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(01.03 MC)Read the passage and answer the question that follows.As she went down the dark and desolate path, fear took a hold of her and held her captive. It was again her master and it had her locked in place. She had been here before and fear had won then, too. She was determined not to let fear beat her this time, so she summoned all the courage she could and continued walking. By looking at the bolded sections of the passage, what can the reader take away from the personification used?

(01.06 MC)Read the sentence and answer the question that follows.Jam is made by mashing fruit, jelly is made by adding fruit juice, and preserves using whole fruit.Which part of the sentence contains faulty parallel structure?

(01.06 LC)A phrase is a group of words without a subject and a verb pair.

(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. 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?

What is the tendency to exaggerate, after learning an outcome, one’s ability to have forseen how something turned out?

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

Which statement correctly distinguishes the false consensus effect from the false uniqueness effect?

Which of the following statements is true of narcissists?

Which of the following is an example of the use of social comparison?