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The situation between North Korea and the United States is ________.

• worried
• worrying

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To restate the main idea of a source in a significantly shorter way

• paraphrase

• summarize

• quote

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Which books does Her Liszt think are important?

• Books about poetry

• Books on historical art

• Books about things that matter in the world

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Both Yousafzai’s “Speech at the United Nations” and the video “Diane Sawyer Interviews Malala Yousafzai” shows Yousafzai’s fear of the Taliban before the shooting.

What did she do about that fear?

• She protected herself but continued to hide and be afraid.

• She was held back from her dreams because of that fear.

• She did not let her fears prevent her from pursuing her goals.

• Her fears were crippling her from life.

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Anika has written a weak thesis statement for her paper. Which of the following can replace sentences 4 and 5 and serve as a more effective thesis for this paper?

• The people who live in Coober Pedy love their special little city. All of these people have made a decision to live in a unique way.

• It isn’t what you can see that makes this city amazing; it’s what you cannot see. There are 3,500 people who call Coober Pedy home, and almost all of them live and work under ground.

• Coober Pedy’s interesting history includes miners, people living under ground, very hot weather, and media attention. All of this put together makes Coober Pedy an interesting place to me.

• It isn’t because it’s abandoned that Coober Pedy is fascinating; it’s because it only looks abandoned since people are really living under ground.

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What´s apartheid?

• Integration

• Segregation

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True or false: You do not have to read all of the supporting details to determine the central idea.

• True

• False

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Words of phrases we use to give a summary of what we have said or written.

• In short, In brief, In summary

• Firstly, secondly, finally

• Because, Because of, Since

• Therefore, So, Consequently

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Find the topic sentence in the paragraph

• On this street there are many little stores that specialize in products from abroad.

• You can find stores with goods from China, Cuba, Jamaica, Italy, Puerto Rico and Haiti.

• People can learn a number of different languages just by shopping on Flatbush Avenue, one of the main streets in Brooklyn, New York.

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Which word is this a definition for: give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

• summarize

• compare

• contrast

• infer

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