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Read "The Southern Refugee.”Which universal theme is reflected in the poem?

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the desire for honor
B
the importance of family
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the loss of love
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the struggle for justice
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Read this excerpt from "Ritmo/Rhythm” by Margarita Engle.Older cousins show me how to shake the mule’s quijada, to make the blunt teeth rattle.Guitars. Drums. Gourds. Sticks.A cow bell. A washboard. Pretty soon, we have a whole orchestra.

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It builds momentum by demonstrating how the speaker respects the “older cousins.”
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It places an emphasis on the materials the speaker is using to construct the “orchestra.”
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It signals time passing by showing how “pretty soon” the speaker is able to collect many items.
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It characterizes the setting as absurd as the speaker is using a “washboard” to make sound.
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_________ went to baseball practice together today.

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I
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We
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He
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You
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Read the paragraph.Mariska and Eddy stare at each other from across the podium. They are about to graduate high school. They have known each other for so long—since second grade—and they can communicate sentences in just one look. Mariska remembers when they first met. She was climbing on a jungle gym at the park and she falls. All the other kids laughed, but Eddy approached her and asked if she was okay. From that day on, they were best friends. From Eddy’s smile across the stage, she knew that

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fell, known
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fell, knows
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fall, knows
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fall, knowed
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Read these excerpts.Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth.Whit

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Neither the speech nor poem rely on the use of ethos.
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Both the speech and poem are equal when it comes to the use of ethos.
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The poem relies more on ethos than the speech does.
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The speech relies more on ethos than the poem does.
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To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature.

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I am glad to the brink of fear.
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Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece.
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The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.
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In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child.
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Read the excerpt from "Duty.”What can I do but this? Let himtell it again and again as ifit’s always been only us,and that, when it mattered,he was the one who saved me.Duty from Monument by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2018 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers

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the experience of freedom
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the importance of memory
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the power of guilt
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the nature of power
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Take a look at this Middle English word.feithWhat is the correct translation of the Middle English word feith into modern English?

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faith
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fat
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fast
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four
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Read "On Liberty and Slavery” and "Duty.”What do these poems have in common?

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They focus on the desire for freedom in unsafe situations.
B
They focus on the personal relationship between two people.
C
They focus on inhumane social structures and hierarchies.
D
They focus on the long-term effects of difficult experiences.
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Read the excerpt from "Duty.”When he tells the story nowhe’s at the center of it,everyone else in the housefalling into the backdrop—my mother, grandmother,an uncle, all dead now—propsin our story: father and daughtercaught in memory’s half-light.Duty from Monument by Natasha Trethewey. Copyright (c) 2018 by Natasha Trethewey. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers

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People remember events so that it suits them in their minds.
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Important relationships are at the center of most memories.
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Every effort is often made to remember events accurately.
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People use memories to protect themselves from pain.
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Read the excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.A snug small room; a round table by a cheerful fire; an arm-chair high-backed and old-fashioned, wherein sat the neatest imaginable little elderly lady, in widow’s cap, black silk gown, and snowy muslin apron; exactly like what I had fancied Mrs. Fairfax, only less stately and milder looking. She was occupied in knitting; a large cat sat demurely at her feet; nothing in short was wanting to complete the beau-ideal of domestic comfort. A more re

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She believes that she has met Mrs. Fairfax before.
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She is surprised because Mrs. Fairfax is older than she thought.
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She thinks that Mrs. Fairfax reminds her of someone else.
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She is pleased that Mrs. Fairfax seems like a regular person.
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Read “Once I Saw the Mountains Angry,” by Stephen Crane.Once I saw mountains angry,And ranged in battle-front.Against them stood a little man;Aye, he was no bigger than my finger.I laughed, and spoke to one near me,"Will he prevail?""Surely," replied this other;"His grandfathers beat them many times."Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers—At least, for the little manWho stood against the mountains.Which best describes the theme of this poem?

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People are more powerful than elements of nature.
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People can find strength by understanding past generations.
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People are arrogant in their belief that they are stronger than nature.
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People who are resilient are able to act courageously.
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Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.Dear brethren, God forgive you your trespass,And keep you from the sin of avarice;My holy pardon here can save you all,And will, so long as you make offeringsOf gold and silver coin, spoons, brooches, rings—Bow down your heads before this holy bull!Come, ladies, make an offering of your wool!I’ll put your name down on my prayer-roll,And you shall enter to the bliss of heaven

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Chaucer criticizes the practice of confessing one’s sins to a priest.
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Chaucer criticizes the notion that divine forgiveness depends on giving money.
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Chaucer criticizes the idea that people go to heaven after death.
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Chaucer criticizes the fact that clergymen earn more than peasants.
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Characterization is the way an author

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unfolds a sequence of events within a story.
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describes the features of a physical environment.
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illustrates the time period in which a tale takes place.
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develops personalities through thoughts, words, and actions.
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best

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"Peace at Any Cost"
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"Equal Rights for Slaves"
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"Unity Against Tyranny"
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"Fairness for Immigrants"
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The Anti-Federalists feared the federal government would oppress

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enslaved people.
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the American people.
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the British people.
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the Sons of Liberty.
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Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address.”Under the health measures first proposed by the Presidency of our most beloved Harry S. Truman and passed during the remarkable administration of Lyndon B. Johnson, 20 million older Americans are now protected under Medicare. Our elder Americans can now live their autumn years in dignity and security. And infant mortality has declined to a new low. And federally funded community health centers are now serving nearly 50 million Americans. These too are vita

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by presenting the results of polls
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by including opinions of government officials
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by presenting numerous facts and statistics
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by challenging the audience to do more
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The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity! I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.

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It encourages readers to experience Thoreau’s work as if they are taking a journey around the world.
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It illustrates Thoreau’s goal to continue exploring the world around him in a unique and fulfilling way.
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It encourages readers to embark on their own worldly exploration after they finish Thoreau’s book.
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It illustrates the physical and emotional difficulties Thoreau had while living in the world of nature.

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