Writing a Persuasive E-mail — Unit test Answers

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Which line from "Ghost House" summarizes the speaker’s overall perspective?

A
I dwell with a strangely aching heart
B
In that vanished abode there far apart
C
I know not who these mute folk are
D
Who share the unlit place with me
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Based on the passage, what are the best ways to describe Tom Sawyer’s character? Select 3 options.

A
amusing
B
cunning
C
mischievous
D
naive
E
stupid
F
vicious
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Which excerpt from "Ghost House" uses both alliteration and assonance to add emphasis?

A
Who share the unlit place with me—
B
Doubtless bear names that the mosses mar.
C
Though two, close-keeping, are lass and lad,—
D
As sweet companions as might be had.
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Read the excerpt from "Ghost House."The whippoorwill is coming to shoutAnd hush and cluck and flutter about

A
to point out important ideas in the first line.
B
to create pleasing sounds in the second line.
C
to place emphasis on the word “shout” in the first line.
D
to link “coming” in the first line with “cluck” in the second line.
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fearhappinesshopelonging

A
fear
B
happiness
C
hope
D
longing
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Which excerpt from Tom Sawyer allows the reader to infer the time of year?

A
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with.
B
She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and “jimpson” weeds that constituted the garden.
C
“It’s mighty hard to make him work Saturdays, when all the boys is having holiday, but he hates work more than he hates anything else, and I've got to do some of my duty by him, or I'll be the ruination of the child.”
D
While Tom was eating his supper, and stealing sugar as opportunity offered, Aunt Polly asked him questions that were full of guile, and very deep—for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments.
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Read the passage from "Song of Myself."You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books,You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me,You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self.

A
accuse people of stealing ideas from him.
B
scold people for spending too much time reading.
C
congratulate people for recycling and reusing things.
D
encourage people to be more independent in their thinking.
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creedssufficedharborenergy

A
creeds
B
sufficed
C
harbor
D
energy
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celebrateshallassumebelongs

A
celebrate
B
shall
C
assume
D
belongs
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impartialityindifferenceperspectivepopularity

A
impartiality
B
indifference
C
perspective
D
popularity

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