LC 3.5 Frequently Confused Words

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Reading a newspaper or other news source could definitely ________ your view of politics.

• affect

• effect

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Many teenagers want to have an ________ on the world around them.

• affect

• effect

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Hearing other people's perspectives can ______ your understanding of your own culture.

• affect

• effect

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Blogs are spaces where writers can express their views and have a positive __________ on others

• affect

• effect

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Some would say that the idea that democracy is under threat is merely an _________

• allusion

• illusion

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Potter makes an _______ to classical myth

• allusion

• illusion

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Both authors are going to say the other's perception is an ________ and their opponent is wrong.

• allusion

• illusion

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Voting is a right I'm looking forward to exercising this fall. As a senior in high school, I believe my vote has an [effect/affect] on my future.

• affect

• effect

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I watched in anticipation as if it were a great [illusion/allusion] and not a side [effect/affect].

• illusion/affect

• illusion/effect

• allusion/effect

• allusion/affect

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I am today—finally ready to vote. I am going to [effect/affect] my country for the better!

• affect

• effect