Spotlight 3:

Comprehensive Review
I. Words in Context
Questions are always phrased as
1) Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
2) As used in the text, what does the word XYZ mean?

We're not simply looking for a word that sounds right or looks good. We need to understand the
text and select the word with a meaning that best matches the point the text is making.

1) Look for connector clues

2) Consider connotation (negative or positive tone word)

Do NOT eliminate an answer choice just because you don’t know the definition of a word/phrase.

The process of mechanically recycling plastics is often 1. Which choice completes the text with the most logical
considered ______ because of the environmental impact and precise word or phrase?
and the loss of material quality that often occurs. But
chemist Takunda Chazovachii has helped develop a
A) resilient
cleaner process of chemical recycling that converts
superabsorbent polymers from diapers into a desirable B) inadequate
reusable adhesive. C) dynamic
D) satisfactory

II. Critical Reading

Remember the MTA elimination strategy.

Mentioned? True? Answer the question?

ALWAYS read the question before the passage.

1. Text Structure and Purpose

Questions are always phrased as

1) Which choice best states the primary purpose of the passage?
Focus on the big picture. Don’t worry about the details too much

2) Which choice best states the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
Identify the relationship between the underlined sentence with the main idea.

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Many films from the early 1900s have been lost. These 1. Which choice best describes the overall structure
losses include several films by the first wave of Black of the text?
women filmmakers. We know about these lost movies
only from small pieces of evidence. For example, an A) The text discusses several notable
advertisement for Jennie Louise Touissant Welcome's individuals, then explains commonly
documentary Doing Their Bit still exists. There's a overlooked differences between those
reference in a magazine to Tressie Souders's film A individuals.
Woman's Error. Maria P. Williams's The Flames of B) The text describes a general situation, then
Wrath is mentioned in a letter and a newspaper article, illustrates that situation with specific
and one image from the movie was discovered in the examples.
1990s. C) The text identifies a complex problem, then
presents examples of unsuccessful attempts
to solve that problem.
D) The text summarizes a debate among
researchers, then gives reasons for
supporting one side in that debate.

In many agricultural environments, the banks of 2. Which choice best states the main purpose of the
streams are kept forested to protect water quality, but text?
it's been unclear what effects these forests may have
on stream biodiversity. To investigate the issue, A)It explains the differences between stream-
biologist Xingli Giam and colleagues studied an protection strategies used in oil palm
Indonesian oil palm plantation, comparing the species plantations and stream-protection strategies
richness of forested streams with that of nonforested used in other kinds of agricultural
streams. Giam and colleagues found that species environments.
richness was significantly higher in forested streams, B) It presents a study that addresses an
a finding the researchers attribute to the role leaf litter unresolved question about the presence of
plays in sheltering fish from predators and providing forests along streams in agricultural
food resources. environments.
C) It discusses research intended to settle a
debate about how agricultural yields can be
increased without negative effects on water
quality.
D) It describes findings that challenge a
previously held view about how fish that
inhabit streams in agricultural environments
attempt to avoid predators.

Researchers have found a nearly 164,000-year-old 3. Which choice best states the function of the
molar from a member of the archaic human species underlined portion in the text as a whole?
known as Denisovans in a cave in Laos, suggesting
that Denisovans lived in a wider range of A) It defines a term used in the description that
environments than indicated by earlier evidence. follows in the rest of the sentence.
Before the discovery, Denisovans were thought to B) It emphasizes the main goal of the research
have lived only at high altitudes in relatively cold introduced in the previous sentence.
climates in what are now Russia and China, but the C) It provides context that clarifies the
discovery of the tooth in Laos suggests that they may significance of the information that follows in
have lived at low altitudes in relatively warm climates the rest of the sentence.
in Southeast Asia as well. D) It dismisses as untrue the research presented
in the previous sentence.

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2. Central Ideas & Details

Questions are always phrased as

1) Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Choose the answer choice that best summarizes the passage.

2) According to the text/Based on the text, why/what……

Don’t rely on your memory! It’s an “open book” test, so GO BACK to the passage to find the answer to the
question.

The following text is adapted from Guy de 1. Which choice best states the main idea of the
Maupassant’s nineteenth-century short story “The text?
Trip of Le Horla” (translated by Albert M. C.
McMaster, A. E. Henderson, Mme. Quesada, et al.). A) The narrator feels a growing sense of isolation
The narrator is part of a group traveling in a hot-air even though his companions are nearby
balloon at night. during the balloon ride.
B) The narrator and his companions are
The earth no longer seems to exist, it is buried in completely absorbed in the change in
milky vapors that resemble a sea. We are now alone perspective they gain while riding in the
in space with the moon, which looks like another balloon.
balloon travelling opposite us; and our balloon, C) The narrator and his companions are troubled
which shines in the air, appears like another, larger by the disorienting effects of the altitude
moon, a world wandering in the sky amid the stars, while riding in the balloon.
through infinity. We no longer speak, think nor live; D) The narrator is pleasantly surprised by his
we float along through space in delicious inertia. companions’ unrestrained enthusiasm about
The air which is bearing us up has made of us all the sensation of riding in the balloon.
beings which resemble itself, silent, joyous,
irresponsible beings, peculiarly alert, although
motionless.

In 2022, researchers rediscovered ancient indigenous 2. According to the text, what challenge did the
glyphs, or drawings, on the walls of a cave in researchers have to overcome to examine the
Alabama. The cave's ceiling was only a few feet high, glyphs?
affording no position from which the glyphs, being as
wide as ten feet, could be viewed or photographed in A) The cave was so remote that the researchers
their entirety. However, the researchers used a couldn't easily reach it.
technique called photogrammetry to assemble B) Some of the glyphs were so faint that they
numerous photos of the walls into a 3D model. They couldn't be photographed.
then worked with representatives of tribes originally C) The cave's dimensions prevented the
from the region, including the Chickasaw Nation, to researchers from fully viewing the glyphs.
understand the significance of the animal and D) The researchers were unable to create a 3D
humanoid figures adorning the cave. model of the cave.

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3. Command of Evidence

Questions are always phrased as

1) Which statement would most directly illustrate/ support OR weaken/undermine someone’s
claim/hypothesis/conclusion?

2) Which choice best describes the data from the graph illustrate/ support OR weaken/undermine someone’s
claim/hypothesis/conclusion?
You must first identify and understand the claim, hypothesis, or conclusion. Do not go beyond the scope of
what’s being presented. This would be an assumption!

Effect of Paywall Introduction on Newspaper 1. Which choice best describes data from the table
Companies’ Revenues that support Chung and colleagues' conclusion?

A) The Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles

Times had similar total revenue changes, but the
Los Angeles Times had a smaller percentage
change.
B) The Los Angeles Times had a 12.5% revenue
change, while the Chicago Tribune had a 19%
revenue change.
C) The New York Times had a 20% revenue
Digital paywalls restrict access to online content to change, while The Denver Post had a -1%
those with a paid subscription. In an investigation of revenue change.
the effect of paywalls on newspaper company D) The Denver Post had only a -1% revenue
revenues for print and digital subscriptions and change, which was the smallest percentage
advertising, Doug J. Chung and colleagues compared change of the selected companies.
actual outcomes (with a paywall) to control estimates
(without a paywall). The researchers concluded that
introducing a paywall is generally more beneficial for
larger newspapers, which have high circulation and
tend to offer a substantial amount of unique online
content.

The Milky Way galaxy is composed of millions of 2. Which finding, if true, would most directly
stars in a relatively flat structure containing a thin support the researchers’ claim?
disk and a thick disk. Based on computer simulations
and analysis of data on the brightness, position, and A) There's an age difference of about 2 billion
chemical composition of about 250,000 stars in the years between certain stars in the thick disk.
thick disk (collected from two telescopes, one in China B) The stars in the Milky Way tend to have very
and one orbiting in space), astrophysicists Maosheng similar chemical compositions.
Xiang and Hans-Walter Rix claim that the thick disk C) The thin disk contains about twice as many
of the Milky Way formed in two distinct phases rather stars that can be seen from Earth as the thick
than a single one. disk does.
D) The telescopes used by the researchers have
detected stars of similar ages in galaxies other
than the Milky Way.

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 Sense and Sensibility is an 1811 novel by Jane Austen. 3. Which quotation from Sense and Sensibility
In the novel, Austen describes Marianne Dashwood’s most effectively illustrates the claim?
ability to persuade others of the rightness of her
artistic judgments, as is evident when Marianne visits A) Above all, when she heard him declare, that
with John Willoughby, a potential suitor: ______ of music and dancing he was passionately
fond, she gave him such a look of
approbation as secured the largest share of
his discourse to herself for the rest of his stay.
B) Their taste was strikingly alike. The same
books, the same passages were idolized by
each—or if any difference appeared, any
objection arose, it lasted no longer than till the
force of her arguments and the brightness of
her eyes could be displayed.
C) It was only necessary to mention any favorite
amusement to engage her to talk. She could
not be silent when such points were
introduced, and she had neither shyness nor
reserve in their discussion.
D) They speedily discovered that their
enjoyment of dancing and music was mutual,
and that it arose from a general conformity of
judgment in all that related to either.
Encouraged by this to a further examination
of his opinions, she proceeded to question
him on the subject of books.

4. Inference
Questions are always phrased as
1) Which choice most logically completes the text?

This is one type of question that requires full reading of the passage to identify the “evidences” to make a logical
conclusion.

Some businesses believe that when employees are 1. Which choice most logically completes the text?
interrupted while doing their work, they experience a
decrease in energy and productivity. However, a team A) the interpersonal benefits of some
led by Harshad Puranik, who studies management, interruptions in the workplace may offset the
has found that interruptions by colleagues can have a perceived negative effects.
social component that increases employees’ sense of B) in order to maximize productivity, employers
belonging, resulting in greater job satisfaction that should be willing to interrupt employees
benefits employees and employers. Therefore, frequently throughout the day.
businesses should recognize that ______ C) most employees avoid interrupting colleagues
because they don’t appreciate being
interrupted themselves.
D) in order to cultivate an ideal workplace
environment, interruptions of work should be
discouraged.

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5. Cross-Text Connection
Questions are always phrased as
1) Based on the texts, how would (Text 1 or 2) most likely say about _____ presented in (Text 2 or 1)?

Identify the point of view of each passage.

Determine the relationship: 1) Agree 2) Disagree 3) Modify/elaborate

Text 1 1. Based on the texts, both authors would most

likely agree with which statement?
The live music festival business is growing in event
size and genre variety. With so many consumer A) Consumers are more interested in paying
options, organizers are finding ways to cement subscription fees to stream music than in
festival attendance as a special experience worth attending music festivals in person.
sharing. This phenomenon is linked to the growing B) Consumers’ growing interest in purchasing
“experiential economy,” where many find it experiences is mostly confined to the music
gratifying to purchase lived experiences. To ensure a industry.
profitable event, venues need to consider the overall C) Changing consumer behaviors are leading to
consumer experience, not just the band lineup. changes in music-related businesses.
D) The rising consumer demand for live music
Text 2 festivals also generates higher demand for
music streaming platforms.
Music festival appearances are becoming a more
important part of musicians’ careers. One factor in
this shift is the rising use of streaming services that
allow access to huge numbers of songs for a monthly
fee, subsequently reducing sales of full-length albums.
With this shift in consumer behavior, musicians are
increasingly dependent on revenue from live
performances.

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III. Grammar
What sounds/looks the best is NOT always the answer! 😊
All grammar questions are phrased as
“Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?”

1. Subject-Verb Agreement
Singular Subject + Singular Verb
Plural Subject + Plural Verb
Subject and the verb form must agree!

When a fire burns red or green or blue, the color of its 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
flames ______ the chemical composition of the conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
combustible material.
A) indicate
B) indicates
C) have indicated
D) are indicating

The sum of money one donates to registered nonprofit 2. Which choice completes the text so that it
organizations ______ a deduction that can be made conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
from one's taxable income.
A) represent
B) represents
C) are representing
D) have represented

2. Pronoun Agreement
Pronoun is a word that replaces a noun (place, person, or thing).
The pronoun must agree with the noun it replaces—a singular noun requires a singular pronoun, and a plural
noun requires a plural pronoun.

Thanks to ______ long legs, giraffes are very fast, 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
running as quickly as 35 miles per hour in short conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
bursts.
A) its
B) one's
C) their
D) his or her

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3. Parallelism
1) List: all items in the list must be in the same grammatical form
2) Comparison: two things of the same type must be compared

Even for people who are used to its effects, caffeine 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
consumption has been shown to increase people’s conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
ability to work at a faster pace, _____ mentally A) staying
focused, and decrease the rate of errors. B) in staying
C) stay
D) to stay S2
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The study demonstrated that those who said 2. Which choice completes the text so that it
they ate fish at least twice per week were 15 percent conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
less likely to develop heart disease after five years A) not eating
than ______ fish. B) if saying they ate no
C) when people were not eating
D) those who said they ate no S1161

4. Punctuation
Scan the answer choices first.
Locate where the punctuation marks vary and start your process of elimination.

1) Apostrophe:
Contraction: It’s vs Its; Their vs They’re; Your vs You’re
Possession: Apostrophe before the “s” when showing possession of a singular regular noun
AND some plural irregular nouns (i.e. children’s)
Apostrophe after the “s” when showing possession of a plural regular noun

Slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo's debut novel The Poet 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
X, winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Young conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
People's Literature, is composed of ______
protagonist, fifteen-year-old Xiomara Batista. A. poem's putatively written by the novel's
B) poem's putatively written by the novels'
C) poems putatively written by the novels'
D) poems putatively written by the novel's

When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, 2. Which choice completes the text so that it
duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
categorization that one scientist assigned them the
name Ornithorhynchus paradoxus: "paradoxical bird- A) it's
snout." The animal, which lays eggs but also nurses B) their
______ young with milk, has since been classified as C) they're
belonging to the monotremes group. D) its

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2) Semi-colon:
Sentence ; Sentence = GOOD!
A*; B*; and C*= GOOD (Used in lieu of a comma) !
* items of a list are long and/or contain internal punctuation

When he returned from the Galapagos islands in 1835, 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
Charles Darwin brought back a young tortoise named conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
______ would live over 170 years before passing away
at the Australia Zoo in 2006. A) Harriet, she
B) Harriet; who
C) Harriet she
D) Harriet; she

Sociologist Alton Okinaka sits on the review board 2. Which choice completes the text so that it
tasked with adding new sites to the Hawai’i Register conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
of History Places, which includes Ph’ilanihale Heiau
and the Opaeka’a Road Bridge. Okinaka doesn’t make A) single-handedly, however;
such decisions _____ all historical designations must B) single-handedly; however,
be approved by a group of nine other experts from the C) single-handedly, however,
fields of architecture, archaeology, history, and D) single-handedly however
Hawaiian culture.

The Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden in Norway and the 3. Which choice completes the text so that it
Jardin Botanico of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil are two of conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
many botanical gardens around the world dedicated
to growing diverse plant _____ fostering scientific A) species, both native and nonnative,
research; and educating the public about plant B) species, both native and nonnative;
conservation. C) species; both native and nonnative,
D) species both native and nonnative,

3) Colon: Sentence : [List OR Sentence*] = GOOD!

*the sentence must amplify or illustrate the sentence that precedes the colon.

In a 2016 study, Eastern Washington University 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
psychologist Amani El-Alayli found that, among the conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
study participants who experienced frisson (a
physiological response akin to goosebumps or getting A) high on;
the chills) while listening to music, there was one B) high on
personality trait that they scored particularly ______ C) high. On
openness to experience. D) high on:

Emperor Ashoka ruled the Maurya Empire in South 2. Which choice completes the text so that it
Asia from roughly 270 to 232 BCE. He is known for conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
enforcing a moral code called the Law of Piety, which
established the sanctity of animal ______ the just A) life;
treatment of the elderly, and the abolition of the slave B) life:
trade. C) life
D) life,

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4) Comma:
Fragment , Sentence = GOOD!
Sentence , Fragment = GOOD!
Sentence , [FANBOYS] Sentence = GOOD!
Sentence , Sentence = BAD! (Run-On!)
Subject, subject’s main verb= BAD!

Humans were long thought to have begun occupying 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
the Peruvian settlement of Machu Picchu between conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
1440 and 1450 CE. However, a team led by
anthropologist Dr. Richard Burger used accelerator A) earlier, which in
mass spectrometry to uncover evidence that it was B) earlier, in
occupied ______ 1420 CE, according to Burger, C) earlier. In
humans were likely inhabiting the area. D) earlier in

While one requires oxygen and one does ______ and 2. Which choice completes the text so that it
anaerobic respiration are both forms of cellular conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
respiration—that is, they are processes by which cells
break down glucose to use as energy. A) not. Aerobic
B) not; aerobic
C) not aerobic
D) not, aerobic

Detroit natives Timothy Paule and Nicole Lindsey 3. Which choice completes the text so that it
have combined their two passions, Detroit and conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
beekeeping, to improve the health of their city's
flowers and other vegetation. In 2017, the couple A) apiary
converted a vacant lot in the city into an ______ in the B) apiary,
years that followed they acquired nine additional lots C) apiary and
and established more than 35 hives. D) apiary, and

The sandhill ______ to North America, has the longest 4. Which choice completes the text so that it
fossil history of any extant bird at ten million years. conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) crane a large bird native

B) crane—a large bird native
C) crane, a large bird native,
D) crane, a large bird native

4) Dash:
Can be used in lieu of the comma sandwich (double comma)

Luci Tapahonso is the inaugural poet laureate of the 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
Navajo Nation. Her book Sáanii Dahataal/The conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Women Are Singing—a combination of fiction and
memoir, poetry and ______ serves as a testament to A) prose—
her versatility as a writer. B) prose
C) prose,
D) prose;

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5. Modifiers
Your answer choices will be the biggest clue you’re being tested on dangling modifiers.

For modifier questions, the answer choices will be

1) lengthy phrases
2) each answer choice begins with focus on a different noun

Rabinal Achí is a precolonial Maya dance drama 1. Which choice completes the text so that it
performed annually in Rabinal, a town in the conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Guatemalan highlands. Based on events that occurred
when Rabinal was a city-state ruled by a king, ______ A) Rabinal Achí tells the story of K’iche’ Achí, a
had once been an ally of the king but was later military leader who
captured while leading an invading force against him. B) K’iche’ Achí, the military leader in the story of
Rabinal Achí,
C) there was a military leader, K’iche’ Achí, who
in Rabinal Achí
D) the military leader whose story is told in
Rabinal Achí, K’iche’ Achí,

Having returned from the ocean to the stream where 2. Which choice completes the text so that it
it was born, _________after which its offspring start conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
the cycle anew.
A) an adult salmon's life cycle ends when it
spawns and dies,
B) an adult salmon spawns and dies, completing
its life cycle,
C) the spawning and death of an adult salmon
complete its life cycle,
D) the life cycle of an adult salmon is complete
when it spawns and die,

IV. Expression of Ideas

1. Transitions
Identify the relationship between ideas before choosing the answer.
The most common relationships are
1) contrast 4) cause & effect
2) listing new idea 5) sequence
3) add depth (example or emphasis)

Researchers believe that pieces of hull found off 1. Which choice completes the text with the most
Oregon's coast are from a Spanish cargo ship that was logical transition?
lost in 1697. Stories passed down among the area's
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians support this A) For this reason,
belief. ______ Siletz stories describe how blocks of B) For example,
beeswax, an item the ship had been carrying, began C) However,
washing ashore after the ship was lost. D) Likewise,

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 Wishcycling—putting nonrecyclable items into 2. Which choice completes the text with the most
recycling bins under the mistaken belief that those logical transition?
items can be recycled—ultimately does more harm
than good. Nonrecyclable items, such as greasy pizza A) Moreover,
boxes, can contaminate recyclable materials, B) Fittingly,
rendering entire batches unusable. ______ C) Nevertheless,
nonrecyclable products can damage recycling plants' D) On the contrary,
machinery.

It has long been thought that humans first crossed a 3. Which choice completes the text with the most
land bridge into the Americas approximately 13,000 logical transition?
years ago. ______ based on radiocarbon dating of
samples uncovered in Mexico, a research team A) As a result,
recently suggested that humans may have arrived B) Similarly,
more than 30,000 years ago—much earlier than C) However,
previously thought. D) In conclusion,

Alexander Lawrence Posey (1873–1908) varied his 4. Which choice completes the text with the most
focus and tone depending on the genre in which he logical transition?
was writing. In his poetry, he used heartfelt language
to evoke the beauty and peacefulness of his natural A) by contrast,
surroundings; in his journalism, ______ he employed B) granted,
humor and satire to comment on political issues C) that is,
affecting his Muskogee Creek community. D) similarly,

2. Rhetorical Synthesis
Read the question and identify what prompt your answer must satisfy.
Don’t waste your time reading the outline. 😊

While researching a topic, a student has taken the 1. The student wants to emphasize the thoroughness
following notes: of Ida Tarbell's investigation of the Standard Oil
Company. Which choice most effectively uses
·Muckrakers were journalists who sought to expose relevant information from the notes to accomplish
corruption in US institutions during the Progressive this goal?
Era (1897–1920).
A) Ida Tarbell not only interviewed Standard Oil
·Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who investigated the executives, oil industry workers, and public
Standard Oil Company. officials but also examined thousands of pages
of the company's internal communications.
·She interviewed Standard Oil Company executives, B) As part of her investigation of the Standard Oil
oil industry workers, and public officials. Company, muckraker Ida Tarbell conducted
interviews.
·She examined thousands of pages of the company's C) Published in 1904, muckraker Ida Tarbell's
internal communications, including letters and book The History of the Standard Oil Company
financial records. exposed the company's unfair business
practices.
·Her book The History of the Standard Oil Company D) Ida Tarbell, who investigated the Standard Oil
(1904) exposed the company's unfair business Company, was a muckraker (a journalist who
practices. sought to expose corruption in US institutions
during the Progressive Era, 1897–1920).
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the 2. The student wants to provide an explanation and
following notes: an example of Oliveros's Sonic Meditations.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant
·In 1971, experimental musician Pauline Oliveros information from the notes to accomplish this
created Sonic Meditations. goal?

·Sonic Meditations is not music but rather a series of A) Sonic Meditations is not music but rather a
sound-based exercises called meditations. series of sound-based meditations that consist
of instructions; Meditation XVIII, for instance,
·Each meditation consists of instructions for instructs participants to "listen to a sound until
participants to make, imagine, listen to, or remember you no longer recognize it."
sounds. B) While both meditations consist of instructions,
Meditation XVIII instructs participants to
·The instructions for Meditation V state, "walk so "listen," whereas Meditation V instructs
silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears." participants to "walk."
C) In 1971, Oliveros created Sonic Meditations, a
·Those for Meditation XVIII state, "listen to a sound series of meditations that consist of instructions
until you no longer recognize it." for participants to make, imagine, listen to, or
remember sounds.
D) Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet
become ears is one example of the instructions
found in Oliveros's Sonic Meditations.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the 3. The student wants to make and support a
following notes: generalization about the Alta conflict. Which
choice most effectively uses relevant information
·In 1978, Sámi activists staged protests to block the from the notes to accomplish this goal?
construction of a dam on the Alta River in Norway.
A) Sámi rights to lands, waters, and resources
·The dam would disrupt Sámi fishing and reindeer received international attention and legal
herding. protections as a result of the Alta conflict.
B) During the Alta conflict, Sámi activists staged
·The dam was ultimately built, but the Alta conflict protests to block the construction of a dam on
had a lasting impact. the Alta River in Norway that would disrupt
local fishing and reindeer herding.
·It brought international attention to the issue of Sámi C) Although the dam that the Sámi activists had
rights. protested was ultimately built, the Alta conflict
had a lasting impact.
·It led to a set of 2005 legal protections establishing D) The Alta conflict had a lasting impact, resulting
Sámi rights to lands, waters, and resources. in international attention and legal protections
for Sámi rights to lands, waters, and resources.

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