The Mayor says
This certificate is earned, not issued. Pass the Reading and Meaning quiz and it is yours. Come and earn it.
Reading and Meaning Star
Careful reading, carefully rewarded. You can tell an obscure fact from a famous one, and you know that a potent argument carries real power while a weak one does not. You caught reference wearing two hats, the noun that names a source and the verb that points to one, and you did not let it fool you. You know a theory is an explanation the evidence supports, and you can interpret a hard passage instead of merely reading it. You even matched my words to Slang's on the register floor, where perplexed meets thrown for a loop and vast meets ginormous, which most students trip over and you did not. Eight words, into your collection they go. Bravo. You read for meaning now.
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