Linguist on a Mission to Save Inuit 'Fossil Language'
Is Criticism a Four-Letter Word
Crossovers
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23) In paragraph 36, the word inured means-
What is letter B accustomed.
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38) Which definition from the box best matches the use of the word "trust" in line 1?
What is letter F) Definition 1
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33) Which of the following statements best characterizes the objective of the boxed information titled "Did you Know?"
What is letter C) To provide facts about languages that are disappearing
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48) What does the boxed information on constructive criticism have in common with the reading selection?
What is letter H) It offers specific pieces of advice for the reader to use
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TEHUELCHE ONLY
25) Which line suggests that Alejandro is sensitive to the feelings of others?
What is letter A) And she looks a lot worse than she did yesterday, he didn't say.
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26) Read paragraph 33.
The tone of this paragraph can best be described as
What is letter H) resigned
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44) In the last three lines, the tone of the poem shifts from-
What is letter J) hopeful to apprehensive
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31) What does Leonard predict will cause the Inughuits to move south?
What is letter D) the effects of climate change on their environment
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50) Why does the author directly address the reader inparagraphs 21-27?
What is letter H) He wants to engage and instruct the reader
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35) Unlike Stephen Leonard in "Linguist on a Mission to Save Inuit 'Fossil Language' Disappearing with the Ice," Alejandro in "Tehuelche" is at first concerned with a little-known language because he-
What is letter D) has trouble communicating with a patient
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24) Why does Alejandro allow the old woman to stay in the clinic?
What is letter H) He assumes that the nursing home director has political connections.
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40) In the first 12 lines, the poet uses imagery to describe-
What is letter F) a world apart from human culture
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30) Which sentence supports the idea that the life of the Inughuits now is not very different from how it has always been?
What is letter G) Many of the men spend weeks away from home hunting seals, narwhal, walruses, whales and other mammals.
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47) Read the following sentence from paragraph 14
The author's purpose in including this statement is to-
What is letter A) provide an example of unconstructive criticism
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37) In these selections, the Tehuelche people and the Inughuits are portrayed as-
What is letter b) isolated
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27) In paragraph 26, the description of Jimena's laugh suggests that he is-
What is letter D, genuinely amused by a question she finds a bit naïve.
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42) In lines 1 through 4, the tiger is a symbol for the speaker's-
What is letter H) belief in realities beyond the reach of experience or proof
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Read Paragraph 7
The author's purpose for including this information is the selection is most likely to-
What is letter D) emphasize how geographically and culturally isolated the Inughuits once were
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45) What is the primary purpose of this selection?
What is letter B) to offer readers a new perspective on criticism
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34) Like the Tehuelche in "Tehuelche," the Inughuit in "Linguist on a Mission to Save the Inuit 'Fossil Language' Disappearing with the Ice" are native people-
What is letter H) facing the end of their linguistic and cultural heritage
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28) In paragraph 32, the author uses a metaphor to convey-
What is letter F) Jimena's emotions
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41) In line 14, it is significant to the theme of the poem that the birds are at the feeder because this shows that they are-
What is letter B) dependent on humans
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32) Which of these best describes the author's purpose for writing this article?
What is letter H) To inform the public of a researcher's effort to document a disappearing language
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49) The author refers to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in order to-
What is letter D) provide an example of a good plot
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36) Unlike Alejandro in "Tehuelche," Stephen Leonard in "Linguist on Mission to Save Inuit 'Fossil Language' Disappearing with the Ice" travels to a remote region primarily to-