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Use the drop-down menus to choose the most descriptive and effective version of each sentence.I walked home in the rain. Shawna
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You just watched a video in which President Obama announces his plan for financial regulatory reform.According to President
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Write the equation of a line that passes through the points shown in the table.Which equations represent a line that passes
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A 4-column table has 2 rows. The first column is labeled country with entries Country A, Country B. The second column is labeled
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The step function f(x) is graphed.On a coordinate plane, a step graph has horizontal segments that are each 1 unit long. The
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The graph represents the parking fees at a mall parking lot.On a coordinate plane, a graph titled Parking Fees shows time in
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Apsu, the god of fresh water, and Tiamat, the goddess of salt water, bore a son named Lahmu and a daughter named Lahamu. These
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The table shows temperatures below freezing measured in different units. Complete the equation in standard form to represent the
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The slope-intercept form of the equation of a line that passes through point (–3, 8) is y = –y minus 3 equals negative
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The table compares two countries and two products.A 4-column table has 2 rows. The first column is labeled country with entries
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The graph represents f(x) = .On a coordinate plane, a step graph has horizontal segments that are each 1 unit long. The left end
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Which is the graph of the step function f(x)?f(x) = StartLayout Enlarged left-brace 1st row 1st column negative 1 2nd column x
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On a coordinate plane, an absolute value graph has a vertex at (negative 3, 1).Which function is represented by the graph? The
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.On several occasions Room 40 received an unexpected but welcome gift when a German codebook
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What should an author do to hook the audience at the opening of a presentation? Choose three answers.pose a thought-provoking
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What is a central idea that the author develops throughout The Dark Game?Elizabeth Van Lew ran a safe house for escaped Union
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Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech.Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose
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Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game."Again Rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. The door opened then,
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Read the excerpt from the conclusion of the letter to the editor.We need to urge our city planners to say goodbye to the urban
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Read the excerpt from "It's Only Fair.”Maritza rolled her eyes. "That’s why we should do our report on Irene Morgan,” she
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Read the passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart.”And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it—oh
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What does the octet rule state that explains why atoms bond?An atom bonds to have eight valence electrons to become stable. An
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A graph titled velocity versus time has horizontal axis time (seconds) and vertical axis velocity (meters per second). A line
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Choose the verbs in the correct tense to complete the paragraph.The Kepler mission’s goal is to explore planetary systems. To
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Read the passage.Maya stared in dismay at the table strewn with textbooks and notes, and sighed. "Well, what’s the verdict? Do
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Look at the table Zareen created to help plan her narrative essay.A table showing the plan for constructing a narrative essay.
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Ava wants to figure out the average speed she is driving. She starts checking her car’s clock at mile marker 0. It takes her 4
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The table shows temperatures below freezing measured in different units. Complete the equation in standard form to represent the
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Which is the graph of g(x) = ⌈x + 3⌉?On a coordinate plane, a step graph has horizontal segments that are each 1 unit long.
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Which is the graph of y = ⌊x⌋ – 2?On a coordinate plane, a step graph has horizontal segments that are each 1 unit long.
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If f(x) = −2 + 8, what is f(−1.8)?4 6 10 12
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Which is the graph of y = ⌊x⌋ – 2?On a coordinate plane, a step graph has horizontal segments that are each 1 unit long.
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On a coordinate plane, a piecewise function has 2 connecting lines. The first line starts at (0, 0) and goes up and to the left
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A cross country runner runs 12km in 41 minutes. What is his average speed?
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Solon’s reforms
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As part of an exchange program, we now have an exhibition touring your country that shows how information technology is
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We are seeing the power of economic freedom spreading around the world. Places such as the Republic of Korea, Singapore, [and]
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Which are examples of complex sentences? Select three answers.I love all kinds of seafood, but shrimp is my favorite. Before you
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When writing for a general audience, students should choose words that aretechnical. conversational. subject specific.
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Monica is writing about a pretty new dress.She replaces the word pretty with elegant because elegant is a more word choice
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Which correctly describes the narration in My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?The memoir is in third-person narration;
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Read the excerpt from My StoryAnother time he went to see about extending the route of the Day Street bus. Black people in a
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Which phrase from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech contains the strongest emotional connotations?“the long
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Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.He looked up and down the coast. If he saw even a single soul
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Read the excerpt from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.Some people, even in my own country, look at the
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Read the short speech.Turn off your television, and talk to your family. You will be surprised at how much your siblings have to
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Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech.And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops
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Read the sentence."Relax,” said my tennis coach. "Your opponent is well trained, but she is no match for your powerful and
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A science teacher gives the following speech.Prepare a brief speech to accompany your science project. The speech will be
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Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address.But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that
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Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address.This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our
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Which excerpt from the letter to the editor includes an opinion?Our city currently has a dense downtown area and then a massive
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Read the excerpt from "My First March.”"Hey, Mama?” I asked. "How can all these buses be going to the same place we’re
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Read the excerpt from President Kennedy's Report to the American People.This afternoon, following a series of threats and
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he dates in the excerpt help the reader to determine that "American Indian Civil Rights” is structured bycause and effect.
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Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross. Yet these men, to the number
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If the author of "The Gift of the Magi" had made the reader aware of the gift that Jim had purchased in the beginning of the
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Read the line from "Lather and Nothing Else."“Are you going to punish all of them?” I timidly ventured. The underlined word
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.Wyke's work was always delicate and
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Read this paragraph from The Dark Game.It may seem surprising that no Confederate sympathizers took action against Van Lew,
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Some speakers will use multimedia, or more than one form of expression or, such as graphics, charts, and video clips to connect
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Read the sentence.Alma plans to visit London and Paris, where her parents went on their first trip together as a married couple.
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Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game.""Dear me," said the general, quite unruffled, "again that unpleasant word. But I
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Read the excerpt from Part 2 of "The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell.Dusk came, then darkness, and still he pressed
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Read the passage from "Lather and Nothing Else."And so, which will it be? Murderer or hero? My fate hangs on the edge of this
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In Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy,how does the time period of 1912 contribute to the main conflict in the novel?Shipping
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Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”.In the evening, after dinner, the family would gather near the fireplace,
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Read this excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry.Pennies saved one and two at a time by bull-dozing the grocer and the
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What is the best summary of this paragraph?Elizabeth Van Lew was an unmarried woman in her forties who wanted to serve her
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Read the paragraph.(1) Dogs are great pets for families because they teach children many important life lessons. (2) A dog must
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Read the passage.The town council of Hopewell has proposed that the vacant lot at the end of Elm Street be converted into a
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Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University.But I hope you know I go on about these
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21 22 23 24 25Read the excerpt from "Lather and Nothing Else" He went on talking. He evidently took it for granted that I was on
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What does Martin Luther King Jr. make allusions to in his "I Have a Dream” speech? Select 4 options.Abraham Lincoln the
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Which sentence contains a nonrestrictive clause and is punctuated correctly?The teacher packed picnic lunches for all the
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Read the clause.During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public. What is the best way to
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Read the excerpt from "It's Only Fair.”"Fine!” Avery said, pushing a stack of books away and looking up at the clock on the
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Read the sentence.The canyon, formed by years of erosion, was a breathtaking sight to behold. What best describes the underlined
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Read the sentence below.The students are working on a mystery message and they have found a computer program to help them with
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Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”Clara wanted to learn how to skate on the ice. One day, her father saw her
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Adam writes this sentence in his analysis of The Code Book.The Code Book contains many specialized terms. Which line from the
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You are given the task to write an alternate ending to "It's Only Fair.” Your assignment is to change the ending so that the
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Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another BeginsHow does the author achieve his purpose of highlighting Clara’s bravery in
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.The CIA planning was extraordinary.
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Look at the frame from One War Ends, Another Begins.Read the excerpt from A Story of the Red Cross. Later on arrived a shipload
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Read the paragraphs from "Lather and Nothing Else."He came in without a word. I was stropping my best razor. And when I
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Read the sentence.Rome has been called the Eternal City for centuries because ancient citizens felt it was a utopian place with
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Which line from President Reagan’s Address at Moscow State University is a fact?Democracy is the standard by which governments
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Read the paragraph.(1) Baseball is unique because it is the only sport in America that does not have a time clock—although
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Read the excerpt from My Story.More of us rode the buses than Caucasians did, because more whites could afford cars. It was very
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.Montgomery quickly fetched Admiral Hall. The head of Room 40, nicknamed "Blinker" for the
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Which claim is the most effective for the argument that learning another language has many advantages?Learning another language
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Chase and his classmates are discussing local service opportunities. Chase is excited to share his idea of providing sack
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Read the sentence.When they arrived at the beach, the students who had never seen the ocean before ran toward the shore. Which
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Complete the sentence with the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent.If students would like to be part of the class play, we
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The most reliable source for a presentation about education in multi-age classes would be aschool textbook for students.
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Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game.""Where there are pistol shots, there are men. Where there are men, there is
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Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game.""Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and
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Which phrase is an example of effective speaking in a classroom discussion?“I can’t believe you feel that way! Listen to me,
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An author fictionalizing a story should use which types of source materials to research the story’s elements? Select three
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