Vocab
existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality
a) advent
b) aesthetic
c) abstract
d) whimsical
c) abstract
On March 10th, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln (1) signed a brief document officially promoting then-Major General Ulysses S. Grant to the rank of Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army.
Question 1
A NO CHANGE
B was signing
C were signing
D had signed
A NO CHANGE
Who does Kya consider her family?
Nature
The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. For example, I couldn’t wait to view painter, Georges Seurat’s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size.
A) NO CHANGE
B) painter, Georges Seurat’s
C) painter Georges Seurat’s,
D) painter Georges Seurat’s
D
Describe Kya’s experience with the group of boys and girls she sees on the beach. What feelings and thoughts does she have?
She is very curious about them and spies from a distance.
What does exigence mean?
why it matters right now
Trying to understand these changes (3) demonstrate that although we all technically speak English, we speak very different languages indeed.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) demonstrate that although we all technically spoke English, we speak
(C) demonstrates that although we all technically speak English, we might have been speaking
(D) demonstrates that although we all technically speak English, we speak
(D) demonstrates that although we all technically speak English, we speak
What hides things better in crime scenes, sand or sea shells?
Sea shells
In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women.
A) NO CHANGE
B) Response to the advertisement was overwhelming,
C) Overwhelming, even tremendous, was the response to the advertisement,
D) There was an overwhelming, even tremendous, response to the advertisement,
B) Response to the advertisement was overwhelming,
What is the difference between the white people Kya has met in town and the black people (in terms of how they have treated Kya)
Define circumstantial evidence
As a result, plants have, over time, lost some of these (1) mechanisms – a form of evolution.
A) mechanisms a form
B) mechanisms; which is a form
C) NO CHANGE
D) mechanisms, of which this is a form
C) NO CHANGE
“It took all of her might to not buy a sugar daddy instead of a candle,” (p. 76). What is this trying to say about Kya? Circle all that apply
She thinks candy is more important than the candle
She still wants to be a kid
She is discerning what is important for survival
Candles are hard to come by
2 and 3
Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions.
A) NO CHANGE
B) bodies’ biological clocks’,
C) body’s biological clocks,
D) body’s biological clock’s,
C) body’s biological clocks,
open-ended
define:juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Some of these transfers are in the form of (1) predation: one organism eating another – while others are in the form of ecosystem engineering, an organism changing the environment around them.
A) predation,
B) predation;
C) predation -
D) NO CHANGE
C) predation -
“Every time she saw him, it was the same: watching him as she did the herons.” What is the author trying to say about Kya’s fears of keeping her distance?
She watches him from a distance because she is afraid to get hurt by getting close to someone.
Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores.
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) writing as
B) writing, and these results can be
C) writing, which can also be
D) writing when the results are
A) writing as
What are the 4 rules of any theme in literature?
What is one theme in this book so far?
universal
Ongoing
What we learn from the character
He was "immune to fatigue".
What does this mean?
He never go tired.
Immune= not affected by
Fatigue=tired
Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late summer, following several weeks of higher temperatures. For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record.
A) NO CHANGE
B) However,
C) As such,
D) Moreover,
B) However
Give 5 elements of Southern Gothic in other media besides WCS. Describe how they appear in this media?
open-ended
The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia’s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention scared off visitors.
A) NO CHANGE
B) scaring
C) scare
D) have scared
C) scare
What does ethos, pathos, and logos mean?
ethos=credibility
logos= facts, logic
pathos=emotions