Pregunta 1
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Choose all the correct answers for the following question: What constitues plagiarism?
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Using George Washington's birthday, without citing.
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Using Proverbs, without citing
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Quoting word-for-word a passage and citing the author.
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Putting the information in your own words and not citing.
Pregunta 2
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What kind of things does William build, experiment with or design?
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Windmill
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plow
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toy trucks
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radios
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trebuchets
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bird traps
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rickshaws
Pregunta 3
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What kind of figurative language is used in Hughes poem?
"What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"
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personification
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aliteration
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onomatopoeia
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simile
Pregunta 4
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In what ways does Cholera spread?
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Hands
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Feet
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Soil
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Trees
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Flies
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Bees
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Water
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Honey
Pregunta 5
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What style is The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind written in?
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Informal
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formal
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literary
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non-literary
Pregunta 6
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The following sentence from chapter 5 is an example of what kind of figurative language? "My stomach must have also been fooled from last night's nsm
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Simile
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metaphor
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personification
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onomatopoeia
Pregunta 7
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Which sentence(s) are punctuated properly?
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Maria can I help you?
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After you ran out of money you called your parents, but only my sister was home, unfortunately.
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I’m a not-so-rich person, but I can do the following: offer you a small loan, offer you some temporary work or help you find a new job.
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"Yes I'll go to the store," said Dr. Winston, the guy with the top hat.
Pregunta 8
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How does education influence William's ability to transform himself and the world around him.
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He turns into a butterfly
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He is able to provide electricity for himself and his household.
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He gives people hope.
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It shows that young people are capable of great things.
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It causes a divide between adults and children.
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He becomes more of a loner.
Pregunta 9
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What are some reading strategies?
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Read past things you don't understand.
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Summarize what you have read by briefly restating the central ideas in your own words.
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Revisit events that you find confusing.
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Question the events described and their significance.
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Predict what will happen later in the selection.
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Highlight anything interesting.
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Doodle in your notebook when you are stuck.
Pregunta 10
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In what way(s) do the poem and the story connect?
"What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?"
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Williams dreams to build a windmill cause him to explode in anger when he can't build one.
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William's dreams to build a windmill become a heavy load because he can't build it.
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William's dreams of going to school cause him to be upset when he can't afford to go.
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William's dreams of learning are not interrupted by a lack of schooling because he is resourceful.
Pregunta 11
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The following is an example of what kind of figurative language? "The mountain was getting higher for everyone."
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simile
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metaphor
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personification
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symbolism
Pregunta 12
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The following sentence is an example of what kind of figurative language? "December arrived with heavy clouds, black as oil, that gathered for days o
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Simile
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metaphor
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personification
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alliteration
Pregunta 13
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In what way(s) is William resourceful?
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He uses animal parts and bones to help him build things.
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He gets parts from a scrap yard.
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He uses his mom's kitchen to build things.
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He takes parts from an old unused bathroom.
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He gets his parents to support him with money.
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He has traders donate parts for him.
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He builds his own tools.
Pregunta 14
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Which is an example of a properly cited passage. Knox, Bernard. Introductuion. The Odyssesy of Homer. Trans. Robert Fagles.
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The third-century-B.C. geographer Eratosthenes, for example, thought that Homer’s story was totally imaginary (Knox 25).
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The great Alexandrian geographer Eratosthenes said that trying to identify Odysseus’ ports of call would be a wild goose chase.
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The third-century-B.C. geographer Eratosthenes, for example, thought that Homer’s story was totally imaginary (Knox, 25).
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The great Alexandrian geographer Eratosthenes said that trying to identify Odysseus’ ports of call would be a wild goose chase. (Knox)
Pregunta 15
Pregunta
Choose all the correct possibilities for the following question: What elements make up what a style is?
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Mood
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Tone
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Word Choice
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Organization
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Sentence structure
Pregunta 16
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Literary Style uses which of the following elements?
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uses sophisticated, abstract language
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often includes long, elaborate sentences
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may use complex sentence structures
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may use contractions and slang
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sounds like everyday conversation
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carefully observes the rules of grammar
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may use IMAGERY to convey MOOD
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may use simple sentences and fragments
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reader often gets to know the narrator (the voice that tells the story)
Pregunta 17
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Formal Style uses which of the following elements?
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uses sophisticated, abstract language
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often includes long, elaborate sentences
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may use complex sentence structures
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may use contractions and slang
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sounds like everyday conversation
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carefully observes the rules of grammar
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may use IMAGERY to convey MOOD
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may use simple sentences and fragments
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reader often gets to know the narrator (the voice that tells the story)
Pregunta 18
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Informal Style uses which of the following elements?
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uses sophisticated, abstract language
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often includes long, elaborate sentences
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may use complex sentence structures
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may use contractions and slang
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sounds like everyday conversation
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carefully observes the rules of grammar
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may use IMAGERY to convey MOOD
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may use simple sentences and fragments
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reader often gets to know the narrator (the voice that tells the story)
Pregunta 19
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What things do readers look for to identify characterization?
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What characters do
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What my friend says about the character
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What the author says about the character
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What characters say
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What other people say about the character
Pregunta 20
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What things characterize William in the book "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind"?
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"Quiet down," someone said. "Let's see how crazy this boy really is?
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I'd never seen a dead person, but I was too afraid to go look for fear it would never leave my mind.
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"That's our dog, Khamba," he said. "I figured we'd bring him along to watch the chickens and goats here."
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I didn't earn enough from our repairs to keep buying [batteries]. Instead, we'd walk to the trading center and look for used cells that had been tossed in the waste bins.
Pregunta 21
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True or False: An autobiography is written by the person the story is about. It is in the first person.
Pregunta 22
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True or False. When documenting the design process, I should use literary style to document it.
Pregunta 23
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Choose all the following answers that are correct for the following question: What did William do to further his studies?
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He never stopped going to school.
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He borrowed his friends notes.
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He borrowed books from the library
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He learns from his mistakes
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He learns from a wiseman in his village.
Pregunta 24
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Choose all of the correct answers for the following question: What does the windmill symbolize for William?
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Freedom
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Hope
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Love
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Honor
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Education
Pregunta 25
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How does Gilbert help William?
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He helps William make the windmill blades.
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He buys the dynamo for William.
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Gilbert doesn't laugh at William's going to the scrapyard like everyone else.
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He helps William build the tower.
Pregunta 26
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Choose all the correct answers to the following questions: What analogies are from this story.
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Khamba's ribs like blades.
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The maize like the fruit of the Gods.
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The famine like the plague.
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The flies like flying diseases.
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The windmill like a light bulb.
Pregunta 27
Pregunta
Choose all the correct answers for the following question: Which of the following could be considered a theme for this book?
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It takes a community to achieve greatness
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One can find freedom in education
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Friendship
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Failure breeds more failure
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Freedom
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Treasure can be made from things you least expect
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Resources
Pregunta 28
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Choose all the correct answers for the following: What did the scrapyard symbolize?
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Garbage
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Parts for his windmill
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Treasure
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Trash
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Resources