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Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."We keep the wall between us as we go.To each the boulders that have fallen to each.And some are loaves and some so nearly ballsWe have to use a spell to make them balance:"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"We wear our fingers rough with handling them.Oh, just another kind of out-door game,One on a side. It comes to little more:There where it is we do not need the wall:He is all pine and I am apple orchard.What feature of this excerpt makes it blank verse?

It has a rhyming pattern.

It has iambic pentameter.

It does not use everyday language.

It is about nature.

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Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall," by Robert Frost.Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun;And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.What is Frost describing that “doesn’t love a wall”?

sunlight

neighbors

ice

boulders

Choose the correct version of the sentence.

Top athletes train long hours, eating healthy diets and dedicate themselves to their sports.

Top athletes train long hours, eat healthy diets, and dedicate themselves to their sports.

Top athletes train long hours, eat healthy diets, and dedicating themselves to their sports.

Top athletes training long hours, eating healthy diets and dedicate themselves to their sports.

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonderIf I could put a notion in his head:“Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t itWhere there are cows? But here there are no cows.Before I built a wall I’d ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offence.Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That wants it down.” I could say “Elves” to him,But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d ratherHe said it for himself.What is the speaker’s mood in this excerpt?

unhappy

playful

childish

determined

Read the sentence.The works of Charles Dickens a famous British writer include David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.Which is the best revision of this sentence?

The works of Charles Dickens a famous British writer include, David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

The works of Charles Dickens, a famous British writer, include David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

The works of Charles Dickens—a famous British writer include David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

The works of Charles Dickens a famous British writer include—David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

Read the final paragraph of "How We Entered World War I."In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed. America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence. That screen, too, must fall.Which best explains the purpose of repeating the word “illusion” in the paragraph?

to emphasize that the United States was never completely isolationist nor will it ever be all powerful

to mock the United States’ reasons for becoming involved in World War I

to highlight the fact that Wilson based his decisions on false ideas

to demonstrate that the United States’ sense of strength is a complete falsehood

Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.But I find I get pretty tired when I try.It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work. When I get really well, John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fireworks in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now.I wish I could get well faster.But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it KNEW what a vicious influence it had!Which part of this excerpt best demonstrates the narrator’s social alienation?

“I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.”

“It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work.”

“When I get really well, John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit.”

“This paper looks to me as if it KNEW what a vicious influence it had!”

Which pair of words shares the same word root?

capable, readable

rewritten, revision

barber, unbearable

inspect, spectacles

Techno is a root word that means "scientific" or "skillful".Which is the best definition of the word techniques in the sentence below?Chef Anna taught us to prepare French recipes with her traditional techniques.

special methods

old-family recipes

new appliances

expensive spices

Which sentence uses whether correctly?

It is time to find out whether Janey chose the truck or the sedan.

London, England, is known for its blustery and wet whether.

Strong whether can affect air, land, and sea travels.

I only turn on the radio to catch the whether and traffic reports.

Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."He said that after the wall-paper was changed it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on.“You know the place is doing you good,” he said, “and really, dear, I don’t care to renovate the house just for a three months’ rental.”Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes John’s viewpoint of the wallpaper?

He believes that the wallpaper should be replaced.

He believes that the wallpaper is unattractive.

He believes that his wife is overreacting to the wallpaper.

He believes that his wife likes the wallpaper.

have exactly the same meaninghave completely opposite meaningssound the same but have different meaningsare spelled the same but are pronounced differently

have exactly the same meaning

have completely opposite meanings

sound the same but have different meanings

are spelled the same but are pronounced differently

Read the sentence. After going over the attendance data, I have learned that twenty percent of our students are calling in sick every day, and it would be good to do something to stop this problem. Which appeal is the speaker using in the sentence?

ethos, an appeal based on the speaker’s character

logos, an appeal based on logic and reason

pathos, an appeal based on the audiences’ emotion

eros, an appeal based on love

Read the excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson’s speech, “War Message to Congress.”Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. Which best explains President Wilson’s use of the word “autocratic”?

He is saying the United States needs to operate alone.

He is discussing the free will of the United States.

He is speaking of acting independently.

He is emphasizing the enemy’s tyranny.

Miguel is taking notes of the mayor’s speech. As he is taking notes, Miguel should

write out every word he hears.

jot down main points and supporting details.

try not to review the notes while he writes.

avoid using any version of shorthand writing.

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