Read the passage - Then select the valid inference
The term "neon light was originally applied to as particular types of Vapor lamp using
the inert, colorless gas noon. Along tube was filled with neon, which then became
luminous at low pressure when an electric current was passed through it. The lamp
then emitted the characteristic reddish-orange light of neon. Today, the term "neon
light is given to lamps of this general type which may be filled with a variety of
gases, depending on the color that is desired. Argon, for example, is used to
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produce blue light. Colors can also be altered by changing the color of the glass
tube. The tubes must be quite long in all these lamps to produce light efficiently. As
a result, high voltages are required. Neon tube lamps are not practical for indoor
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illumination, but they have found widespread outdoor use in glowing, colorful
advertising signs. (choose only one answer)
b) The meaning of the term "neon light" has
changed over time.

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.

Match each persuasive technique with the excerpt that uses it. expert opinion association emotional appeal scientific data compared to the yearly average of 6.5 million square kilometers between 1979 and 2010 for september, the arctic sea ice shrank below 4 million square kilometers in september 2012, which is lower than any minimum value observed in the last three decades. (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright according to morten olsen, chair of a recent arctic council assessment of changes on arctic snow-and ice-conditions, "changes in the climate and cryosphere risk fundamentally altering the arctic ecosystems." (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright sip a cup of turbo brown to taste the liberating power of flying through your day's work like a cruising jet. arrowright if we don't step up our efforts, the melodious songs of these beautiful birds might be silenced forever. arrowright

What is indirect characterization? 1 when the author shows a character’s traits through words and actions 2 when a character expresses her true nature by acting in an opposite manner 3 when the narrator tells what a character is like with an explicit description 4 when a narrator is also a character in a story who provides internal thoughts