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Describe the main character. What do we know

about him? From "to build a fire"

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In which of the following books would a reader most likely use an unfamiliar word's connotation to make meaning?

A. an algebra textbook B. a political speech C. an autobiography D. a poetry collection

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Which of the following is not true about a regular verb?

A. Its past and past participle forms are different from one another.

B. It forms its past by adding - ed or - d to the present form.

C. It forms its past participle by adding - ed or - d to the present form.

D. It has four principal parts.

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Onsider the claim.

Streetlights should be added to the neighborhood to improve evening safety for pedestrians.

Identify reasons that support this claim. Check all that apply.

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In An inconvenient truth, an increase in greenhouse gases is dangerous because

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In remembering rosa parks why does granholm use the extended metaphor of rosa parks as a warrior

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Select the correct answer.

Which of these excerpts is one of the main arguments in Jack London's "The Human Drift"?

A.

The history of civilization is a history of wandering, sword in hand, in search of food.

B.

As soon as [man's] evolution permitted, he made himself better devices for killing than the old natural ones of fang and claw.

C.

And yet, despite this terrible roll of death, there are to-day alive on the planet a billion and three quarters of human beings.

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And to this day, [man's] finest creative energy and technical skill are devoted to the same old task of making better and ever better killing weapons.

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Which sentence contains a verbal phrase acting as a modifier? Passing my driving test on the first attempt would be the highlight of my day. Giving a presentation in front of my class, I suddenly developed severe stage fright. The water saturated the ground, which made it impossible to plant the garden. Dante tolerated his brother's annoying habits during homework time but later studied alone in his room.

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Which sentence contains a metaphor?

A An enormous brown buffalo blundered into the pasture.

B The watchful eye of the camera captured the scene onstage.

C Melinda had waited forever for this day to arrive.

D The moon was a gleaming silver coin in the sky.

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The clutch pedal is found in cars with manual transmissions true or false true?

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Select the lines of poetry that use iambic feet. "my songs do tell how true thou art" (sir thomas wyatt, 1557) "whatever fades, but fading pleasure brings." (sir philip sidney, 1598) "and the night is a-cold" (william blake, 1783) "the world is too much with us; late and soon" (william wordsworth, 1807) "rough winds do shake the darling buds of may" (william shakespeare, 1609) "little lamb, who made thee " (william blake, 1789)

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What's popular way of attitude renewal

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Suppose you're writing a letter and you recall a word you'd like to use, but you don't know how it's spelled. If you wanted to look up the word in a dictionary, you should use any of the following techniques except A. looking up the word as you think it's spelled. B. using the first letter of the word and searching through all the entries under that letter. C. looking up a related word that you can spell in search of clues. D. writing the word the way you think it's spelled to jog your recall

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What does Marilla do when Anne calls Mrs. Blewett a gimlet? A. She covers a smile. B. She makes Anne apologize. C. She makes Anne go outside. D. She frowns at Anne.

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Which character in "The Lady, or the Tiger" is most important to study to answer the main question of the story?

the damsel

the king

the princess

the young man

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