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The document presents a series of assessment test questions focused on Standard English conventions, specifically related to form, structure, and sense. Each question provides a text excerpt and multiple-choice options for completing the text correctly. The content covers various topics, including literature, science, and history, aimed at evaluating reading and writing skills for the SAT.

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Boundaries and form

The document presents a series of assessment test questions focused on Standard English conventions, specifically related to form, structure, and sense. Each question provides a text excerpt and multiple-choice options for completing the text correctly. The content covers various topics, including literature, science, and history, aimed at evaluating reading and writing skills for the SAT.

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Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty SAT Reading and Writing | Standard English Form, Structure, and | gp Conventions Sense PLY aa Rabinal Acht is a precolonial Maya dance drama performed annually in Rabinal, a town in the Guatemalan highlands. Based ‘on events that occurred when Rabinal was a city-state ruled by a king, had once been an ally of the king but was later captured while leading an invading force against him Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. Rabinal Achi tells the story of K’che’ Achi, a military leader who B. Kiche’ Ach, the military leader in the story of Rabinal Achi, C. the military leader whose story is told in Rabinal Achi, K'iche’ Achi, D. there was a military leader, K’iche’ Achi, who in Rabinal Achi Question ID ea0aa676 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty PAULL CY) In the 1970s, Janaki Ammal, a prominent botanist, emerged as a powerful voice in India’s environmental conservation movement. Her exhaustive chromosomal survey of plants in Silent Valley, a pristine tropical forest in Kerala, India, that is, home to nearly 1,000 species of native flora (many of which are endangered), decision to preserve the forest Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Aare B. were ©. have been D. was instrumental in the government's Question ID fba5d8d1 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty Pt Li Ina 2016 study, Eastern Washington University psychologist Amani El-Alayli found that, among the study participants who ‘experienced frisson (a physiological response akin to goosebumps or getting the chills) while listening to music, there was one personality trait that they scored particularly. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A high. On. B. high on; C. high on. D. high on: openness to experience. Question ID dc645172 Assessment Test Domain Skill Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Form, Structure, and Conventions Sense ann PT Ch ied ‘The artistic talents of Barbara Chase-Riboud, most known for her 1979 historical novel Sally Hemings and the conversation it inspired, limited to the realm of prose: she first excelled in sculpture, where her affinity for bronze—a material she described as “timeless” due to its use across eras and culturesbecame part of her artistic identity. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A hasn't been B. wasn't, C.isnt D. aren't Question ID 6ea8c23f Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty PALE In 2018, a team of researchers led by Dr. Caitlin Whalen compiled every available measurement of ocean mixing rates from. the past two decades. With this novel data set, the team was able to determine how current-driven mixing varies across Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. regions, B. regions: C. regions; D. regions and what impact it has on the distribution of heat and nutrients in the ocean. Question ID aab74a3b Assessment Test Domain Skil Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * Conventions ann ID: aab74a3b Researcher Lin Zhi developed a process for increasing the tensile strength-measured in gigapascals, or GPa—of silkworm required to stretch it from approximately 0.5 GPa to 2 GPa, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. silk, by B. silk by ©. silk and by D. silk. By dissolving and reweaving the silk in a solution of iron metal ions, zinc, and sugar, Zhi increased the amount of force Question ID a9e5b788 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty PRY LL} In discussing Mary Shelley's 1818 epistolary novel Frankenstein, literary theorist Gayatri Spivak directs the reader's attention to the character of Margaret Saville. As Spivak points out, Saville is not the protagonist of Shelley's the letters that frame the book's narrative, she’s the “occasion of it. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. novel B.novel, C. novel; rather, D. novel, rather, as the recipient of Question ID b74f676f Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty C PACs Classical composer Florence Price's 1927 move to Chicago marked a turning point in her career. it was there that Price premiered her First Symphony—a piece that was praised for blending traditional Romantic motifs with aspects of Black folk music—and supportive relationships with other Black artists. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. developing B. developed C. to develop D. having developed Question ID be34a3df Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty C ID: be34a3df In 2008, two years after the death of science fiction writer Octavia Butler, the Huntington Library in received a collection of more than 8,000 items, including Butler's private notes, research materials, manuscripts, photos, and drawings, Today, the Octavia E. Butler Collection is one of the most researched archives at the library. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. California, B. California: ©. California— D. California Question ID 3bceeb93 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty PART Tote} When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied categorization that one scientist assigned them the name Omithortynchus paradoxus: “paradoxical bird-snout” The animal, which lays eggs but also nurses young with milk, has since been classified as belonging to the monotremes group. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A they're B. their C.its D.it’s Question ID dab8b8ee Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty PACE at Known as Earth's “living skin,” biocrusts are thin layers of soil held together by surface-dwelling microorganisms such as, ichens, and cyanobacteria. Fortifying soil in arid ecosystems against erosion, fungi Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. arecent study's estimate is that these crusts reduce global dust emissions by 60 percent each year. B. an estimated 60 percent reduction in global dust emissions each year is due to these crusts, according to a recent study. C. these crusts reduce global dust emissions by an estimated 60 percent each year, according to a recent study. D. a recent study has estimated that these crusts reduce global dust emissions by 60 percent each year. Question ID 8f6d6ae6 Assessment Test Domain Skil Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * Conventions anc PRE SL Ly Archaeologists have estimated that the pre-Columbian Native American city of Cahokia, located across the Mississippi River from modern-day St. Louis, Missouri, had as many as 20,000 inhabitants in the year 1150 it one of the largest cities in North America at the time. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. CE making B. CE. Making ©. CE, making D. CE; making Question ID 870ae7ec Assessment Test Domain Skil Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * Conventions anc PSCC Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey have combined their two passions, Detroit and beekeeping, to improve the health of their city's flowers and other vegetation. In 2017, the couple converted a vacant lot in the city into an inthe years that followed they acquired nine additional lots and established more than 35 hives Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A apiary, B. apiary, and C. apiary and D. apiary Question ID Ofe5ce68 Assessment Test Domain Skil Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Form, Structure, and Conventions Sense ann PACE) Ten of William Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories. Although each one of these plays, which include Henry Vand Richard I, on a single historical figure (specifically, an English king), some, such as Henry VI Part One and Henry VI Part Two, feature different episodes from the same monarchs life. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. focuses B. focus C. are focused D. were focused Question ID 790fc366 Assessment Test Domain Skil Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * Conventions ann DRE cxi 3) Using satellite remote sensing, Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, director of NASA's Harvest Africa initiative, gathers important data ‘on crop health. Nakalembe doesn't just compile the to make data-driven decisions about managing crit Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. information, though; 8. information, though, C. information; though D. information though, ical food crops. she also shares her findings with African farmers, enabling them Question ID 2bb7416a Assessment Test Domain Skil Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * Conventions ann ID: 2bb7416a In paleontology, the term “Elvis taxon” gets applied to a newly identified living species that was once presumed to be extinct. Like an Elvis impersonator who might bear a striking resemblance to the late musical icon Elvis Presley himself, an Elvis, taxon is not the real thing, is a misidentified look-alike. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. however but it B. however it ©. however, it D. however. It Question ID b0a525be Assessment Test SAT Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty C PCL y Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzells sculpture Mud Woman Rolls On consists of five human figures made of clay and plant fiber and arranged in descending size; each figure holds the smaller one in front of it. The arrangement of the figures, according to Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. Swentzell B. Swentzell, C. Swentzell: D. Swentzell— represents her idea that "we all come from the Earth, generation after generation” Question ID eef91a50 Assessment Test Domain Skil Difficulty sat Reading and Writing | Standard English Boundaries * Conventions anc PRK EL) Nine months before Rosa Parks made history by refusing to comply with the segregated seating policy on a Montgomery, ‘Alabama, bus, a fifteen-year-old Montgomery girl named Claudette Colvin was arrested for the same historians, Colvin’s arrest led to Parks's action and eventually to the desegregation of Montgomery's bus system. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A offense. According B. offense, according C. offense according D. offense and according to some Question ID 684b8bd2 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Form, Structure, and Sense Difficulty C PAST 74 Far from being modern inventions, more than 5,000 years ago. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia used drinking straws B. drinking straws were used by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia C. the use of drinking straws by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia happened D. ancient Mesopotamia was home to Sumerians who used drinking straws Question ID 67667d72 Assessment SAT Test Reading and Writing Domain Standard English Conventions Skill Boundaries Difficulty C PACT] Humans were long thought to have begun occupying the Peruvian settlement of Machu Picchu between 1440 and 1450 CE. However, a team led by anthropologist Dr. Richard Burger used accelerator mass spectrometry to uncover evidence that it was occupied Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. earlier. In B. earlier, in C. earlier, which in D. earlier in 1420 CE, according to Burger, humans were likely inhabiting the area.

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