The Wedding Cake House -ACT English Prep

Question 1

Locals in Kennebunk, Maine, have built up a legend around an unusually 19th – century house in that seaside town.

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• a house unusually of the 19th century

• a house unusual of the 19th century

• an unusual 19th century house

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Question 2 -In contrast to the frothy while ornamentation that covers much of the house’s exterior, it is known as the Wedding Cake House.

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• Due to

• Despite

• A consequence of

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Question 3-Furthermore, the wooden carvings were made, the legend suggests, by a newlywed sea captain, who plied his woodworking talent during lonely hours at sea to surprise his bride upon his return home.

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• a newlywed sea captain, the legend suggests, made the wooden carvings

• the legend suggests that the elaborate wooden carvings were made by a newlywed sea captain

• it has been suggested according to the legend that the wooden carvings were made by a newlywed sea captain

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Question 4- The author is considering deleting the underlined phrase. If this deletion were made, the essay would primarily lose:

• A fact that describes the house

• A detail that enhances the romantic nature of the legend

• relevant information about the sea captain’s job

• A historical detail

Question 5-The reality is that the truth about the house departs from the appealing legend about the lovelorn sailor. The owner of the house, shipbuilder George Washington

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• reality of the situation is that

• actual honest

• OMIT the underlined portioned

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Question 6-The owner of the house, shipbuilder George Washington Bourne, brought his bride, Jane, to the house in 1825.

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• Bourne, brought, his bride Jane,

• Bourne brought his bride Jane,

• Bourne brought his bride, Jane

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Question 7- The original house was an example of the balance and typifying symmetry on the Federalist architecture of the time.

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• symmetry that was typical on

• symmetrical type of

• symmetry that typified

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Question 8- The two-story house, with a low hipped roof, multiple large casement windows spanning the front façade, and the area above the front door taken up by a large Palladian window, exemplified geometrical balance.

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• A large Palladian window occupying the area above the front door

• the area above the front door being occupied by a large Palladian window

• taking up the are by above the front door, a large Palladian window

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Question 9- The elaborate frosting-like designs being a later addition to this neoclassical house, though they didn’t come about in the way the romantic legend describes.

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• were being

• were

• making up a

Question 10- The transformation of the house from an example of neoclassic restraint to a building with so many Gothic overlays that it looked like a wedding cake resulting from an accident.

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• was being caused by

• had been causing by

• was the result of

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D