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CAHSEE 1.1 Passage Drill

CAHSEE 1.1 English Language Arts Passage Drill. Which line is an example of a metaphor?


ACT Aspire English Videos 72 videos

ACT Aspire English: Revising for Clarity
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Choose the best alternative to the text below.came to be born

ACT Aspire English: "Deduce" vs. "Deduct"
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Choose the best alternative to the text below.deduce the advance

ACT Aspire English: Recognizing Colloquial Phrases
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Choose the best alternative to the text below.gone long

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ACT Aspire Reading Videos 60 videos

ACT Aspire Reading: Noting the Order of Events in a Passage
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Which of the following occurred first?

ACT Aspire Reading: To Which Character Is the Narrator Closest?
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Of all the characters the narrator mentions, she appears to have the closest relationship with:

ACT Aspire Reading: Recognizing How the Setting Affects a Passage
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Life in Dunnet Landing is probably most influenced by the presence of:

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ACT Reading Videos 80 videos

Prose Fiction: Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?
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ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?

ACT Reading 1.10 Prose Fiction
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Prose Fiction Drill 1.10. Which of the following best describes the narrator's attitude toward his father?

ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?

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ASVAB Videos 125 videos

ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Summary
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Summary. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this passage?

ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Vocabulary-In-Context
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Vocabulary-In-Context. In this passage, the word "illustrious" most nearly means...what?

ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.3 Vocabulary-In-Context
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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.3 Vocabulary-In-Context. The word "preposterous" most nearly means what?

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CAHSEE ELA Videos 97 videos

CAHSEE ELA 1.1 Writing Strategies
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CAHSEE ELA 1.1 Writing Strategies. Which of the following sentences, if placed before sentence 1, would be the most effective introductory sentence?

CAHSEE ELA 1.2 Writing Strategies
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CAHSEE ELA 1.2 Writing Strategies. Which of the following statements is supported by details or evidence from the student's draft?

CAHSEE ELA 1.3 Writing Strategies
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CAHSEE ELA 1.3 Writing Strategies. What is the best way to combine sentences 10 and 11?

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CAHSEE Passages Videos 61 videos

CAHSEE 1.5 Passage Drill
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CAHSEE 1.5 Passage Drill. In this line from the story, the words buzz and pulsated suggest the crowd is...what?

CAHSEE 1.3 Passage Drill
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CAHSEE 1.3 Passage Drill. Which of the following is the best way to express the meaning of the word alumni in this sentence?

CAHSEE 10.1 Passage Drill
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CAHSEE 10.1 Passage Drill. The author uses "mandatory" to suggest that...what?

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CAHSEE Reading Videos 100 videos

CAHSEE 1.1 Passage Drill
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CAHSEE 1.1 English Language Arts Passage Drill. Which line is an example of a metaphor?

CAHSEE 1.3 Passage Drill
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CAHSEE 1.3 Passage Drill. Which of the following is the best way to express the meaning of the word alumni in this sentence?

CAHSEE 1.2 Passage Drill
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CAHSEE 1.2 Passage Drill. Which of these sentences from the story best illustrates the sensitive side of the narrator's nature?

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CAHSEE Writing Videos 60 videos

CAHSEE ELA 1.2 Writing Strategies
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CAHSEE ELA 1.2 Writing Strategies. Which of the following statements is supported by details or evidence from the student's draft?

CAHSEE ELA 1.3 Writing Strategies
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CAHSEE ELA 1.3 Writing Strategies. What is the best way to combine sentences 10 and 11?

CAHSEE ELA 1.4 Writing Strategies
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CAHSEE ELA 1.4 Writing Strategies. Which sentence would provide additional support that fairy tales were not intended to be ideal worlds?

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GED Videos 65 videos

GED Reasoning through Language Arts 5.3 Writing Skills
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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 5.3 Writing Skills. Which of the following statements provides the best assessment of the argument in Article 2?

GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.5 Language Conventions and Usage
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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.5 Language Conventions and Usage. Which choice best completes the sentence?

GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.6 Language Conventions and Usage
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GED Reasoning through Language Arts 4.6 Language Conventions and Usage. Which choice best completes the sentence?

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SAT Reading Videos 211 videos

SAT Reading: Citing Evidence to Identify a Theme in Walden
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Contemplating one's life is key to fulfilled happiness. Thoreau's theme revolves around the simple life well lived. He clearly never tried virtual...

SAT Reading: Analyzing the Effect of Mentioning the Patriots of 1776 on the Entire Speech
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Obama encourages everyone to participate in their own governance. He cites the Founding Father's interests as the big driver here. And that we shou...

SAT Reading: Classifying the Relationship Between Two Passages
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How was the Beanie Baby era parallel to the Tulip Bubble? Similar events, only the TulipMania almost bankrupted Holland. Bean Babies only bankrupte...

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SAT Writing Videos 90 videos

SAT Writing and Language Drill 7.2 Effective Language Use
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Learn about effective language use from austronauts that like hoarding moon rocks in this SAT writing drill!

SAT Writing & Language: Sentence Transitions at the Beginning of an Essay
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What's the whole essay about? How does time control or matter to the essay as a whole?

SAT Writing & Language: Does This Sentence Support the Essay Topic?
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This SAT Writing videos goes over when to keep or ditch an extra sentence.

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TSI Videos 304 videos

Revising a Letter by Adding Transitions
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Which is the best way to revise and combine sentences 1 and 2?

TSI Writing: Adding a New Sentence to Improve a Letter's Structure
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Where would the following sentence best be placed?

TSI Writing: Choosing the Best Introductory Transition
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Which of the following is best to insert at the beginning of sentence 8?

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Texas EOC Videos 119 videos

Texas EOC English 1: 3.1 Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts
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Summarize the main idea of the following selection about women during WWII. 

Texas EOC English 1: 2.7 Understanding and Analysis across Genres
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Can you find the important difference between "Old Mistresses Apologue" and "Suggested Husbands for Fanny Burney"? Unfortunately, the answer isn't...

Texas EOC English 1: 3.5 Understanding and Analysis of Informational Texts
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Time to show off your strength like Rosie the Riveter! ....Er....sorry. Not by flexing your arms. That won't help you much with this question. Why...

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Texas EOC II Videos 78 videos

Texas EOC English 2: 2.4 Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts
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Want to pull an Oliver Twist and ask us for more? We've gotcha covered. Head over to /video/subjects/test-prep/texas-eoc-ii/texas-eoc-english-ii/ f...

Texas EOC English 2: 4.2 Understanding and Analysis of Literary Texts
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Want to pull an Oliver Twist and ask us for more? We've gotcha covered. Click on this link for more Texas EOC goodness. Porridge not included. 

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