English Final

What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 3?

C. But it wasn't often that a news story about a cow was so remarkable that it made national headlines for a week and engaged the problem-solving skills of people all over the country.

What change needs to be made in sentence 27?

C. Change loose to lose

How should sentence 9 be changed?

C. Change pony express to Pony Express

Which quotation can best be described as conveying the idea of freedom?

C. Through vast canyons, horses run

Which of the following statements best characterizes the objective of the boxed information titled "Did You Know?"

C. To provide facts about languages that are disappearing

What change should be made in sentence 17?

D. Change Americas' to America's

How should sentence 16 be changed?

D. Change recomendation to recommendation

Brianna realizes that she did not include a position statement in this paper. Which sentence could follow sentence 3 and serve as the position statement for her paper?

D. Skin cancer is on the rise among young people, and teens should make some basic lifestyle changes to help slow this trend.

Brianna is not pleased with the way she has closed her paper. Which of the following could replace sentence 28 and more effectively close this paper?

D. Take action now to protect your skin and avoid this life-threatening disease later.

What does Leonard predict will cause the Inughuits to move south?

D. The effects of climate change on their environment

Read paragraph 7. The author's purpose for including this information in the selection is most likely to —

D. emphasize how geographically and culturally isolated the Inughuits once were

In paragraph 26, the description of Jimena's laugh suggests that she is —

D. genuinely amused by a question she finds a bit naive

What is the primary purpose of the selection?

B. To offer readers a new perspective on criticism

In paragraph 36, the word inured means —

B. accustomed

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 —

B. dependent on humans

In these selections, the Tehuelche people and the Inughuits are portrayed as —

B. isolated

Which line suggests that Alejandro is sensitive to the feelings of others?

A. And she looks a lot worse than she did yesterday, he didn't say.

Sentence 12 lacks clarity. What is the best way to improve this sentence?

A. Change When they to When Mach and the veterinarian

Read this sentence from lines 7 through 9. The reader can conclude that the speaker is —

A. awestruck by nature

Read the following sentence from paragraph 14. Your room could double for the city dump. The author's purpose in including this statement is to —

A. provide an example of unconstructive criticism

Xavier realizes that he should have added the following sentence to the fourth paragraph (sentences 18-26).

B. After sentence 19

What change should be made in sentence 3?

B. Change good to well

Which sentence below would best follow and support sentence 15?

A. Adequate protection is vital because just one blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence greatly increases a person's risk of developing melanoma later in life.

Unlike Stephen Leonard in "Linguist on Mission to Save Inuit 'Fossil Language' Disappearing with the Ice," Alejandro in "Tehuelche" is at first concerned with a little-known language only because he —

D. has trouble communicating with a patient

The author refers to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in order to —

D. provide an example of a good plot

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 7 and 8?

F. Afterward Grady became upset and ran toward the nearest source of light, probably thinking it was an exit from the barn.

What change needs to be made in sentence 40?

F. Change Occasionaly to Occasionally

What change should be made in sentence 7?

F. Change the comma to a period

Read the following dictionary entry. Which definition best matches the use of the word trust in line 1?

F. Definition 1

In paragraph 32, the author uses a metaphor to convey —

F. Jimena's emotions

What is the correct way to write sentences 30 and 31?

F. When the Wild West Show disbanded just before World War I, it was declared the most successful traveling show of all time.

In the first 12 lines, the poet uses imagery to describe —

F. a world apart from human culture

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 —

F. conduct original research

10. What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 24?

G. Although few moles actually develop into melanoma, only an expert can determine whether a person is at risk by carefully examining cells from the suspicious mole under a microscope.

Brianna has not used the most effective transition in sentence 10. Read the second paragraph (sentences 4-13) again. Which transition should replace the word Instead in sentence 10?

G. However

12. What change should be made in sentence 6?

G. Insert a comma after Cody

Which sentence supports the idea that the life of the Inughuits now is not very different from how it has always been?

G. Many of the men spend weeks away from home hunting seals, narwhal, walruses, whales and other mammals.

What change should be made in sentence 18?

H. Change calls to called

What change should be made in sentence 15?

H. Change their to his

Why does Alejandro allow the old woman to stay in the clinic?

H. He assumes that the nursing home director has political connections.

Why does the author directly address the reader in paragraphs 21 through 27?

H. He wants to engage and instruct the reader.

What does the boxed information on constructive criticism have in common with the reading selection?

H. It offers specific pieces of advice for the reader to use.

Which of these best describes the author's purpose for writing this article?

H. To inform the public of a researcher's effort to document a disappearing language

In lines 1 through 4, the tiger is a symbol for the speaker's —

H. belief in realities beyond the reach of experience or proof

Like the Tehuelche in "Tehuelche," the Inughuit in "Linguist on Mission to Save Inuit 'Fossil Language' Disappearing with the Ice" are native people —

H. facing the end of their linguistic and cultural heritage

The author mentions the movie E.T. in order to —

H. provide context for his early experience handling criticism

Read paragraph 33. The tone of this paragraph can best be described as —

H. resigned

Xavier would like to add some sentences to help transition from the third paragraph (sentences 14-17) to the fourth paragraph (sentences 18-26). Which of the following could Xavier add after sentence 17?

J. Each suggestion had its own problems. And in the meantime Grady remained stuck

Xavier would like to improve the closing paragraph (sentences 27-32) by replacing sentence 32. Which of the following could best replace sentence 32 and help strengthen this paper's closing?

J. It was the unique tale of a cow's rescue, but it was also an inspiring story of American ingenuity and determination.

In the last three lines, the tone of the poem shifts from —

J. hopeful to apprehensive