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Choose the option that best describes the illustrator’s style. Visual Transcript Two donkeys dressed in human clothes are bent toward a group of smaller, unclothed animals. The donkeys look concerned, and the other animals look up at them curiously There are toys scattered around them. In the background, there is a dog happily skipping rope while two other dogs watch. The illustration makes use of varied, pastel colors rendered in a painterly style. The animals have not been rendered realistically but in a stylized, childlike manner. The text at the bottom reads, “They talked to all the children — the puppies, the kittens, the colts, the piglets. No one had seen Sylvester since the day before yesterday.”

Match each artistic element with Molly Bang’s description or principle.

Identify the option that best describes the illustrator’s choice(s) of media. Visual Transcript A man sits at a desk, holding a cup of coffee and looking at a candle. The illustration is in the style of a sketch, making minimal use of color. The flame from the candle is orange, and its reflection against the other elements is yellow. The only other color used is grey. The colors have been rendered in a very loose, painterly style.

When judging a text’s literary merit, the 3 most important elements are ________.

What was the watershed moment that launched the We Need Diverse Books movement?

Identify the option that best describes the illustrator’s choice of media. Visual Transcript The image features a black-and-white photograph of a park. Placed upon the photograph are several brightly colored drawings of people. In the foreground is a father holding his struggling child while an older man watches them. In the background, two runners also watch the scene.

The Maya civilization developed in which of the following regions?

Which deity was worshipped at the summit temple of Mount Tlaloc?

The name “Tlaloc” combines the words for “earth” and “long cave.”

Excavations in the 1960s–70s revealed that some lunar‑aligned mounds at Cahokia contained: