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What does the figurative language in paragraph 15 help the reader understand about the flower?
7.9D
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2.
What does the point of view of this excerpt help the reader understand?
7.9E
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3.
What is the meaning of profusion as it is used in paragraph 13?
7.2B
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4.
Which sentence suggests that Saeng’s main conflict in the excerpt will be resolved?
7.5F
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5.
Why is the leaf Saeng carries important in the excerpt?
7.5F
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6.
How does the change in settings from the nursery to the greenhouse advance the plot?
7.7D
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7.
What is the best summary of the excerpt?
7.6D
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8.
What does the photograph of the anaerobic digester silos and its caption help the reader understand?
7.5F
1
9.
Which sentence from the selection best shows that the Sainsbury’s company tries to make use of a by-product?
7.6C
7.5F
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10.
Which idea presented in the selection does the photograph and caption next to paragraph 3 best support?
7.5F
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11.
Read the dictionary entry for chain.
Which definition matches the meaning of chains as it is used in paragraph 1?
7.2A
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12.
What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?
7.9A
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13.
In paragraph 4, why does the author compare anaerobic digesters to stomachs?
7.5F
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14.
What is the most likely reason the author included the information in paragraph 6?
7.5F
1
15.
The word accumulate comes from the Latin cumulus, which means “a pile.” What does accumulated in paragraph 9 mean?
7.2C
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16.
What is the author’s primary purpose in writing the selection?
7.9A
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17.
Which sentence best supports the idea that chickadees take action to keep their bodies warm at night?
7.6C
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18.
What is the best summary of the selection?
7.6D
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19.
What does the imagery in lines 9 and 10 of the poem suggest about the speaker?
7.9D
1
20.
The actions described in the first stanza (lines 1–4) suggest that the speaker is —
7.5F
1
21.
The poet’s use of line length helps contribute to the poem’s —
7.5F
1
22.
What does the repetition in line 6 and line 15 emphasize?
7.5F
1
23.
The imagery in lines 3 and 4 of the poem creates a sense of —
7.5F
1
24.
The rhythm and rhyme scheme used in the poem contributes to a mood of —
7.5F
1
25.
What do both the selection and the poem describe?
7.5E
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26.
Which statement from the selection is best supported by the poem?
7.5E
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27.
Which is an action in the poem that is not described in the selection?
7.5E
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28.
The selection is different from the poem in that the poem describes how the chickadee —
7.5E
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29.
What do both the selection and the poem reveal about the chickadee?
7.5E
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30.
According to the selection, the original Keep Calm poster was created to —
7.5F
1
31.
How does the author organize the selection?
7.8D.iii
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32.
What is the main idea of paragraph 6?
7.6D
1
33.
Based on the way the Keep Calm motto continues to be received by the public, the reader can conclude that the motto has a —
7.5F
1
34.
The author includes the information in paragraph 5 most likely to —
7.5F
1
35.
Paragraph 6 suggests that one reason for the Keep Calm slogan’s popularity is that the slogan —
7.5F
1
36.
Which of these sentences from the selection is an opinion?
7.5F
1
37.
Read line 3 from the play.
What do these stage directions help the reader understand?
7.8C
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38.
What does line 29 reveal about Angie’s thoughts regarding Pete’s problem?
7.5F
1
39.
Read line 4 from the play.
The reader can conclude from this line that the commentator —
7.5F
1
40.
In lines 18 through 23, the stage directions most help the reader understand the —
