Module I: Reading and Writing

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 The following text is from Northrop Frye’s 1957 book Anatomy of Criticism
Even in lyrics and essays the writer is to some extent a fictional hero with a fictional audience, for if the element of fictional projection disappeared completely, the writing would become direct address, or straight discursive writing, and cease to be literature.
As used in the text, what does the word “projection” most nearly mean?
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Elimination
Estimation
Presentation
Prediction
 The following text is adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel The Namesake. Gogol has recently begun working at an architecture firm in New York.
His contributions are incidental, and never fully his own: a stairwell, a skylight, a corridor, an air-conditioning duct. Still, he knows that each component of a building, however small, is nevertheless essential, and he finds it gratifying that after all his years of schooling, all his critics [revives] and unbuilt projects, his efforts are to have some practical end
As used in the text, what does the word “end” most nearly mean?
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Purpose
Decision
Boundary
Postponement
 The following text is adapted from Virginia Woolf’s 1919 novel Night and Day. Katharine is the granddaughter of a celebrated poet.
[Katharine’s] descent from [a celebrated poet] was no surprise to her, but matter for satisfaction, until, as the years wore on, certain drawbacks made themselves very manifest. Perhaps it is a little depressing to inherit not lands but an example of intellectual virtue; perhaps the conclusiveness of a great ancestor is a little discouraging to those who run the risk of comparison with him.
As used in the text, what does the word “manifest” most nearly mean?
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Particular
Intricate
Evident
Possible
A construction foreperson reading blueprints and directing workers in accordance with them is engaging in an act of ______. Blueprints are replete with symbols, notations, and figures that are often incomprehensible to the uninitiated; the foreperson must convert all of that arcana into practical building instructions that are easily understood by anyone on the job site.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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verification
documentation
translation
observation
 Along with traditional Japanese forms of ironwork and weaving, sashiko embroidery was revived during the mingei (folk art) movement of the twentieth century. Sashiko’s functional origins as a mending technique and its use of motifs inspired by everyday life, such as yabane (arrow feather), reflect the principle that folk art should _____ its form and themes from the lives of its creators.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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promote
distinguish
withdraw
derive
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