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“How lifelike are they?” Many computer animators prioritize this question as they strive to create ever more realistic environments and lighting. Generally, while characters in computer-animated films appear highly exaggerated, environments and lighting are carefully engineered to mimic reality. But some animators, such as Pixar’s Sanjay Patel, are focused on a different question. Rather than asking first whether the environments and lighting they’re creating are convincingly lifelike, Patel and others are asking whether these elements reflect their films’ unique stories.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined question in the text as a whole?
A. It reflects a primary goal that many computer animators have for certain components of the animations they produce.
B.It represents a concern of computer animators who are more interested in creating unique backgrounds and lighting effects than realistic ones.
C. It conveys the uncertainty among many computer animators about how to create realistic animations using current technology.
D.It illustrates a reaction that audiences typically have to the appearance of characters created by computer animators.
A. It reflects a primary goal that many computer animators have for certain components of the animations they produce.
The repetition of consonant sounds, such as “Grendel gnashed his grisly teeth,” is an example of this literary technique.
What is alliteration?
Rewrite this passive sentence in active voice:
"The award was given to her by the committee."
What is “The committee gave her the award”?
Why would a city might be described as "halcyon" in historical accounts?
It suggests a peaceful, prosperous, and calm time, often in contrast to later turmoil.
Rewrite this sentence using a semicolon instead of a conjunction:
"She loves reading, but she also enjoys writing."
What is “She loves reading; she also enjoys writing”?
Using satellite remote sensing, Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, director of NASA’s Harvest Africa initiative, gathers important data on crop health. Nakalembe doesn’t just compile the ______blank she also shares her findings with African farmers, enabling them to make data-driven decisions about managing critical food crops.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A.information, though;
B.information, though,
C.information; though
D.information though,
A.information, though;
The sword Beowulf finds in Grendel’s mother’s lair is described as “gleaming with battle-light,” making it an example of this literary device.
What is imagery?
Rewrite the following sentence to include a noun clause:
"She believes in success."
What is “She believes that hard work leads to success” (or any variation using a noun clause)?
Why might a leader prefer a “bastion” over a “flotsam” strategy in government?
a "bastion" represents a stronghold of stability, while "flotsam" symbolizes disorder and abandoned failures
Which sentence correctly uses a colon?
A) “She bought groceries: milk, eggs, and bread.”
B) “She bought: milk, eggs, and bread.”
C) “She bought milk, eggs, and bread: from the store.”
What is A) “She bought groceries: milk, eggs, and bread”?
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
The student wants to present the primary aim of the research study. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
A. Bhosale’s team wanted to better understand the mechanics behind bird nests’ uniquely flexible yet cohesive structural properties.
B.The researchers used laboratory models that simulated the arrangement of flexible sticks and analyzed the points where sticks touched one another.
C. After analyzing the points where sticks touched, the researchers found that the structures became stiffer when pressure was applied.
D.As analyzed by Bhosale’s team, bird nests are uniquely flexible yet cohesive engineered structures.
A. Bhosale’s team wanted to better understand the mechanics behind bird nests’ uniquely flexible yet cohesive structural properties.
Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in this poetic structure, consisting of lines of ten syllables with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter?
Write a sentence that demonstrates correct pronoun-antecedent agreement with a collective noun.
The team celebrated its victory with a party.
Create a sentence using “exigency” and “incumbent” in a political debate context.
Answers vary
Which sentence correctly uses commas in direct address?
A) “Let’s eat, Grandpa!”
B) “Let’s eat Grandpa!”
C) “Let’s, eat Grandpa!”
A) “Let’s eat, Grandpa!” (to clarify we are talking to Grandpa, not eating him)
Marta Coll and colleagues’ 2010 Mediterranean Sea biodiversity census reported approximately 17,000 species, nearly double the number reported in Carlo Bianchi and Carla Morri’s 2000 census—a difference only partly attributable to the description of new invertebrate species in the interim. Another factor is that the morphological variability of microorganisms is poorly understood compared to that of vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, and algae, creating uncertainty about how to evaluate microorganisms as species. Researchers’ decisions on such matters therefore can be highly consequential. Indeed, the two censuses reported similar counts of vertebrate, plant, and algal species, suggesting that ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A. Coll and colleagues reported a much higher number of species than Bianchi and Morri did largely due to the inclusion of invertebrate species that had not been described at the time of Bianchi and Morri’s census.
B. some differences observed in microorganisms may have been treated as variations within species by Bianchi and Morri but treated as indicative of distinct species by Coll and colleagues.
C. Bianchi and Morri may have been less sensitive to the degree of morphological variation displayed within a typical species of microorganism than Coll and colleagues were.
D. the absence of clarity regarding how to differentiate among species of microorganisms may have resulted in Coll and colleagues underestimating the number of microorganism species.
B. some differences observed in microorganisms may have been treated as variations within species by Bianchi and Morri but treated as indicative of distinct species by Coll and colleagues.
Macduff was “not of woman born” because he was delivered in this unusual way.
What is a C-section (or “from his mother’s womb untimely ripped”)?
Revise the following sentence to improve parallelism:
"The novel was engaging, full of deep characters, and taught an important lesson."
What is “The novel was engaging, deeply developed, and educational”?
Which word describes floating debris or something worthless?
What is "flotsam"?
Rewrite this sentence to include correct comma placement:
"The man who was wearing a red hat waved at me and smiled."
What is “The man, who was wearing a red hat, waved at me and smiled”? (If "who was wearing a red hat" is extra, non-essential info.)
Early in the Great Migration of 1910–1970, which involved the mass migration of Black people from the southern to the northern United States, political activist and Chicago Defender writer Fannie Barrier Williams was instrumental in helping other Black women establish themselves in the North. Many women hoped for better employment opportunities in the North because, in the South, they faced much competition for domestic employment and men tended to get agricultural work. To aid with this transition, Barrier Williams helped secure job placement in the North for many women before they even began their journey.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
A.To introduce and illustrate Barrier Williams’s integral role in supporting other Black women as their circumstances changed during part of the Great Migration
B. To establish that Barrier Williams used her professional connections to arrange employment for other Black women, including jobs with the Chicago Defender
C. To demonstrate that the factors that motivated the start of the Great Migration were different for Black women than they were for Black men
D. To provide an overview of the employment challenges faced by Black women in the agricultural and domestic spheres in the southern United States
A.To introduce and illustrate Barrier Williams’s integral role in supporting other Black women as their circumstances changed during part of the Great Migration
Lady Macbeth’s line, “Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him?” refers to whom?
Who is King Duncan?
Why does this sentence contain a misplaced modifier?
"Walking to school, the rain soaked my clothes."
What is the sentence suggests the rain was walking, so it should be “Walking to school, I got soaked by the rain”?
Use “incumbent” and “bastion” in a sentence about defending civil rights.
Answers vary
Critique the comma placement in this sentence and determine if it is necessary:
"The author’s first novel, published in 2005, was a bestseller."
the commas are correctly placed because "published in 2005" is nonessential information and can be removed without changing the main meaning of the sentence