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Johnathon Swift's short story, "A Modest Proposal," where he suggests eating Irish babies would fix the social problems of over population of immigrants and feeding the hungry is an example of what?

• Symbolism
• Satire

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In her interview, Malala encourages others to fight for their cause by using 

• Violence
• Peace, Dialogue, and Education 
• War
• Media

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The main focus of Dr. King’s speech is

• getting more money for America’s black population
• convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility
• celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
• ending segregation and racial injustice in America

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"If we don’t move soon, we’re all going to die! Can’t you see how dangerous it would be to stay?" This is an example of...

• Logos
• Ethos
• Scare Tactics
• Pathos

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Keywords: Author uses, means, view or description.Speaker’s purpose, attitude, or speaker says
What type of question has the above keywords?

• Author's word choice
• Author's purpose
• Central Idea
• Context Clues

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True or false: Weird Al's "I Love Rocky Road" is a satire because it changes the lyrics of the song "I love Rock and Roll"

• True

• False

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What word best describes, what prompted the writing in the first place? what is happening in the world during the time of the writing?

• Occasion

• Subject

• Tone

• Level of Language

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A dog would be a great addition to our family because they are constant, loyal companions who are loving and sweet. A dog would bring us together as a family and make me the happiest daughter on earth.

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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In his opening paragraph, King says that he rarely pauses to answer criticisms, but he is replying to the clergymen because

• their actions were unwise and untimely.

• their letter shows them to be extremists.

• he believes them to be sincere and good.

• he wants his letter to bring about change.

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Personal letters may be short or long but they are usually ________.

• formal

• informal

• professional

• unimportant

• unnecessary

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