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English Cumulative Exam 80% Already Passed Read the sentence. The canyon, formed by years of erosion, was a breathtaking sight to behold. What best describes the underlined part of this sentence? ... ✔✔D. nonrestrictive clause Look at the frames from Iqbal. How does the author achieve his purpose of highlighting Iqbal's bravery in these frames? ✔✔C. by showing the factory owner making a threat directed at Iqbal Read the sentence below. The students are working on a mystery message and they have found a computer program to help them with the process of encoding their message. Which word could best substitute the underlined portion of the sentence? ✔✔D. cryptanalyst Read the paragraph. (1) Baseball is unique because it is the only sport in America that does not have a time clock— although tennis and softball are not timed, either. (2) Instead, games last for nine innings, unless there is a tie after the ninth, in which case they go extra innings. (3) Nine-inning games last an average of three hours. (4) Extra innings tack on time to an already long game, but the end is always the most exciting part. (5) Most people in the US watch baseball and are fans of their hometown team. What is the best way to revise sentence 4 to eliminate bias? ✔✔A. Extra innings tack on time to an already long game, but they are necessary to determine a winner. Which claim is the most effective for the argument that learning another language has many advantages? ✔✔C. Learning another language has many advantages for people, including improved memory and ability to multi-task Read the paragraph on William Shakespeare. Many students study William Shakespeare's plays today, though Shakespeare lived nearly 400 years ago. In his day, Shakespeare's plays were performed in London at small playhouses and at large, open-air amphitheaters such as the Globe Theater. Audiences in the late 1500s eagerly attended the performances of the bard's comedies, tragedies, and histories (Kline 110). This writing requires a works cited page because ✔✔B. researched facts are included. Adam writes this sentence in his analysis of The Code Book. The Code Book contains many specialized terms. Which line from the book best supports his analysis? ✔✔C. Eve's task is made considerably easier if Alice sends her invitations by e-mail Which detail best supports the claim that we are in an Information Age? ✔✔B. Individuals, businesses, and governments rely on digital information daily. Read the excerpt from My Story. More of us rode the buses than Caucasians did, because more whites could afford cars. It was very humiliating having to suffer the indignity of riding segregated buses twice a day, five days a week, to go downtown and work for white people. How is this excerpt structured? ✔✔A. cause and effect Read the paragraphs from "Lather and Nothing Else." He came in without a word. I was stropping my best razor. And when I recognized him, I started to shake. But he did not notice. To cover my nervousness, I went on honing the razor. I tried the edge with the tip of my thumb and took another look at it against the light. Meanwhile he was taking off his cartridge-studded belt with the pistol holster suspended from it. He put it on a hook in the wardrobe and hung his cap above it. Then he turned full around toward me and, loosening his tie, remarked, "It's hot as the devil, I want a shave." With that he took his seat. Which words contribute to the tense mood of this passage? ✔✔A. shake; nervousness What does Martin Luther King Jr. make allusions to in his "I Have a Dream" speech? Select 4 options. ✔✔A. Abraham Lincoln B. the Emancipation Proclamation E. the Constitution F. the Bible Look at the frame from Iqbal. That was the real power of Iqbal. Which is one similarity between the frame and the excerpt? ✔✔B. Both demonstrate that Iqbal had an impact on others after his death. Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles. The CIA planning was extraordinary. Questions were asked. Problems were anticipated, solutions suggested. With information provided by an informant in the Soviet state-run telephone operation, the U.S. knew that the spot they needed to reach with the tunnel was under Schonefelder Chaussee, a major highway that ran along the southern edge of Berlin. Which statement best describes the author's viewpoint in the passage? ✔✔B. The US government's skillful use of research and intelligence enabled a vital spy mission. Read the excerpt from The Dark Game. Montgomery quickly fetched Admiral Hall. The head of Room 40, nicknamed "Blinker" for the uncontrollable twitching in his eyes, hurried into the room and stood in front of de Grey's desk. Without saying a word, de Grey stood and handed the message to the small, ruddy-faced man, Hall's eyes took in what Montgomery and de Grey had discovered. His eye twitches became more pronounced as he tried to assess the impact of what he was reading. Based on information in the excerpt, the reader can infer that the information in the wireless message was ✔✔A. extraordinarily important. 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 flat character becomes a dynamic character due to conflict. Which ending is the best choice to accomplish this assignment? ✔✔D. After they argue, Maritza and Avery are unable to agree on whether to write about Rosa Parks or Irene Morgan. Nico is giving an oral presentation about the benefits of adopting a pet from a shelter. He makes eye contact with his audience throughout the presentation, glancing at his notes only occasionally. When he is showing pictures of kittens and puppies that are up for adoption, he raises his voice and speaks more quickly. He uses a chart to show all of the different animals in need of homes in his area, and he provides a brief bulleted list of all the reasons why students should not support pet stores. Before answering questions at the end, he shows a photo of his dog, a terrier that his family rescued. What could Nico have done to make his oral presentation more effective? ✔✔B. He could have spoken at a steady pace and volume throughout the presentation. Cameron is conducting research about famous American artist Jackson Pollock. Which source on his list is the most credible? ✔✔C. the website of a museum that houses a major collection of Pollock's work Which line from President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University is a fact? ✔✔D. Every four years the American people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years. What should an author do to hook the audience at the opening of a presentation? Check all that apply. ✔✔A. pose a thought-provoking question B. share a related quotation D. tell a related joke or personal story The most reliable source for a presentation about education in multi-age classes would be a ✔✔D. journal article about classrooms with students of varying ages Read the sentence. Rome has been called the Eternal City for centuries because ancient citizens felt it was a utopian place with a monopoly of knowledge that would last forever. Which words should be changed to make the sentence more appropriate for a general audience? ✔✔B. utopian and monopoly Read the sentence. Yesterday, when they arrived at the beach, the students who had never seen the ocean before were surprised by the size of the foaming waves that rolled gracefully toward the shore. Which part of the sentence is an adverbial dependent clause? ✔✔A. when they arrived at the beach Read the excerpt from The Code Book. Without much hope of a theoretical breakthrough, cryptanalysts have been forced to look for a technological innovation. If there is no obvious way to reduce the number of steps required for factoring, then cryptanalysts need a technology that will perform these steps more quickly. Silicon chips will continue to get faster as the years pass, doubling in speed roughly every eighteen months, but this is not enough to make a real impact on the speed of factoring—cryptanalysts require a technology that is billions of times faster than current computers. Consequently, cryptanalysts are looking toward a radically new form of computer, the quantum computer. If scientists could build a quantum computer, it would be able to perform calculations with such enormous speed that it would make a modern supercomputer look like a broken abacus. The author's purpose in this paragraph is to ✔✔B. explain the need for faster technology in cryptanalysis. Read the clause. During the long winter, the harsh restrictions provoked anger and outrage in the public. What is the best way to describe this clause? ✔✔D. It is independent because it expresses a complete thought. An effective moderator of a group discussion ✔✔D. helps the group remember the rules of discussion. Review the information for a website that a student intends to include on a works cited page. Web Address: www.arborday2014.orgName of Website: A Day for Trees Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture Author: not provided Date of Publication: January 10, 2014Date Accessed: April 18, 2014 Using MLA guidelines, what information should be listed first in the citation for this source? ✔✔B. the name of the website 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 wall. "But our paper's due in three days and we still don't have topic. What are we going to do?" "It's obvious, isn't it?" Maritza asked. "You write why Rosa Parks is so great, and I'll do the same for Irene Morgan. And then we'll put it all together." Which best describes the relationship between character and conflict in the excerpt? ✔✔A. Avery is a dynamic character because the external conflict with Maritza causes her to change. Read the excerpt from Iqbal. "It means that this kind of life isn't right. We should return to our families; we shouldn't be chained to our looms and forced to work like slaves." "I'd like to go home, too," I said, "but we can't." "Why not?" "Because . . . because . . . ," burst in Salman, "because the master is stronger than us. Because it's always been like this. Because nobody cares about us." "We'll find somebody to help us. Out there. There must be someone." In this excerpt, the author uses words to characterize Iqbal as someone who ✔✔C. encourages others. Complete the sentence correctly. If a student would like to be part of the class play, ✔✔C. he or she should come to the drama room this afternoon. Chase and his classmates are discussing local service opportunities. Chase is excited to share his idea of providing sack lunches for those in need. During the discussion, Chase offers information about his service project. He listens carefully to the questions of the group and answers respectfully. Which best describes what kind of speaker Chase is? ✔✔C. Chase is a very effective speaker because he comes prepared to share. Read the excerpt from Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe". And when he had foundthe bloodstained shawl, he cried: "Now this same nightwill see two lovers lose their lives: she wasthe one more worthy of long life: it's Iwho bear the guilt for this. O my poor girl,it's I who led you to your death; I saidyou were to reach this fearful place by night;I let you be the first who would arrive.O all you lions with your lairs beneaththis cliff, come now, and with your fierce jaws feastupon my wretched guts! Which statement best describes how the pace of the excerpt creates tension? ✔✔C.Pyramus's long speech slows the pace to prolong suspense Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. The emotional connotation of the underlined word helps King emphasize the document's ✔✔B. significance. Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game." "Where there are pistol shots, there are men. Where there are men, there is food," he thought. But what kind of men, he wondered, in so forbidding a place? An unbroken front of snarled and ragged jungle fringed the shore. He saw no sign of a trail through the closely knit web of weeds and trees; it was easier to go along the shore, and Rainsford floundered along by the water. Not far from where he had landed, he stopped. Some wounded thing, by the evidence a large animal, had thrashed about in the underbrush; the jungle weeds were crushed down and the moss was lacerated; one patch of weeds was stained crimson. A small, glittering object not far away caught Rainsford's eye and he picked it up. It was an empty cartridge. Which details from the narration show that Rainsford is an experienced hunter and outdoor enthusiast? Select 3 options. ✔✔C. Some wounded thing, by the evidence a large animal, had thrashed about in the underbrush; D. the jungle weeds were crushed down and the moss was lacerated; one patch of weeds was stained crimson E. A small, glittering object not far away caught Rainsford's eye and he picked it up. It was an empty cartridge. Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines." The coal companies, in response, recruited workers from as far as New York's Ellis Island, where newly arriving immigrants were desperate for jobs. What is the denotation of the word desperate? ✔✔A. in need of 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 sprawl that has engulfed our nation like a tidal wave in the last few decades, and instead build more traditional mixed-use neighborhoods that were once the building blocks of city infrastructure in our nation. As the authors of Suburban Nation wrote: "We shape our cities and then our cities shape us. The choice is ours whether we build subdivisions that debase the human spirit or neighborhoods that nurture sociability and bring out the best in our nature." Which rhetorical device does the letter writer use in this paragraph? ✔✔B. referencing a major claim What is the central idea of the letter to the editor? ✔✔D. Mixed-use developments are preferable to urban sprawl. Read the excerpt from "It's Only Fair." Maritza rolled her eyes. "That's why we should do our report on Irene Morgan," she said. "She was the first black person to get a new law made by refusing to give up her seat for a white person on a bus. Rosa Parks might be more famous for it, but Irene Morgan did it first."Listen," she said, not giving Avery a chance to respond. "It's a great story." What would be the advantage of changing this excerpt to Avery's first-person point of view? ✔✔C. to get more background on why Maritza treats Avery this way Which statement best expresses the theme of "Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?" ✔✔A. A friend's genuine help can actually cause one pain. Read the excerpt from "Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?" "Minor detail," Shondra said. "You just have to say it like you mean it. Come on, pretend I'm her." She sat down and put a giant smug grin on her face. "Just remember: think 'pain,' but say 'Romeo.'" Based on this dialogue, what is Shondra's attitude toward the narrator? ✔✔C. She wants the narrator to remember all of her lines for the play. Read the excerpt from "Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?" But I didn't sleep. I thought about how utterly miserable it would feel to mess up on stage, plus get a vile grade in English class, plus watch Allison gloat. I got up before my alarm went off, arrived at school early, and slogged through the day like a sleepwalker. Finally the last bell chimed. "Ready?" Shondra asked, when we were alone again in the spare classroom. We had two hours until we had to meet our teacher backstage. Which statement best describes how the pacing of events heightens tension? ✔✔C. The fast pace intensifies the conflict between the narrator and Allison. Read the first passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart" that Karishma read. I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out—"Who's there?" After reading the passage, Karishma predicted that the narrator would get caught by the old man. Now read the second passage that Karishma read. I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening;—just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall. The most logical revision for Karishma to make to her prediction is that the narrator ✔✔C. continues with his plan to murder the old man. Read the passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart." And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it—oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly—very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this? By visualizing the scene the reader can conclude that the narrator is ✔✔A. gleeful. Read the passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart." It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. The best summary of the internal conflict in the passage is that the narrator ✔✔B. struggles with his decision to kill the old man. Read the excerpt from "Dwaina Brooks." Then one afternoon, Dwaina talked with a young man who had been without a home for a long time. "What do you need?" she asked him. "I need a job and a permanent home," he replied. "Well, I can't give you that," she answered impatiently. "I don't have a job either. Don't you need anything else?" "Yeah. I would love a really good meal again." How is Dwaina affected by her conversation with the young man? ✔✔B. She realizes that there is something she can do to help him. Which best describes the author's purpose in "Dwaina Brooks"? ✔✔D. to inspire readers with a story about kindness Read the excerpt from "Dwaina Brooks." Dwaina tore into the house that night after school and found her mother, Gail. As usual, she was in the kitchen. "Mama," Dwaina said. "I need you to help me fix some stuff to take down to that shelter we call at school. Let's make up as much as we can. Sandwiches and chicken. Let's get everyone to do it. C'mon." In this excerpt, Dwaina's words and actions reveal that she is ✔✔D. determined. Read the excerpt from "Lise Marie de Baissac." According to her SOE file, "[s]he was the inspiration of groups on the Orne [river] and by her initiative caused heavy losses to the Germans. . . . She also took part in several armed attacks on enemy columns." Which evidence is used in this excerpt? Select 2 options. ✔✔B. statistic D. quotation E. story Read the excerpt from "Lise Marie de Baissac." After eleven months, the Gestapo became suspicious. Remaining cool under the threat of capture, Baissac was able to return to England unharmed. There she helped to train new agents in parachuting. After recovering from a broken leg sustained during training, she completed other missions, including one in Normandy, France, where she worked with her brother Claude. Based on this excerpt, which word best describes Baissac? ✔✔D. resilient What is the controlling idea of "Lise Marie de Baissac"? ✔✔A. Baissac was a spy who assumed secret identities, parachuted into dangerous territories, and connected different resistance networks. Read the excerpt from "Lise Marie de Baissac." In Normandy, Baissac pretended to be a refugee from Paris living in the house of a schoolmaster. There, she helped to set up more resistance groups and organize sabotage actions. Again traveling by bicycle, she maintained secret communications between groups and transported supplies. This was extremely dangerous work. Which best describes the meaning of the underlined word? ✔✔C. kept up [Show More]

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