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Which of these make up the conclusion?

• New Lesson Learned

• Restate Thesis Statement

• Opinion

• Additional Information

• Use a short example about yourself

If you come across a really hard question, what should you do?

• Spend up to 30 minutes on that question right then - it doesn't matter if you end up not finishing the test

• Use process of elimination to narrow down answers

• Skip it and come back later (making sure to skip that number on your answer document)

• Use dictionaries, context, and other strategies and tools

Which two sentences are written incorrectly?

(Revising: Many times there are two choices that have a grammatic error. If you can find these, then you can better your chance at choosing the correct answer.)

• Violent video games are becoming more popular, but they are far from a new concept; violent games have been part of human culture for thousands of years.

• Thousands of years of human evolution boils down to our need to survive and to survive in the real world, you have to be violent sometimes.

• We cannot blame video games on violence in the world, people have been violent creatures since the beginning. We aren't much different than when we lived in caves.

• Violence is part of human nature; we love to watch it, participate in it, and even compete in it.

All story plots follow a natural order, which is known as the elements of plot. Which answer has the elements labeled in the correct order?

• Title, introductory paragraph, body
  paragraph, and conclusion paragraph
• Resolution, climax, rising action, conflict,
  falling action, exposition
• C. Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax,
  falling action, resolution
• fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry

Sensory language allows the reader to use their senses and paints a picture in the reader’s mind. This type of figurative language is called?

• imagery
• literary
• imagination 
• irony

Crayons have been used by people for many years. The idea to combine wax with color goes back thousands of years. The Egyptians used beeswax combined with color to paint on stones. They then used heat to melt the wax so it would stay in place. This method was used by many people around the world in the 17th and 18th centuries, in fact, it is still used today. While this may not be the easiest way to complete an art project, it is still an interesting way to add color to an object.
Which is the best main idea for this passage?

• Crayons are cool
• Crayons have only been around for a few years.
• Though different from today, Crayons have been used by people for
  hundreds of years.
• Not all crayons are the same

How would you fix the following sentence?

Whenever we go to the movies I always have to have popcorn.

• add a semicolon after movies

• add a comma after movies

• delete the second "have" before popcorn

• No change needed

Choose the best meaning of "fragile" based on its usage in the passage: "It's like a 'Fragile' sticker's on my forehead, and instead of taking a chance and saying something that might break me, they'd rather say nothing at all."

• Easy to bend or persuade; flexible

• Easily broken, damaged or destroyed

• Strong, tough and durable; difficult to break

• Apathetic; indifferent

Choose the best meaning of "rummage" based on its usage in the passage: "The cops rummage through Khalil's car."

• To search carelessly and randomly

• To search for something specific

• To act with a sense of purpose; a clear goal in mind

• To ask for permission before entering

As I walked into the house, my arms were overloaded. Not only did I have my backpack, which weighed a ton, but I also had my Egyptian project and the poster that went with it. As soon as I got near the kitchen, I deposited my project  on the table and walked upstairs to my room.
The word deposited means - 

• to add something (dirt/salt) to a pile
• to set something down
• to put money in the bank
• to throw away