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Read the sentence.Emilia didn’t realize the spy had gained the access codes until the security breach happened.

E
Emilia herself didn’t realize the spy had gained the access codes until the security breach happened.
E
Emilia she didn’t realize the spy had gained the access codes until the security breach happened.
E
Emilia didn’t realize the spy had gained the access codes herself until the security breach happened.
E
Emilia didn’t realize the spy she had gained the access codes until the security breach happened.
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Read the claim.Schools should stop doing standardized testing.Read the counterclaim.The Department of Education says that teaching students to do well on standardized tests helps to motivate students and keep them focused on important subjects.Read the rebuttal.On the contrary, being forced to focus on testing stresses students and limits the amount of knowledge they can gain.

b
by rephrasing it as a conclusion
b
by adding a statistic or a quotation
b
by deleting it and adding another claim
b
by pointing out a flaw in the counterclaim
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intensiveobjectivepossessivesubjective

A
intensive
B
objective
C
possessive
D
subjective
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To critique society is to examine it in order to

s
state a fact.
b
break a rule.
g
give an opinion.
p
provide evidence.
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Question illustration
o
one narrator, past tense
o
one narrator, present tense
m
many speakers, past tense
m
many speakers, present tense
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Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. The mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. There was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva.

H
He creates powerful visual images.
H
He appeals to the reader's intellect.
H
He shares an expert opinion.
H
He defines key terms.
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Which behaviors are characteristics of an effective speaker? Check all that apply.establishing eye contactmaintaining a lounging posturereferring to multimedia visual aidsusing a suitable volume and pacedisplaying indifference about the topic

e
establishing eye contact
m
maintaining a lounging posture
r
referring to multimedia visual aids
u
using a suitable volume and pace
d
displaying indifference about the topic
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Keats’s poem is titled "Ode on a Grecian Urn." What does the choice of the word ode tell the reader about the poem? Select three options.The poem is written in a formal style.The poem includes a theme.The poem is addressed to something.The poem expresses emotions.The poem explores a serious topic.

A
The poem is written in a formal style.
B
The poem includes a theme.
C
The poem is addressed to something.
D
The poem expresses emotions.
E
The poem explores a serious topic.
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Read the passage from "Ode on a Grecian Urn."Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leaveThy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!

A
"youth."
B
"song."
C
"kiss."
D
"love."
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Alliteration is

t
the repetition of themes and ideas.
t
the implication of a word meaning.
t
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
t
the repetition of sounds.
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Jack.

h
how the rules of Victorian society were not very strict and were not taken seriously.
h
how members of the upper class were not concerned with the rules of society and rarely followed them.
h
how the rules of Victorian society dictated many things, even what was proper to read.
h
how members of high society rarely read books and were not concerned with cultural knowledge.
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Lady Bracknell.

S
She says that she does not want Gwendolen, an unmarried girl, to sit apart from her guardian.
S
She says that she disapproves of Algernon as a suitable husband because he ate all of the cucumber sandwiches.
S
She says that she expects certain treatment because she is a married woman.
S
She says that Lady Harbury looks younger since her husband’s death.
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T
The radio adaptation shares more factual information than the novel.
T
The radio adaptation shares more humorous insight than the novel.
T
The radio adaptation is more frenzied than the novel.
T
The radio adaptation is more cheerful than the novel.
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Gwendolen

T
They value honesty and are angry that the men have lied to them.
T
They value romance and are willing to make excuses for the men they love.
T
They value wisdom and refuse to admit that they were wrong.
T
They value commitment and are willing to marry anyone who will marry them.
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Cecily

S
She values truth over creativity.
S
She values romance over truth.
S
She values logic over romance.
S
She values creativity over logic.

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