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0
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The importance of language is seen in the Bible at creation, Babel, Jesus ( word made flesh ) and Pentecost

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True

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We study English grammar and literature to communicate more effectively.

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True

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The five parts of the letter are the heading, the greeting, the body, the closing, and the signature

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True

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The time machine was written by Mark twain

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False

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The eloi ate the morlocks, hid the time machine, and did battle with the time traveller

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False

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The time traveller was very pleased with the progress that future civilizations had made.

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False

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What was going on in the Victorian age?

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Industrial revolution

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When did queen Victoria come to the throne?

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1837

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What were the social classes in England?

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Rich
Middle
Lower
Very poor

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9
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What was dating like?

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Courtship done at parties and church activities

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10
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Ladies and gentlemen . . .

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Had certain rules to follow

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11
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What was rampant in this time?

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Child labor working the kids to death

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12
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When was dickens born?

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1812

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What happened in Dickens’s childhood?

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Worked in a shoe factory labeling bottles at 12

Bad experience

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How many novels did dickens write?

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14

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15
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How were his novels written?

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Installments for monthly papers

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16
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Was dickens popular or unnoticed

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Very popular

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17
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Title for dickens

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One of the greatest storytellers who has ever lived

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18
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Planned or performed in cooperation with others

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Concerted

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To fight, struggle. To compete, to argue

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Contend

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Unbearable

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Intolerable

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Disrespectful

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Irreverent

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Intended to undermine or overthrow

One who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system

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Subversive

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Mild

Moderate

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Temperate

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24
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To divide and give out in shares

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Apportion

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To admit as true
To yield
Submit

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Concede

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26
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Stale

Spoiled

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rancid

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Country like
Simple
Plain
Awkward
One who lives in the country
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Rustic

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To lose size, strength, or power

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Wane

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29
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In a friendly manner
Hearty
Cheery
A liqueur

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Cordial

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30
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An overwhelming defeat
Rout
A complete collapse or failure

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Debacle

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To rouse
Stir up
Urge on

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Incite

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32
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Very abundant

Given or flowing freely

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Profuse

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33
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To restore to friendship
To settle
To resign oneself

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Reconcile

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34
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The time machine was hidden in the palace of green porcelain

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False

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35
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The name of the person who dies in the time machine was weena

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True

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36
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After regaining his machine, the time traveler goes into the future and finds a dismal world.

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True

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37
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The time traveler does make it back to the present and tells his adventures to others.

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True

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38
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At the end of none book, the time traveler leaves again and did not return

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True

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39
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The narrator ends the book by saying that humanity will grow worse and become extinct

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False

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40
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Eliza story

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Pacing goose

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41
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Jim

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Gift of the magi

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42
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Fortunato

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Cask of amontillado

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43
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Cyclops

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The odyssey

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44
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Young scout

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War

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45
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Lotus eaters

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Odyssey

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46
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Semi barbaric king

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Lady or the tiger

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47
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Character daydreamed he did heroic deeds

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Secret life of Walter Mitty

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48
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Madame forestier

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The necklace

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49
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Sanger rainsford

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The most dangerous game

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50
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Enoch

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The pacing goose

51
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Sirens

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Odyssey

52
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Reference to older literature, history, or art that the writer expects the reader to know

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Allusion

53
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Gives hints as to what will come next in the story

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Foreshadowing

54
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A character struggles in his or her mind about what to do

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Internal conflict

55
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The story is told revealing all the characters thoughts and actions

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Omniscient point of view

56
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A characters actions in a setting bring about unexpected results

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Irony of situation

57
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Deals with a words origin and history

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Etymology

58
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Why does the author name the story the gift of the magi?

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Della and Jim sacrifice valuable things for each other

Magi sacrificed valuable things for Jesus

59
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Irony of situation in the necklace

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Madame loisel loses her youth to replace a necklace that was only paste

60
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How does wars ending show London’s view of war?q

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Innocent young man killed because he spared a life

61
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Thoroughly skilled

An expert

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Adept

62
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To absorb fully or to make ones own, to adapt fully

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Assimilate

63
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Lacking in seriousness
Disrespectful
Saucy

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Flippant

64
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Angry and bad tempered

Rude

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Surly

65
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Disbelieving

Skeptical

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Incredulous

66
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Noisy
Unruly
Disorderly

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Obstreperous

67
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An introduction to a speech or a piece of writing

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Preamble

68
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Drooping
Without energy
Sluggish

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Languid

69
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To make young again

To make like new

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Rejuvenate

70
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To pretend

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Feign

71
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I like pineapples; bill likes apples.

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Punctuation

72
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Although I like pineapples, bill prefers apples.

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Subordination

73
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I like pineapples, but bill likes apples

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Coordination

74
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I, a lover of pineapples, I bonded how bill likes apples.

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Apposition

75
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Sharing my pineapple with bill, I felt good.

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Reduction

76
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Research usually starts with a persons curiosity about a topic.

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True

77
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After gaining information and understanding, the next step of a research paper is outlining.

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True

78
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Keeping track of your source is optional, so notecards are not very helpful.

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False

79
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On one side of a card should be the source, and on the other side should be the idea from the source.

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True

80
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On one side of the card should be: a key word or phase, the source number, the page number if printed, and the information from the source.

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True

81
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You can write n. pag. if a source has no page number like a website.

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True

82
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You use a direct quote when you want to give a source’s information in your own words.

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False

83
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You use a paraphrase when you want to show the author’s exact words.

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False

84
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When you quote an authors exact words, you should put quotation marks around them.

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True

85
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You use a summary on a notecard when you want to give a source’s main idea.

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True

86
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Clearly distinguish in a research paper what are your ideas and what are others ideas.

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True

87
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Copying someone word for word without quotation marks is plagiarism.

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T

88
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In MLA style, you put your last name and a page number at the top right of the page

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T

89
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In MLA style, you single space your name, your teachers name, the course name, and the date on the first pages left side

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False

90
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In MLA style, the title is always centered

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True

91
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In MLA style, all sources are placed at the bottom of the page under a line.

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F

92
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In MLA style, a quotation of four lines or more is indented.

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T

93
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In MLA style, on the works cited page, all lines are double spaced

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T

94
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In MLA style, on the works cited page, all second and third lines of a source are indented.

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True

95
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It is bro. Robisons preference that you put the link or URL to a website when giving sources.

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True

96
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Odysseus chose to face Charybdis rather than Scylla.

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False

97
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Odysseus was not very moved when Scylla ate some of his men.

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False

98
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When Odysseus’s men sacrificed the sun gods cattle, Zeus decided to take action against them.

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T

99
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Zeus threw a thunderbolt that was a direct hit on Odysseus’s ship.

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True

100
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The goddess Athena makes Odysseus look like a beggar when he gets back to Ithaca .

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T

101
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Telemachus reveals to Odysseus that they will have to fight many suitors.

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True

102
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Antinous was a very sympathetic suitor and threw Odysseus some meat.

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False

103
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Penelope’s trick to stall her suitors from marriage was to Unweave what she had woven

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T

104
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Penelope’s challenge for marriage is for one to string Odysseus’s bow and shoot an row through twelve targets

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True

105
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When Odysseus performed the challenge, Penelope’s suitors did not take much notice

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False

106
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Antinous dies when Odysseus shoots an arrow through his neck

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True

107
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With Athena’s help, Odysseus and Telemachus kill off all of Penelope’s suitors

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True

108
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The secret that convinces Penelope of Odysseus’s identity is his description of a boat that he had built

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False

109
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Our textbook ends the odyssey with Penelope’s white arms pressed around Odysseus.

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True

110
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5 things about main character of all quiet on the western front

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Name was Paul Baumer
19 at the beginning of the book
Best friend was Kat
He was German
He was unmarried
Died October 1918
111
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What is the seed of the sentence?

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Subject and verb

112
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What do verbs do besides action and state of being?

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Give clues about time - past, present, future

113
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What is a present participle?

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An ing word that is not a verb

114
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To verb - part of speech

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Not a verb

Completed

115
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How can you find compound verbs?

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And but yet or nor

116
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What part of speech is not?

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Adverb

117
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What is “ who or what (verb)?”

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Subject

118
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Where are subjects typically found

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Preceding the verb

119
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What do subjects do in questions?

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Split the verb

120
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What question does completers answer?

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Subject and verb who or what

121
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What are two types of completers?

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Nouns and pronouns

122
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What is a modifier

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Adjective or adverb

123
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Two forms of modifiers

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Single word or prepositional phrase

124
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How can sentences be combined?

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Compounding completers and modifiers

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