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- A book title---To the Lighthouse
- A long poem published as a book--- Leaves of Grass
- A play---Pygmalion
- A pamphlet--- U. S. Patent Office Handbook
- A newspaper---New York Times
- A film--- The Great Dictator
- A television program---60 Minutes
- A compact, disc, audio-cassette, record album--- Moondance
- A ballet ---Swan Lake
- An opera---Carmen
- An instrumental composition identified by name---Bolero
- A painting---The Night Café
- A sculpture---Venus DeMilo
- A ship---U.S.S. Constitution
- An aircraft---X-15
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Texts published as part of a larger work |
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- A newspaper article---"Senate Election Appears Close"
- A magazine article---"America's Worst Dressed"
- An encyclopedia article---"The Civil War"
- An essay in a book---"Swift and Misogyny"
- A short story---"Everyday Use"
- A poem---"Ode to a Nightingale"
- A chapter in a book---"Dead Peter Has His Gold"
- An episode of a television program---"The Soup Nazi"
- A song---"Closer to Fine"
- A lecture---"Examining the Writer's Workshop"
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- An article about a play---"Class Structure in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night"
- An article about a poem---"Religion and the Albatross in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' "
- An article with a quotation in its title---"Chaucer as the Early Champion of 'Negative Capability' "
- A book about a novel---The Genres of Gulliver's Travels
- A collection of short stories--- "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and Other Hemingway Classics
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- Sacred writings---The Bible
- Laws, acts, and similar political documents---Treaty of Versailles
- Instrumental musical compositions identified by form, number, and key---Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92
- A series---Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Societies---Audubon Society
- Buildings or monuments---Smithsonian Institute
- Conferences, seminars, workshops, and courses---National Conference on ADD
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