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Read the chart. Which viewpoint or theme best completes the chart?

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A
Imagine industry without competition.
B
I compete on a local swim team.
C
Competitors inspire respect and effort.
D
Downhill skiing is an Olympic competition.
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Read the incomplete quatrain.The waves recede, and I am left aloneThey soon return, imploring me to stayI stand and watch though all my hopes have flown

A
My vigil lasts ’til every stone is thrown
B
The shore’s a backdrop for my lonely day
C
My feet are buried treasures on the shore
D
The waves remind me it’s not time to go
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Read "On a Tree Fallen across the Road."Which line contains the strongest example of imagery?

A
"But just to ask us who we think we are"
B
"Insisting always on our own way so."
C
"She likes to halt us in our runner tracks,"
D
"And yet she knows obstruction is in vain:"
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Read "On a Tree Fallen across the Road."What is emphasized by the assonance in the line "We have it hidden in us to attain"?

A
the secrets the travelers have kept from each other
B
the natural human urge to make progress
C
the inevitability of encountering obstacles in life
D
the inability of humans to overcome the power of nature
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Read the last stanza from "On a Tree Fallen across the Road."And, tired of aimless circling in one place, Steer straight off after something into space.

A
the mood of determination
B
the travelers' life journeys
C
the theme of getting distracted
D
the nighttime setting
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Read the first stanza from "On a Tree Fallen across the Road." The tree the tempest with a crash of wood Throws down in front of us is not to bar Our passage to our journey’s end for good, But just to ask us who we think we are

A
"tree the tempest"
B
"crash of wood"
C
"Throws down"
D
"our journey's end"
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Read the incomplete line of poetry, and complete the line using iambic pentameter.

A
sometimes colors the world white
B
descends and all the world is white
C
transforms a world in a single morning
D
often alters my view of the world
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Which line from "Safari Day in Kenya” contains an example of assonance?

A
“There!” Someone whispers, and all heads turn
B
Gazelles race by, blurred brown streaks,
C
A family of elephants meanders, trunks dance to unheard chorus.
D
Not a word speak the tourists, as we fill the teeming jeep
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Read the excerpt from "Safari Day in Kenya.”Hyenas slink before us, mottled bodies, eyes black iceZebras bright as painted ponies, the babes brown-striped, not black!

A
The author uses onomatopoeia to create a disjointed mood.
B
The author uses onomatopoeia to create a joyful mood.
C
The author uses alliteration to create a playful mood.
D
The author uses alliteration to create an angry mood.
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Which best describes the structure of the poem "Safari Day in Kenya”?

A
fixed form with a strict rhyme scheme
B
fixed form with a loose meter
C
free verse with rhyming quatrains
D
free verse with varied line lengths
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Which is one characteristic of iambic pentameter, which is used in "Sonnet 29”?

A
Each line contains twelve syllables.
B
Each line contains ten syllables.
C
Each line contains eight syllables.
D
Each line contains six syllables.
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Which statement about iambic pentameter, which is used in "Sonnet 29,” is correct?

A
An iamb consists of two unstressed syllables followed by two stressed syllables.
B
An iamb consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
C
An iamb consists of a stressed syllable followed by another stressed syllable.
D
An iamb consists of five stressed syllables followed by five unstressed syllables.
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Shakespeare’s sonnets, including "Sonnet 29,” have which characteristic?

A
They all contain one quatrain and nine couplets.
B
They all contain two quatrains and five couplets.
C
They all contain four quatrains and no couplets.
D
They all contain three quatrains and a couplet.
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Read the excerpt from "The Thing about Terry.”We work four long hours Nervous stomachs a-churnThen sneak into the closetTo await her return

A
The group of friends has a fixed amount of time to finish painting the stars in Terry’s room.
B
The group of friends must finish painting the stars while Terry waits downstairs with her mother.
C
The group of friends wants to leave Terry’s house after they finish painting stars in her room.
D
The group of friends do not think they can finish painting the stars before Terry returns.
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Read the excerpt from "The Thing About Terry.”Stars, I whisperShe showed me one nightKnew every constellationSaid they made her heart light

A
Stars make Terry feel dizzy.
B
Stars make Terry feel joyful.
C
Stars make Terry feel smart.
D
Stars make Terry feel weightless.
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Which elements of narrative poetry are reflected in "The Thing about Terry”? Select 4 options.rhymingabstract languagerhythmfree versesettingstanzas

A
rhyming
B
abstract language
C
rhythm
D
free verse
E
setting
F
stanzas

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