Module I: Reading and Writing

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At the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia, audiences sit down to enjoy a live puppet show. _____ they will experience puppetry in its highest form. The theater's professional puppeteers are experts in any number of the dozens of puppetry styles, from hand puppetry to marionette puppetry.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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Conversely,

There,

However,

To that end,

The vertical position of the Sun in the sky at a particular time of day varies throughout the year: due to Earth's axial tilt, it appears higher in the summer and lower in the winter. Axial tilt is not the only factor that effects the Sun’s___as the eccentricity of Earth’s orbit causes its position to vary horizontally as well, resulting in a figure-eight shape called an analemma (if the Sun’s position is recorded at the same time of day throughout the year).

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position, though,

position, though

position; though,

position, though;

The unique subak water management system used to irrigate the rice paddy fields of the Indonesian island of Bali has a rich cultural, philosophical, and historical significance dating back to the ninth century. The many elements of subak—terraces, canals, and water temples—are _______; they are joined together into a single cohesive unit.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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interconnected

outmoded

optional

informal

Taking an ecocritical approach to analyzing Tomas Rivera's novel And the Earth Did Not Devour Him would lead a critic to focus on the engagement with the environment inherent in the novel. On the other hand, a formalist analysis ______ on elements such as structure and imagery might yield a radically different interpretation of Rivera's novel.

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focusing

would be focusing

focuses

would focus

Southern Colorado's Custer's County is among the most rural counties in the United States that the US Census Bureau classified as 100% rural in 2010. Researchers studying populations of counties like Custer often struggle to recruit and retain participants. Melissa Valerio and colleagues tested whether a method called snowball sampling could improve recruitment and retention. Working in two rural counties, the researchers identified a small number of people who had the characteristics desired for a proposed study and asked them to recruit additional participants from their social network. Valerio and her colleagues found that participants recruited via snowball sampling showed a much higher retention rate than people recruited by strangers, suggesting that...

Which choice most logically completes the text?

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social networks can become large enough that two people can share a network but nevertheless regard each other as strangers.

snowball sampling is likely to improve retention rates among rural participants than among nonrural participants.

people with relatively small social networks are inherently likely to be recruited to participate in a study via snowball sampling due to people with relatively large social networks.

being recruited to participate in a study by someone with whom one is socially connected may impart a feeling of obligation to persist with participation in the study.
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