a body of teaching, or knowledge, or belief system
an amateur in the arts
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Endow
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to give or provide
to increase or grow
to confuse or puzzle
making peace, solve a dispute
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Epitaph
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A belief system
to collect, to accumulate
slyness or cunning
an inscription on a tomb
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Grapple
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to upset or harm
to make impure
to struggle with or hold on to
to trim down, reduce
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Jaunty
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to collect onesel
buoyantly self-confident or dapper
sharp intelligence and judgement
attempt to make peace,solve problems
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Judicious
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to collect, accumulate
to increase
unusual or extraordinary
having good judgement
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Juncture
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severe poverty
someone involved in a lawsuit
a place where two thing meet
excessively pampered boy
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Maim
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to cause severe injury
to prevent
carefree, cheerful
extreme dislike, hatred
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Milieu
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carefree, cheerful
to grow rapidly, bloom
to make shiny
cultural and social surroundings
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Myriad
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to collect, accumulate
variety, a great number of things
a deep sense of guilt
making peace, solving problems
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Opus
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an effect or result of something
severe poverty
a special privilege
a musical composition or literary work
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Ornate
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worthy of being praised
beautifully detailed, showy or decorated
easily understood, not hard to follow
easily angered or quick-tempered
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Pallid
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Based on unproven theory
unusually pale, weak
permanent or ongoing
not favoring anyone
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Prodigal
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A person who wastes money
complete absence of government
to collect or accumulate
to increase, or grow
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Recourse
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something that comes before
an effect or result of something
assistance or method of obtaining assistance
severe poverty
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Resolute
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Showing or having a fixed purpose
Sensitivity tobeauty
Making peace; solving problems
to collect for oneself
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Rue
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extreme dislike or hatred
to compete
to feel sorrow or regret
undecided, vacillate
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Simper
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buoyantly carefree; dapper
carefree, cheerful
smile in a silly way
to prevent
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tether
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unusually pale or weak
cultural and social surroundings
very much alike; related
to tie something to something
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Trepidation
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ones bearing or manner; attitude
twisted or distorted
fearful uncertainty or anxiety
having good judgment
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Vie
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To strive for victory; compete
feelings of sorrow or regret
unusually pale or weak
twisted or distorted
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waif
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a lonely, needy young person
one who wastes his riches and means
not straightforward
to severely injure
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Waver
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Ones bearing or manner; attitude
a musical composition or literary work
A body of teaching; a belief
Going back and forth; undecisive
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Wry
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Twisted and Distorted
Pale and weak
a silly smile
A lonely needy young person
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abase
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to shorten or lessen
to embarrass or shame
to do something to make up for a wrong
to suspend meeting until a later time
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abridge
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a hospital for the mentally incompetent; a place of rest
make up for an unkind act or mistake
hard to do requiring much effort
to shorten or lessen; reduce
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atone
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adhering, sticking to; someone who follows or believes in someone or something
hard to do, very difficult
to make up for a mistake, or wrong doing
to degrade or put down someone verbally
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admonish
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to scold gently; to advise against something
highly skilled; masterful; expert
sanctuary, shelter, place of peace
hard to do requiring much effort
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adept
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adhering to, someone who follows someone else
highly skilled
to embarrass or shame someone; lower yourself
to take something secretly
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adherent
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Break from a meeting
Someone who follows a doctrine and helps spread the word
to scold gently; advise against
hard to do; difficult
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adjourn
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to degrade or put down
hard to do; requiring much effort
highly skilled; masterful; expert
Break from a meeting or gathering
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asylum
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make up for an unkind deed or mistake
sanctuary shelter, place of refuge or peace
to scold gently
requiring much effort
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arduous
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to shorten or reduce, lessen in length
to degrade or put down
hard to do, difficult, requiring much effort
to do something to make up for a wrong
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diligent
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Behave well or properly
to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
the waste or impurities removed from refined metal;
Doing one's work in a careful, steady way
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autocratic
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to make easier; to assist
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
A single ruler with complete authority
to remove the color from; to make or turn pale
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facilitate
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to promote, aid or make easy
to involve in a conflict or difficulty
A single ruler with complete authority
To behave; to act according to what is expected
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embroil
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to be defiant; shameless; harsh sounding or loud.
to make easier; to assist
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
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bogus
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the waste or impurities removed from refined metal
to make easier; to assist
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Doing one's work in a careful, steady way; working hard; industrious
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comport
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Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
to spread or scatter freely or widely;
To behave; to act according to what is expected.
to be defiant; shameless; harsh sounding or loud.
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blanch
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Spread out; not concentrated in one place.
Doing one's work in a careful, steady way; working hard; industrious
Turn pale, as if in fear
refuse, trash, waste products
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Which of these is a simple sentence?
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I voted for the class president.
All the music.
in the forest.
Went to the big game yesterday.
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Which of these is a compound sentence?
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The Johnsons moved in next door
Don’t cheat on your test.
Molly, Keisha and Ben had a lemonade
sale
I liked visiting New York, but I don’t want
to live there.
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Read the two simple sentences below. Choose the compound sentence that joins
them with the right punctuation.
She’ll learn to play the piano. She’ll learn to play the trumpet.
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She’ll learn to play the piano, she’ll learn
to play the trumpet.
She’ll learn to play the piano, or she’ll
learn to play the trumpet.
She’ll learn to play the piano she’ll learn
to play the trumpet.
She’ll learn to play the piano or she’ll
learn to play the trumpet.
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Which of the following is an independent clause?
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After the rain,
Until the bus came.
I don’t like snakes.
While we waited,
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Which of the following is a dependent clause?
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Because she was too young,
Jesse climbed a mountain.
The dog ran into the forest.
I can speak Spanish.
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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It’s good to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Pollution is bad for the environment.
Even though it takes more time, we
should recycle.
I would never throw trash on the ground
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In a text with a sequence text structure, the author
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describes a topic and its characteristics.
tells about events in the order they
happened.
explains how things are similar and
different.
describes a problem and then explains
how someone solved it.
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In a text with a compare and contrast text structure, the author
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explains something that happened and
the reasons why
tells about events in the order they
happened.
explains how things are similar and
different
describes a problem and then explains
how someone solved it.
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In a text with a cause and effect text structure, the author
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explains something that happened and
the reasons why.
tells about events in the order they
happened.
describes a topic and its characteristics.
describes a problem and then explains
how someone solved it.
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4. Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
Many students in the US say that they've been bullied at school. Natalie Hampton is a high school
student who was bullied a lot in middle school. She often had no one to sit with at lunch. So she
created a phone app called "Sit With Us." This app lets students sign up and post when there are free
seats at their lunch tables. These students have promised to be kind to those who come sit with
them. Hampton hopes her app will help students find people to sit with without fear of being
bullied.
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description
problem and solution
compare and contrast
sequence
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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
A river is a large natural stream of flowing water. The source of a river is the place where the river
starts. This is usually the highest point in the river. Many rivers begin in springs, places where
underground water flows to the Earth’s surface. Some rivers begin in melting glaciers high up in the
mountains or in lakes.
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sequence
description
cause and effect
problem and solution
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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
Robots that look like humans are called androids. But not all robots are androids. The industrial
robots used in manufacturing and production look like machines and not at all like human beings.
So what does an android have in common with an industrial robot? They both have computers. And
they both have sensors to gather information and ways to interact with their environments, too.
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problem and solution
compare and contrast
cause and effect
sequence
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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
A current is a steady flow of water in the ocean. In the Pacific Ocean, garbage from the shore and
ships gets trapped by ocean currents. The currents move the trash into a large area in the middle of
the ocean. This has created a swirling mass of plastics and seawater called the Great Pacific Garbage
Patch.
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cause and effect
compare and contrast
problem and solution
description
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Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
The Greenland shark can grow to be around 16 feet long. It’s an apex predator, an animal that is at
the top of the food chain. No other creatures prey on apex predators. The Greenland shark can live
to be about 400 years old, making it the the longest-living vertebrate animal.