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Read the excerpts from Queen Elizabeth's speeches.How does the purpose of the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury compare to the excerpt from Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry?

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Both excerpts inform Queen Elizabeth's audience of her strategic plans for engaging and defeating the invading army.
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Both excerpts attempt to persuade Queen Elizabeth's audience that she is willing to sacrifice her life for England's well-being.
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Both excerpts inform Queen Elizabeth's audience of the reasons she has come to passionately love and defend England.
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Both excerpts attempt to persuade Queen Elizabeth's audience that she is the most capable ruler the country has known.
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Which statements describe the central ideas of a text? Select three choices.They explain helpful details.They are the most important ideas in a text.They give examples of key ideas.They are supported by details.They can be explicitly stated or implied.

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They explain helpful details.
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They are the most important ideas in a text.
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They give examples of key ideas.
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They are supported by details.
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They can be explicitly stated or implied.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.The following examples show how famine hits the Cumberland parish of Greystoke. Here "a poor fellow destitute of succor” is found in the highway and is carried to the constable’s house, where he dies. A miller’s daughter dies in her bed, weakened from lack of food. A beggar boy from the Scottish Borders is found writhing in agony in the road and dies soon afterward "in great misery.” Another "poor, hunger-starved beggar boy”

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death from starvation was common in Elizabethan England.
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very few people died of starvation in Elizabethan England.
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communities were shocked by the deaths from starvation.
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communities tried to prevent the deaths from starvation.
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When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to convince the troops of her capabilities as a leader. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to make members feel ashamed of their request.
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When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to convince the troops of her capabilities as a leader. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to make members feel ashamed of their request.
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When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to inspire and encourage her army. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to provide rational explanations that convince lawmakers.
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When speaking to her troops, Queen Elizabeth appeals to pathos to inspire and encourage her army. When speaking to Parliament, Queen Elizabeth appeals to logos to provide rational explanations that convince lawmakers.
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Read the paragraph.When we first started packing for the move to a new apartment, it felt like we were climbing a mountain. There was a long way to go before we reached our goal, and it was physically exhausting to carefully pack all our possessions into boxes. At the end of each long day, we were tired and achy. But when we were finally done, we felt exhilarated.What is being compared in the analogy?

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packing to climbing a mountain
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moving to feeling achy
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a new apartment to exhilaration
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a long day to owning possessions
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Read the excerpt from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory.Then Sir Bedivere returned again, and took the sword in his hand; and then him thought sin and shame to throw away that noble sword . . .Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.Then went Sir Bedivere the second timeAcross the ridge, and paced beside the mere,Counting the dewy pebbles, fix’d in thought;But when he saw the wonder of the hilt,How curiously and strangely chased, he smoteHis palms together, and he cr

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Tennyson’s version highlights Sir Bedivere’s second attempt to get rid of the sword.
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Tennyson’s version conveys Sir Bedivere’s desire to please the king regardless of his feelings.
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Tennyson’s version highlights how Sir Bedivere thought that the sword was a burden.
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Tennyson’s version conveys Sir Bedivere’s extreme reluctance to get rid of the sword.
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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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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.People believe that the balance of the humors is also upset by eating too much or too little of something. As noted in the previous chapter, Thomas Elyot believes that fish and fresh fruit are bad for you, and that white bread is more nutritious than bread with the bran. William Horman maintains that drinking cold liquids after prolonged activity is very dangerous for the health. Richard Carew states that the "eating of fish,

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It details how diet could disrupt the balance of humors.
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It explains that fresh fish may cause liver disease.
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It discourages the use of cold liquids after activity.
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It recommends eliminating fresh fruit from a healthy diet.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.Sir Thomas Elyot is worth listening to on this subject. Although he is a layman and not a physician, his book, The Castel of Health, proves hugely influential—it goes into its sixteenth edition in 1595. He declares that mutton is the most wholesome meat you can eat and that fish is not so good because it thins the blood. He also thinks that spices and vegetables are bad for you.

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The author wants to describe the time period accurately.
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The author wants to create a convincing argument.
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The author wants to present factual information effectively.
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The author wants to help the reader relate to the subject thoughtfully.
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Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry.As I have good cause, so do I give you all my hearty thanks for the good zeal and loving care you seem to have, as well towards me as to the whole estate of your country.

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encouraging an emotional response from the audience.
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establishing her credibility as a capable leader.
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providing a logical reason for trusting her leadership skills.
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demonstrating her ability to speak persuasively.
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Read the sentence.We laughed when we read the writing from that TV show.

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to clarify the point of view.
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to create precise wording.
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to improve the tone.
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to change the style.
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Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales."But, sirs, it is not courteous of youTo speak so roughly to an old man, whoHas not offended you by word or deed.It’s there in Holy Writ for you to read:"Thou shalt rise up before the hoary headOf an old man”—and therefore do no harm,I warn you, to an old man while you’re young,Any more than you’d like to have it doneTo you in old age, should you live so long.Now God be with you! I go where I must go.”

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as an adventurer eager to join the youth
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as a church leader recruiting the youth
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as a sage counselor reproving the youth
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as a cruel authority punishing the youth
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.Simon Forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. However, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. He has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” It seems the best advice is provided by Nicholas Bownd in his book Medicines for the Plague: "In these dangerous times God must be our only defense.”

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Keeping warm and eating onions was the only way to avoid the plague. This treatment was recommended by Nicholas Bownd.
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Some Elizabethans believed that diet caused the plague. Nicholas Bownd suggested praying to God as the only cure.
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Writer Simon Forman believed that God was the only answer to the plague. He survived the disease and ate warm onions to treat his sores.
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While doctors like Simon Forman tried to help, others such as Nicholas Bownd relied on their faith in God.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.When the trumpets sound, most people quieten down, waiting for the play to begin. If you are sitting in the gallery you will have a clear view of the stage as it projects out from the far side of the round enclosure. Leading actors will come right out along this platform and deliver their soliloquies directly to the crowd. So too will a clown like Will Kempe, when he wishes to extemporize and make "a scurvy face.” There are two large columns, both elaborately painted, which support the roof that covers the back of the stage.

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The author uses a serious tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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The author uses descriptive details and a first-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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The author uses a critical tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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The author uses descriptive details and a second-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
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Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The men charged in tournaments again and again,Noble knights jousting in high spirits;Then they rode to the court and danced to carols,And the feast went on like that a full fifteen days,With all the food and entertainment anyone could imagine.The laughter and merrymaking were a glory to hear . . .

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They fight ruthlessly.
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They celebrate festively.
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They are devout Christians.
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They are boastful and vain.
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Which statements describe the Middle Ages? Choose four answers.

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It was a period of time between 500 and 1500 CE.
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It was a period characterized by democratic rule.
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Catholicism was the dominant religion in Europe.
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The monarchy and the Church were very powerful.
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A rising middle class was challenging class distinctions.
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Read the excerpt from a book written by Jacob Abbott about Queen Elizabeth.The members of the Parliament went forth immediately to proclaim the new queen. There are two principal places where it was then customary to proclaim the English sovereigns. One of these was before the royal palace at Westminster, and the other in the city of London.

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to inform readers about information relating to Queen Elizabeth
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to persuade readers that Queen Elizabeth was a worthy sovereign
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to entertain readers with exciting tales of royal intrigue
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to describe for readers the intricate details of the palace at Westminster
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.Another familiar disease is malaria, which Elizabethans refer to as ague or fever. You might associate this with more tropical countries of the modern world but in marshy areas in sixteenth-century England, such as the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Fens, the Norfolk Broads, and Romney Marsh in Kent, it kills thousands. No one suspects that it has anything to do with mosquitoes; rather people believe it is the corrupted air arising from the low-lying dank marsh (hence the term mal-aria). As a result, you will have no chance of getting proper treatment for the disease.

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It proves that malaria is spread by mosquitoes in swampy areas.
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It gives a detailed description of the area known as Romney Marsh.
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It explains Elizabethan misconceptions about the spread of malaria.
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It compares common malaria symptoms to influenza symptoms.
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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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