(01.02 MC)Read the fable. Answer the question that follows.A lion was eating up one after another the animals of a certain country. One day an old Goat said, “We must put a stop to this. I have a plan by which he may be sent away from this part of the country.””Pray act up to it at once,” said the other animals.The old Goat laid himself down in a cave on the roadside, with his flowing beard and long curved horns. The Lion, on his way to the village, saw him, and stopped at the mouth of the cave.”So you have come, after all,” said the Goat.”What do you mean?” said the Lion.”Why, I have long been lying in this cave. I have eaten up one hundred elephants, a hundred tigers, a thousand wolves, and ninety-nine lions. One more lion has been wanting. I have waited long and patiently. Heaven has, after all, been kind to me,” said the Goat, and shook his horns and his beard, and made a start as if he were about to spring upon the Lion.The latter said to himself, “This animal looks like a Goat, but it does not talk like one. So it is very likely some wicked spirit in this shape. Prudence often serves us better than valor, so for the present I shall return to the wood,” and he turned back.The Goat rose up, and, advancing to the mouth of the cave, said, “Will you come back tomorrow?””Never again,” said the Lion.”Do you think I shall be able to see you, at least, in the wood to-morrow?””Neither in the wood nor in this neighborhood any more,” said the Lion, and running to the forest, soon left it with his kindred.What universal theme is revealed in the text?

(02.04 MC)Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Answer the question that follows.Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.Here, King contrasts two ideas for emphasis. Which rhetorical device is he using?

(02.04 MC)Read the passage and answer the question that follows. But Dad, if you don’t let me get a phone, it’ll absolutely ruin my reputation. It’ll be shattered into a million pieces, and I’ll be the laughingstock of 9th grade. You don’t want this to happen to your only son, do you? Think about it. You want me to have friends, right? Also, having a phone will help me to stay in touch with you when we’re not together. Please, Dad. If you love me, you’ll understand!The speaker in this scenario uses a rhetorical appeal to reach the desired effect. What appeal did he use, and what effect did it have?

(01.03 LC)The literal meaning of a word is its ________; the emotional meaning of a word is its ________.

(01.03 LC)The mood of a text reflects how the reader feels during or after reading.

(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.