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Read the passage. (1) Ask young people today if they know of anyone who has had smallpox, and they might ask, "What's smallpox?" (2) That is because this disease was eradicated from the planet decades ago thanks to vaccinations. (3) Despite the obvious effectiveness of vaccination, opponents of this procedure argue that humans are better off fighting diseases on their own without adding anything potentially harmful to their bodies. (4) Still, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that vaccines can be 99 percent effective and the Centers for Disease Control claims that, over a 10-year period, vaccines allowed 322 million children to avoid illnesses. (5) So the next time someone tells you that vaccines are poisoned apples that will lead to a fate like Snow White's, counter their argument with the facts. (6) The bottom line is that vaccines are safe to use and save lives. Which sentence in the passage contains an allusion? sentence 1 sentence 3 sentence 4 sentence 5

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Read the passage.
(1) Ask young people today if they know of anyone who
has had smallpox, and they might ask, "What's
smallpox?" (2) That is because this disease was
eradicated from the planet decades ago thanks to
vaccinations. (3) Despite the obvious effectiveness of
vaccination, opponents of this procedure argue that
humans are better off fighting diseases on their own
without adding anything potentially harmful to their
bodies. (4) Still, the American Academy of Pediatrics
says that vaccines can be 99 percent effective and the
Centers for Disease Control claims that, over a 10-year
period, vaccines allowed 322 million children to avoid
illnesses. (5) So the next time someone tells you that
vaccines are poisoned apples that will lead to a fate like
Snow White's, counter their argument with the facts. (6)
The bottom line is that vaccines are safe to use and
save lives.
Which sentence in the passage contains an allusion?
sentence 1
sentence 3
sentence 4
sentence 5

Read the passage. (1) Ask young people today if they know of anyone who has had smallpox, and they might ask, "What's smallpox?" (2) That is because this disease was eradicated from the planet decades ago thanks to vaccinations. (3) Despite the obvious effectiveness of vaccination, opponents of this procedure argue that humans are better off fighting diseases on their own without adding anything potentially harmful to their bodies. (4) Still, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that vaccines can be 99 percent effective and the Centers for Disease Control claims that, over a 10-year period, vaccines allowed 322 million children to avoid illnesses. (5) So the next time someone tells you that vaccines are poisoned apples that will lead to a fate like Snow White's, counter their argument with the facts. (6) The bottom line is that vaccines are safe to use and save lives. Which sentence in the passage contains an allusion? sentence 1 sentence 3 sentence 4 sentence 5

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The sentence in the passage that contains an allusion is sentence 5: "So the next time someone tells you that vaccines are poisoned apples that will lead to a fate like Snow White's, counter their argument with the facts." This sentence alludes to the fairy tale of Snow White, where Snow White is poisoned by a poisoned apple.
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