Practice EOC Passage #1 ("Lights in the Windows")

Which aspect of poetry does the author contrast in this passage?

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Why does the author MOST LIKELY begin the passage with a story?

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Read the sentence from Paragraph 3 of the passage.

One of the first books I loved in my life was a thick, gray anthology edited by Helen Ferris, called Favorite Poems Old and New.

What is the meaning of the word anthology as used in this sentence?

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Read the sentence from Paragraph 6 of the passage.

Anyone who feels poetry is an alien or ominous form should consider the style in which human beings think.

What does the author mean in this sentence?

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The author of “Lights in the Windows” would MOST LIKELY agree with which statement?

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When the author’s friends suggest that some cultures might consider poetry a luxury, the author

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According to the author, what is lost when people focus only on analyzing poetry?

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Read the sentence.

I’m reminded of a dear teacher I had in high school who refused to go on to the next poem in our antiquated textbook until we had all agreed on the same interpretive vision of each poem, her vision . . .

What is MOST LIKELY the meaning of the phrase interpretive vision?

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What lesson did the author learn from her high school teacher?

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In Paragraph 2, when the author asks, “How many other lights had I missed?” she means

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