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During the nineteenth century, Japanese art exerted a profound influence on European Impressionists. The artist who created *The Great Wave off Kanagawa*, Katsushika Hokusai, lived a modest life despite his widespread fame. His innovative use of perspective and color transformed how Western artists depicted the natural world.

Which of the following options represents the correct punctuation for the underlined portion of the sentence?

The following sentences are from a draft of a paragraph about the farming behaviors of leafcutter ants. In what order should these sentences be arranged so that the paragraph's central claim is supported by a logical sequence of evidence and details?

Translators of the Epic of Gilgamesh must navigate fragmented clay tablets; because many cuneiform signs have multiple meanings, they must frequently make subjective choices to reconstruct the narrative flow. Which of the following choices correctly punctuates the underlined portion of the sentence?

Although the two research vessels collected data on different whale migration routes, each crews' findings depended on it's sonar array.

Which of the following choices represents the correct punctuation and usage for the underlined portion of the sentence?

For decades, scholars believed that the Bronze Age clay tablets discovered in Crete could never be translated. The self-taught linguist and architect, who deciphered the script, Michael Ventris, was not a professional academic. His successful translation of Linear B in 1952 proved that the language of ancient Mycenae was actually an early form of Greek.

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The following sentence contains two blanks. Which words from the commonly confused pair 'tortuous' and 'torturous' correctly fill the blanks to maintain the proper meaning of the sentence?

During Napoleon’s military campaign in Egypt, French soldiers uncovered a large stone slab near the town of Rashid. The artifact , which featured the same decree written in three different scripts, eventually allowed scholars to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. This breakthrough opened a window into a civilization that had been silent for centuries.

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Deep-sea hydrothermal vents support thriving ecosystems in the darkest depths of the ocean, they rely on chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis to produce energy.

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Despite the fact that the two sister cities share a single watershed, each municipality's citizens are responsible for it's preservation.

Which choice most clearly and correctly punctuates the underlined portion of the sentence?

The Sticky Note Solution

[1]
In 1968, a chemist named Spencer Silver was working at the 3M company, trying to develop a super-strong adhesive for the aerospace industry. Instead, he accidentally created something quite different: a weak adhesive that stuck lightly to surfaces, could be peeled off easily, and left no residue behind. For several years, Silver promoted his unusual adhesive within the company, but no one could think of a practical use for it.

[2]
The breakthrough came in 1974, when another 3M scientist, Art Fry, attended a seminar where Silver was explaining his adhesive. Fry sang in his church choir and was frustrated that the scraps of paper he used as bookmarks kept falling out of his hymnal. He remembered Silver’s adhesive and realized it would be perfect for making sticky bookmarks that could hold their place without damaging the pages of the hymnal.

[3]
Fry and Silver worked together to develop the product, and 3M eventually launched it in 1980 under the name "Post-it Notes." The yellow square notes quickly became an indispensable office staple worldwide, proving that a failed scientific experiment could lead to a highly successful commercial product.

Suppose the writer's goal had been to write an essay detailing the step-by-step invention and commercial release of the Post-it Note. Would this essay accomplish that goal?

Read the sentence and choose the best replacement for the underlined portion.

During the excavation of the ancient Roman villa, when the three archaeologists uncovered a detailed mosaic, the archaeologists' primary goal was to protect it's delicate glass tiles from environmental damage.

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In 1799, French soldiers in Egypt discovered the Rosetta Stone near the town of Rashid. The linguist who studied the inscriptions, a collection of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs worked for months to decipher them. Finally, in 1822, Jean-François Champollion decoded the text and unlocked the secrets of ancient Egyptian writing.

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The committee faced numerous setbacks while revising the organization's charter. The document that the committee drafted after weeks of intense debate, which outlined the new bylaws was finally approved by the board of directors. This decision marked the beginning of a new era of governance for the institution.

Which of the following options represents the correct punctuation for the underlined portion?

In the passage below, a portion of the sentence is underlined. Which of the following options correctly punctuates the underlined portion?

Marine biologists have long studied the defensive mechanisms of the mimic octopus, they have found that this remarkable creature can dynamically alter its shape, color, and texture to imitate predatory fish.

Discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of a Greek island, the Antikythera mechanism has astonished historians of science; indeed, its complex gear systems suggest that ancient Greeks had achieved a level of technological sophistication previously thought impossible until the modern era.

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In 1967, postgraduate student Jocelyn Bell Burnell detected a series of anomalous, highly regular radio signals. Her supervisor initially dismissed the pulses as man-made interference. However, Burnell, who kept analyzing the data meticulously, soon realized that the signals that she recorded were originating from a rapidly spinning neutron star.

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Although the two local businesses shared a downtown office building, each company's employees were proud of its modern workspace.

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Because the three municipal clinics shared a digital archival system, the clinic's administrators were able to retrieve patient histories without compromising they're privacy.

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The following passage is about the history of musical pitch standardization.

For centuries, musicians tuned their instruments to varying reference pitches. A performer traveling from Paris to London in the eighteenth century would find that what was considered "middle A" in one city might sound nearly a semitone higher or lower in another. This lack of standardization posed significant challenges, particularly as orchestras grew larger and instrument manufacturing became more globalized.

In $1939$, an international conference in London officially recommended that the note $A$ above middle $C$ be tuned to $440 \text{ Hz}$. This frequency, known as $A440$, was chosen as a compromise. It balanced the desires of singers, who preferred lower pitches to avoid vocal strain, with those of string players and instrument makers, who favored higher pitches for a brighter, more brilliant sound.

Today, $A440$ remains the standard reference pitch for tuning in most Western classical and popular music. Although some modern orchestras tune slightly higher—often to $442 \text{ Hz}$ or $443 \text{ Hz}$ to achieve a more piercing tone—the establishment of $A440$ was a milestone that facilitated global musical collaboration and standardized instrument production.

Suppose the writer's goal had been to write an essay that explains why a standardized musical pitch was established and how it was decided. Would this essay successfully fulfill that goal?

Old Faithful, a famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park, erupts with remarkable predictability. Visitors from all over the world gather to watch the geyser shoot boiling water high into the air. [1] Early cameras required long exposure times to capture clear images of moving water. Many of these tourists wait patiently on the wooden boardwalk, cameras in hand, for the next eruption to begin.

Should the writer keep or delete Sentence 1?