Which of these is an example of a negative incentive? A.
Joe gets a tax rebate for donating to a charity.
B.
Ted is grounded for missing his weeknight curfew.
C.
Clara gets a “D” on a test for which she studied hard.
D.
Donna gets extra pocket money for helping with chores.

Which best defines a literary stereotype and its purpose in literary? a- a literary stereotype is a term used interchangeably with prejudice. b- a literary stereotypes creates conflict and contrast how a character may seem with who a character really is. c- a literary stereotypes has no purpose in literary in literary expect to reveal prejudice and express the views of an antagonist. d- a literary stereotype is a way for the writer to indicate whether a character is good or evil, a protagonist or an antagonist.

Questions 1–2: identify the dependent clause and circle the independent clause. 1. since carmen was so hungry, she stopped at the deli and bought a sandwich. 2. the train was running late as usual, so kristen decided to call a taxi.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “even though tom was mary thought he was ” and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous.” well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so i never did well on tests like that. how does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt? tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well. tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content. tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability. tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard english limits a person’s ability to communicate.