ENG 105 Mod2 test

Your Spanish instructor has asked you to explicitly explain why there are differences between New World and Old World Spanish speech patterns and accents. Which of the course readings is most likely to help you answer this question?

A book that discusses the history of the language, as well as it's variations and has subtopics in the index.

Your reading for tonight is a chapter from your book on the history of economics, which opens with basic definitions of economic schools of thought, describes various systems, and ends with comparison of eastern and western economic thought. Which thesis statement best prepares you as a reader for this chapter? Icon indicating the wrong answer was chosen

Although the West is now dominant in economic theory

Textbook

Contains factual content, visual aids, organized text and seeks to educate.

Consider the following scenario: You've been assigned a crisis watch topic in your Contemporary Affairs class, and you need to keep a log of a crisis as it progresses throughout the month. You have chosen a water quality crisis in the area schools--they've found lead in water pipes at a local pre-school. Which source is going to be most useful in this assignment?

The news on the web, especially the news from the schools website page as it is likely to be updated more frequently. Though sometimes the info may be incorrect.

Which vocabulary tools would be most helpful for a student who rarely read before college and who keeps an active social media presence?

To find definitions online, he should bookmark Dictionary.com and Merriam Webster for quick look up. HE should also look for online interactive word games.

Is the following email effective for reminding an audience of new car owners about maintenance requirements?

Yes it was effective because it is tone friendly, yet professional and reminds new car owners of things that they may not think of about a new car.

Anansi barely skimmed the journal article about spiders her Entomology professor handed out: too much text, too much small print, too many big words. She rolled it up and shoved it into her backpack, deciding to save it for "later." It is now "later"--how do you advise her to get started with this reading?

Ansi, you've got this. Before you read, preview. Look at yourself and ask why you need to do this and why is the author writing it in the first place? What do you already know about spiders? Look at how it is structured and where there are figures and tables. Where do you think the author is going with this?

An Earth Science reading assignment involves reading the chapter "Water on Earth." It includes learning objectives, illustrations, vocabulary, graphs, formulas, and problem sets. Which is the most effective way to approach reading it?

Analyze and Synthesize after a preview. Look for patterns in the text. Are they problem-solving? Experiment instruction? classification? or a combination? Take notes.

How is the act of reading online different from reading a physical copy of a text, and what are some considerations for academic reading online?

You are going to scan for info and summarize more while reading online. What you read is going to be more interactive, so you will want to use the links given, while remembering to come back to the text after exploring the links.

What is the academic consequence of not reading appropriately challenging material through your teens?

You may have to use greater effort reading as you get older to improve your vocabulary, although learning words does not stop when you graduate high school.

Evaluate the two versions of this thesis. Explain why one is more effective than the other. A thesis statement can be effective placed in virtually any location of an essay. Though often at the beginning of an essay, a thesis is an idea, not a location, and is best placed where the reader can grasp the main idea and will be most likely to agree to or consider a proposition.

B is the better choice because of the direct cause and effect of the actions taken are linked to the main claim and preface of what the readers will learn.

The Pure Air League has distributed a pamphlet urging students not to use vapor cigarettes on campus. As you are reading their argument, you determine that they've relied primarily on emotional appeals. What research-based form of support do they most need to add to convince to you to agree with their position?

Cited experts who provide experimental results that are supporting their claims that vapor is bad.

In an argument about paper versus plastic grocery bags, is it more convincing when the author uses authoritative appeals?

Depends on whether or not the author is actually an expert or has stated cited recognized expert in the field.

Archie, your classmate, has been working with you to improve his reading skills. He tells you, "I'm trying to summarize this article for Professor Mehitabel's class. I can't seem to stop myself from just writing out everything in my own words. It's taking forever." Which response should you offer to help him get better with active reading?

Dont worry about summarizing. Focus on marking words and concepts as you go. Make predictions and create a vocabulary.

An article you're reading is presenting an argument about the cultural implications of the New York subway system. It includes several maps that demonstrate changes in the service areas over time. What do these exhibits help you understand, as a reader?

These maps, properly explained, illustrate the thesis of the article. Exhibits are concrete evidence readers need to grasp many concepts or consequences

Your English class is working on a unit about cities, with a heavy emphasis on places like New York, Los Angeles, London, Beijing, and Paris. One of the readings argues that cities are dying, using an historian as the basis of his argument. What more would the writer have to say or do in this reading to make the argument convincing to the reader?

In addition to expert historical testimony, the writer needs to provide statistics and a broader range of examples to be convincing.

You are reading a newsletter distributed to members of your health club. The club is encouraging all members to bring their own BPA-free water bottles instead of using single-serving plastic bottles. As evidence, the newsletter includes information from the following: A Wikipedia article on BPA Personal testimony from the gym's founding members who stopped using single-serving plastic bottles A price list of BPA-free water bottles from the gym store How convinced of this claim do you think you and your fellow members will be?

It is unlikely to be convincing. The members represent different backgrounds and perspective. The newsletter should offer cited evidence and objective data on the dangers of BPA and avoid the sales pitch from the store.

Which of the following rhetorical modes would you expect to find in a technical manual that describes procedures for installing and using new computer software?

Process analysis

You come across a visual in your text book, what is your best approach for reading and understanding it?

Rephrase the title, get an idea of what is being measured by looking at the labels, determine the units of measurement, look for color codes and keys, and try summarizing the trends you see in the data.

You just finished reading a long assignment, and take a look at the pages of notes you made about it. How are you going to make sense of what you just read so that you don't forget it?

Take your notes and create an outline or a concept map so that you can summarize the material. You read actively, annotating your text and making a vocabulary list so that you have the ingredients for a summary.

Consider the following poll question: "Which political party do you think is best equipped to bring the federal government's reckless spending under control? Which of the following is a suppressed premise of this question, with a misleading underlying assumption?

The federal governments funding is reckless.

Tabitha completed the reading process loop by reviewing her Organic Chemistry reading notes. What advantage did she have over her classmates who only highlighted the key terms in the book?

The review helped her recall the content because she made links between the concepts and information that she already knew. Now her new vocabulary words have context for her.

You have a borrowed textbook that you can't write in. Your plan is to write out definitions to technical terms on blue stickies and flag the key points and topic sentences in narrow pink stickies, putting the paragraph numbers on each just to be clear. What else should you do to help you understand the reading better in preparation for a test or discussion?

You should annotate more actively, which means you need to write notes about connections that you see and ask questions about what you read.

You read an essay analyzing the methods used by codebreakers in World War II. Later you learn that the book's author had lied about her credentials. Which of the following would be most damaged by your discovery?

Your opinion of the author's appeal to ethos.

You read a sociological study of marriage rituals in rural India. Later you learn that the study's authors had fabricated some of the data. Which of the following would be most damaged by your discovery?

Your opinion of the authors appeal to logos

Explain which context clue type is going to be most useful in decoding the word zishernosh. (example)

Zishernosh is likely to mean minute due to its history and clues through out the passage.

Reference Source

materials such as books, articles, web sites, etc. used to find research on a report topic. Contains factual content and embedding links to related sources or footnotes. Clear and unbiased word choice, seeks to inform.