Making the Future Better, Together

Question 1

"Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution" was a speech given by:

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 2

Patel uses the story of ____ to discuss the idea that we should continue to look forward

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Rip Van Winkle

Question 3

According to Patel's essay, George Washington believed that

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All faiths could work together

Question 4

to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment

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Persecution

Question 5

Patel gives ______ advice to actively help shape the future & don't just stand by doing nothing

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students

Question 6

________ means using the same construction for sentence elements that are the same in function.

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Parallel Structure

Question 7

stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own

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Bigotry

Question 8

The claim in an argumentative essay usually appears as the _____ sentence of paragraph 1

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Last

Question 9

True or False: Commas can be used to separate a list of three or more items

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True

Question 10

Patel ends with ____hopes of building a community together for a better future

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Martin Luther Kings Jr.'s

Question 11

A claim should be all of the following except:

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Is very general

Question 12

assertion of the contrary or opposite

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Contradiction

Question 13

_____ are used after a salutation in a business letter.

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Colon

Question 14

_______ are used to combine two independent clauses if not using a conjunction.

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Semicolon

Question 15

_______ are used to separate a dependent and an independent clause.

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Commas

Question 16

distrusting or disparaging the motives of others

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Cynical

Question 17

government by the people

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Democracy

Question 18

The main point you want readers to accept in your writing

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Claim

Question 19

To conduct or behave in a specified manner

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Demean

Question 20

Who wrote "Making the Future Better, Together?"

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Eboo Patel

Question 21

to win over to friendliness; cause to become amicable:

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Reconciliation

Question 22

True or False. Commas and Semicolons can be used to introduce quotations.

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False

Questions 22