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ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction

ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?


Audience and Purpose Videos 6 videos

AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 3
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AP® English Literature and Composition Passage Drill 3, Problem 1. Which of the following can be said of the description in lines 5 through 10?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 4
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 4. What shift is indicated in line 15?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 5
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 5. Line 9 is best understood as all of the following except what?

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Author's Voice and Method Videos 4 videos

ACT Reading 1.3 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading 1.3 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the narrator's tone in this passage?

ACT Reading 1.6 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.6 Social Science Passage. How does Freud's attitude toward dreams differ from the attitude of "the majority of medical writers"?

ACT Reading 1.9 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.9 Social Science Passage. Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following practices might Freud support?

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Comparative Relationships (Compare and Contrast) Videos 1 videos

ACT Reading 1.2 Humanities Passage
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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other play...

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Form and Structure Videos 8 videos

AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 4
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 4. Which of the following is not true of the structure of this poem?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.7 Passage Drill 4
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.7 Passage Drill 4. The ongoing emphasis on vegetation and nature in the poem classifies it as which of...

AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 5
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AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 5. The verse form of this poem is a what?

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Generalizations Videos 25 videos

ACT Reading 1.4 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 4. How does the narrator feel about the prediction made at his birth that he would have the ability...

ACT Reading 1.8 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading 1.8 Prose Fiction. Why does the author spend so much time discussing the anecdote of the old woman?

ACT Reading 1.7 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading 1.7 Prose Fiction. Why does the old woman mentioned in the passage disapprove of sailing?

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Information and Ideas Videos 80 videos

SAT Reading 1.1 Long Passages
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SAT Reading: Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 1

SAT Reading: Citing Evidence to Identify a Theme in Walden
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Contemplating one's life is key to fulfilled happiness. Thoreau's theme revolves around the simple life well lived. He clearly never tried virtual...

SAT Reading: Supporting an Inference from Walden with Evidence
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The "strongest answer" is a common question in readings like those on the SAT - the strongest is usually that which maps most directly to the theme...

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Main Idea Videos 7 videos

Prose Fiction: Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?
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ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?

ACT Reading 2.1 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading 2.1 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the mood of this passage?

ACT Reading 1.4 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.4 Social Science Passage. Which of the following best describes the main idea of this passage?

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Meaning of Words from Context Videos 10 videos

ACT Reading 1.5 Social Science Passage
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ACT Reading 1.5 Social Science Passage. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following would be the best definition for the word...

ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?

ACT Reading 1.9 Prose Fiction
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ACT Reading 1.9 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "indignation"?

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Synthesis Videos 22 videos

Relating Information in a Table to the Rising Price of Tulips
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Why did people in Holland pay so much for tulips? Buyers remorse must have run rampant once the flowers wilted...

SAT Reading: Recognizing Explicit Information in a Scientific Passage
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Does the moon create lava tides? We can actually measure the moon's effects on volcanoes. How insanely cool is that? If we can do all this, then wh...

SAT Reading: Identifying the Main Purpose of a Social Science Passage
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Want to read about some creepy-deepy prison experiments that they made a movie out of? You're in luck! This SAT Reading video is all about the Stan...

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