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Look at the painting The Great Wave by Katsushika Hokusai.

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It is because the sea is blue,Because Fuji is blue, because the bent blueMen have white faces, like the snowOn Fuji, like the crest of the wave in the sky the color of theirBoats.
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It is because the airIs full of writing, because the wave is still: that nothingWill harm these frail strangers,That high over Fuji in an earthcolored sky the fingersWill not fall
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In the painter's seaAll fishermen are safe. All anger bends under his unity.But the innocent bystander, he merely'Walks round a corner, thinking of nothing': hidden
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He stands half in and half out of the world; he is the men,But he cannot see below FujiThe shore the color of sky; he is the wave, he stretchesHis claws against strangers.
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Read the poem "The Great Wave: Hokusai."It is because the sea is blue,Because Fuji is blue, because the bent blueMen have white faces, like the snowOn Fuji, like the crest of the wave in the sky the color of theirBoats. It is because the airIs full of writing, because the wave is still: that nothingWill harm these frail strangers,That high over Fuji in an earthcolored sky the fingersWill not fall; and the blue menLean on the sea like snow, and the wave like a mountain leansAgainst the sky.In the painter's seaAll fishermen are safe. All anger bends under his unity.But the innocent bystander, he merely'Walks round a corner, thinking of nothing': hiddenBehind a screen we hear his cry.He stands half in and half out of the world; he is the men,But he cannot see below FujiThe shore the color of sky; he is the wave, he stretchesHis claws against strangers. He isNot safe, not even from himself. His world is flat.He fishes a sea full of serpents, he rides his boatBlindly from wave to wave toward Ararat.

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He uses humor to mock the subject.
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He uses imagery to present the subject.
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He uses structure to conceal the subject.
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He uses tone to criticize the subject.
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Read the excerpt from "Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle.”Just as people adopted a common standard time, so numerous aspects of working and daily life were becoming rigidly fixed by the clock, from clocking on at work to school hours and tea-time – which is the subject of our next chapter.

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“numerous”
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“rigidly fixed”
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“tea-time”
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“subject”
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Read the sentence.Mr. Liu is shopping for the perfect shelf on which to display his bowling trophy.

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by inserting an adverb between the two parts of the infinitive
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by switching from active voice to passive voice.
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by choosing to end the sentence in a preposition
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by switching from passive voice to active voice
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Read the paragraph.My grandmother taught me to appreciate architecture. She grew up in Greece and photographed ancient ruins in her youth. She told me that people do not build things of beauty the way they used to, and her favorite example was Greek Ionic columns. As an architecture student today, I wonder if I will ever create anything as beautiful as these.

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a map of ancient Greece
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a portrait of the author’s grandmother
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a picture of Ionic columns
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a poster defining architectural terms
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Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans.”Many wild theories were put forward. It was thought that the plaques must have come from ancient Egypt, or perhaps that the people of Benin were one of the lost tribes of Israel. Or the sculptures must have derived from European influence (after all, these were the contemporaries of Michelangelo, Donatello and Cellini). But research quickly established that the Benin plaques were entirely West African creations, made without European influence. The Europeans had to revisit, and to overhaul, their assumptions of easy cultural superiority.

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Europeans believed that the Benin plaques were inferior to European art.
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The Benin plaques challenged Europeans’ beliefs about West Africa.
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The Benin plaques were copied by many famous European artists.
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Europeans traveled to West Africa to purchase more Benin plaques.
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.The drum was found by Kitchener’s army near Khartoum after the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the city. Once again it was re-carved – or re-branded – to make a political statement: near the tail of the bush calf Kitchener added the emblem of the British Crown. It was then presented to Queen Victoria.

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The emblem of the British crown was carved onto all artifacts found by the British army.
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The carving on the slit drum was viewed as an unimportant addition by Kitchener’s army.
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The carving on the slit drum is representative of British rule over African territories.
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The emblem of the British crown was commonly found already engraved on foreign artifacts.
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Ekphrastic poetry recalls biographical details of famous painters.
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Ekphrastic poetry offers rhyming criticism of modern artworks.
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Ekphrastic poetry describes or pays tribute to a piece of visual art.
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Ekphrastic poetry weaves a narrative to inspire future paintings.
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"She Walks in Beauty" by George Gordon Byron

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The woman in Byron’s poem is wealthy; the woman in Poe’s poem is powerful.
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The woman in Byron’s poem is youthful; the woman in Poe’s poem is mature.
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The woman in Byron’s poem is gentle; the woman in Poe’s poem is welcoming.
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The woman in Byron’s poem is adventurous; the woman in Poe’s poem is wise.
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What does pausing before a certain word in the middle of a sentence provide for the listener?

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a signal that a sound effect will occur soon
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a reason to go back and quickly reread the text
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a cue that an important word might follow
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a moment to look up new terms
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"The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos Williams

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Williams is complimentary toward the workers, but Frost is critical.
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Williams’s characters are eager to return to work, but Frost’s are not.
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Williams explains the challenges of the harvest, but Frost only mentions the fruit.
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Williams speaks as an observer, but Frost speaks as a participant in the harvest.
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Consider the poem."The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos WilliamsSummer !the painting is organizedabout a youngreaper enjoying hisnoonday restcompletelyrelaxedfrom his morning laborssprawledin fact sleepingunbuttonedon his backthe womenhave brought him his lunchperhapsa spot of winethey gather gossipingunder a treewhose shadecarelesslyhe does not share therestingcenter oftheir workaday world.

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with critical commentary
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with humorous anecdotes
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with enthusiastic characters
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with peaceful imagery
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Consider the painting entitled Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Vermeer.

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The fabrics and accessories indicate the woman’s wealth.
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The woman’s gestures suggest her compassion for others.
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The woman’s facial expressions signal strong emotion.
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The painting’s color scheme suggest a mournful occasion.
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Which sentence contains a split infinitive?

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Young children seem to thoroughly enjoy playing with soap bubbles and shaving cream.
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It is important to give children opportunities to explore their world through sensory experiences.
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Clay and finger paints are often used to prepare children for writing and drawing.
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Going to preschool opens the door to learning and encourages kindergarten readiness.
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Asher wants to compare the subjects of the poems "The Great Wave: Hokusai" and "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by analyzing their structures.Asher should pay the most attention to

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the length and complexity of the lines in each text.
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the way each text describes the subject.
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the kinds of words each author used in each text.
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the attitude each text has toward the subject.
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amusechallengeengagefrustrate

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amuse
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challenge
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engage
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frustrate
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Read the excerpt from Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle.Before long the whole of Britain was running by the clock, and the measurement of time had been severed from the natural cycle of days and seasons. The clock ruled every aspect of life — shops and schools, pleasure and work. As Charles Dickens wrote, ‘There was even railway time observed in clocks, as if the sun itself had given in.’ Nigel Thrift explains:The chronometer, an exceptionally accurate clock, meant that gradually an ever more accurate measure of time became possible, and that of course worked through other things in the nineteenth century to produce ever more standardized time. A good example of that is the railway, where standard time based on the meridian was first applied by the Great Western Railway in 1840 and gradually that standard time became general.

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anecdote.
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description.
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opinion.
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quotation.
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context cluesdescriptive detailsdetailed synonymstext features

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context clues
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descriptive details
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detailed synonyms
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text features

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