English Final

Read the sentence.

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What should replace the underlined pronoun to correct the pronoun shift error?

• he

• they

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which line from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore is an example of personification?

• “She has no pride of dress and decoration.”

• “My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.”

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

"Well, it was this way,” returned Mr. Enfield: "I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o’clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps. Street after street and all the folks asleep—street after street, all lighted up as if for a procession and all as empty as a church—till at last I got into that state of mind when a man listens and listens and begins to long for the sight of a policeman.”

What is the mood of the excerpt?

• foreboding

• sorrowful

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

This last, however, was not so easy of accomplishment; for Mr. Hyde had numbered few familiars—even the master of the servant maid had only seen him twice; his family could nowhere be traced; he had never been photographed; and the few who could describe him differed widely, as common observers will. Only on one point were they agreed; and that was the haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders.

This excerpt creates suspense by making the reader wonder 

• how Mr. Hyde had managed to be seen by so few people.

• why people who had seen Mr. Hyde could only agree on one point.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring shows an element of fantasy?

• There was a splendid supper for everyone; for everyone, that is, except those invited to the special family dinner-party. This was held in the great pavilion with the tree.

• He stepped down and vanished. There was a blinding flash of light, and the guests all blinked. When they opened their eyes Bilbo was nowhere to be seen.

Read the excerpt from Pat Mora’s essay "The Leader in the Mirror."

I hoped that most of the students were going to enroll in college. The confetti would be for their private celebrations, those solitary moments when they had passed a test that worried them, finished a difficult paper at 2 A.M., found a summer internship. Sometimes, even when no one else is around, it’s important to celebrate when we have struggled and succeeded—to sprinkle a little confetti on our own heads.

Now read the excerpt from the article "Career Planning for High Schoolers."

About two-thirds of high school graduates from the class of 2013 enrolled in college that fall, according to BLS: 42 percent in baccalaureate (4-year) colleges and 24 percent in 2-year schools. Of the remaining one-third of 2013 graduates, who opted not to go to college, 74 percent entered the labor force.

College-bound high school graduates may not know it, but BLS data show that wages are usually higher, and unemployment rates lower, for people who continue their education after high school.

How are the two excerpts different?

• The essay encourages students to celebrate small accomplishments during college, while the article uses facts and numbers to show how many students attend college.

• The essay uses facts and numbers to show the importance of attending college, while the article shares personal examples of students in college.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Read the excerpt from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."

For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

Which statement most accurately describes this excerpt?

• This excerpt shows influences of the Romantic movement because it hints at the speaker’s contempt toward the Industrial Revolution.

• This excerpt shows influences of the Romantic movement because it focuses on the awe-inspiring power of nature.

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

It was already bad enough when the name was but a name of which he could learn no more. It was worse when it began to be clothed upon with detestable attributes; and out of the shifting, insubstantial mists that had so long baffled his eye, there leaped up the sudden, definite presentment of a fiend.

"I thought it was madness,” he said, as he replaced the obnoxious paper in the safe, "and now I begin to fear it is disgrace.”

With that he blew out his candle, put on a greatcoat, and set forth in the direction of Cavendish Square, that citadel of medicine, where his friend, the great Dr. Lanyon, had his house and received his crowding patients. "If anyone knows, it will be Lanyon,” he had thought.

Which statement best describes how the author establishes mood in the excerpt?

• The lawyer’s actions create a commanding, determined mood.

• The description of the document creates a serious, solemn mood.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the haiku by Bashō.

Midfield, attached to nothing, the skylark singing.

Which best describes the mood of the haiku?

• carefree and optimistic

• remorseful and lonely

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which best explains the connection between the climax and a theme in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

• The theme “Appearances shape people’s opinion” is brought to life when books and papers are found by Mr. Utterson.

• The theme “Evil cannot be hidden” is brought to life when the laboratory door is broken and Mr. Hyde is found.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9