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id: 18217

question: Choose the poem that uses alliteration.

choice: (A) When you destroy a blade of grass You poison England at her roots: Remember no man's foot can pass Where evermore no green life shoots. (B) The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

context: From Charlotte Brontë, "Evening Solace" and from Gordon Bottomley, "To Iron-Founders and Others"

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Poets often use the sounds of words to create interesting effects and to express moods and emotions.
1: Understanding these elements of poetry can help you better interpret and appreciate poetic forms.
2: Anaphora is the repetition of words or sequences of words at the beginning of multiple phrases, sentences, or lines.
3: Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the mocking-bird's throat, the musical shuttle, Out of the Ninth-month midnight —From Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" Onomatopoeia is when language sounds like what it talks about.
4: Sometimes the onomatopoeia uses made-up words: Tlot-tlot!
5: tlot-tlot!
6: Had they heard it?
7: The horse hoofs ringing clear.
8: —From Alfred Noyes, "The Highwayman" Sometimes the onomatopoeia uses real words: Hark!
9: the honey bee is humming.
10: —From Mary Howitt, "The Voice of Spring" Alliteration is when beginning consonant sounds are repeated in words that are close together.
11: Where the wild men watched and waited Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush.
12: —From Bayard Taylor, "A Night with a Wolf" Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.
13: Often, assonance can create rhymes or near-rhymes within lines.
14: I wandered lonely as a Cloud That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden Daffodils.
15: —From William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" Meter is a poem's rhythm, or the pattern of strong and weak syllables.
16: Strong syllables are stressed, while weak syllables are unstressed.
17: A poem has an iambic meter when the beat sounds like da-DUM.
18: A weak syllable is followed by a strong syllable.
19: Occasionally, a line may begin with a strong syllable.
20: He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.
21: —From Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Eagle" A poem has a trochaic meter when the beat sounds like DUM-da.
22: A strong syllable is followed by a weak syllable.
23: Occasionally, a line may end in a strong syllable.
24: Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
25: —From Edgar Allen Poe, "The Raven" Free verse is when a poem has neither a regular rhythm nor a rhyme pattern.
26: The old bridge has a wrinkled face.
27: He bends his back For us to go over.
28: —From Hilda Conkling, "The Old Bridge" The syllables in bold are strong.
29: You can see this poem does not have a regular rhythm.
30: It also doesn't have a rhyme pattern.
31: This poem uses alliteration.
32: It repeats beginning consonant sounds.
33: When you destroy a blade of grass You poison England at her roots: Remember no man's foot can pass Where evermore no green life shoots.
34: The answer is A.

id: 18228

question: Compare the average kinetic energies of the particles in each sample. Which sample has the higher temperature?

choice: (A) sample A (B) sample B (C) neither; the samples have the same temperature

context: The diagrams below show two pure samples of gas in identical closed, rigid containers. Each colored ball represents one gas particle. Both samples have the same number of particles.

gold answer: C

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: The temperature of a substance depends on the average kinetic energy of the particles in the substance.
1: The higher the average kinetic energy of the particles, the higher the temperature of the substance.
2: The kinetic energy of a particle is determined by its mass and speed.
3: For a pure substance, the greater the mass of each particle in the substance and the higher the average speed of the particles, the higher their average kinetic energy.
4: Each particle in the two samples has the same mass, but the particles in sample B have a higher average speed than the particles in sample A.
5: So, the particles in sample B have a higher average kinetic energy than the particles in sample A.
6: Because the particles in sample B have the higher average kinetic energy, sample B must have the higher temperature.
7: The answer is B.

id: 18234

question: Will these magnets attract or repel each other?

choice: (A) attract (B) repel

context: Two magnets are placed as shown.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Magnets can pull or push on each other without touching.
1: When magnets attract, they pull together.
2: When magnets repel, they push apart.
3: Whether a magnet attracts or repels other magnets depends on the positions of its poles, or ends.
4: Every magnet has two poles: north and south.
5: Here are some examples of magnets.
6: The north pole of each magnet is labeled N, and the south pole is labeled S. If opposite poles are closest to each other, the magnets attract.
7: The magnets in the pair below attract.
8: If the same, or like, poles are closest to each other, the magnets repel.
9: The magnets in both pairs below repel.
10: To predict if these magnets will attract or repel, look at which poles are closest to each other.
11: The north pole of one magnet is closest to the north pole of the other magnet.
12: Like poles repel.
13: So, these magnets will repel each other.
14: The answer is B.

id: 18332

question: Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her grammar and mechanics? People around the world have always encountered frogs and toads in various bodies of water. Unfortunately, pollution and disease is killing many of the world's frogs. For example, a fungus may be responsible for the extinction of several species in Australia and has been found in forty-four species there. Other fungi and viruses have eliminated frogs in the United States as well. The effect of pollutants are also severe. Substances like fertilizers and heavy metals are responsible for the deaths of many frogs in Europe and Canada.

choice: (A) by adding commas (B) by fixing run-on sentences (C) by fixing subject-verb agreement errors

gold answer: C

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: During peer review, you read and respond to a fellow student's writing.
1: While there are many methods and strategies that you can use for reviewing a text, it is generally helpful to frame your suggestions in concrete and constructive ways and to consider the following areas for revision: Ideas and development: Does the writer express a clear idea and develop it with evidence, examples, or analysis?
2: Organization: Does the writer order ideas in a clear, logical way so that they build on one another and are easy to follow?
3: Voice: Does the writer maintain an appropriate voice, such as a formal and objective voice in an academic essay or an engaging and expressive voice in a narrative essay?
4: Sentence fluency: Does the writer use sentences that vary in structure and length to create a sense of rhythm and flow within and between sentences, or does the writing sound choppy, rambling, or repetitive?
5: Word choice: Does the writer use words accurately and precisely to create clear, effective, and engaging writing?
6: Grammar and mechanics: Does the writer follow appropriate conventions, using accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar to create writing that is correct and easy to read?
7: The writer could best improve his or her grammar and mechanics by fixing run-on sentences.
8: For example, the writer could divide each of the underlined run-on sentences into two complete sentences.
9: People around the world have always encountered frogs and toads in various bodies of water.
10: Unfortunately, pollution and disease is killing many of the world's frogs.
11: For example, a fungus may be responsible for the extinction of several species in Australia and has been found in forty-four species there.
12: Other fungi and viruses have eliminated frogs in the United States as well.
13: The effect of pollutants are also severe.
14: Substances like fertilizers and heavy metals are responsible for the deaths of many frogs in Europe and Canada.
15: The answer is B.

id: 18378

question: Which figure of speech is used in this text? Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. —Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night"

choice: (A) assonance (B) apostrophe

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way.
1: They can make writing more expressive.
2: Anaphora is the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of several phrases or clauses.
3: We are united.
4: We are powerful.
5: We are winners.
6: Antithesis involves contrasting opposing ideas within a parallel grammatical structure.
7: I want to help, not to hurt.
8: Apostrophe is a direct address to an absent person or a nonhuman entity.
9: Oh, little bird, what makes you sing so beautifully?
10: Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound in a series of nearby words.
11: Try to light the fire.
12: Chiasmus is an expression in which the second half parallels the first but reverses the order of words.
13: Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.
14: Understatement involves deliberately representing something as less serious or important than it really is.
15: As you know, it can get a little cold in the Antarctic.
16: The text uses apostrophe, a direct address to an absent person or a nonhuman entity.
17: Dylan Thomas directs his poem to the old age personified as a friend or family member.
18: The answer is B.

id: 18447

question: Complete the text to describe the diagram. Solute particles moved in both directions across the permeable membrane. But more solute particles moved across the membrane (). When there was an equal concentration on both sides, the particles reached equilibrium.

choice: (A) to the right than to the left (B) to the left than to the right

context: The diagram below shows a solution with one solute. Each solute particle is represented by a purple ball. The solution fills a closed container that is divided in half by a membrane. The membrane, represented by a dotted line, is permeable to the solute particles. The diagram shows how the solution can change over time during the process of diffusion.

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: In a solution, solute particles move and spread throughout the solvent.
1: The diagram below shows how a solution can change over time.
2: Solute particles move from the area where they are at a higher concentration to the area where they are at a lower concentration.
3: This movement happens through the process of diffusion.
4: As a result of diffusion, the concentration of solute particles becomes equal throughout the solution.
5: When this happens, the solute particles reach equilibrium.
6: At equilibrium, the solute particles do not stop moving.
7: But their concentration throughout the solution stays the same.
8: Membranes, or thin boundaries, can divide solutions into parts.
9: A membrane is permeable to a solute when particles of the solute can pass through gaps in the membrane.
10: In this case, solute particles can move freely across the membrane from one side to the other.
11: So, for the solute particles to reach equilibrium, more particles will move across a permeable membrane from the side with a higher concentration of solute particles to the side with a lower concentration.
12: At equilibrium, the concentration on both sides of the membrane is equal.
13: Look at the diagram again.
14: It shows you how the solution changed during the process of diffusion.
15: Before the solute particles reached equilibrium, there were 6 solute particles on the left side of the membrane and 4 solute particles on the right side of the membrane.
16: When the solute particles reached equilibrium, there were 5 solute particles on each side of the membrane.
17: There was 1 more solute particle on the right side of the membrane than before.
18: So, for the solute particles to reach equilibrium, more solute particles must have moved across the membrane to the right than to the left.
19: The answer is A.

id: 18527

question: Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her organization? Many students, parents, and teachers cringe at the idea of sending kids to school year-round, but it would improve academic performance. Lengthy summer vacations were not established to accommodate farming schedules, as most people assume; they were started so that wealthy families could leave the city in the hot summer months and vacation in the country. Studies have shown that as a result of "summer slide," many students returning to school in the fall have forgotten what they learned the previous year. Year-round school would provide consistency and help students learn more.

choice: (A) by making a general statement before giving specific examples (B) by presenting facts before discussing opinions (C) by removing text unrelated to the main idea

gold answer: C

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: During peer review, you read and respond to a fellow student's writing.
1: While there are many methods and strategies that you can use for reviewing a text, it is generally helpful to frame your suggestions in concrete and constructive ways and to consider the following areas for revision: Ideas and development: Does the writer express a clear idea and develop it with evidence, examples, or analysis?
2: Organization: Does the writer order ideas in a clear, logical way so that they build on one another and are easy to follow?
3: Voice: Does the writer maintain an appropriate voice, such as a formal and objective voice in an academic essay or an engaging and expressive voice in a narrative essay?
4: Sentence fluency: Does the writer use sentences that vary in structure and length to create a sense of rhythm and flow within and between sentences, or does the writing sound choppy, rambling, or repetitive?
5: Word choice: Does the writer use words accurately and precisely to create clear, effective, and engaging writing?
6: Grammar and mechanics: Does the writer follow appropriate conventions, using accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar to create writing that is correct and easy to read?
7: The writer could best improve his or her organization by presenting facts before discussing opinions.
8: For example, the writer could move the underlined text to the beginning of the paragraph so that it reflects on the main idea.
9: Many students, parents, and teachers cringe at the idea of sending kids to school year-round, but it would improve academic performance.
10: Lengthy summer vacations were not established to accommodate farming schedules, as most people assume; they were started so that wealthy families could leave the city in the hot summer months and vacation in the country.
11: Studies have shown that as a result of "summer slide," many students returning to school in the fall have forgotten what they learned the previous year.
12: Year-round school would provide consistency and help students learn more.
13: The answer is B.

id: 18535

question: What does this Works Cited entry indicate about the cited work? Silver, Johanna. "How to Remove a Lawn." Sunset n.d.: n. pag. Web. 1 Apr. 2015.

choice: (A) It has no available publication date. (B) It is a poem. (C) It was published on April 1, 2015.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: When writing research papers, you will often be asked to follow a particular style guide for your citations.
1: One popular style guide is the Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook.
2: Below are the basic formats for some common types of Works Cited entries.
3: Consult the MLA Handbook for a complete list.
4: Books: Format | Author(s).
5: Book Title.
6: City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
7: Medium of Publication.
8: Example | Austen, Jane.
9: Pride and Prejudice.
10: New York: Dover Publications, 1995.
11: Print.
12: Essays, short stories, or poems in an anthology or book: Format | Author(s).
13: "Essay, Poem, or Short Story Title."
14: Anthology or Book Title.
15: Ed.
16: Editor Name.
17: City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
18: Page Number(s).
19: Medium of Publication.
20: Example | James, Henry.
21: "The Middle Years."
22: The Oxford Book of American Short Stories.
23: Ed.
24: Joyce Carol Oates.
25: Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013.
26: 116-135.
27: Print.
28: Magazine and newspaper articles: Format | Author(s).
29: "Article Title."
30: Title of Magazine or Newspaper Date of Publication: Page(s).
31: Medium of Publication.
32: Example | Hayes, David J., and James H. Stock.
33: "The Real Cost of Coal."
34: New York Times 24 Mar.
35: 2015: n. pag.
36: Web.
37: 25 Mar.
38: 2015.
39: Journal articles: Format | Author(s).
40: "Article Title."
41: Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): Page(s).
42: Medium of Publication.
43: Example | Gillette, Jane, et al.
44: "Human Simulations of Vocabulary Learning."
45: Cognition 73.2 (1999): 135-176.
46: Print.
47: Web pages: Format | Author(s).
48: "Page Title."
49: Name of Website.
50: Publisher, Date of Publication.
51: Medium of Publication.
52: Date of Access.
53: Example | Gunn, Janelle P., and Lauren E. Owens.
54: "How to Slash Sodium from Your Diet."
55: Livestrong.com.
56: Demand Media, 30 Mar.
57: 2015.
58: Web.
59: 31 Mar.
60: 2015.
61: Additional guidelines: Author Names.
62: The first author's name is written in last name, first name format (Smith, Jane).
63: Additional author names are written in first name last name format (Smith, Jane, and John Doe).
64: If there are more than three authors, the first author's name is followed by "et al.," which stands for and others (e.g., Smith, Jane, et al.).
65: Medium of Publication.
66: Each entry must include information about what form the content was communicated in.
67: The most common mediums are "Print" and "Web," but other possibilities include "Film," "E-mail," and "Lecture."
68: Whenever the Medium of Publication is "Web," the date of access (the day, month, and year the webpage was viewed) must be listed directly after the Medium of Publication.
69: Editors and Translators.
70: If a work has an editor or a translator, this information must be added to the Works Cited entry using the appropriate abbreviation.
71: "Ed."
72: stands for edited by.
73: "Trans."
74: stands for translated by.
75: Missing Information.
76: If a work has no available author, no available title, or no available publication date, this information must be noted in the Works Cited entry.
77: Use the abbreviation n.d., which stands for no date, in place of the missing date.
78: Use the abbreviation n.t., which stands for no title, in place of the missing title.
79: Use the abbreviation n.p., which stands for no place of publication, in place of the missing place of publication.
80: Look closely at the Works Cited entry: Silver, Johanna.
81: "How to Remove a Lawn."
82: Sunset n.d.: n. pag.
83: Web.
84: 1 Apr.
85: 2015.
86: You can tell that the cited work was published on April 1, 2015, by looking at the date the webpage was accessed.
87: This date is listed after the medium of publication.
88: The answer is C.

id: 18541

question: Which word does not rhyme?

choice: (A) tram (B) cream (C) dream

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Rhyming words are words that end with the same sound.
1: The words tip and slip rhyme.
2: They both end with the same sound.
3: The words meet and treat also rhyme.
4: They both end with the same sound, even though the sound has two different spellings.
5: The words tip and meet don't rhyme.
6: They end with different sounds.
7: The words tram and cream rhyme.
8: They both end with the am sound.
9: The word dream does not rhyme.
10: It ends with a different sound.
11: The answer is C.

id: 18556

question: Will these magnets attract or repel each other?

choice: (A) attract (B) repel

context: Two magnets are placed as shown.

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Magnets can pull or push on each other without touching.
1: When magnets attract, they pull together.
2: When magnets repel, they push apart.
3: Whether a magnet attracts or repels other magnets depends on the positions of its poles, or ends.
4: Every magnet has two poles: north and south.
5: Here are some examples of magnets.
6: The north pole of each magnet is labeled N, and the south pole is labeled S. If opposite poles are closest to each other, the magnets attract.
7: The magnets in the pair below attract.
8: If the same, or like, poles are closest to each other, the magnets repel.
9: The magnets in both pairs below repel.
10: To predict if these magnets will attract or repel, look at which poles are closest to each other.
11: The south pole of one magnet is closest to the north pole of the other magnet.
12: Opposite poles attract.
13: So, these magnets will attract each other.
14: The answer is A.