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xxiv | Game-Like Adaptive QuizzingEmbedded in the book%u2019s digital platform is the LearningCurve, an adaptive gamelike assessment tool that formatively assesses and improves students%u2019 language and analysis skills. Through their responses, the program determines any areas of weakness and offers additional questions and links to e-book content to strengthen understanding and build mastery.Test Bank | Your Home for Test PrepThe Test Bank includes thousands of questions covering each reading in the book. It lets you quickly create paper and online tests in minutes. The platform is fully customizable, meaning you can enter your own questions, edit existing questions, set time limits, incorporate multimedia, and scramble answers and change the order of questions to prevent academic dishonesty. Detailed result reports feed into a gradebook or can be exported to Microsoft Excel.AcknowledgmentsWe want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the team at Bedford, Freeman & Worth. We%u2019ve enjoyed the support, guidance, and encouragement of many talented professionals, starting with the leadership of former president Joan Feinberg and former editorial director Nancy Perry%u2014committed to this project from the start, their encouragement brought it into existence. To our gifted editors Sophie Dora Tulchin, Leah Kohn, and Caitlin Kaufman, we would like to present Academy Awards for their exceptional judgment, appreciation for language, energy%u2014and patience. Assigned to this project as our editors, they have become dear friends who every day remind us of the value of collaboration. Many thanks to executive marketing manager Claire Brantley%u00a0and marketing coordinator Brianna DeGeronimo for their support, expertise, wise counsel, and enthusiasm. Also, our thanks to Tom Oristaglio, whose organizational chops and dedication brought all the disparate pieces of this project%u00a0together.We are fortunate to have had the assistance of some amazing teachers at key times in this project, especially our Content Advisory Board: Elizabeth Clair Antoon Newton, Ryan Culver, Tina Curry, Aisha Gawad, Mollie Guba, Jesse Harver, Elizabeth Hollow, Zainab Jabak, Bridgett Paddock, and Scott Segal. Their assistance in developing the Table of Contents and Guided Questions was invaluable.We also want to thank our many dedicated and innovative colleagues in classrooms across the country for sharing their knowledge of their subject matter and Guided TourCopyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.