Act it Out
Salient
{standing out, using hands to show emphasis}
Infer
{It is difficult to infer the meaning of the text}
Rebut
{Agree}
In 1919, Rafael Palma delivered an address advocating for women’s suffrage, or right to vote, to the Philippine Senate. Because the debate in the nation around this issue was similar to past debates about women’s education, Palma reminded his audience that any concerns were ________: only positive results had arisen from women’s education, and the same results would come from women’s suffrage.
A) Required
B) Ancient
C) Unnecessary
D) Curious
C
Innate
{Points to chest or body to show the trait or quality is inside them}
Plethora
{There is a plethora of food- we will eat for months}
Converge
Similar to modern tourism websites, an 1890 publication—E. L. Lomax’s Oregon, Washington, and Alaska: Sights and Scenes for the Tourist—relates stories of local folklore to potential visitors. In one section of the publication, Lomax tells the legend of The Dalles, where there lived creatures of such ________ size and strength that a strike of their tails could create chasms in the ground.
A) Phenomenal
B) Conventional
C) Feasible
D) Steady
A
Diverge
{Two people or hands flowing apart}
Eclectic
{I have eclectic music taste- I like rap, rock, punk, classical, country, grindcore, thrash, metal}
Paucity
Multitude
During the late nineteenth century, author Marie Corelli was best known for her use of supernatural and romantic themes in her novels. Despite predictions from critics that Corelli’s reliance on sentimental and unrealistic plots would impact the earning potential of her works, Corelli went on to become one of the most ________ writers of her time.
A) Unconventional
B) Condemned
C) Impressionable
D) Marketable
D
Ambivalent
{Shrugs shoulders}
Refute
{He refuted the other students' claim, stating the he was indeed, correct}
Disparate
Equal
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MRS PETERS: But of course you were awful busy, Mrs Hale—your house and your children.
MRS HALE: I could’ve come. I stayed away because it weren’t cheerful—and that’s why I ought to have come. I—I’ve never liked this place. Maybe because it’s down in a hollow and you don’t see the road. I dunno what it is, but it’s a lonesome place and always was.
I wish I had come over to see Minnie Foster sometimes. I can see now—
MRS PETERS: Well, you mustn’t reproach yourself, Mrs Hale. Somehow we just don’t see how it is with other folks until—something comes up.
A) Criticize
B) Humiliate
C) Remind
D) Question
A
Profusely
{Mimes sweating or bleeding profusely}
Buttress
{The bridge is buttressed by several cement pillars}
Conspicuous
Inconspicuous
The following text is from the 1899 poem “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was a prominent African American poet born in Ohio.
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—
I know why the caged bird sings!
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
B