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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”The thirty-two chapters of a novel—if we consider how to read a novel first—are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building: but words are more impalpable than bricks; reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing.

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criticize.
B
entertain.
C
inform.
D
persuade.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”Then turn from your blurred and littered pages to the opening pages of some great novelist—Defoe, Jane Austen, Hardy. Now you will be better able to appreciate their mastery.

A
The author might place Defoe, Austen, and Hardy in a setting on Jupiter.
B
The author might go into detail about the lives of Defoe, Austen, and Hardy.
C
The author might write a plot in which Defoe, Austen, and Hardy solve a crime.
D
The author might include dialogue for the roles of Defoe, Austen, and Hardy.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

A
biography.
B
essay.
C
myth.
D
play.
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Read the excerpt from a letter.Parkour, also known as free running, is becoming a popular sport. The object of parkour is to navigate obstacles using fluid, efficient movement. Athletes run through urban areas using gymnastic-type leaps and jumps to move over and around walls, ledges, and other barricades. The sport’s name originates from parcours du combattant, an obstacle course used to train soldiers in the French army.

A
to entertain the reader with an interesting story
B
to provide examples of parkour movements
C
to educate the reader about a popular sport
D
to persuade readers that parkour is dangerous
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Read the excerpt from "Digging."Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests...

A
The assonance connects the thumb and finger to the act of farming.
B
The assonance adds emphasis to the speaker’s past as a farmer.
C
The assonance creates a pleasing and interesting sound.
D
The assonance emphasizes that the speaker is writing about his father.
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Which statement best exemplifies a strong persuasive claim?

A
Teachers often communicate with families via newsletters and e-mails.
B
Parents of school-age children appreciate information from schools.
C
Offices are trying to reduce paper usage through reuse and recycling efforts.
D
School communications should be sent electronically to conserve paper.
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Read the excerpt from "Digging."The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft Against the inside knee was levered firmly.He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deepTo scatter new potatoes that we picked,Loving their cool hardness in our hands.Read the haiku by Bashō. Early fall—the sea and the rice fields all one green.Which sentence best explains the similarities between the excerpt from "Digging” and the haiku?

A
Both are concerned with the topic of writing.
B
Both are concerned with the topic of seasons.
C
Both are concerned with the topic of farming.
D
Both are concerned with the topic of working.
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Read the sentence from a personal statement.My trip to the car show got me thinking about my future.Which is the best way to revise and expand the sentence to relay the writer’s experiences more precisely?

A
I find it’s helpful to think about my future and to allow things like my trip to the car show to help me figure it out.
B
Sometimes I get inspiration from a range of sources, like the car show, which made me think about my future goals.
C
When I took a trip to the cool car show, I saw a lot of sweet designs and engineering and that made think about my future.
D
Visiting the car show made me realize that I can combine my interests in design and engineering rather than choosing just one.
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Which is an example of indirect characterization?

A
Our teacher was quick to laugh. He had a great sense of humor.
B
The small girl smiled shyly after completing her piano solo.
C
Samuel was anxious and very eager to please his teacher.
D
Luke had a large vocabulary. He was an excellent writer.
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Look at the procedural text.

Question illustration
A
It provides additional information that narrows the focus of the text.
B
It draws attention to important information in the table of contents.
C
It introduces the various sections that appear within each chapter.
D
It explains the author’s primary reason for writing about this topic.
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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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fearhappinesshopelonging

A
fear
B
happiness
C
hope
D
longing
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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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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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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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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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impartialityindifferenceperspectivepopularity

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impartiality
B
indifference
C
perspective
D
popularity
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creedssufficedharborenergy

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creeds
B
sufficed
C
harbor
D
energy
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celebrateshallassumebelongs

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celebrate
B
shall
C
assume
D
belongs

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