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How do authors impart aesthetic elements? Select 3 options.through their word choicethrough persuasive argumentthrough their tonethrough facts and datathrough the story's mood

A
through their word choice
B
through persuasive argument
C
through their tone
D
through facts and data
E
through the story's mood
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Read the line from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.Over the green and yellow rice-fields sweep the shadows of the autumn clouds followed by the swift-chasing sun.

A
The reader feels how hot the sun was that day.
B
The reader can imagine what the night looks like.
C
The reader feels like he or she is flying through the field.
D
The reader can visualize the fields and the sky.
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Read the line from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.Over the green and yellow rice-fields sweep the shadows of the autumn clouds followed by the swift-chasing sun.

A
The reader feels how hot the sun was that day.
B
The reader can imagine what the night looks like.
C
The reader feels like he or she is flying through the field.
D
The reader can visualize the fields and the sky.
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Read the excerpt from Shirley Chisholm’s presidential announcement speech. I stand here now, without endorsement from many big-name politicians or celebrities or any other kind of prop. I do not intend to offer to you the tired and glib clichés which for too long have been [an] accepted part of our political life.I am the candidate of the people of America.

A
She appeals to the audience’s pride in national ideals.
B
She appeals to the audience’s hope for a future with strong leadership.
C
She appeals to the audience’s fear of big government.
D
She appeals to the audience’s skepticism of typical political tactics.
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Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within. Nearly two feet of shining screw projected. Somebody blundered against me, and I narrowly missed being pitched onto the top of the screw. I turned, and as I did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel with a ringing concussion. I stuck my elbow into the person behind me, and turned my head towards the Thing again. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes.

A
with the inclusion of factual data
B
through the suspenseful mood
C
with the use of gory details
D
through the relaxed tone
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Read the excerpt from Yves’s rhetorical analysis essay of Shirley Chisholm’s presidential announcement speech. Yves wants to revise the essay to improve his analysis. Chisholm says, "Those of you who can now vote for the first time, those of you who agree with me that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it, those of you who have been neglected, left out, ignored, forgotten, or shunned aside for whatever reason: Give me your help at this hour.” In these lines, she uses parallelism and diction to make her speech resonate with people who have felt excluded from the political conversation.

A
Chisholm’s strong, forceful words describe the ways her listeners have felt in the past.
B
Chisholm’s mention of “those of you who agree with me” creates a direct link to her listeners.
C
Chisholm’s listing of the words “neglected, left out, ignored, forgotten, or shunned” accentuates the problems many listeners experienced and connects listeners to her as a solution.
D
Chisholm’s reference to first-time voters highlights the new perspective she will bring to governing underrepresented citizens.
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Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.I said earlier that the decadence of our language is probably curable. Those who deny this would argue, if they produced an argument at all, that language merely reflects existing social conditions, and that we cannot influence its development by any direct tinkering with words and constructions. So far as the general tone or spirit of a language goes, this may be true, but it is not true in detail. Silly words and expressions have often disappeared, not through any evolutionary process but owing to the conscious action of a minority. Two recent examples were explore every avenue and leave no stone unturned, which were killed by the jeers of a few journalists.

A
He provides statistics showing the number of times a silly word is used.
B
He quotes an expert who gives suggestions on eliminating useless language.
C
He poses a hypothetical situation in which simple language is used.
D
He gives an example of two phrases that lost popularity with writers.
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Read the excerpt from Shirley Chisholm’s presidential announcement speech. I stand here now, without endorsement from many big-name politicians or celebrities or any other kind of prop. I do not intend to offer to you the tired and glib clichés which for too long have been [an] accepted part of our political life.I am the candidate of the people of America.

A
She appeals to the audience’s pride in national ideals.
B
She appeals to the audience’s hope for a future with strong leadership.
C
She appeals to the audience’s fear of big government.
D
She appeals to the audience’s skepticism of typical political tactics.
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Read the sentence.I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.

A
I spend about-half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.
B
I spend about half my time, he spends two-thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.
C
I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a-third, of her time on research.
D
I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe-a-third, of her time on research.
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A list should be introduced with a colon when the list is preceded by

A
a strong opinion.
B
a complete thought.
C
a dependent clause.
D
a descriptive phrase.
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Read the excerpt from Jan’s rhetorical analysis of Hillary Clinton’s address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. Jan is analyzing Clinton’s use of parallelism to highlight how women’s rights affect communities.Clinton states, "If women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well.” Here, Clinton uses parallelism to achieve her purpose of bringing "dignity and respect to women.”

A
Repeating the word “flourish” creates a positive tone and achieves the purpose of bringing “dignity and respect to women.”
B
Mentioning families and communities conveys inclusivity and achieves the purpose of bringing “dignity and respect to women.”
C
By repeating the phrases “if women” and “families will flourish,” Clinton uses parallelism to clarify whom she wants to help.
D
Clinton’s use of parallelism and repetition of the word “flourish” underscores the power of women’s rights to build a better world for everyone.
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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 excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better. The debased language that I have been discussing is in some ways very convenient. . . . By this morning’s post I have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in Germany. The author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. I open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that I see: "[The Allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of Germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in Germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified Europe.” You see, he "feels impelled” to write—feels, presumably, that he has something new to say—and yet his words, like cavalry horses answering the bugle, group themselves automatically into the familiar dreary pattern.

A
He gives statistics to show that bad language is spreading.
B
He quotes a pamphlet that uses unoriginal language.
C
He provides a hypothetical situation in which a writer uses poor language.
D
He lists facts that prove lazy language has increased.
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Chris is writing a rhetorical analysis essay on Hillary Clinton’s address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. He wants to add evidence to support his idea that Clinton uses pathos as a powerful tool.

A
“Women comprise more than half the world’s population, 70% of the world’s poor, and two-thirds of those who are not taught to read and write.”
B
“Women also are dying from diseases that should have been prevented or treated. They are watching their children succumb to malnutrition caused by poverty and economic deprivation.”
C
“We need to understand there is no one formula for how women should lead our lives. That is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family.”
D
“The international community has long acknowledged and recently reaffirmed at Vienna that both women and men are entitled to a range of protections and personal freedoms.”
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Read the sentence.Our band practices on Mondays at Josef’s Thursdays at Lena’s and Saturdays at my house.

A
Our band practices on Mondays at Josef’s, Thursdays at Lena’s, and Saturdays at my house.
B
Our band practices on: Mondays at Josef’s, Thursdays at Lena’s, and Saturdays at my house.
C
Our band practices on Mondays at Josef’s; Thursdays at Lena’s; and Saturdays at my house.
D
Our band practices on Mondays: at Josef’s,Thursdays: at Lena’s, and Saturdays: at my house.
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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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Read the passage.No science fiction anthology is complete without an excerpt from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. It has every element of great science fiction: suspense, intrigue, and Martians. The story is a timeless classic. It captivated readers nearly one hundred years ago, and it is still relevant and spellbinding.

A
to inform readers about a variety of H. G. Wells's literary works
B
to entertain readers with details from The War of the Worlds
C
to inform readers about methods for writing science fiction novels
D
to persuade readers of the literary merit of The War of the Worlds
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Consider these versions of The War of the Worlds.Excerpt 1, from H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds:Then came the night of the first falling star. It was seen early in the morning, rushing over Winchester eastward, a line of flame high in the atmosphere. Hundreds must have seen it, and taken it for an ordinary falling star. Albin described it as leaving a greenish streak behind it that glowed for some seconds. Denning, our greatest authority on meteorites, stated that the height of its first appearance was about ninety or one hundred miles. It seemed to him that it fell to earth about one hundred miles east of him.Excerpt 2, from Howard E. Koch's script for Orson Welles's radio adaptation:ANNOUNCER TWO: Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At twenty minutes before eight, central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas, occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars. The spectroscope indicates the gas to be hydrogen and moving towards the earth with enormous velocity.Which statement best describes the difference between these versions?

A
The radio adaptation's tone is more urgent than the novel's tone.
B
The radio adaptation's tone is more academic than the novel's tone.
C
The radio adaptation's tone is more peaceful than the novel's tone.
D
The radio adaptation's tone is more friendly than the novel's tone.
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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 lines from "84" by Rabindranath Tagore.Let none go back home, brothers, this morning, let none go to workLet us take the blue sky by storm and plunder space as we run.

t
the musical quality
t
the single speaker
t
the speaker’s emotions
t
the long length

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