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Applying Recursive Writing for Organization and Tone — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Hamlet: Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour’s at the stake.

A
Shakespeare utilizes the repetition of “great” to help illustrate Hamlet’s lack of a main point.
B
By repeating the same word, Shakespeare shows that Hamlet is not sure of his point.
C
Shakespeare capitalizes on the multiple meanings of “great” to help emphasize Hamlet’s point.
D
By using a word with multiple meanings, Shakespeare shows that Hamlet is not good at making his point.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act IV, Scene v.Laertes: How came he dead? I’ll not be juggled with. To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest devil! Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation. To this point I stand, That both the worlds I give to negligence, Let come what comes; only I’ll be reveng’d Most throughly for my father.

A
eager to take his father’s place
B
anxious to avenge his father’s death
C
loyal to his father’s memory
D
worried about his father’s soul
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After reading each other's essays and giving feedback, Tyron and Jenn reviewed their own essays. Tyron started removing details that were off topic, while Jenn began adding more evidence to support the claims in her essay. Which writing step does this reflect?

A
drafting
B
editing
C
revising
D
publishing
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: My fears forgetting manners—to unsealTheir grand commission; where I found, Horatio, O royal knavery! an exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reasons Importing Denmark’s health, and England’s too, With, ho! such bugs and goblins in my life, That, on the supervise, no leisure bated, No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, My head should be struck off.

A
“demanding.”
B
“complaining.”
C
“edited.”
D
“filled.”
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet. Hamlet: I’ll observe his looks; I’ll tent him to the quick: if he but blench I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil: and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy— As he is very potent with such spirits— Abuses me to damn me. I’ll have grounds More relative than this: the play’s the thing Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.

A
It’s best to make quick, definitive judgments.
B
Indecision is a cowardly act.
C
Always give family the benefit of the doubt.
D
The truth will set you free.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii.Gertrude: Thanks, Guildenstern and gentle Rosencrantz; And I beseech you instantly to visit My too much changed son. Go, some of you, And bring these gentlemen where Hamlet is.

A
In this speech, Gertrude shows that she is more interested in flirting with Guildenstern and Rosencrantz than in helping Hamlet.
B
The way that Gertrude orders people around in this speech shows that she is primarily interested in flexing her power.
C
Gertrude’s dialogue shows her sense of urgency and desperation, proving that she is truly worried about Hamlet.
D
With this dialogue, Gertrude shows that she is reluctant to trust Guildenstern and Rosencrantz but feels she has no other choice.
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Claudius: Why to a public count I might not go, Is the great love the general gender bear him; Who, dipping all his faults in their affection, Would, like the spring that turneth wood to stone, Convert his gyves to graces; so that my arrows,Too slightly timber’d for so loud a wind, Would have reverted to my bow again, And not where I had aim’d them.

A
He is not a popular king.
B
He is not a good hunter.
C
He is really on Hamlet’s side.
D
He fears for Hamlet’s safety.
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam, and why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay,Might stop a hole to keep the wind away

A
contrast the deaths of Alexander and Caesar.
B
show how kings should behave around death.
C
compare Hamlet to two rulers who died.
D
emphasize that everyone eventually dies.
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Read the excerpt from an analysis of Hamlet’s "To be or not to be” speech in Act III of Hamlet.Shakespeare begins the speech with the line "To be, or not to be: that is the question” and then proceeds to ask multiple questions throughout the speech.

A
contrast Hamlet’s speaking style with that of King Claudius.
B
emphasize Hamlet’s indecision that recurs throughout the play.
C
introduce a new motif that focuses on the inevitability of death.
D
illustrate Hamlet’s confusion about his relationship with King Claudius.
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Read the excerpt from Weston's essay.On my last day, I went alone to the beach. The sea breeze was warm. It carried heat from the south. The sun set and its last rays rolled across the water. It was like a bright, shimmering path. I wanted to take that path. It beckoned me.

A
On my last day, I went alone to the beach. The sea breeze was warm from the south. The sunset rolled across the water like a bright, shimmering path, beckoning me.
B
On my last day, I went alone to the beach. The sea breeze and the sun rays rolled across the water. It was like a bright, shimmering path I wanted to take.
C
On my last day, I went alone to the beach, where the sea breeze was warm. It carried heat from the south, while the sun set. I wanted to take a bright, shimmering path.
D
On my last day, I went alone to the beach. The sea breeze carried heat from the south. The sun set. Its last rays rolled like a bright, shimmering path that beckoned me.
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characterlanguageplotsetting

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character
B
language
C
plot
D
setting
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet. Hamlet: O! that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew; Or that the Everlasting had not fix’dHis canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world. Fie on ’t! O fie! ’tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in naturePossess it merely. That it should come to this!

A
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;
B
His canon ’gainst self-slaughter!
C
How weary, stale,
D
Fie on ’t! O fie!
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Hamlet: Follow him, friends: we’ll hear a play to-morrow. [Exit POLONIUS, with all the Players but the First.] Dost thou hear me, old friend; can you play the Murder of Gonzago?First Player: Ay, my lord.Hamlet: We’ll ha ’t to-morrow night. You could, for a need, study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, which I would set down and insert in ’t, could you not?First Player: Ay, my lord.

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represent a single idea.
B
have few emotions.
C
change over time.
D
have a simple personality.
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A student analyzing the appearance of the ghost in Act I of Hamlet includes this sentence in the analysis.Death conquers everyone.

A
character.
B
plot.
C
theme.
D
topic.
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To view the excerpt through a historical lens, which questions should the reader ask? Select 2 options.

A
How does the structure of the text help the audience to understand the situation with Fortinbras?
B
What beliefs were common during this period that make the appearance of a ghost believable to the audience?
C
How does the dialogue reinforce or challenge the gender stereotypes that were present at the time?
D
What literary devices make the relationship between Horatio and Fortinbras clear to the audience?
E
What major political events occurred that the audience can compare to the politics in the scene?
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adaptsdescribesevaluatesinterprets

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adapts
B
describes
C
evaluates
D
interprets
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Read the excerpt from Act V of Hamlet.Gertrude: Sweets to the sweet: farewell! [Scattering flowers.] I hop'd thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife;I thought thy bride-bed to have deck'd, sweet maid, And not have strew'd thy grave.

A
bitter to resigned.
B
depressed to indifferent.
C
happy to remorseful.
D
weary to energized.
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building suspensecharacter developmentplot eventsrising action

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building suspense
B
character development
C
plot events
D
rising action
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Hamlet: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.

A
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
B
And thus the native hue of resolution
C
And enterprises of great pith and moment
D
With this regard their currents turn awry
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Ophelia: Alas! my lord, I have been so affrighted.Polonius: With what, in the name of God?Ophelia: My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac'd; No hat upon his head; his stockings foul'd, Ungarter'd, and down-gyved to his ancle; Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other; And with a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors, he comes before me.

A
He explains Hamlet’s behavior through Ophelia’s dialogue, thereby tying up loose ends in the plot.
B
He introduces the conflict between Ophelia and Hamlet, thereby adding suspense and advancing the plot.
C
He characterizes the relationship between Ophelia and Polonius, thereby adding to the exposition in the plot.
D
He describes the background between Ophelia and Hamlet, thereby escalating the tension to its highest point in the plot.

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