(03.01 MC)Read the excerpt from a speech by President Frankl…

(03.01 MC)Read the excerpt from a speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s inaugural address and answer the question that follows.This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels.This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure, as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.What is Roosevelt’s claim?

(01.03 MC)Read the excerpt from The Blue Castle by L.M. Mont…

(01.03 MC)Read the excerpt from The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery and answer the question that follows.Sometimes they slunk off into the mystery of the chill night outside. The stars smoldered in the horizon mists through the old oriel. The haunting, persistent croon of the pine-trees filled the air. The little waves began to make soft, sobbing splashes on the rocks below them in the rising winds.How does the use of the personification in bold enhance the meaning of the passage?

Jaxon’s basketball team starts having a stuffed animal sit w…

Jaxon’s basketball team starts having a stuffed animal sit with the team statistician during the game. They believe they perform better when the stuffed animal is present and worse when it is not, overlooking that this is only a coincidence. In terms of social thinking, this example illustrates