Which word best completes the sentence? Angelina thought the rain on her wedding day was a(n) _______ sign, but the day could not have gone more perfectly.

Answer: ominous

Explanation:

What makes something that you read exciting to you and makes you want to continue reading it?

Passage 1
"Big data" is becoming a buzz word of the 21st century. Technically, big data refers to a data set that is too large to analyze. Colloquially, big data refers to the ever-increasing amount of personal information that is collected by computers. Computers monitor and record our online habits, what we buy at the grocery store, our medical and educational records, and even our location. This glut of information has many screaming about privacy concerns. However, sensible protections can be put into place that will unlock the power of big data and positively transform our economy, science, and society.

Passage 2
The casual acceptance of the collection of personal data is one of the most troubling trends of the information age. Proponents of big data argue that the benefits outweigh the potential risks, and that proper regulation of the use of data can adequately control the dangers. However, it is very unlikely that we will be able to identify the right ways to regulate the use of data and to persuade the global community to agree on these regulations. Even if we could, what group or agency has the power to monitor the entirety of the Internet? It is far wiser to take immediate steps to limit the collection of personal data now.

Reread the last sentence of Passage 1:
However, sensible protections can be put into place that will unlock the power of big data and positively transform our economy, science, and society.
How would the author of

Passage 2 most effectively respond to the ideas in the last sentence?


A.  by explaining that too many businesses already rely on the collection of big data

B.  by pointing out that data has already transformed our economy, science, and society

C.  by protesting that it is unfair to collect information from people without their knowledge

D.  by claiming that it is not practical to expect protections to be put into place and enforced

E.  I don't know.

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José bought us two cardboard suitcases and one for himself, and an alarm clock like the one we used to try to win in the lottery tent in Mazatlan. Which word has a connotative meaning in the sentence?

Read this excerpt from Federalist Paper No. 1 and answer the question that follows: Federalist Papers: No. 1 General Introduction For the Independent Journal Author: Alexander Hamilton AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force. If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis at which we are arrived may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that decision is to be made; and a wrong election of the part we shall act may, in this view, deserve to be considered as the general misfortune of mankind. Based on this quote from the excerpt, with which of these statements would Hamilton agree? It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force. The new Constitution would be important to the entire world. The Constitutional Convention was ignored by governments all over the world. The forces that shape a country are more often mere coincidence. When the Constitution was complete the world's leaders were impressed.

Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 5)?
I didn't really have any friends yet, so I was on my own for tryouts. The routine was easy to learn-a jazzy numbers performed to a big band
version of "Swanee" (you know, the "how I love ya, how I love ya" one). There was a lot of sliding with jazz hands and an entire section of high
kicks. I could kick higher than all of the girls except one dancer named LeeAnne. I practiced so much that I could do that routine in my sleep. I still
remember parts of it today.
O A The author was confident in her preparation for the tryout.
B. The author was very jealous of LeeAnne.
C. The author was bad at the routine.
D. The author thought the routine was so easy that she didn't need to practice it

silly Sam is surprising. is it a metaphor, personification, idiom, alliteration, or hyperbole.

1. Is this an example of an independent or dependent clause? “my mom is picking me up after school” independent clause dependent clause 2. Is this an example of an independent or dependent clause? “wherever you want to eat” independent clause dependent clause 3. This sentence has an independent and dependent clause. Is it punctuated correctly? Though I hate beans, I love eating chili. Yes No Not enough info given

In the following sentences, the underlined words all contain the Latin prefix en-. Given this information and the context in the sentences, choose the most likely meaning of the prefix en-.

The trees were encircled with strings of lights.

An endangered species is a species that is in danger of extinction.

Entrapped by his own lies, the accused person confessed.

Why does Captain Miller get frustrated with her role in meeting with Iraqi civilians who have had family killed in the war? A. She knows that the women would rather be speaking with male soldiers. B. She wants to be in more direct battles with the enemies. C. She thinks using female soldiers only for this purpose is sexist. D. She only wants to provide medical care to U.S. military personnel

Based on the myths, what are the values of both the Haida and the Māori? Check all that apply.

4.What is the tone at the beginning of the poem and how does it change in the poem of ballad of Birmingham ?

How could you correctly combine the first three sentences of the passage below to add variety? Check all that apply. I saw Amir. I was visiting New York. He lives there. We went to an Italian restaurant and ate big plates of spaghetti. It was a fun outing. I saw Amir, who lives in New York, when I was visiting. When I was visiting New York, I saw Amir, who lives there. When I was visiting New York; I saw Amir, who lives there. I saw Amir when I was visiting New York, which is where he lives. I saw Amir, when I was visiting New York, that is where he lives.

Which element is necessary to complete the graphic organizer? A. Prepositional phrase B. Subject C. Complex sentence D. Subordinate clause

Which of the following is true
of the literary device of
"foreshadowing"?
A. hints about the characters of which the
reader may not be aware
B. hints, sometimes very subtle, about
future events of the story
C. hints about the theme very early in the
story that help build to the climax
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Write a short story about what it might be like if you woke up
one morning with a
mermaid tail.

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Compose a poem on any theme of your choice.

In The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros uses simile to enrich the reader's experience. Which of the following offers the best example of this? A. Esperanza finds it strange that the very people who she thinks should be nice to her, are not. B. The author wishes her name was Alexis or Maritza. C. Esperanza likens her sister's laughter to the sound of a pile of dishes breaking. D. The author and Rachel joke about the fat lady in the street.

Which word is the best synonym for the concept of "analyzing"? *
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I wrote this song. rate 1-10. Pouring rain (written by Alaska) Once upon a time, in a messed up world, was a lil girl with a broken past, Everyday she walked around, Always on the verge of tears, Nobody really noticed, nobody ever cared, (chorus) But she stood proud, She stayed strong, Cause in her heart she believed there was still hope to come, She is just a girl with a dream of a million stars, Come to carry on her gift, As she danced through that pourin' rain Every night before she closed her eyes, She looked up at the northern star, Prayed a wish to make things change, Even though she cried it ain't true, (chorus)

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Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows. Perhaps you wanted pizza for dinner, but were out voted by the rest of the family who wanted chili. This is similar to what happens in a community. One person has to give up a right for the good of the group. Sometimes citizens' duties and rights conflict with each other. A good example is a public protest. People have the right to meet in groups and share ideas. However, a protest can disrupt traffic or other normal activities. A city must provide extra police protection to keep people safe. Therefore, the city has the right to require permission in advance for a protest. Government must make laws to balance the rights of individuals and different groups of people. Which of the following statements best describes this paragraph? 1. The paragraph describes the purpose of laws in a community but lacks the use of any text connections. 2. The paragraph describes a simple comparison between a family protest and a community protest. 3. The paragraph uses categories of comparison to judge whether individual or group rights are most important. 4. The paragraph uses the analogy of a family is to choosing dinner as a community is to balancing rights and safety.

which statement about poetry is accurate?

change voice ''We shall have finished our work.''

Read the excerpt from The Code Book. A theoretical breakthrough would be a fundamentally new way of finding Alice's private key. Alice's private key consists of p and q, and these are found by factoring the public key, N. The standard approach is to check each prime number one at a time to see if it divides into N, but we know that this takes an unreasonable amount of time. Which statement is best supported by this excerpt

Which sentence uses precise, persuasive language? Everyone thought the speech she gave was very nice. Leo is a creative and inspiring class president. My brother would make a better president than she would. The play we saw last week was really interesting.

I help Mrs. Snodgrass after school. She was my fourth grade teacher.

What evidence from the novel the war of the worlds supports the theme that human vanity can lead to trouble? A. But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks — like eyes. B. The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety — their mathematical learning is evidently far in excess of ours — and to have carried out their preparations with a well-nigh perfect unanimity. C. No writer up to the very end of the nineteenth century expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed there far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level. D. It required a certain amount of scientific education to perceive that the grey scale of the Thing was no common oxide, that the yellowish-white metal that gleamed in the crack between the lid and the cylinder had an unfamiliar hue.

Which detail from Nurse and Spy in the Union Army helps shape the central idea that being a spy is quite dangerous ?
The writer notes that she trusted in [her] resourcefulness to escape" when forced to join the Confederate Army.
The writer states that she was "glad to find that it was a company of cavalry that was being organized."
The writer explains that after escaping the Confederate Army she "turned [her] attention to more quiet and less dangerous
duties."
The writer describes how the enemy came after her and numerous saber strokes" were "aimed at her head."

Which best describes how the excerpt appeals to readers' emotions? The excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers' scientific minds. The excerpt describes how the tree traveled to London, which excites the readers' sense of adventure. The excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. The excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree