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A
sight
B
sound
C
touch
D
taste
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Which sentence uses the passive voice for the main verb?

A
If we use our cell phones during class, the teacher confiscates them.
B
When they can, students slide down the banister in the science wing.
C
When we can pick our reading, mythology is most often chosen in my class.
D
If they choose to participate, students perform their poems at the poetry slam.
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Read the dictionary entry.re • frain [ri-freyn]1. (verb) to resist doing something2. (noun) the chorus of a musical piece

A
The flight attendant requested that the passengers refrain from smoking.
B
Students should refrain from using their cell phones during the lecture.
C
Experienced audience members refrain from clapping until the end.
D
The haunting refrain stayed with the audience long after the show ended.
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Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”A free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky.

A
It creates images of freedom.
B
It creates images of oppression.
C
It emphasizes a sense of fantasy.
D
It emphasizes a sense of arrogance.
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In "The Caged Bird,” what is the speaker’s tone or attitude toward the subject of oppression? Choose three answers.

A
anger
B
confusion
C
defiance
D
indifference
E
outrage
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Some sections of “Initiation” imply that Millicent will decline the sorority’s invitation.

A
her feeling pride in becoming a candidate for the group.
B
her beginning to question the way the group runs its operations.
C
her completing the final challenges in the initiation.
D
her waiting for her moment to confront the members of the sorority.
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In “Initiation,” one example of a character vs. self conflict is when Millicent

A
worries about how her actions affect Tracy.
B
feels pressure to go along with the initiation.
C
worries about what orders Bev will give next.
D
feels pressure to accept the sorority’s invitation.
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Read the excerpts from different sections “The Scarlet Ibis.”Although Doodle learned to crawl, he showed no signs of walking, but he wasn’t idle. He talked so much that we all quit listening to what he said. It was about this time that Daddy built him a go-cart and I had to pull him around. At first I just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he started crying to be taken out into the yard and it ended up by my having to lug him wherever I went. If I so much as picked up my cap, he’d start crying to go with me and Mama would call from wherever she was, “Take Doodle with you.”***He’d nod his head, and I’d say, “Well, if you don’t keep trying, you’ll never learn.” Then I’d paint for him a picture of us as old men, white-haired, him with a long white beard and me still pulling him around in the go-cart. This never failed to make him try again.

A
It changes from a symbol of youth to a symbol of old age.
B
It changes from a symbol of success to a symbol of failure.
C
It changes from a symbol of hope to a symbol of desperation.
D
It changes from a symbol of freedom to a symbol of captivity.
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A
connotation
B
denotation
C
metaphor
D
tone
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Read the following passage from "The Caged Bird.”But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing.

A
the stem or main axis of a plant
B
the slender supporting part of anything
C
to pursue or approach prey stealthily
D
to walk with measured, stiff strides
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Read the sentence.The skillful pilot maneuvered successfully during the training mission.

A
It’s a verb phrase acting as an object in the sentence.
B
It’s a verb phrase acting as the predicate of the sentence.
C
It’s a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial phrase.
D
It’s a prepositional phrase acting as an adjectival phrase.
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Read the paragraph.After the final battle, rumor had it that a few renegades had slipped off into the forest to avoid capture. These sneaky rogues have continually eluded capture. The leaders of the empire are worried that the rebels will form a resistance movement first.

A
Then the rebels overcame the empire’s troops and take the city.
B
Then the rebels will overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
C
Then the rebels overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
D
Then the rebels have overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
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How do authors present and develop characters? Choose four answers.

A
the way characters are described
B
the situations in which the characters interact
C
the number of characters in each chapter
D
dialogue between characters
E
conflicts within and between characters
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A
characterization
B
conflict
C
idiom
D
interpretation
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Where is the central idea introduced in an essay?

A
in the conclusion
B
in the body paragraphs
C
in effective transitions
D
in the thesis statement
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Which transition should be used to introduce an example?

A
as a result
B
consequently
C
for instance
D
therefore
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".But Laura had gotten used to the life here. She did not want to go back to the old country where, de la Torre or not, she was only a wife and a mother (and a failed one at that, since she had never provided the required son). Better an independent nobody than a high-class houseslave. She did not come straight out and disagree with her husband's plans. Instead, she fussed with him about reading the papers in bed, soiling their sheets with those poorly printed, foreign tabloids. "The Times is not that bad!" she'd claim if her husband tried to humor her by saying they shared the same dirty habit.

A
She becomes an independent nobody and decides to reject her role as a high-class housewife and mother.
B
She reads the newspapers with her husband to keep up on Dominican politics and plans a return to their homeland.
C
Instead of getting used to her new life in America, she secretly hopes that her husband will return the family to the Dominican Republic.
D
Instead of openly disagreeing with her husband’s desire to return to the Dominican Republic, she criticizes the foreign papers he reads.
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Read the passage from “Initiation.”The door behind her opened and a ray of light sliced across the soft gloom of the basement room."Hey Millicent, come on out now. This is it." There were some of the girls outside."I'm coming," she said, getting up and moving out of the soft darkness into the glare of light, thinking: This is it, all right. The worst part, the hardest part, the part of initiation that I figured out myself.

A
character vs. character
B
character vs. nature
C
character vs. self
D
character vs. society
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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention"."Sticks and stones don't break bones," she chanted. Yoyo could tell, though, by the look on her face, it was as if one of those stones the kids had aimed at her daughters had hit her. But she always pretended they were at fault. "What did you do to provoke them? It takes two to tangle, you know.”

A
People should not criticize others if they have similar problems.
B
Sometimes, it is difficult for a person to make a decision.
C
Words cannot actually hurt a person like sticks and stones can.
D
A person who keeps moving has no responsibilities and no cares.
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Which sentence uses a prepositional phrase as an adverbial phrase?

A
The paintings of dragons were reproduced using new techniques.
B
The old, creepy house with the broken windows is haunted.
C
The questionnaire from the college took three days to complete.
D
The bumpy road jangled the carriage that we drove around the lake.

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