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Which of the following sentences uses capitalization correctly?
a.
I told coach that I have to miss next week’s soccer game.
b.
I asked grandpa if he wanted to go fishing this weekend.
c.
Who is your French Professor next semester?
d.
I told my dad that Professor Walsh and Coach Goldberg recommended that I apply for the scholarship.

Hope Jahren, in the prologue to her 2016 memoir Lab Girl, tries to convince the reader of the importance of conserving natural resources. in particular forests and trees. Jahren conveys her claim by using the repetition of questions, as well as appeals to logic, authority and emotion. Jahren’s purpose is to connect with a community of people that are passionate about environmental preservation and implementing sustainable practices. She hopes that her readers will be motivated to action and inspired to make a difference in the world. She plans to use an emotional and persuasive tone in her writing to persuade her readers of the need of conserving natural resources and to inspire them to take action.
Jahren introduces her argument by displaying statistics on plants in America. She uses ethos to establish credibility by showing her knowledge of the different topics related to natural resources; by stating,”The average land plant is a two-ton tree that lives for more than one hundred years. The mass ratio of plants to animals in the ocean is close to four, while the ratio on land is closer to a thousand (Jahren).” This proves to the reader how reliable Jahren is. She demonstrates her expertise as a plant scientist. She composed this passage to raise awareness about why plants are given little priority and why they are at the bottom of government funding for research, as if they aren’t crucial to human existence at all.
Logos also is used effectively by Jahren to support her argument that people cannot produce life from scratch. She also uses logos to claim the fact that human activities and heavy industries are destroying the planet’s bountiful plant life.“Did you see something green? If you did, you saw one of the few things left in the world that people cannot make…. but they know how to destroy one. In the last ten years, we’ve cut down more than fifty billion trees (Jahren).” These facts show how something so hard to create can be destroyed so easily.  Another strategy Jahren uses within logos is appealing to the intelligence of the audience. Jahren implies, “Guess what? You are now a scientist (Jahren).” Jahren uses this question to create solidarity with the audience as a fellow scientist. She used the rhetorical question “Guess what?” to imply to her readers that they, too, can become scientists. You are now a scientist. This statement has a huge influence on the reader, urging them to embrace a new, accessible, and achievable outlook on science. Jahren encourages her audience to become scientists in order to encourage critical thinking and learning about the world. She is offering everyone the opportunity to explore the domain of science by making science a topic that people of all backgrounds can understand. Jahren uses logos to make science more relatable and to encourage her readers to consider jobs in research. Jahren uses plain, succinct language to demonstrate the beauty and complexity of science to audiences of all ages and educational levels. By making science more comprehensible, she urges her readers to embrace science as a part of everyday life. Finally, Jahren’s use of logos generates a culture of empowerment and research vigor. Jahren uses rhetorical questions and easy language to boost her readers’ comprehension of science. She challenges her audience to think critically and learn about the world around them. Jahren uses logos in her writing to encourage her readers to embrace science.
Lastly, Jahren appeals to the reader’s emotions by utilizing the picture of leaves being ripped off trees to demonstrate the environmental implications of human activities. She implies that people’s acts may be damaging, citing the environmental damage caused by human activity. This graphic is a call to action, calling the reader to acknowledge the environment’s fragility and take efforts to conserve and preserve it. She uses the additional device, personification, to refer to the tree as a “someone” who dies; ” it seems like nobody cares. But we should care. We should care for the same basic reason that we are always bound to care: because someone died who didn’t have to (Jahren).” Personification successfully emphasizes the significance of Jahren’s work by highlighting that it is more than a tree but a living thing. This causes society to see plants as almost human-like, resulting in more compassion for plants and biologists’ work. Personification emphasizes the significance of Jahren’s work, demonstrating that she is investigating a type of life rather than merely plants. This is intended to make the reader empathize with the tree, causing them not to destroy it without thought.
The prologue of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is a motivating call to action for readers to be more environmentally conscious, to take chances, and to never give up on their aspirations. Jahren’ use of personification, appeal to logic, emotion, and her personal success story to inspire her readers to take action and make a difference in their own and others’ lives. Jahren underlines the need for people to be  attentive of their actions and the impact they might have on the environment throughout her prologue. Jahren urges her readers to make a good change in the world by protecting and sustaining the earth and its resources, taking chances, and never giving up on their aspirations.
Is this an effective rhetorical analysis that follows the AP Lang rubric? Anything else I need to add?

In organizing the events of Odysseus’s quest, why would the text in The Odyssey – Elpenor be labeled as part of the road of trials?
It shows Odysseus facing something about himself.
It shows Odysseus at the point where he departs.
It shows Odysseus encountering supernatural beings.
It shows Odysseus at the low point in his challenges.
We are debating the correct answer.

Which sentence best paraphrases the sentence in lines 33-36? People would rather pick a lesser fruit for their own use than harvest a more exquisite one for someone else. Peaches are an acceptable fruit, but picking peaches to sell is not a very rewarding activity. O If peaches did not look pretty, people would spend their time picking about huckleberries instead. O I question whether peaches sold in the market are as delicious as the huckleberries that men pick in the wild.

Question 1 (2 points)Read the following paragraph.
Students will do better in classes when they are interested in the subject matter. If students are forced to take numerous classes that they do not care for, without any chance of taking a class that they are truly interested in, they might lose interest in education completely. There are things that students must know, and classes that students must take, but there must be time built in their schedules for a choice class.
Which sentence best provides a conclusion for the paragraph that follows from and supports the argument?
?      a. Students who are given a chance to take at least one class that they enjoy will do a good job in that class.
?      b. Students who are given a chance to take at least one class that they like are more likely to stay focused, and interested, in the other classes that they must have.
?      c. Students usually do not care for history classes.
?      d. Students usually like art class.
Question 2 (2 points)Read the following passage.
Teachers should build their lessons from the standards that they desire their students to meet. For example, if a student is expected to identify imagery in a passage, then the teacher should first teach the concept of imagery before they ask their students to identify imagery in a passage.
Which sentence would best conclude the passage that follows from AND supports the argument?
?      a. Students will be less frustrated.
?      b. If a teacher expects a student to use transitions, then the teacher must teach transitions.
?      c. Students must know how to do the smaller parts of the assignment, before they can do the assignment itself.
?      d. If a teacher builds their lessons without paying attention to the standards, the lessons won’t be successful.
Question 3 (2 points)Read the paragraph fragment listed below.
Many readers cannot recognize imagery in a piece of writing because they are not familiar with the terminology; however, if given specific examples, the readers can complete the task. For example, when reading an assigned poem, students might be asked to explain which words appeal to the sense of smell. The student can then focus on the task at hand. When readers understand what is being asked of them, they can usually complete the task.
In order to strengthen the paragraph, which word should be defined and explained?
?      a. imagery
?      b. terminology
?      c. task
?      d. poem
Question 4 (2 points)Read the paragraph fragment listed below.
Many readers cannot recognize imagery in a piece of writing because they are not familiar with the terminology; however, if given specific examples, they readers can complete the task. For example, when reading an assigned poem, students might be asked to explain which words appeal to the sense of smell. The student can then focus on the task at hand.
Which sentence would be the best choice to conclude the paragraph, based on summarizing the idea and formal grammar/mechanics?
?      a. When you understand what is being asked of you, you can usually answer the question.
?      b. When readers understand what is being asked of them, they can usually complete the task.
?      c. Readers don’t understand what all they are supposed to do.
?      d. Readers do not understand the question, but can pick out the imagery.
Unit 6 Reading Packet “Dulce Et Decorum Est” Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deal even to the hoots Of disappointed shells that dropped behind. GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!– An ecstasy of fumbling, Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And floundering like a man in fire or lime.– Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,– My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1034/1034-h/1034-h.htm
Question 5 (2 points)Read Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce Et Decorum Es.t” in your reading packet.
The author is considering switching the order of the second stanza and the third stanza. Is this a good decision? Why or why not?
?      a. This is a good decision because the imagery in the third stanza would build suspense for the second stanza.
?      b. This is a good decision because the reader would identify with the dream and it would make the second stanza more understandable.
?      c. This is a bad decision because the second stanza defines the nightmare that is elaborated on in the third stanza.
?      d. This is a bad decision because the second stanza is not connected to the events in the third stanza.
Question 6 (2 points)Read Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce Et Decorum Es.t” in your reading packet.
Which statement would be the best choice for a thesis based on your reading of this poem?
?      a. The realities of war are different than what many are led to believe.
?      b. The realities of war are very similar to what many have been told.
?      c. Soldiers should find out about war for themselves.
?      d. Young men should enter war for the glory and honor that war provides.
Question 7 (2 points)Pretend you are planning a research project and you are experimenting to find a natural resource that could be used to absorb oil.
Which of the following materials would NOT be a good choice for testing?
?      a. sponges
?      b. marbles
?      c. feathers
?      d. cotton
Question 8 (2 points)In order to interview someone for an essay that you have been assigned to write, you must prepare. What is the BEST preparation for an interview?
?      a. Finding out what you can about the person you plan on interviewing.
?      b. Researching the topic that you are going to write about it.
?      c. Write a list of questions that you plan on asking during the interview.
?      d. Dress appropriately for the interview.
excerpt from the English fairy-tale, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, by Joseph Jacobs: In Bamborough Castle once lived a king who had a fair wife and two children, a son named Childe Wynd and a daughter named Margaret. Childe Wynd went forth to seek his fortune, and soon after he had gone the queen his mother died. The king mourned her long and faithfully, but one day while he was hunting he came across a lady of great beauty, and became so much in love with her that he determined to marry her. So he sent word home that he was going to bring a new queen to Bamborough Castle. Princess Margaret was not very glad to hear of her mother’s place being taken, but she did not repine but did her father’s bidding. And at the appointed day came down to the castle gate with the keys all ready to hand over to her stepmother. Soon the procession drew near, and the new queen came towards Princess Margaret who bowed low and handed her the keys of the castle. She stood there with blushing cheeks and eye on ground, and said: “O welcome, father dear, to your halls and bowers, and welcome to you my new mother, for all that’s here is yours,” and again she offered the keys. One of the king’s knights who had escorted the new queen, cried out in admiration: “Surely this northern Princess is the loveliest of her kind.” At that the new queen flushed up and cried out: “At least your courtesy might have excepted me,” and then she muttered below her breath: “I’ll soon put an end to her beauty.” That same night the queen, who was a noted witch, stole down to a lonely dungeon wherein she did her magic and with spells three times three, and with passes nine times nine she cast Princess Margaret under her spell. And this was her spell: I weird ye to be a Laidly Worm, And borrowed shall ye never be, Until Childe Wynd, the King’s own son Come to the Heugh and thrice kiss thee; Until the world comes to an end, Borrowed shall ye never be. Source: http://www.authorama.com/english-fairy tales-36. html
Question 9 (2 points)Read the excerpt in your reading packet from the English fairy-tale, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, by Joseph Jacobs.
Which word best describes the new queen of Bramborough Castle?
?      a. cute
?      b. conniving
?      c. loyal
?      d. apathetic
Question 10 (2 points)If you were asked to write an informative essay to teach others how to be successful in class, what information would be most helpful to include in your essay?
?      a. Students who listen in class don’t have to study at home.
?      b. Friends can always remind you of what homework you have to do.
?      c. Students should listen in class and spend time studying the night before a test.
?      d. Students should listen in class, keep up with assignments, and study a little each night so they do not have to study for hours the night before a test.
Essay 1 If you could choose your favorite kind of movie, what would it be? Some would choose comedies because they enjoy laughing and others would choose romances because they enjoy the sappy scenes. As for myself, I would choose scary movies. Scary movies are better than any other kind of movie! The first thing that I love about scary movies is the way that my heart beats faster during the scary scenes. I can feel my heart beating in my ears when the scary music begins to play and everything else is quiet. Sometimes I think that the person sitting next to me can hear my heart! – eating popcorn slowly, while keeping my eyes glued to the screen is part of the “scary movie” experience and an experience that I never want to miss! The candy at the theatre is fine, but there is something about scary movies and popcorn that seem to go together. my friends always make the scary movie experience even better. Screaming alone may be seen as a little strange, but when we go together, we all scream together. No one can blame us because the movies are so scary. I also think that when your friends are scared around you, they make the movie that much scarier. For all these reasons, scary movies are the best movies that there are. If you get a chance, you should go see a scary movie with your friends.
Question 11 (2 points)Read Essay #1 in your reading packet.
Transitional sentences are missing for the two body paragraphs. Which two sentences would work best in completing the essay by introducing the topic of the paragraph and linking the paragraph to the one above it?
?      a. Consequently, eating popcorn is one of my favorite things to do; in addition to eating popcorn while watching scary movies, hanging out with my friends make scary movies even better.
?      b. The first thing that makes scary movies great is theatre popcorn; even when I scream with my friends, I feel a little awkward.
?      c. The first thing that makes scary movies great is theatre popcorn; in addition to eating popcorn   while watching scary movies, hanging out with my friends make scary movies even better.
?      d. Consequently, eating popcorn is one of my favorite things to do; even when I scream with my friends, I feel a little awkward
Question 12 (2 points)If you were asked to write a persuasive essay to convince others to vote for the inclusion of a fall break in your school schedule, which information would be most helpful to include in your essay?
?      a. Many students think it is dumb not to have a fall break.
?      b. Many students and teachers have planned vacations that they have paid for by the time the school calendar is published.
?      c. Data supports students perform better after a fall break than they do when they work straight through the fall.
?      d. Data supports the positive impact on Gulf Shores tourism when summer is longer.
Question 13 (2 points)The last sentence in the first paragraph of a research paper is
?      a. Topic sentence
?      b. Clincher sentence
?      c. Thesis statement
?      d. None of the above
Question 14 (2 points)You have been asked by your teacher to create a visual aid that will help you convince your peers to eat healthy. Most of your peers enjoy soda and candy bars.
Which image would you choose to appeal to your peers?
?      a. A picture of fruit and vegetables because that will reinforce the things that they should be eating.
?      b. A picture of an overweight teen because that may make them think about their eating habits.
?      c. A picture of a teenager, about your peers’ age, who is in great shape because it may encourage them to want to do the same.
?      d. A picture of a soda and candy bar because it will help you explain how bad these things are for them.
Question 15 (2 points)Digital media helps to do all of the following EXCEPT
?      a. Enhance understanding of findings
?      b. Add interest
?      c. Enhance understanding of reasoning
?      d. Help audio learners retain information
Question 16 (2 points)Your teacher has asked you to come up with your own persuasive essay to support the idea of a National Pizza Day and to explain what students should do on this day.
Which response is the BEST choice for what your introduction paragraph should contain/do?
?      a. Should engage your reader and list types of pizza.
?      b. Should contain a thesis statement, a list of pizza types, and an overview of the ideas you plan to include.
?      c. Should engage your reader, include a thesis statement, and an overview of the ideas you plan to include.
?      d. Should engage your reader, include a thesis statement, and a conclusion or restatement of your main idea.
Question 17 (2 points)If you were asked to write a narrative about a trip to the bowling alley and you had never been bowling, which resources would be best to use?
?      a. Information that your friends posted on Facebook about bowling.
?      b. Information that you found on the internet.
?      c. What you think that bowling might be like based on what you have heard and seen in the past.
?      d. Information you found on the internet, in addition to interviews you could conduct with people who had been bowling.
Question 18 (2 points)If you were planning a research project, you might have to decide on a research question and create a hypothesis.
Which research question would be the most limiting when creating your hypothesis?
?      a. How does sleep affect reflexes?
?      b. What are the effects of sleep on reflexes?
?      c. Does sleep have an effect on reflexes?
?      d. Is maximum efficiency of reflexes reached after eight hours of sleep?
Question 19 (2 points)Read the following quote from
Romeo and Juliet
.
“Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is not part of thee, Take all myself.”
Use the context clues to determine the best meaning of the BOLD word.
?      a. keep
?      b. remove
?      c. say
?      d. None of the above
Question 20 (2 points)In which of the following will you find the correct pronunciation of a word?
?      a. Glossary
?      b. Dictionary
?      c. Thesaurus
?      d. All of the above
Question 21 (2 points)Read and analyze the following quote from Act 2
Romeo and Juliet:
Fair Lawrence: “If e’er thou wast thyself, and these woes thine, thou and these woes were all for Rosaline.”
What figure of speech does Shakespeare use in this quote?
?      a. personification
?      b. simile
?      c. metaphor
?      d. alliteration
Question 22 (2 points)Read the following quote from
Romeo and Juliet
.
“O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper soft’ned valour’s steel.” Use the context clues to determine the best meaning of the BOLD word.
?      a. having feelings of hatred
?      b. love sick
?      c. having unsuitable feminine qualities
?      d. stare
Question 23 (2 points)The first step in writing a research paper is _________.
?      a. gather resources
?      b. choose a topic
?      c. begin researching
?      d. write an outline
Question 24 (2 points)Your teacher has asked you to write an essay in which you argue that Romeo and Juliet is a comedy.
Your teacher has instructed you to begin your introduction with a “hook” or attention-getting device that attracts your reader’s attention and also introduces your main idea.
From the sentences below, choose the one that would best serve as a hook for your essay.
?      a. If everyone dies, can a play, like Romeo and Juliet, really be considered a comedy?
?      b. In a tragedy, most of the characters die at the end of the play.
?      c. Shakespeare wrote three different types of plays: Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories.
?      d. Romeo and Juliet is very romantic and the characters are the same age as we are.
Question 25 (2 points)If you were asked to give a visually appealing presentation to your language arts class about your favorite novel that included visually appealing technology, which of the following would be the best choice to use?
?      a. PowerPoint
?      b. Handout with photos
?      c. Audio of author speaking
?      d. Display board with photo

50:26 Read this sentence about Della from “The Gift of the Magi.” What theme do Della’s actions in this sentence best suggest? Abc Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet. O Sacrifice is more important than true love. O Sacrifice for a loved one is not always easy. Sacrifice is part of a life lived to the very fullest. Sacrifice for a loved one does not always pay off.

Which of the following describes how communism is introduced in the text? It is defined and compared to capitalism It is described as a
potentially successful system. It is described as causing mass deaths and poverty. It is defined and described as superior to capitalism.

All summer in a Day
Ray Bradbury’s short story “All  Summer in a Day” is a work of science fiction set in an elementary school on  the planet Venus, where colonists from earth have established underground  settlements full of long tunnels. In these complexes they live their lives and  raise their children. Unfortunately, on Venus, rain is constant. It falls  without stop, day in and day out, in massive showers. However, for one day,  once every seven years, the rain does cease and the sun is briefly visible.
On the day on which the story  opens, the sun should be visible, at least according to the confident  predictions of scientists. Most of the children in the school, all of whom are  nine years old, have never seen the sun. They are too young to remember when it  appeared seven years earlier. They have grown up in a gloomy, sunless world.  However, one of them—a girl named Margot—has arrived from earth more recently  and can vaguely recall how the sun appeared when she was there. She remembers  its beauty and its warmth, and she misses it intensely. She tries to describe  its appearance to others, and she even writes poems about it.
The other children, however, are  skeptical about her testimony and even seem jealous or angry when she claims  that she has actually seen the sun. They consider her aloof because she seems  focused on memories of the summer and the sun. She has even come to detest the  running water of the school showers, which she associates with the constant  Venusian rain. The other children increasingly see Margot as different from  themselves, and they especially hate her when they learn that her parents,  fearful of the strong distress that Venusian life is causing their daughter,  are planning to take her back to earth. One boy in particular seems especially  hostile toward Margot. He treats her with contempt and even threatens her  physically, thereby provoking the teacher’s strong disapproval.
?      Explain how the theme of bullying developed over the course of the story “All Summer in a Day.”
?      In “All Summer in a Day,” why did William lock Margot in the closet?
?      What is the climax of Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day?
?      What is the imagery in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury? Give quotes and examples from the story.

1. Keeping in view the arrival of Jerry Cruncher, explain the social issue prevalent in those times. 2. What is your impression of Jarvis Lorry? Why does he repeatedly explain Lucie his intentions regarding the situation? 3. What kind of personality Lucie appears to be. Take help from textual references. 4. Write the significance of the scene when the wine cask breaks. Discuss its social implications. 5. What are your views about the atmosphere in the Wine shop? Comment on the name ‘Jacques’.

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