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Which is the correct format for a formal letter?

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heading, salutation, body, closing, contact information
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salutation, heading, body, closing, signature
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heading, salutation, body, closing, signature
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salutation, body, closing, signature, contact information
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Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone and the summary that follows it.Half of this biocontainment operation was going to be news containment. C. J. Peters's comments to The Washington Post were designed to create an impression that the situation was under control, safe, and not all that interesting. C. J. was understating the gravity of the situation. But he could be very smooth when he wanted, and he used his friendliest voice with the reporters, assuring them over the telephone that there really was no problem, just kind of a routine technical situation. Somehow the reporters concluded that the sick monkeys had been "destroyed as a precaution" when in fact the nightmare, and the reason for troops, was that the animals hadn't been destroyed.Summary of central idea: It was very important to keep the truth about this operation from the news.

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It is a strong summary because it is subjective and provides the writer’s opinion about the paragraph’s central idea.
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It is a strong summary because it is objective and accurately expresses the paragraph’s central idea.
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It is a weak summary because it is subjective and does not provide the writer’s opinion about the paragraph’s central idea.
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It is a weak summary because it is objective and does not accurately express the paragraph’s central idea.
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Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone.There she met Lieutenant Colonel Trotter, a stocky, dark-haired man whom Nancy had worked with for many years. They put on their inner gloves and taped their cuffs. Nancy put a pair of hearing protectors over her ears. She had started wearing them a while back, when people had begun to suspect that the roar of air in your suit might be loud enough to damage your hearing. They hauled on their space suits and sealed the Ziploc zippers. They edged around each other as they fiddled with their suits. People wearing biohazard space suits tend to step around one another like two wrestlers at the beginning of a match, watching the other person's every move, especially watching the hands to make sure they don't hold a sharp object. This cringing becomes instinctive.

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There she met Lieutenant Colonel Trotter, a stocky, dark-haired man whom Nancy had worked with for many years. They put on their inner gloves and taped their cuffs.
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Nancy put a pair of hearing protectors over her ears. She had started wearing them a while back, when people had begun to suspect that the roar of air in your suit might be loud enough to damage your hearing.
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They hauled on their space suits and sealed the Ziploc zippers. They edged around each other as they fiddled with their suits.
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People wearing biohazard space suits tend to step around one another like two wrestlers at the beginning of a match, watching the other person's every move, especially watching the hands to make sure they don't hold a sharp object. This cringing becomes instinctive.
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Read the excerpt from The Hot Zone.She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. The spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. She did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. She had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself.

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replacing “scalpel” with the nearby synonym “blade”
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substituting the word “object” for the word “scalpel”
C
using context clues “away from her gloved fingers”
D
becoming familiar with prefixes, roots, and suffixes
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Which changes should be made to improve this summary of the paragraph’s central idea? Select two options.

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Remove the phrase “It is petrifying” because it expresses a personal feeling.
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Include the detail that there was a dead virus living inside the monkey.
C
Remove the detail that viruses can come alive even if they are dead.
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Add the phrase “and spread throughout the human species” to the end of the statement to more fully express the central idea.
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Add a personal opinion about what may happen if the virus does “come alive.”
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Read the excerpt from "Safari Day in Kenya.”Kimani stops at a watering hole, where hippos grunt in mud-baths,Baboons play in a nearby tree, like children out at camp.

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onomatopoeia
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assonance
C
alliteration
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rhyme
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Which line from "Safari Day in Kenya” contains an example of assonance?

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“There!” Someone whispers, and all heads turn
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Gazelles race by, blurred brown streaks,
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A family of elephants meanders, trunks dance to unheard chorus.
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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!

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The author uses onomatopoeia to create a disjointed mood.
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The author uses onomatopoeia to create a joyful mood.
C
The author uses alliteration to create a playful mood.
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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”?

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fixed form with a strict rhyme scheme
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fixed form with a loose meter
C
free verse with rhyming quatrains
D
free verse with varied line lengths
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How does the author use logos to support the argument made in "Save the Coral Reefs”?

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by evoking in readers a sense of sympathy for the reefs being destroyed
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by helping readers relate to the species that depend on the reefs to survive
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by reporting observations of the reefs from personal scientific research
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by providing scientific evidence that humans are destroying coral reefs
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Read the excerpt from "Save the Coral Reefs.”A study completed in 2004 found that seventy percent of our coral reefs are already destroyed or currently under threat of destruction. It also concluded that much of the wreckage to reefs has been caused by humans. The resiliency of the reefs is on our side, though. More can be done now to help the coral reefs bounce back—even flourish.

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the way an ecosystem supports plant and animal life
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the manner in which an ecosystem decomposes
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the ability of an ecosystem to recover from damage
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the capability of one ecosystem to ruin another ecosystem
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What is the author’s purpose in "Save the Coral Reefs”? Select two options. to convince readers that practices that destroy coral reefs must be stoppedto entertain readers with a dramatic tale about the destruction of coral reefsto inform readers about how the coral reefs are being destroyedto inform readers about which fishing companies damage the coral reefs the mostto persuade readers to try scuba diving before the coral reefs are destroyed

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to convince readers that practices that destroy coral reefs must be stopped
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to entertain readers with a dramatic tale about the destruction of coral reefs
C
to inform readers about how the coral reefs are being destroyed
D
to inform readers about which fishing companies damage the coral reefs the most
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to persuade readers to try scuba diving before the coral reefs are destroyed
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Which statement best summarizes "Save the Coral Reefs”?

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Coral reefs are a very important component of the ocean’s ecosystem because they support sea life, such as crabs and sea turtles. In fact, over four thousand species depend on the survival of the reefs, which are being destroyed by bleaching. More must be done immediately to save the reefs.
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Development along the coastal regions has significant negative effects on coral reefs. The reefs are an essential part of the ocean’s ecosystem, and when people build structures on top of them, they are easily damaged because they are so fragile. We should limit construction along the coast to protect the reefs.
C
Construction along the coasts, overfishing, and bleaching have seriously damaged the world’s coral reefs. Since reefs are a very important part of the ocean’s ecosystem, their destruction has a devastating environmental impact, and we must work to protect them.
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Coral reefs are fragile structures made of limestone. People who build in coastal regions and others who overfish our seas must be stopped, because they don’t care about all the species that rely on the survival of reefs, such as sea turtles, clownfish, lobster, sharks, and crabs.
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Which is the best comparison of the authors’ purpose in these two essays about genetically modified food?

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The purpose of the first essay is to inform; the purpose of the second is to entertain.
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The purpose of the first essay is to entertain; the purpose of the second is to persuade.
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The purpose of both essays is to persuade the reader of a specific point of view.
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The purpose of both essays is to entertain readers with a story about world events.

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