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Dialogue helps the audience understand what characters feel and _________.
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Characters' words and speech patterns give clues to their __________.
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personalities
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Dialogue helps the audience understand what characters feel and _________.
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Characters' words and speech patterns give clues to their __________.
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Dialogue advances the plot and develops the ________________ between opposing forces.
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In a dramatic script, a __________ name appears before the lines he or she speaks.
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greedy and jealous
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gloomy; ill tempered
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determined
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disagreeable; unreasonable
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a person who is always unhappy is...
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greed person who keeps and refuses to spend money even at the expense of her or her own comfort.
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The prefix mal- means
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Subject- verb agreement means that both the subject and verb must agree in _______.
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Jake writes a new poem every day.
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Books take us to new places.
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The setting and the context, scenery, lighting, and sound effect, behavior and actions of the actors, and the ways in which actors should deliver lines, are all in the ____________.
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The prefix para- means ________.
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Based on the definition of the prefix para-, what does the word parallel mean?
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changed
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make a great effort; try very hard
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driven away; scattered
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serious and heartfelt; not joking
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consists of one independent clause and a verb and can stand by itself as a complete thought.
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consists of two or more independent clauses linked by a conjunction such as and, but, or or.
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contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
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contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
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What type of sentence is the following: My cousin Tyrone and I are close friends.
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What type of sentence is the following: I like spending time with Tyrone, and we like doing the same types of things.
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What type of sentence is the following: Tyrone lives in my neighborhood, although his house is not very close to mine.
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What type of sentence is the following: We often go to the park, and, if we have all afternoon, we might go to a movie.
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Plot is...
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Which part of the plot contains an introduction of the characters, the setting, and the basic situation?
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Which part of the plot contains the events that introduce a conflict and increase the tension?
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Which part of the plot contains the story's high point, or moment of greatest intensity; often a turning point in the story at which the eventual outcome becomes clear.
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Which part of the plot contains the events that follow the climax?
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Which part of the plot contains the story's final outcome and tying up of loose ends?
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Which of the following choices best explains the plot of "Thank You M'am"?
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Which section of "Thank You M'am" most clearly presents the climax of the story?
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Which section of "Thank You M'am" most clearly presents the resolution of the story??
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What makes from An American Childhood a reflective essay?
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How is the reference to being handed her own life, related to other ideas in "from An American Childhood"?
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Which of the following is a Central Idea in "from An American Childhood"?
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Which quote from "from An American Childhood" best supports a Central Idea in the selection?
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Which of the following words contains the prefix en-?
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What is the meaning of the Latin prefix mal-?
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Based on the meaning of the prefix mal-, what can you conclude about a doctor charged with malpractice?
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Based on what you know of the prefix mal-, choose the term that is most likely to be a synonym of malnourished.
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The word permit is a multiple-meaning word. Which meaning of the word permit is used in the following sentence? She still held him tightly, but she bent down enough to permit him to stoop and pick up her purse.
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What is the meaning of the Greek prefix para-?
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My friend Sally refuses to eat beets, which she finds to be repugnant. Using context clues, what is the most likely meaning of the word repugnant as it is used in the sentence above?
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which of the following phrases from the sentence provides the best context clue for the word repugnant. My friend Sally refuses to eat beets, which she finds to be repugnant.
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Which of the following sentences contains a compound subject?
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In which of the following sentences do the subjects and verb agree?
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Choose the revision of the sentence that corrects the problem in subject-verb agreement. The mail carrier deliver mail about noon.
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Which type of sentence is the following sentence? Mr. Gleason runs a pet store, and his two children, who are named
Don and Megan, help him.
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Which of the following sentences is compound?
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Which of the following revisions best combines and rephrases repeated information into a complex sentence? It was a holiday. Sheena had a science project. She worked on it.
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Which choice contains a prepositional phrase?
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Which word from the following sentence is a preposition? The team played their game in the rain.
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Which choice identifies the object of the preposition in the following sentence. The frustrated girl asked a question about the wrong answer.
