AWL #4

The owner's tone turned very serious as he explained that some employees were going to be fired. Tone is

• changing something for the better.

• a series or urgent request.

• style or opinions expressed in speech.

• unfair treatment of a group of people.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asserted in his "I Have a Dream" speech that people of color were languishing because

• they were not making progress.

• they felt they had much strength.

• they were held in high regard.

• they had changed the country for the better.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Mayra started off the year not submitting assignments or studying for tests. Her school counselor gave her resources to improve and as a result she transformed as a student. This means that Mayra

• stayed the same because she did not care.

• changed schools to get a new start.

• changed her study habits for the better.

• failed all of her classes.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

The animal shelter commercial appealed to the emotions of the audience by showing photos of animals in captivity. The purpose of the commercial was to

• force people to adopt from an animal shelter.

• make people question the importance of animal shelters.

• make an urgent request for people to adopt from animal shelters.

• give people a reason to ignore homeless animals.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Civil Rights protests such as boycotts and marches were necessary since many Americans were suffering from oppression. This means they were

• treated with equal rights.

• treated cruelly or unfairly.

• satisfied with their treatment.

• hoping that the treatment would change.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

After working in the hot sun all afternoon, Freddy felt the cool swimming pool was his ___________.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Sarah believed the living room walls should be painted white, but Joshua believed the living room walls should be painted gray. They had discord about their color preferences which means

• they came to a complete agreement.

• they disagreed about the color preferences.

• they stopped talking to each other.

• they decided to not paint the walls.

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

When O. Henry compared the gift giving in his story "The Gift of the Magi" to the gifts brought to the baby Jesus by the three kings, he was making a Biblical _______________.

• allusion

• claim

• oasis

• refrain

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The lawyer will _____________ his client's innocence despite the overwhelming evidence against him.

• languish

• segregate

• transform

• assert

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

When you write an argumentative essay, you state a __________ and then you must provide evidence to support it.

• transform

• claim

• tone

• credibility

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D