The Duncan Books Star Readers program is a great initiative to encourage kids to read more. Harvey Gribbin, manager of Duncan
Books, says, "We've gotten a lot of positive feedback from families,
and last month alone we gave away 127 free books to kids." Teachers
have also commented on students' renewed enthusiasm for reading
since the start of the program.
Which statement best evaluates the evidence used in the passage?
A. The evidence is relevant because it uses facts and figures to
estimate the number of kids who will participate in the program
next month.
B. The evidence is irrelevant because it does not include any
opinions from the kids who participate in the program.
C. The evidence is relevant because it uses an expert opinion to
support the idea that the book program is good.
D. The evidence is irrelevant because it does not explain specifically
what the positive feedback was.

b

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.