Question: How does beginning the passage with the phrase “From the beginning of recorded history” affect the passage’s tone?

Answer: It immediately sets an authoritative tone.

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Question: Music and the Brain

What do the words intricate process suggest in paragraph 7 of this passage?

Answer: Creating music is not a simple task.

Question: Music and the Brain

How does paragraph 3 support the author’s claim in the introduction that music can help develop our brains?

Answer: It gives general examples of brain benefits linked to musical training.

Question: Music and the Brain

How does paragraph 7 explain the idea that studying music can help develop the brain?

Answer: It highlights how the number and the complexity of the tasks that one must master to play an instrument spurs brain growth.

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Answer: Part A

Answer: Research consistently indicates that actively playing music has a positive impact on brain development.

Part B

Answer: The passage contains multiple references to research conducted on music and brain development.

Question: Which evidence from “Lake Titicaca” by Miguel Ángel Asturias supports the inference that there is a spiritual connection between humans and nature?

Answer: “I understood that he spoke of the great lake of ears of corn that all of us Indians have in our heart and from which we get tiny drops of moonlight . . . “

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Answer: It helps create tension by highlighting the ways in which Russell was a difficult child in order to suggest that he will prove to be a difficult adult.

Question: Part A

One theme of “About Russell” by Rita Williams-Garcia is that family is always family.

Which detail best explains how the author develops this theme over the course of the text?

Answer: The author includes anecdotes about accepting her brother no matter what happens.

Question: Part B

Which quotation from the text best supports the conclusion that Russell’s family supports him as he is?

Answer: “Daddy, who worked in real estate, got Russell odd jobs cleaning houses newly listed on the market, but the work wasn’t steady.”

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