ACT English Prep Passage 4

Public museums exist for two main reasons: to educate the public and provide stewardship (legal and ethical management, care, documentation, and use) of their recollections. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, a typical museum only exhibits about ten percent of the items in its collection; the other ninety percent remains in storage.

If the writer were to delete the underlined portion, the essay would primarily lose a:

• suggestion that not all public museums provide proper stewardship for their artifacts.

• clarification of what public museum stewardship entails.

• list of reasons for educating the public on stewardship.

• description of the daily tasks performed by curators.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Public museums exist for two main reasons: to educate the public and provide stewardship (legal and ethical management, care, documentation, and use) of their recollections. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, a typical museum only exhibits about ten percent of the items in its collection; the other ninety percent remains in storage.

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• collection, this means that

• collection and

• collection

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.4

When displaying such a small portion of artifacts severely compresses public access and therefore public education. Furthermore, maintaining such a large number of artifacts in storage while acquiring additional items makes finding enough suitable storage space difficult, this is especially true for delicate items.

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• With the display of

• While displaying

• Displaying

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.4

When displaying such a small portion of artifacts severely compresses public access and therefore public education. Furthermore, maintaining such a large number of artifacts in storage while acquiring additional items makes finding enough suitable storage space difficult, this is especially true for delicate items.

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• condenses

• contracts

• limits

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When displaying such a small portion of artifacts severely compresses public access and therefore public education. Furthermore, maintaining such a large number of artifacts in storage while acquiring additional items makes finding enough suitable storage space difficult, this is especially true for delicate items.

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• appropriate storage space is especially difficult to find

• storage can be particularly problematic

• especially

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CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

To remain truthful by the goals for education and stewardship, museums should dedicate public access space to visible storage. Also known as open storage, visible storage provides ways to display many items in small or irregular spaces, allowing more artifacts to be on exhibit.

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• truthful with

• true with

• true to

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

To remain truthful by the goals for education and stewardship, museums should dedicate public access space to visible storage. Also known as open storage, visible storage provides ways to display many items in small or irregular spaces, allowing more artifacts to be on exhibit.

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• storage makes providing

• storage, which provides

• storage, providing

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.5

In a traditional museum display, each artifact is labeled and positioned at eye level with plenty of space between it and the other objects.

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• between them

• among them

• among it `

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Subsequently, artifacts in visible storage spaces are placed close together and are often displayed from floor to ceiling with a few labels. Areas of a museum that cannot house a traditional display, therefore, might be ideal for a visible storage display. Ceramic pottery where it might otherwise be positioned in individual glass cases might be lined up on shelves behind a glass wall.

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• Conversely,

• Namely,

• Granted,

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CCSS.W.9-10.2C

Subsequently, artifacts in visible storage spaces are placed close together and are often displayed from floor to ceiling with a few labels. Areas of a museum that cannot house a traditional display, therefore, might be ideal for a visible storage display. Ceramic pottery where it might otherwise be positioned in individual glass cases might be lined up on shelves behind a glass wall.

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• that which

• that

• DELETE the underlined portion

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CCSS.L.9-10.1