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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

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biography.
B
essay.
C
myth.
D
play.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”Then turn from your blurred and littered pages to the opening pages of some great novelist—Defoe, Jane Austen, Hardy. Now you will be better able to appreciate their mastery.

A
The author might place Defoe, Austen, and Hardy in a setting on Jupiter.
B
The author might go into detail about the lives of Defoe, Austen, and Hardy.
C
The author might write a plot in which Defoe, Austen, and Hardy solve a crime.
D
The author might include dialogue for the roles of Defoe, Austen, and Hardy.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”The thirty-two chapters of a novel—if we consider how to read a novel first—are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building: but words are more impalpable than bricks; reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing.

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criticize.
B
entertain.
C
inform.
D
persuade.
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Read the excerpt from the body paragraph of an argumentative essay.(1) Furthermore, social networking has helped to improve society. (2) It helps people share information, which makes their lives better. (3) It also provides people with news, which helps people connect with global events. (4) In fact, a recent survey showed that almost 30% of Americans get their news from social networking rather than from TV or radio.

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Sentence 1 should be revised because it contains bias.
B
Sentence 2 should be revised because it contains fallacious reasoning.
C
Sentence 3 should be revised because it contains a misconception.
D
Sentence 4 should be revised because it contains a statistic.
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Look at the procedural text.

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It provides additional information that narrows the focus of the text.
B
It draws attention to important information in the table of contents.
C
It introduces the various sections that appear within each chapter.
D
It explains the author’s primary reason for writing about this topic.
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Which of these words has a negative connotation?

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respect
B
delight
C
jealousy
D
sympathy
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Read the excerpt from "Digging"The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slapOf soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edgeThrough living roots awaken in my head.But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.Between my finger and my thumbThe squat pen rests.I’ll dig with it.Read the haiku by Bashō. When the winter chrysanthemums go,there’s nothing to write about but radishes.What common concern do these poems share?

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Both poems recognize the passing of seasons.
B
Both poems find a link between farming and the act of writing.
C
Both poems put a higher value on farming than writing.
D
Both poems lament the dying of flowers and other vegetation.
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Read the body paragraph from an argumentative essay.Dancers are by far the most talented athletes in modern society. All dancers are really strong, graceful, and flexible. Everyone wishes they could be coordinated like dancers. Only people who have never seen a dance say dancers are not athletes.

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Dancers are by far the most talented athletes in modern society.
B
All dancers are really strong, graceful, and flexible.
C
Everyone wishes they could be coordinated like dancers.
D
Only people who have never seen a dance say dancers are not athletes.
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Read Pat Mora’s poem quoted in "The Leader in the Mirror."Immigrantswrap their babies in the American flag,feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie,name them Bill and Daisy,buy them blonde dolls that blink blueeyes or a football and tiny cleatsbefore the baby can even walk,speak to them in thick EnglishNow read the excerpt from Mora’s essay "The Leader in the Mirror."My own father was once a paper boy for the newspaper hosting the banquet. I might not have known that fact, nor his long history of hard work, had I not been listening to him with my tape recorder a few years ago. I did not want the students to wait as long as I had to begin preserving the rich inheritance of their family voices. The strength of their heritage would give them the courage to face the future.

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In the poem, Mora writes about immigrant families’ desire to fit in. In the essay, she writes about the importance of remembering one’s heritage.
B
In the poem, Mora writes about her own family heritage. In the essay, she writes about immigrant families in general.
C
The poem uses flowery language, while the language in the essay is scientific.
D
The poem is written with a rhyming pattern, while the essay is not written in rhyme.
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Read the excerpt from Pat Mora’s essay "The Leader in the Mirror."I hoped that most of the students were going to enroll in college. The confetti would be for their private celebrations, those solitary moments when they had passed a test that worried them, finished a difficult paper at 2 A.M., found a summer internship. Sometimes, even when no one else is around, it’s important to celebrate when we have struggled and succeeded—to sprinkle a little confetti on our own heads.

A
The confetti represents celebration. The author uses confetti to encourage her audience to celebrate success.
B
The confetti represents celebration. The author uses confetti to teach the students how to plan a celebration party.
C
The confetti is a symbol of college graduation. The author uses the symbol to reward college graduates.
D
The confetti is a symbol of summer internships. The author uses the symbol to encourage signing up for summer internships.
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In an argumentative essay, a writer includes a counterclaim in order to

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support the essay’s major reasons.
B
explain the essay’s main argument.
C
mock the opposition’s viewpoint.
D
give a rebuttal to the opposition’s main argument.
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To effectively compare and contrast two texts written in different genres, a reader must

A
look for the same words used in both texts.
B
find the text that most supports personal views.
C
understand what is gained by treating a topic two different ways.
D
identify which text uses the most scientific and scholarly language.
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Read the excerpt from "Digging."Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests...

A
The assonance connects the thumb and finger to the act of farming.
B
The assonance adds emphasis to the speaker’s past as a farmer.
C
The assonance creates a pleasing and interesting sound.
D
The assonance emphasizes that the speaker is writing about his father.
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Read the excerpt from Pat Mora’s essay "The Leader in the Mirror."I read them my poem "Immigrants.”Immigrantswrap their babies in the American flag,feed them mashed hot dogs and apple pie,name them Bill and Daisy,buy them blonde dolls that blink blueeyes or a football and tiny cleatsbefore the baby can even walk,speak to them in thick English, hallo, babee, hallo,whisper in Spanish or Polishwhen the baby sleeps, whisperin a dark parent bed, that darkparent fear, "Will they likeour boy, our girl, our fine americanboy, our fine american girl?”As a writer, I understand the value and necessity of knowing my past, of keeping that door open.

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entertain her audience with stories from her own childhood.
B
encourage her audience to remember their family history.
C
educate her audience about life in other countries.
D
persuade her audience to change political viewpoints.
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Read the excerpt from "Career Planning for High Schoolers."According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the most popular fields of study for associate’s degree recipients between 2001–02 and 2011–12 were liberal arts and sciences, general studies, and humanities.

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by presenting a personal anecdote
B
by giving controversial opinions
C
by presenting factual information
D
by giving technical definitions
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Read the excerpt from "Digging."Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.Under my window, a clean rasping soundWhen the spade sinks into gravelly ground:My father, digging. I look downTill his straining rump among the flowerbedsBends low, comes up twenty years awayStooping in rhythm through potato drillsWhere he was digging.Read the haiku by Bashō. A crowhas settled on a bare branch— autumn evening.How does the structure of these poems differ?

A
“Digging” is a one-stanza poem with many lines, while Bashō's haiku has multiple stanzas with few lines.
B
“Digging” is a long poem with no sound devices, while Bashō's haiku is a short poem with many sound devices.
C
“Digging” has many stanzas of equal length, while Bashō's haiku has many stanzas of varying lengths.
D
“Digging” has multiple stanzas of varying length, while Bashō's haiku has only one stanza of three lines.
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Read the excerpt from "Ghost House."The whippoorwill is coming to shoutAnd hush and cluck and flutter about

A
to point out important ideas in the first line.
B
to create pleasing sounds in the second line.
C
to place emphasis on the word “shout” in the first line.
D
to link “coming” in the first line with “cluck” in the second line.
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fearhappinesshopelonging

A
fear
B
happiness
C
hope
D
longing
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Which excerpt from "Ghost House" uses both alliteration and assonance to add emphasis?

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Who share the unlit place with me—
B
Doubtless bear names that the mosses mar.
C
Though two, close-keeping, are lass and lad,—
D
As sweet companions as might be had.
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creedssufficedharborenergy

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creeds
B
sufficed
C
harbor
D
energy

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