D
The parallel structure of these lines emphasizes that the pilot does not have much emotion for his enemies or his countrymen.
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When separating items in a list, a writer should

e
end the list with a colon.
s
separate the items with colons.
a
add a comma after the “and” before the last item.
a
add a comma before the “and” before the last item.
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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; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love;

A
I know that I shall meet my fate
B
Somewhere among the clouds above;
C
Those that I fight I do not hate
D
Those that I guard I do not love;
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What effects can apostrophe have on a poem? Choose four answers.It gives the speaker a voice.It connects the reader to the speaker’s message.It gives the poem a detached effect.It makes an imagined addressee feel present.It gives the poem a personalized effect.

I
It gives the speaker a voice.
I
It connects the reader to the speaker’s message.
I
It gives the poem a detached effect.
I
It makes an imagined addressee feel present.
I
It gives the poem a personalized effect.
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The advertisement for Clover Breads is meant to appeal to peoples’ sense of nostalgia, showing images of people enjoying different products made by Clover Breads.
T
The advertisement for Clover Breads aims to force parents to develop a sense of nostalgia, remembering a time when they enjoyed making sandwiches after school.
T
The advertisement for Clover Breads includes images meant to evoke a sense of nostalgia in parents who at one time enjoyed this brand of bread, and may want to feed it to their children.
T
The advertisement for Clover Breads shows a group of students in the 1970s carefully spreading peanut butter onto slices of bread and then enjoying the sandwiches they made.
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Read the sentence.The entire first period class agreed that yesterday’s algebra homework which the teacher assigned was a really fun challenge.

I
Insert commas around “yesterday’s algebra homework” because it is a restrictive element.
I
Insert a comma after “the entire first period class” because it is a restrictive element.
I
Insert commas around “which the teacher assigned” because it is a nonrestrictive element.
I
Insert a comma before “a really fun challenge” because it is a nonrestrictive element.
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When a descriptive word, phrase, or clause is essential to the meaning of a sentence, that element is

d
dependent.
i
independent.
n
nonrestrictive.
r
restrictive.
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Read the passage from "To Autumn."Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run

A
Rhyming "fruitfulness" and "bless" suggests a need for religion during the autumn harvest.
B
Rhyming "sun" and "run" issues a warning about how dangerous autumn can be.
C
Rhyming "fruitfulness" and "bless" emphasizes the positive aspects of autumn.
D
Rhyming "sun" and "run" stresses the importance of spending time outside in autumn.
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Read the passage from "To Autumn."Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

A
does not use rhyme in its structure.
B
shows several speakers’ questions.
C
describes a single speaker’s feelings.
D
has no definite rhythm in its structure.
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Read the passage from "To Autumn.”Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—

A
apostrophe.
B
metaphor.
C
rhyme.
D
rhythm.

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