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Read the excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.To support his purpose, Douglass includes words such as

A
“search,” “roam,” and “found”
B
“monarchies,” “reigns,” and “nation”
C
“abuse,” “barbarity,” and “shameless”
D
“Old World,” “South America,” and “America”
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The last step before writing a compare-and-contrast essay is

A
reviewing the two sources.
B
gathering supporting details.
C
creating an outline.
D
composing a thesis.
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Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence."Clearly, we are on the threshold of yet another revolution. Human knowledge is doubling every ten years.What is the meaning of the underlined term?

A
battle or mutiny
B
change or transformation
C
type of rotation
D
style of leadership
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An argument based on logic and reason rather than emotion and personal opinion is best described as

A
objective.
B
rhetorical.
C
biased.
D
weak.
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Which sentence has a pronoun usage error?

A
Thomas was supposed to pick me up, but he’s late.
B
She drove herself to the performance, but left early.
C
The judges showed their scoresheets to the contestants.
D
The audience left its seats after curtain call.

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