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As the bow of the canoe slipped over the edge of
the falls, Terry and Jacob jumped.
Which dictionary definition of the word bow
applies to it’s use in this sentence?
a.The front part of a ship, airship or boat
b. a device for shooting arrows
c. a bending down of the head or body
d. a direction at a 45 degree angle left or right
from dead above
a. The front part of
a ship, airship or
boat
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“None of us could have articulated
it then, but it was because …”
(paragraph 5)
Which word represents the meaning
of articulated?
A. responded to
B. directed towards
C. stated clearly
D. spoke to
C. Stated Clearly
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One objection I had, in placing Andrew
so closely to me behind the screen, was
to avail myself of his services on such
trivial occasions.
As used in paragraph 3, trivial means
A. frequent.
B. decreasing.
C. unimportant.
D. unnecessary.
C. Unimportant
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It is a very slow, dull, wearisome, and
lethargic affair.
Which word means the same as
lethargic? (paragraph 2)
A. sluggish
B. repetitive
C. fast-paced
D. unchallenging
A. Sluggish
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When the author says (in paragraph 1)
that she learned to pour out enough
furikake “so that it doesn’t all pour out in a
river of harshness,” what is implied about
the use of furikake?
A. Rice is no good without it.
B. Too much will overpower the rice.
C. It is important to put a large quantity
on the rice.
D. The amount used doesn’t matter.
B. Too much will
overpower the rice
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“A man’s dog stands by him in
prosperity and in poverty. ...”
(paragraph 3).
In this excerpt from the passage, the
word prosperity means:
A. fame.
B. power.
C. wealth.
D. strength.
C. Wealth
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Read the following excerpt from paragraph 1 of the passage.
“I don’t even think about how he had cupped my pudgy hands
in his, teaching me how to hold the container correctly, and
how I had to use two hands to hold the bottle because it was
too big and my hands were too small. All I think about is how
this small habit of mine is such a significant memory.”
This excerpt can be summarized by which sentence?
A. She can only remember her grandfather showing her how
to hold the bottle.
B. She had trouble understanding the importance of her
grandfather’s lesson.
C. She remembered the lesson as well as the struggle to learn
it.
D. It was a lot of trouble to learn to hold the bottle the way her
grandfather wanted.
C. She remembered the
lesson as well as the
struggle to learn it.
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The author uses the simile “furikake to me is
like the little bits of memories all put together
to form a mix that tastes so good on plain rice”
(paragraph 1) in order to describe
A. how furikake brings back memories of her
grandfather.
B. how good furikake tastes on rice.
C. how her grandfather taught her to make
furikake.
D. how furikake reminds her of the good taste
of rice.
A. how furikake brings back
memories of her grandfather.
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MRS. MARGARET STRICKMAN
1874 BIDDLE STREET
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR MA. PLEASE TELEGRAPH THIRTY DOLLARS.
WANT TO COME HOME. AM FINE. EVERYTHING O.K.
JOHN
“PLEASE TELEGRAPH THIRTY DOLLARS.” (“At the
Telegraph Office,” paragraph 8)
Which word matches the meaning of TELEGRAPH as
used in the excerpt above?
A. spend
B. transfer
C. bring
D. deposit
b. Transfer
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In describing those friends who turn out to be false,
the author uses the phrase “the first to throw the
stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon
our heads.”
The effect of the phrase is to
A. show how physically difficult friendship can be.
B. explain that betrayal may sometimes be
necessary.
C. emphasize the pain of having friends turn
against you.
D. imply that friends are really unnecessary for
happiness.
C. emphasize the
pain of having
friends turn against
you.
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The author uses the simile “wheelchair
flying there is like driving a motorcycle
down a winding back road” in order to
describe the:
A. thrills of racing a wheelchair.
B. expense of maintaining a
wheelchair.
C. appearance of a motorized
wheelchair.
D. simplicity of maneuvering a
wheelchair.
A. thrills of racing
a wheelchair.
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To find out when the phrase “give
me a break” first entered the
English language, you would look
for which type of information in a
dictionary?
A. origin and etymology
B. abbreviations used
C. word derivatives
D. variant pronunciations
A. origin and
etymology
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The new reports also emphasize that humans
hold no copyright on sonic brilliance, and that
a number of nonhuman animals produce what
can rightly be called music, rather than
random drills, trills and cacophony.
The author incorporates many musical terms in
the passage. Which definition means the
same as cacophony? (paragraph 7)
A. haphazard sounds
B. a beginning effort
C. a response without musical training
D. singing without musical instruments
A. haphazard sounds
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Which definition means the same as
antedates does in this sentence from
paragraph 2: “… what could be
called the ‘music instinct’ long
antedates the human race”?
A. follows
B. comes before
C. leaves behind
D. allows interpretation
B. comes before
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His favorite tree, the avocado, which had
started in a jam jar from a seed and
three toothpicks lanced in its sides,
rarely bore fruit.
Based on the information in paragraph 2,
lanced means the same as
A. tied.
B. slashed.
C. rooted.
D. pierced.
D. pierced.
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Use the following rule to choose the correct revision and/or edit
for the sentence below.
RULE: Use a comma ( , ) to separate three or more items in a
series. Use a semicolon ( ; ) to separate two or more complete
ideas that already contain commas.
Noticing the lateness of the hour, Sharon rushed to the
post office she was exhausted by lunchtime.
A. Noticing the lateness of the hour, Sharon rushed to the post
office; she was exhausted by lunchtime.
B. Noticing the lateness of the hour; Sharon rushed to the post
office; she was exhausted by lunchtime.
C. Noticing the lateness of the hour, Sharon rushed to the post
office, she was exhausted by lunchtime.
D. Noticing the lateness of the hour; Sharon rushed to the post
office, she was exhausted by lunchtime.
a. Noticing the lateness of the
hour, Sharon rushed to the
post office; she was
exhausted by lunchtime.
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Read the sentence. Choose a revision and/or
edit that improves the fluency of the sentence
without changing its meaning.
The girl tried hard to focus on her work, but
she just couldn’t do it enough.
A. The girl tried to focus, but she couldn’t do it.
B. The girl focused on her work, but she could
not manage.
C. The girl was trying but could not manage to
focus on her work.
D. The girl was focusing on her work, but she
could not manage it.
C. The girl was trying but
could not manage to focus on
her work.
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Which would be an appropriate topic
sentence for a paragraph about
categories of seashells?
A. Seashells come in many sizes.
B. Many shells exist in seas around
the world.
C. People can find shells on beaches
after a high tide.
D. People collect seashells based on
color, texture and size.
D. People collect seashells
based on color, texture and size.
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Read the paragraph and decide what type of organization is
being used.
I had just moved to New York and was not happy with
living there the rest of my life. By the time I was fourteen,
I had decided I would return to Texas to fulfill my career
as a teacher. For the next four years, I took courses in
Spanish while all my friends took French. I took electives
in English so I could be an English teacher. I even
received permission to tutor at another school during
my lunch hour.
A. spatial
B. classification
C. chronological
D. comparison/contrast
C. Chronological
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Which sentence appropriately utilizes precise
language and eliminates wordiness to convey
what Joe should do?
A. Joe should eat and write.
B. Joe should eat breakfast and write a letter
to his grandmother, if time permits.
C. Joe needs to eat breakfast, and then if he
has the time, he must write his grandmother a
letter.
D. Joe should first eat breakfast, and then with
any leftover time, he should write a letter to his
grandmother.
B. Joe should eat breakfast
and write a letter to his
grandmother, if time
permits.
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Your assignment is to write a
personal narrative.
Which topic is appropriate for
this task?
A. the family trip to Branson, Missouri
B. the life of cartoonist Charles Schulz
C. the causes and effects of school budget
cuts
D. the history of Mount Rushmore’s famous
faces
a. The family trip
to Branson,
Missouri
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Lakes are meant to provide summer fun for
everyone. Many times, however, jet skis
outnumber boats on smaller lakes. Using a jet ski
is great fun, but common sense and a few basic
rules are needed to keep the skiers and others
safe.
Which approach should a writer use to further develop
this paragraph?
A. charting weather conditions over lake areas
B. researching articles describing America’s smaller
lakes
C. surveying the number of people using camping
facilities
D. investigating accidents involving jet skis on smaller
D. Investigating
accidents
involving jet skis
on smaller lakes
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For what purpose should a student
use this graphic organizer?
A. to illustrate one idea building upon others
B. to demonstrate a recurring cycle
C. to compare four concepts
D. to show cause and effect
A. To illustrate one
idea building upon
others
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What kind of editing notation needs to be
made in the sentence below?
A popular debate these days, concerns
requirements for people over sixty, to
renew licenses by passing actual driving
tests again.
A. spelling error
B. punctuation error
C. capitalization error
D. usage error
D. Usage Error
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Use the following information from a handbook on language
to answer
question 8.
• Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.
• Capitalize the names of periods and events in history.
• Capitalize the names of planets, continents and countries.
• Capitalize the names of religions, races, languages and
nationalities.
8. Which is the correct way to edit the sentence below?
The english language has changed since the middle ages.
A. The English Language has changed since the middle ages.
B. The English language has changed since the Middle Ages.
C. The English language has changed since the Middle ages.
D. The English language has changed since the middle Ages.
B. The English language has
changed since the Middle Ages.
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