What transition would be the most appropriate to use at the beginning of sentence 6?
E1.9 (C)
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Candice needs a more effective thesis statement for her paper. Which sentence should replace sentence 8 to serve as the thesis statement?
E1.9 (C)
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Candice needs a topic sentence for the third paragraph (sentences 19–21). Which of the following sentences should be inserted before sentence 19 to introduce the ideas in this paragraph?
E1.9 (C)
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Candice may have a redundant sentence in the fourth paragraph (sentences 22–26). Which sentence, if any, should be deleted?
E1.9 (C)
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Candice would like to improve her concluding sentence by summing up the ideas she has presented.
Which sentence should she use to replace sentence 35?
E1.9 (C)
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Melody’s opening sentence is unclear. What change should she make in sentence 1 to clarify her introductory paragraph?
E1.9 (C)
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7.
What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?
E1.9 (C)
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Melody needs a better transition into the third paragraph (sentences 12–17) of her essay. Which of the following could she add before sentence 12 to improve this transition?
E1.9 (B)(i)
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Melody would like to add the following counterargument to her essay.
Where is the best place for her to insert this sentence?
E1.9 (B)(ii)
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10.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?
E1.9 (D)(vi)
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11.
What is the correct way to write sentence 9?
E1.9 (D)(i)
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What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 26?
E1.9 (D)(v)
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What change should be made in sentence 30?
E1.9 (D)(iv)
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What is the correct way to write sentence 8?
E1.9 (D)(i)
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What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 10?
E1.9 (D)(ii)
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What change should Gena make in sentence 17?
E1.9 (D)(iii)
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What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 25?
E1.9 (D)(v)
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18.
How does sentence 28 need to be changed?
E1.9 (D)(vi)
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19.
Which sentence from “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” best supports the main idea of the article?
E1.7 (D)(i)
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20.
Based on the article, the coaches at IMG can best be described as —
E1.4 (F)
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21.
Read this quotation from paragraph 13.
What evidence does the author present in the article to support the opinion expressed in this quotation?
E1.4 (F)
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22.
The author wrote “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” primarily to —
E1.8 (A)
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23.
Read paragraph 21.
What does this sentence suggest?
E1.4 (F)
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24.
What does the graphic best suggest about the different levels of baseball competition?
E1.4 (F)
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25.
What can the reader conclude from the interaction between the pitching coach and Cameron Varga in paragraphs 17 through 20?
E1.4 (F)
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26.
What is the author’s purpose for mentioning the children’s race through the house?
E1.7 (D)(i)
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27.
Based on the information presented in the essay, what is one message the reader can infer?
E1.4 (F)
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28.
Read the following dictionary entry.
Which definition best matches the use of the word validated in paragraph 3?
E1.2 (A)
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29.
The author includes quotations in paragraph 8 primarily to —
E1.4 (F)
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30.
Which quotation best expresses the author’s viewpoint about being an “also-ran”?
E1.8 (A)
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31.
What can the reader conclude from paragraph 3?
E1.4 (F)
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32.
What is the main idea of the selection?
E1.7 (D)(i)
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33.
Both Ketchum Marsh in “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” and the author of “I Believe in the Also-Rans” —
E1.4 (F)
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34.
Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of “I Believe in the Also-Rans.”
Which sentence from “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” contrasts with the attitude expressed in the sentence from “I Believe in the Also-Rans”?
E1.4 (F)
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35.
Which sentence correctly describes the organizational pattern used by the authors of the two selections?
E1.4 (F)
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36.
What do Ketchum Marsh in “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” and Cyrus in “I Believe in the Also-Rans” have in common?
E1.4 (F)
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37.
What is the purpose of paragraph 32 in “A Baseball School for Big-League Dreamers” and paragraph 3 in “I Believe in the Also-Rans”?
E1.4 (F)
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38.
What does the point of view used in the excerpt help the reader understand?
E1.4 (F)
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39.
How is the first sentence of the excerpt important to the plot?
E1.4 (F)
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40.
In paragraph 30, what does the word laboriously mean?
E1.2 (B)
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41.
Read this quotation from paragraph 20.
The irony of this quotation is that it calls attention to —
E1.4 (F)
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42.
What is a central theme of the excerpt?
E1.4 (F)
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43.
What does T. J.’s climb back up the fire escape in paragraph 28 reveal about him?
E1.6 (B)
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44.
In paragraph 25, why does Blackie say, “They own the building”?
E1.4 (F)
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45.
In paragraph 32, what does the blade of grass represent for T. J.?
E1.4 (F)
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46.
Read lines 15 and 16.
In line 16, the word etched most closely means —
E1.2 (B)
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47.
What is a theme of the poem?
E1.4 (F)
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48.
What does the desk represent in the poem?
E1.4 (F)
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49.
Which line from the poem best indicates that the speaker is ready to relinquish ownership of the desk?
E1.5 (C)
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50.
What tone is established in lines 22 through 25?
E1.4 (F)
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51.
What do the speaker’s comments in lines 31 through 35 suggest?
E1.4 (F)
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52.
The repetition in lines 19 through 21 is used to emphasize that the desk —
