(01.03 MC)Read the excerpt from The Old Town by Jacob Riis and answer the question that follows.The Old Town stood on a wide plain, the fertile marsh between it and the shore, behind it the barren heath, with no tree or shrub to break the sweep of the pitiless west wind. The shrubs on the barrows, beneath which slept the old vikings, looked toward the sea they loved so well. In summer and winter it piped its melancholy above their heads. At sundown the fog, rolling in over the land in a dense gray cloud, wrapped them in their damp embrace. By looking at the bolded sections of the passage, what can the reader take away from the personification used?

(03.01 MC)Read the argumentative essay introduction and answer the question that follows.Getting daily nutrients is essential to living a healthy life. The world provides humans with rich and delicious nutrients that people often take for granted. Foods like broccoli, oranges, and spinach are chalked full of immune-boosting vitamins that help people live their healthiest lives. Some say, however, that it is easier to take vitamins to provide the body with what it needs to thrive. Pre-packaged vitamins are convenient and make getting these nutrients easy. Thanks to the bountiful variety already found in nature, however, it is easy to eat foods that can provide more than enough of the required daily doses of nutrients a body craves. Taking pre-packaged vitamins to acquire nutrients can seem dull and routine. However, food possibilities are endless, and people are less likely to get bored with their nutrient regime. Which of the following sentences is the author’s counterclaim?

(01.02 MC)Read the excerpt from Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Answer the question that follows.At three o’clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not yet returned. The landlady informed me that he had left the house shortly after eight o’clock in the morning. I sat down beside the fire, however, with the intention of awaiting him, however long he might be. I was already deeply interested in his inquiry, for, though it was surrounded by none of the grim and strange features which were associated with the two crimes which I have already recorded, still, the nature of the case and the exalted station of his client gave it a character of its own.Which point of view is used in this passage?

(01.01 LC)Match each stage of a plot with its correct definition.

(01.01 MC)At the beginning of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is a very hateful and stingy man. However, after three ghosts visit him he understands the true meaning of life. Scrooge would be considered a static character.

(01.03 LC)The dictionary, or literal, definition of a word is its

(01.03 LC)A thesaurus can be used to find words to convey the author’s tone.

(03.01 MC)Read the argumentative essay introduction and answer the question that follows.Community college provides students the opportunity to complete basic requirements and explore possible career paths. It is an in-reach alternative to state and private colleges, and should be free to all in-state students. Some say that tuition fees for community college are necessary to make students understand the value of an education. However, the public school system has provided students with free educational opportunities for centuries and learning is still a priority. Charging for community college limits the availability of a secondary education to students who aren’t able to afford it.Which of the following sentences is the author’s counterclaim?

(01.03 MC)Read the excerpt from The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery and answer the question that follows.Rich, golden-brown hair, elaborately dressed, with a sparkling bandeau holding its glossy puffs in place; large, brilliant blue eyes and thick silken lashes; face of rose and bare neck of snow, rising above her gown; great pearl bubbles in her ears; the blue-white diamond flame on her long, smooth, waxen finger with its rosy, pointed nail. Arms of marble, gleaming through green chiffon and shadow lace.How does the use of the metaphors in bold enhance the meaning of the passage?

(01.03 LC)Match each figurative language device to its correct definition.