John Green opens his novel with this scene of Margo and Q. Why do you think the author chose to begin his book here? make an argument about the significance of the prologue. What themes materialize in this opening section? What questions are asked that the proceeding pages of the book may work towards answering? Paper towns

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Analysis

Paper Towns is written from the first-person perspective of Quentin, a senior in high school. Except for the Prologue, which is a flashback to when Quentin was nine, Paper Towns is set entirely in the few weeks leading up to and including the main characters’ high school graduation. The novel begins with a quick sketch of Quentin’s normal life: he goes to school, hangs out with his friends, gets picked on, and comes home. But life as Quentin knows it is almost immediately turned on its head.

The book’s Prologue sets the stage for Quentin’s entire mindset about Margo and about their relationship. Although he thinks of himself as having a special bond with her, Quentin idolizes Margo and puts her on a pedestal, and he has been content to worship her from afar for the past nine years. When Margo appears at his window for the first time since the night when they’d found the dead body, Quentin’s relationship with Margo is suddenly reignited. Margo claims that she needs Quentin to drive her physically around Orlando, but in every other sense, Margo is in the driver’s seat throughout their whole expedition. She doesn’t so much ask Quentin as insist to Quentin that he will accompany her. Even though he initially balks, Quentin and Margo both know that Margo has Quentin wrapped around her finger. Margo manipulates Quentin in two main ways. First, she makes him feel important and special because she has chosen him to be her partner in crime. Second, she strings him along throughout the process, only revealing each subsequent part of plan as they go along. Both Quentin and the reader are kept in suspense throughout the whole adventure. Part of the adventure is actually executing Margo’s wild schemes, but part of the adventure is also hanging on to see what Margo will come up with next.

The Prologue also establishes Paper Towns as a mystery novel. In the very first scene of the novel, the main characters come across a dead body, and they have no idea how it got there. Although Quentin and Margo are two normal kids living in a regular suburb, they have also been placed directly into a classic detective story setting. If a corpse can turn up in the middle of a banal subdivision, anything is possible. Discovering Robert Joyner sets the stage for Quentin and Margo to live life inside a mystery story. Even the dead man’s name, Robert Joyner, is a homophone of “joiner,” suggesting the bond that is forged between Quentin and Margo by finding this corpse. Margo immediately takes it upon herself to investigate the crime scene and to figure out what has happened.

On a slightly grimmer note, the Prologue also introduces the possibility of death into the novel. For the most part, the kids in the story lead fairly sheltered and benign suburban lives, but Robert Joyner’s corpse brings out the grisly underbelly of Orlando. Margo’s description of strings breaking inside Robert Joyner is an image that resonates throughout the novel, and the scene informs Margo and Quentin’s coming-of-age.

Margo casts herself in the role of superhero ninja for their adventure, and Quentin readily falls into her vision of the events of the night. She exaggerates the drama of the whole situation and turns simple plans of mischief and revenge into a night of deep mystery and intrigue. Margo knows that she is fulfilling Quentin’s fantasies by appearing at his window. Indeed, she tells him as much, insisting that it will be the best night of his life. Quentin is a biased narrator, and since he idolizes Margo, he portrays the night as a surreal, fantastic adventure. Instead of getting frustrated with Margo, or wondering why she has suddenly chosen to bestow her attention upon Quentin, he relishes being pulled into her scheme.

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Read the following speech excerpt and then select the correct answer to the question below:

President George W. Bush’s speech to the troops on the USS Abraham Lincoln
Our mission continues. Al-Qaida is wounded, not destroyed. The scattered cells of the terrorist network still operate in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people. The proliferation of deadly weapons remains a serious danger. The enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. Our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend the homeland — and we will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike.

The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost. Free nations will press on to victory.

Other nations in history have fought in foreign lands and remained to occupy and exploit. Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home. And that is your direction tonight. After service in the Afghan and Iraqi theaters of war — after 100,000 miles, on the longest carrier deployment in recent history — you are homeward bound. Some of you will see new family members for the first time — 150 babies were born while their fathers were on the Lincoln. Your families are proud of you, and your nation will welcome you.

How does the sentence "Our mission continues" support the central idea of the speech?

It supports the idea that service people returning home will be called back out quite soon.
It supports the main point that this is an ongoing fight that America will not abandon.
It challenges the notion that Al-Qaida is an enemy worthy of the human and financial cost of war.
It adds to the idea that it is essential to remove any American military presence in other lands.

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Student class is a child of Person class:
- The constructor of the Student class should check if the person is older than 18 years, and
then generates a student number in the pattern G2022XXXX where G will be 1 for males and
2 for females, and XXXX is a serial number reflects the order of the student in registration
(first student gets 0001, tenth student gets 0010, and so on). Hint you can use (zfill) function.
- Provide a method called setCollege that accepts a College object, first of all you have to
check if the capacity accepts a new student, if not you have to show the student a suitable
message, if the student has accepted in a college you have to call updateTotalStudent
method.
- Provide a method called getInfo that prints the information of a specific student in a wellorganized appearance.
- You have to generate two College objects and at least 2 students at each one.

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Imagine that you live near a pond that has almost dried up. Think of the people and animals that will
be affected by the loss of the pond. Write six sentences that describe what some effects might be. Be
sure to use the word affect or effect in each sentence.
Examples: It will affect people who fish for sport or for food.
One effect will be the disappearance of water birds.

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Select the three adverbs.
Martin is fiercely loyal to his favorite football team and almost always attends their home
games.
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In The House on Mango Street, Cisneros wants readers to recognize that some people become imprisoned by their circumstances and
don't understand how to get out of it, but that it is up to them to find a way out.
Which two excerpts from the novella work together to develop this overall message?

Select the words or punctuation that correctly complete the sentence.
Marybeth would love either neither ice cream cake or nor apple pie for
her celebration on March 130 2018, or but don't forget she is allergic to
nuts[] pineapple and gluten

CINNA: (kneeling) O Caesar-
CAESAR: Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?
DECIUS: (kneeling) Great Caesar-
CAESAR: Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?
CASCA: Speak, hands, for me!
(CASCA and the other conspirators stab CAESAR, BRUTUS last.)
CAESAR: Et tu, Bruté? Then fall, Caesar, (dies)
CINNA: Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!
Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets.
CASSIUS: Some to the common pulpits, and cry out,
"Liberty, freedom, and enfranchisemment!"
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Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.
What is implied by the underlined section in the passage?
Caesar's statement to Brutus implies that
he feels betrayed by Brutus.
he knows that Brutus love him.
he knows that Brutus is not his true friend.
he feels betrayed by the Roman people.fill in the blank

Propaganda is any type of writing that is written with
the intention of persuading people to support a cause. It is
aimed at trying to influence an audience instead of giving
out fair information. In fact, propaganda sometimes only
presents some of the facts. Or it may be written in a way
that produces an emotional reaction. This is one way of
keeping people from thinking sensibly.
People or groups who use propaganda want to
persuade others to agree with them. However, it is not
always negative. Think about signs that try to encourage
people to vote or report crimes to police. These are also
considered propaganda.

Which of these answer choices best fits the examples of propaganda listed in the passage?

A. commercials that tell people to complete the census

B. news stories that discuss both sides of every issue


C. a company's dress code in an employee handbook

D. a textbook chapter about the Revolutionary War

Ne-yo's lyrics, "I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow," is an example
of what?
A. assonance
B. alliteration
C. consonance
D. alliteration and assonance
E. alliteration and consonance

Read an excerpt from "Television and the Public Interest" and answer the question. The speech was delivered by Newton N. Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to the nation’s television executives in 1961.

[1] … But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite each of you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there, for a day, without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper, without a profit and loss sheet or a rating book to distract you. Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.

[2] You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons. And endlessly, commercials—many screaming, cajoling, and offending. And most of all, boredom. True, you'll see a few things you will enjoy. But they will be very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, I only ask you to try it.

[3] Is there one person in this room who claims that broadcasting can't do better? Well a glance at next season's proposed programming can give us little heart. Of 73 and 1/2 hours of prime evening time, the networks have tentatively scheduled 59 hours of categories of action-adventure, situation comedy, variety, quiz, and movies. Is there one network president in this room who claims he can't do better?

[4] The best estimates indicate that during the hours of 5 to 6 P.M. sixty percent of your audience is composed of children under twelve. And most young children today, believe it or not, spend as much time watching television as they do in the schoolroom. I repeat—let that sink in, ladies and gentlemen—most young children today spend as much time watching television as they do in the schoolroom. It used to be said that there were three great influences on a child: home, school, and church. Today, there is a fourth great influence, and you ladies and gentlemen in this room control it.

[5] If parents, teachers, and ministers conducted their responsibilities by following the ratings, children would have a steady diet of ice cream, school holidays, and no Sunday school. What about your responsibilities? Is there no room on television to teach, to inform, to uplift, to stretch, to enlarge the capacities of our children? Is there no room for programs deepening their understanding of children in other lands? There are some fine children's shows, but they are drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more violence. Must these be your trademarks? Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day …

[6] You must provide a wider range of choices, more diversity, more alternatives. It is not enough to cater to the nation's whims; you must also serve the nation's needs. And I would add this: that if some of you persist in a relentless search for the highest rating and the lowest common denominator, you may very well lose your audience. Because … the people are wise, wiser than some of the broadcasters—and politicians—think.

What type of evidence does Minow use to develop the idea that television executives have a responsibility to provide better programming for children?

By describing an example of people who are refusing to watch their televisions
By giving statistics that show how children’s grades suffer after watching television
By including expert testimony from a network television programmer
By providing facts about the how many hours children watch television

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Which is NOT a characteristic of Modernism?

(A) search for perfection
(B) realistic images
(C) escape from reality
(D) the exotic


Which is NOT a characteristic of Modernism?

(A) a renewal of the language
(B) a renewal of images revoked
(C) poetry meter inspired by French poetry
(D) indigenous rhythm

Read the excerpt from Mateo’s argumentative essay.

Students should only be assigned classic literature in school. Curriculum is designed to teach students historical facts; therefore, contemporary works should not be included. If students insist on reading modern texts, they should do so in their free time. People who read contemporary novels do not respect the important authors who helped advance the English language. If learning institutions want to develop competent citizens, they will eliminate contemporary texts from the curriculum.

Which sentence from the excerpt is an example of a false dilemma?

Students should only be assigned classic literature in school.

Curriculum is designed to teach students historical facts; therefore, contemporary authors should not be included.

If students want to read modern texts, they should do so in their free time.

If learning institutions want to develop competent citizens, they will eliminate
contemporary texts from the curriculum.

Which of the following is the only stage of the writing process that does not involve writing anything down?

Which of the writing prompts below calls for an evaluative thesis?
Identify similarities and differences in the voting patterns between states that voted only by mail and those that offered in-
person voting during the last presidential election.
Compare the voter identification requirements for absentee/mail-in voters to those for in-person voters.
Discuss how overall voter turnout is affected by the availability of absentee/mail-in and early voting.
O Describe the pros and cons of both early and election day voting, and explain which is the more democratic process.

Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence.

I could tell by the way the man gave himself credit for the event that he was a very __________ person.

empathetic

arrogant

precocious

subtle

Read the sentence.

The media criticized Governor Dunham’s callous behavior, noting that the politician regularly ignored the struggles of the people who had voted for her.

What is the definition of "callous” in this context?

immature
impolite
unenthusiastic
unsympathetic

Which lists are punctuated correctly? Select 3 options.