In Philip’s French class, the students are learning how to pronounce closed vowels and open vowels. The students are most likely studying French __________.
Language is generative, which means that the symbols of a language __________.
Read the excerpt from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About."Tanks and submarines were easily simulated, since looking through goggles wasn’t very much different from looking through a pair of binoculars or a periscope. Since the first head-mounted display was built for the Pentagon in 1968, primitive versions of virtual reality have since proliferated to video arcades around the country.Which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that certain video games resulted from issues related to national security?
Read the passage from "Children of the Wartime Evacuation.”Nigel and Michael's hosts were small farmers at Golden Grove near Llandeilo, in Carmarthenshire. . . . For Nigel, there was no down side. "As I enjoyed my experience on the Williamses' farm so my brother did not. It is not perhaps surprising. We were very different personalities – he an introvert, I an extrovert. He tended to opt out of activities around the farm; I volunteered for everything. I loved every minute of it. I don't think I was particularly aware of Michael's unhappiness at the time, because I was enjoying myself.”–"Children of the Wartime Evacuation,” Julie Summers
What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "Like Mexicans"?
Read the passage from "Children of the Wartime Evacuation.”When Harry died, Sheila and her mother went to the funeral: "When we got to Chesham, we were treated like the closest members of his family. In fact, in the church – and this was the first Christian funeral my mother and I had ever been to – we were put to sit in the front row, in front of Uncle Harry's nieces and nephews. It was only then, I think, that I really appreciated how much our little family had meant to him – and had gone on meaning to him all his life.”–"Children of the Wartime Evacuation,”Julie Summers
Read the passage from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids. They were sent to the house of an old Professor who lived in the heart of the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station and two miles from the nearest post office. He had no wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper called Mrs. Macready and three servants.–The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,C. S. Lewis
What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About"?
Read the excerpt from "Like Mexicans."We had lunch: sandwiches, potato chips, and iced tea. Carolyn and her mother talked mostly about neighbors and the congregation at the Japanese Methodist Church in West Fresno. Her father, who was in khaki work clothes, excused himself with a wave that was almost a salute and went outside. I heard a truck start, a dog bark, and the truck rattle away.How does Soto build a central idea of his story in the excerpt?
For history class, Irina is reading a short story about Marie Curie, a scientist who risked her life to complete her research on radioactivity. Irina wants to identify the themes in the text. Which statement is an example of a theme?
Which of the following statements about language is true?
Read the sentence.Lori is as strong as an ox, so I'm sure it will be no problem for her to help you bring those boxes up to the third floor.What type of figurative language is the phrase "as strong as an ox"?
Adam is writing a research paper about recycling, and he has several potential research questions. Which is his best option?
Read the paragraph.The sinister atmosphere immediately made me feel ill at ease. I found myself shaking uncontrollably and wanting to leave the building immediately. Perhaps it was just my wild imagination, but I could not deny the panic I was feeling.
The smallest distinctive sound units in a language that an individual can distinguish are __________.
Read the paragraph.Violence in video games is essentially to blame for violence in our society. When children are bombarded with monstrous images, they begin to think that these types of actions are normal or acceptable. Children and teenagers are spending excessive numbers of hours playing video games, and they may begin to use them as a guideline for how to act and behave. Even if they do not perform violent actions, they may become less sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others because of what they see reflected in these games.
Katya is reading a short story about Vikings. She wants to identify the theme so she can connect the story to other texts she has read. Which activity would best help her infer the story’s theme?
Timon is supposed to find a fictional text to compare with the nonfiction book about Italian artists that he read. Which text would best match this purpose?
Read the paragraph.Last summer, my family took a vacation to the sandy beaches of Mexico. I will never forget the first time I laid eyes upon the majestic waves of the Pacific Ocean. I knew then and there that my greatest passion had blossomed and that one day I would become a marine biologist.
Erica and Ryan are both taking a linguistics class in which their professor was discussing how the words “spinach” or “heart” could have been used to represent the idea of “love.” They are most likely discussing the __________ property of language in their class.
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