PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?

• Artists have realized that their art is more valuable when it’s destroyed or performative, which has led to many shocking artistic performances.

• The public is most moved by self-destructive art, as it can’t be preserved or truly owned by anyone.

• Artists have created destructive or shocking art to criticize the art world, but are instead celebrated by the art world.

• Professional artists aren’t capable of truly challenging the art world and market, as they directly benefit from it.

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PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• “‘I threw … the urinal into their faces as a challenge,’ he lamented, ‘and now they admire [it] for [its] aesthetic beauty.’” (Paragraph 12)

• “Made of scrap found in New Jersey junkyards, the massive work — 27 feet high and 23 feet in length — was supposed to be a mechanical display, sort of like a Rube Goldberg device.” (Paragraph 18)

• “In the process, he destroyed all of his belongings — 7,227 pieces in all — including his own paintings and the art of his Young British Artist peers.” (Paragraph 26)

• “The public soon learned to cheer them on, and to detach themselves from the attack artists were actively waging on their sensibilities.” (Paragraph 35)

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What is the author’s overall purpose in the text?

• to explore the motivations for Banksy, and other artists, to destroy their art

• to show how artists have been able to increase the market value of their art

• to reveal to readers how Banksy was able to destroy his own art after it sold

• to show how the art world’s interest is always changing and difficult to predict

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How has destructive or shocking art, according to the text, developed over time?

• As more artists became popular throughout the world, new artists had to use shocking or destructive art to get the public’s attention.

• As the market value of art started to go down, artists no longer cared about how others perceived their work or if it could be preserved.

• As technology developed over time, art was created and destroyed in new ways that shocked and intrigued the public.

• As art became defined by its monetary value, artists used shocking or destructive acts to challenge people’s assumptions and expectations about their art.

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What is the central idea of a text?

• The message, moral, or lesson the author is trying to teach through the plot and conflict of the text.

• An educated guess based on implied and explicit information from the author.

• The unifying concept in a text to which all other details and information relate back to and support.

• The most interesting fact from the text.

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What is the first step to identifying the central idea of a text?

• determine the subject of the text

• actively read the text

• identify text features and structure

• skim each paragraph

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What are criteria for strong textual evidence?

• Is one-two compete sentences

• contains all critical details needed to support the answer

• is written in quotation marks followed by page/paragraph/line number

• relates directly to the argument you are trying to make

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What are the three critical elements of a constructed response?

• an answer that responds to the question directly

• A hook to draw the reader in to your response

• a conclusion sentence that restates your thesis

• a justification that explains the connection between the answer and the textual evidence provided

• textual evidence quotes directly from the passage