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English 3B Cumulative Exam Graded A+Read the excerpt from "First Generation" of Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia.She
considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his
youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the
major league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but
changed their minds. Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and
started a revolution in the mountains.Which best explains how Garcia's word choice
helps establish her voice in the excerpt?
Garcia uses short, forceful words to assert a pessimistic opinion on fate.
Garcia uses formal, academic language and location words to suggest a theory about
fate.
Garcia uses American baseball terminology to suggest fate's defeat.
Garcia uses words with positive connotations to suggest an optimistic outlook on fate. -
ANSWER-C
A reader is using the SQR3 method to analyze the information in a procedural text. The
reader has just reviewed the text. She is still unsure about the information.
What should she do next?
Scan headings and text features.
Think about the result of the procedure.
Read the text.
Ask further questions. - ANSWER-C
A student is writing a procedural text for a fitness plan that includes numerical data.
Which feature would best visually organize the data within the text?
title
chart
italic font
headings - ANSWER-NOT C
Each paragraph of your media analysis essay should
evaluate the evidence that has been given to support the thesis.
have specifically referenced sources.
be reorganized for overall organization and wordiness.
focus on one major idea that relates to your thesis. - ANSWER-D
How are the views of the narrators similar in "Facing It" and "Not a Dove, But No Longer
a Hawk"?
Both narrators discuss the negative impact of war on the innocent civilians.
Both narrators oppose American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Both narrators are critical of the treatment of veterans after the Vietnam War.
Both narrators are saddened by the harsh realities of the Vietnam War. - ANSWER-D
NOT A
, Imagine you are writing an ad slogan for a new type of breakfast cereal using the media
technique of association. In order for the slogan to be effective, it should
invoke good memories of the past and provide a good explanation of the cereal's
content.
associate the cereal with something good and create positive feelings about the cereal.
build up the consumer's self-esteem and validate that it is better than the competition.
review the contents of the cereal and convince consumers that the cereal is healthy. -
ANSWER-B
In "Ambush," which sentence best reflects the idea that O'Brien is more concerned with
emotional truth than factual truth?
I want to tell her exactly what happened, or what I remember happening.
He was a short, slender young man of about twenty.
Shortly after midnight we moved into the ambush site outside My Khe.
He wore black clothing and rubber sandals and a gray ammunition belt. - ANSWER-A
In Art Spiegelman's Maus, the events of the Holocaust are relayed from the perspective
of
Spiegelman.
an unknown narrator.
the Nazi soldiers.
Spiegelman's father. - ANSWER-D
Jonathan wrote the following research question, but he wants to improve it.
When did the Roman Empire fall?
Which revision improves Jonathan's research question?
How long did it take for the Roman Empire to fall?
How did internal disputes contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire?
What territory was held by the Roman Empire when it finally fell?
Why did the Roman Empire fall after being so strong for so long? - ANSWER-MAYBE B
MAYBE D
Read the excerpt from "First Generation" of Dreaming in Cuban.He stops at the ocean's
edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal
hand. His blue eyes are like lasers in the night. The beams bounce off his fingernails,
five hard blue shields. They scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then
focus on her. The porch turns blue, ultraviolet. Her hands, too, are blue. Celia squints
through the light, which dulls her eyesight and blurs the palms on the shore.Which of
the following is an example of a hyperbole?
"smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her"
"and stretches out a colossal hand"
"His blue eyes are like lasers in the night."
"The porch turns blue, ultraviolet." - ANSWER-B
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