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Choose the response below that shows the appropriate use of apostrophes.the witnesses testimoniesa.the witness's testimoniesb.the witnesses' testimoniesc.the witness' testimonies
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Howlby Allen Ginsberg (excerpt)Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars!Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old menweeping in the parks! Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy judger of men! Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment!Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stunned governments! Moloch whose mind is pure machinery! Moloch whose blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers are ten armies! Moloch whose breast is acannibal dynamo! Moloch whose ear is a smoking tomb!What does Moloch represent in this excerpt from Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl"?A. how institutions are sacrificing the humanity of AmericaB. how the government is corrupting AmericansC. how the war is causing Americans to lose their livesD. how Americans are obsessing over becoming rich
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Which of the following statements is a fact?A:Whales are really cool.B:Whales are among the largest animals in the world.C:All whales will be extinct in five years.D:Whales are fascinating creatures.
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What does the following definition describe?“an author’s perspectives on an issue or topic”biasfactobjectivityopinion
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Whose belief in civil disobedience did the Beats emulate?A. Henry David ThoreauB. Lawrence FerlinghettiC. Amiri BarakaD. Ezra Pound
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Most articles in a newspaper are intended to be _____; the writers report facts and present both sides of any issue.subjectiveconnotativeobjectivedenotative
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Which of the following questions should you ask yourself when analyzing structure?A.What kind of text is it—a list, a paragraph, a report, a memo? B What details and data appear in the text?C. Are the words loaded with meaning to show the author’s viewpoint?D. What is the theme or main idea of the piece of writing?
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Identify the degree of comparison used in the following sentence. The air is more humid since the thunderstorm passed through town.A. SuperlativeB. AbsoluteC. PositiveD. ComparativeNevermind, the answer is Comparative...
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Which of the following should you do to make your argument effective? Compare the opposite side's views to something unpleasant. Include only general details the audience will understand. Use specific details to refute the opposite side's views. Appeal strongly to the emotions of your audience.
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Which is the best strategy to follow when you write a report or an essay?a. Revise it over and over for at least three or four months.b. Get it right the first time and put it aside until it's due.c. Work on it over several days and rewrite it at least twice.d. Write it in one sitting and revise it only once.
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Select the excerpt from "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan that best describes language bias.1. I've heard other terms used, "limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited-English speaker.2. I heard myself saying this: "Not waste money that way." My husband was with us as well, and he didn't notice any switch in my English.3. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language--the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.4. And it was perhaps the first time she had heard me give a lengthy speech, using the kind of English I have never used with her.
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Select the correct answer.In "Mother Tongue," Amy Tan describes her mother's language as being "impeccable broken English." In the context of this essay, which of the following best describes the meaning of this statement?1. Though Tan's mother speaks with an accent, her English is actually grammatically perfect.2. People with language bias cannot understand Tan's mother, but people without bias can understand her.3. Tan's mother fluently speaks a language variety known as "broken English."4. Tan's mother does not speak standard English, but she is able to convey the ideas behind her words.
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What does SEE stand for?
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Nelson's hobby is tinkering with small appliances. Tinkering with implies that Nelson is unskilled at his hobby. You want to change the flavor of this sentence to show that Nelson is, in fact, quite skilled at his hobby. Which of the following should you choose to replace tinkering with so that the reader gets the right idea?a. Repairingb. Fiddling withc. Sellingd. Messing with
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Which of the following words is most likely to carry a connotation?a. Runb. Stridec. Walkd. Stand
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Choose the word that best fills-in the blank. He went into a long _______ about the outcome of the last election after it was mentioned on the news.a. assertb. fastidiousc. rantd. quibble
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Choose the word that best fills-in the blank. His time running this half marathon was _______ compared to his past performances.a. detrimentalb. abysmalc. perturbd. repugnant
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Erosion occurs based on the movement of water, wind, or ice over a surface and typically moves on the downward-creep slope because of
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