Globalization and the Information Age: Postmodernism into the Twenty-First Century
Which citation format is correct if a student is quoting a line on page 45 of a book titled Prison by Horace Gardener? A. (Gardener 45) (Gardener, p.45) (Gardener, Prison, p.45) (Prison 45)
A. (Gardener 45)
Read the excerpt from "The Environmental Ethic."It is fashionable in some quarters to wave aside the small and obscure, the bugs and weeds, forgetting that an obscure moth from Latin America saved Australia's pastureland from overgrowth by cactus, that the rosy periwinkle provided the cure for Hodgkin's disease and childhood lymphocytic leukemia, that the bark of the Pacific yew offers hope for victims of ovarian and breast cancer, that a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during surgery, and so on down a roster already grown long and illustrious despite the limited research addressed to it.Which of the following claims is best supported by the evidence in this excerpt? A. All species are worth protecting because even the small organisms contribute important functions in the environment. Every effort should be made to protect each bug and weed species regardless of its potential to cause destruction. All of the species that are now extinct or are becoming extinct could have cured a disease. Only the species that can be used for medical purposes are worth protecting from extinction.
A. All species are worth protecting because even the small organisms contribute important functions in the environment.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. The bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. Weather, for instance, is a major factor. Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Unseasonably cold weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. Worst are the holidays. The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates—again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Thanksgiving is nearly as bad; the week of Valentine's Day is also lousy, as is the week straddling April 15. There are, however, a few good holidays: the weeks that include the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. The difference in the two sets of holidays? The low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones.Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this paragraph? A. Different emotional states affect people's honesty. Some holidays cause people to be less honest. Cold weather causes an increase in
A. Different emotional states affect people's honesty.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I stood on all of that and it worked for a second. But then I had the tips of my fingers on the vase, and the tragedies started to wobble, and the tuxedo was incredibly distracting, and the next thing was that everything was on the floor, including me, and including the vase, which had shattered. "I didn't do it!" I hollered, but they didn't even hear me, because they were playing music too loud and cracking up too much.How does the narration shape Oskar's characterization in this excerpt? A. It shows his youth and inexperience. It suggests his flair for the dramatic. It indicates he is reckless and rowdy. It hints at his pent-up anger and hostility.
A. It shows his youth and inexperience.
Read this claim from an argumentative essay about zoos.Zoos help to protect endangered animals, and they are necessary for animal conservation.Which statement best represents a counterclaim to this claim? A. Removing animals from the wild and placing them in zoos can contribute to the endangerment of their species. Specialists can breed animals at zoos to increase their population. Injured and sick animals can be rescued and rehabilitated at zoos. Zoos can protect endangered animals from hunters, predators, and a variety of natural dangers.
A. Removing animals from the wild and placing them in zoos can contribute to the endangerment of their species.
Read this claim from an argumentative essay about high-sugar foods.High-sugar foods should have the same sales restrictions as other harmful substances, such as alcohol and tobacco.Which statement best represents a counterclaim to this claim? A. Sugar is a nutrient that the body uses as a source of energy; alcohol and tobacco are not. Consuming too much sugar over time can lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Sugar is cheaper to buy than alcohol and tobacco. Studies have shown that sugar can be addictive.
A. Sugar is a nutrient that the body uses as a source of energy; alcohol and tobacco are not.
Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best states the author's overall claim? A. The fast food industry's obsession with throughput has altered the way millions of Americans work, turned commercial kitchens into small factories, and changed familiar foods into commodities that are manufactured. Unlike Olympic gymnastics—an activity in which teenagers consistently perform at a higher level than adults—there's nothing about the work in a fast food kitchen that requires young employees. Although Richard and Mac McDonald introduced the division of labor to the restaurant business, it was a McDonald's executive named Fred Turner who created a production system of unusual thoroughness and attention to detail. Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.
A. The fast food industry's obsession with throughput has altered the way millions of Americans work, turned commercial kitchens into small factories, and changed familiar foods into commodities that are manufactured.
What is universal theme? A. a central message that applies to anyone, anywhere a central message or insight that is revealed through a story the time, place, and social/historical context in which a story takes place a piece of writing that uses careful and deliberate word choice
A. a central message that applies to anyone, anywhere
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.The restaurant opens for business at seven o'clock, and for the next hour or so, Elisa and the manager hold down the fort, handling all the orders. As the place starts to get busy, other employees arrive. Elisa works behind the counter. She takes orders and hands food to customers from breakfast through lunch.Which type of evidence does Schlosser use in this excerpt? A. anecdotal statistical testimonial analogical
A. anecdotal
In an argumentative speech, include second-person pronouns to A. connect and engage with your audience. establish yourself as an expert on the subject. show that everyone should share your opinion. demonstrate that you are removed from the topic.
A. connect and engage with your audience.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.Despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like Enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime. The reason? There are no good data. A key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected.With street crime, meanwhile, that is not the case. A mugging or a burglary or a murder is usually tallied whether or not the criminal is caught. A street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. But white-collar crime presents no obvious victim. From who, exactly, did the masters of Enron steal? And how can you measure something if you don't know to whom it happened, or with what frequency, or in what magnitude?The excerpt helps the authors support their conclusion by A. evaluating a logical fallacy. providing statistical evidence. presenting logical statements. summarizing their c
A. evaluating a logical fallacy.
The use of visual cues and transitions in presentations can A. orient the audience. distract the audience. inform the audience. entertain the audience.
A. orient the audience.
Read the following excerpt from E. O. Wilson's "The Environmental Ethic."It is also easy to overlook the services that ecosystems provide humanity. They enrich the soil and create the very air we breathe. Without these amenities, the remaining tenure of the human race would be nasty and brief. The life-sustaining matrix is built of green plants with legions of microorganisms and mostly small, obscure animals—in other words, weeds and bugs. Such organisms support the world with efficiency because they are so diverse, allowing them to divide labor and swarm over every square meter of the earth's surface. They run the world precisely as we would wish it to be run, because humanity evolved within living communities and our bodily functions are finely adjusted to the idiosyncratic environment already created.The author tries to persuade the reader to agree with his claim about the importance of ecosystems by A. providing facts. presenting statistics. restating his claim. using deductive reasoning.
A. providing facts.
Read the paragraph.Driving to the fair was a troublesome, difficult situation today. We planned on leaving at 5:30 p.m., which was unfortunately during rush hour. The traffic would be horrible and we did not want to be stuck. We decided to consult a map in an attempt to find an alternative route. Which sentence should be rewritten to improve the clarity of the paragraph? A. sentence 1 sentence 2 sentence 3 sentence 4
A. sentence 1
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.Instead of relying upon a small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seeks out part-time, unskilled workers who are willing to accept low pay. Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.In this excerpt, Schlosser claims that fast food restaurants are A. taking advantage of people to save money. helping society by hiring unskilled workers. providing valuable training for teenagers. using highly skilled workers in low-paying jobs.
A. taking advantage of people to save money.
The thesis statement of an argumentative speech is also known as A. the claim. the reasons. the evidence. the counterclaim.
A. the claim.
Read the following paragraph.Organic fruits and vegetables are safer than produce grown on conventional farms because organic produce is less likely to carry diseases. Organic farming is cleaner and more hygienic than conventional farming. So when organic fruits and vegetables reach grocery stores and supermarkets, they are less likely to include E. coli and other harmful organisms. Some people claim organic produce is more dangerous because it is not grown with the use of synthetic chemicals. However, studies have shown that incidences of harmful bacteria are much lower in organic produce. Also, the lack of synthetic chemicals is better in the long-term for your health. As a result, organic fruits and vegetables are much healthier and safer than conventional produce.Which option would best make this text suitable for a slide in a presentation? A. the replacement of the text with a bulleted list the inclusion of very detailed statistics and examples the addition of a photograph of a conventionally grown fruit the use of underlining or italicizing to highlight parts of the text
A. the replacement of the text with a bulleted list
Read the sentence that appears in an argumentative essay about American public education.If education is so important to American society, then why is funding for American public schools so pathetic?Which revision exhibits the best word choice for the underlined portion of the sentence? A. why is the funding for American public schools so inadequate? why is the funding for American public schools so ridiculous? why is the money given to public schools so pathetic? why is pathetic funding given to American public schools?
A. why is the funding for American public schools so inadequate?
Which excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a childish tone? "Need some more copies?" Walt asked. I gave him a high-five, and I showed him the key that I had found, and asked him what he could tell me about it. B. "Could be a safe-deposit box, actually. An old one. Or some kind of fire-retardant cabinet." That made me crack up a little, even though I know there's nothing funny about being a mental retard. "Well, hardly anyone uses keys anymore." "I use keys," I told him, and I showed him my apartment key. "I know you do," he said. I said, "I have another question." "Shoot." "Do you think I could find the company that made this key?" "Anyone could've made it." "Well then, what I want to know is how can I find the lock that it opens?"
B. "Could be a safe-deposit box, actually. An old one. Or some kind of fire-retardant cabinet." That made me crack up a little, even though I know there's nothing funny about being a mental retard.
Read the excerpt from an argumentative essay about college tuition.Is a college education worth the price today? College tuition has almost doubled in the last twenty years. More than half of all recent college graduates are currently unemployed or in jobs that do not require a college degree.Which revision offers the most improvement in sentence fluency? College tuition has almost doubled in the last twenty years because more than half of all recent college graduates are unemployed or in jobs that do not require a college degree. B. College tuition has almost doubled in the last twenty years; however, more than half of all recent college graduates are currently unemployed or in jobs that do not require a college degree. College tuition has almost doubled in the last twenty years; therefore, more than half of all recent college graduates are currently unemployed or in jobs that do not require a college degree. College tuition has almost doubled in the last twenty years and more than half of all recent college graduates are unemployed and others are in jobs that do not require a college degree.
B. College tuition has almost doubled in the last twenty years; however, more than half of all recent college graduates are currently unemployed or in jobs that do not require a college degree.
Read the excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.Feldman has also reached some of his own conclusions about honesty, based more on his experience than the data. He has come to believe that morale is a big factor—that an office is more honest when the employees like their boss and their work. He also believes that employees further up the corporate ladder cheat more than those down below. He got this idea after delivering for years to one company spread out over three floors—an executive floor on top and two lower floors with sales, service, and administrative employees. (Feldman wondered if perhaps the executives cheated out of an overdeveloped sense of entitlement. What he didn't consider is that perhaps cheating was how they got to be executives.)Which idea from the excerpt best addresses the counterclaim that people are only honest when there is a financial incentive? Employees who move further up the corporate ladder tend to be more dishonest. B. Employees tend to be more honest when they like their boss and their work. Executives might act dishonestly out of an overdeveloped sense of entitlement. Different employees of the same business demonstrate varying levels of honesty.
B. Employees tend to be more honest when they like their boss and their work.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.He had also—quite without meaning to—designed a beautiful economic experiment. From the beginning, Feldman kept rigorous data on his business. So by measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he found it possible to tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. Did they steal from him? If so, what were the characteristics of a company that stole versus a company that did not? Under what circumstances did people tend to steal more, or less?Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains why the authors included Feldman in their study? Feldman designed a beautiful economic experiment. B. Feldman kept rigorous data on his business. Feldman disliked people who stole from him. Feldman encouraged people to steal less.
B. Feldman kept rigorous data on his business.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.Driving around the parks that encircle Washington, he solicited customers with a simple pitch: early in the morning, he would deliver some bagels and a cash basket to company's snack room; he would return before lunch to pick up the money and the leftovers. It was an honor-system commerce scheme, and it worked. Within a few years, Feldman was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research analyst. He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy.Based on the excerpt, which statement best strengthens Feldman's claim that people are mostly honest? Feldman solicited customers with a simple pitch. B. Feldman's payment system was largely successful. Feldman earned a good living delivering bagels. Feldman found a new career and made himself happy.
B. Feldman's payment system was largely successful.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.Up and down Academy Boulevard, along South Nevada, Circle Drive, and Woodman Road, teenagers like Elisa run the fast food restaurants of Colorado Springs. Fast food kitchens often seem like a scene from Bugsy Malone, a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults. No other industry in the United States has a workforce so dominated by adolescents.How does Schlosser effectively build his argument in this excerpt? He uses anecdotal evidence to share a personal experience of eating fast food. B. He uses analogical evidence to help the reader visualize his point about the workers. He uses testimonial evidence to explain the health risks of eating fast food. He uses statistical evidence to prove that adults make better employees than teens.
B. He uses analogical evidence to help the reader visualize his point about the workers.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.The average person falls asleep in seven minutes, but I couldn't sleep, not after hours, and it made my boots lighter to be around his things, and to touch stuff that he had touched, and to make the hangers hang a little straighter, even though I knew it didn't matter.How does the narration affect Oskar's credibility in this excerpt? His insomnia renders him sleep deprived and confused. B. His efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine. His straightening of the hangers makes him seem meticulous. His hopeless resignation makes him seem desperate.
B. His efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.
Which of the following pieces of evidence from Fast Food Nation best supports the author's claim that teenagers are the ideal candidates for working in the fast food industry? And it gives fast food companies an enormous amount of power over their employees. B. Since most teenagers still lived at home, they could afford to work for wages too low to support an adult, and until recently, their limited skills attracted few other employers. Workers at the counter are told to increase the size of an order by recommending special promotions, pushing dessert, pointing out the financial logic behind the purchase of a larger drink. A McDonald's kitchen is full of buzzers and flashing lights that tell employees what to do.
B. Since most teenagers still lived at home, they could afford to work for wages too low to support an adult, and until recently, their limited skills attracted few other employers.
Read this claim from an argumentative essay about zoos.Zoos help to protect endangered animals, so they are necessary for animal conservation.Which piece of evidence, if true, would best support this claim? Removing animals from the wild and placing them in zoos can contribute to the endangerment of their species. B. Specialists can breed animals at zoos to help increase their population. Many animals die prematurely in zoos because they are exposed to diseases. Funding sources for zoos can be limited, and they often rely on donations from the public.
B. Specialists can breed animals at zoos to help increase their population.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.The bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. Weather, for instance, is a major factor. Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Unseasonably cold weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. Worst are the holidays. The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates—again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Thanksgiving is nearly as bad; the week of Valentine's Day is also lousy, as is the week straddling April 15. There are, however, a few good holidays: the weeks that include the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. The difference in the two sets of holidays? The low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones.Based on the excerpt, the conclusion that "personal mood seems to affect honesty" is best supported by which of the following statements? Relaxing summer and fall holidays generally cause payment rates to dro
B. Stressful fall and winter holidays generally cause payment rates to drop.
Read the excerpt from Freakonomics. It's worth thinking about the incentive a wrestler might have to throw a match. Maybe he accepts a bribe (which would obviously not be recorded in the data). Or perhaps some other arrangement is made between the two wrestlers. Keep in mind that the pool of elite sumo wrestlers is extraordinarily tight-knit. Each of the sixty-six elite wrestlers fights fifteen of the others in a tournament every two months. Furthermore, each wrestler belongs to a stable that is typically managed by a former sumo champion, so even the rival stables have close ties.Which of the following claims is best supported by the evidence in this excerpt? The offering of a bribe is a guaranteed enticement for a champion sumo wrestler to purposely lose a match in a tournament. B. The close relationship between sumo wrestlers could be an incentive for an elite wrestler to throw a match he doesn't need to win. Because sumo wrestlers have strong social ties, it is a dishonor to throw a match in a tournament. There is great pressure for sumo wrestlers to cheat in order to beat wrestlers from rival stables.
B. The close relationship between sumo wrestlers could be an incentive for an elite wrestler to throw a match he doesn't need to win.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.In the beginning, Feldman left behind an open basket for the cash, but too often the money vanished. Then he tried a coffee can with a money slot in its plastic lid, which also proved too tempting. In the end, he resorted to making small plywood boxes with a slot cut into the top. The wooden box has worked well. Each year he drops off about seven thousand boxes and loses, on average, just one to theft. This is an intriguing statistic: the same people who routinely steal more than 10 percent of his bagels almost never stoop to stealing his money box—a tribute to the nuanced social calculus of theft. From Feldman's perspective, an office worker who eats a bagel without paying is committing a crime; the office worker probably doesn't think so. This distinction probably has less to do with the admittedly small amount of money involved (Feldman's bagels cost one dollar each, cream cheese included) than with the context of the "crime." The same office worker who fails to pay for his bagel might also help himself to a long slurp of soda while filling a glass in a self-serve restaurant, but he is very unlikely to leave the restaura
B. The definition of crime is subjective and depends on who commits the crime and what type is committed.
Read this excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.The incentive scheme that rules sumo is intricate and extraordinarily powerful. Each wrestler maintains a ranking that affects every slice of life; how much money he makes, how large an entourage he carries, how much he gets to eat, sleep, and otherwise take advantage of his success. The sixty-six highest-ranked wrestlers in Japan, comprising the makuuchi and juryo divisions, make up the sumo elite. A wrestler near the top of this elite pyramid may earn millions and is treated like royalty. Any wrestler in the top forty earns at least $170,000 a year. The seventieth-ranked wrestler in Japan, meanwhile, earns only $15,000 a year. Life isn't very sweet outside the elite. Low-ranked wrestlers must tend to their superiors, preparing their meals and cleaning their quarters and even soaping up their hardest-to-reach body parts. So ranking is everything.A wrestler's ranking is based on his performance in the elite tournaments that are held six times a year. Each wrestler has fifteen bouts per tournament, one per day over fifteen consecutive days. If he finishes the tournament with a winning record (eight victories or better), his ranking w
B. The incentive system rewards elite sumo wrestlers.
Which of the following excerpts from Fast Food Nation best provides evidence that fast food restaurants are designed for using unskilled labor? Her family's modest townhouse sits beside a busy highway on the south side of Colorado Springs, in a largely poor and working-class neighborhood. B. The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino's also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times. The restaurant opens for business at seven o'clock, and for the next hour or so, Elisa and the manager hold down the fort, handling all the orders. Throughput is all about increasing the speed of assembly, about doing things faster in order to make more.
B. The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino's also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times.
Read the sentence.The patient who was not feeling well told the doctor her head hurt and that she was experiencing blurry vision with her eyesight.Which answer choice is the best revision of the sentence to avoid repetition? Not feeling well, the patient told the doctor about her problems with her hurting head and blurry vision in her eyesight. B. The patient told the doctor about the symptoms affecting both her head and eyesight. The patient told the doctor about her blurry vision in her eyesight and her hurting headache problems. The doctor's patient told the doctor that her head hurt and her eyesight was blurry.
B. The patient told the doctor about the symptoms affecting both her head and eyesight.
Which of the following sentences should be revised to eliminate redundancy? The restaurant is famous for its delicious and tangy barbeque sauce. B. The troop will earn points for each and every box of cookies sold. Mr. Ellis decided to retire after an admirable and rewarding career in law. As a sailor, Michael traveled all over the world and saw amazing places.
B. The troop will earn points for each and every box of cookies sold.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.In the real world, Feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. He came to consider a company "honest" if its payment rate was above 90 percent. He considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent "annoying but tolerable." If a company habitually paid below 80 percent, Feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one:The cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. Don't let that continue. I don't imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves?The excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors' argument? a claim B. an example a conclusion a counterclaim
B. an example
Evidence to support a claim in an argumentative essay should be part of the thesis statement. B. body paragraphs. introductory paragraph. concluding paragraph.
B. body paragraphs.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes.Compared with Feldman's argument, the tale of "The Ring of Gyges" is best described as a claim. B. counterclaim. umbrella statement. logical fallacy.
B. counterclaim.
Read the following paragraph.Genetically modified foods unequally benefit rich countries, including the United States. The USDA reports that the US gained the vast majority of the total world benefit from new herbicide-tolerant soybeans in 1997. In addition, the US company that created the soybeans charged farmers a technology fee. These high adoption costs will continue to limit the benefits of genetically modified crops to rich countries that do not need the higher yields, rather than extending them to poorer nations that do.Which change would best modify this written paragraph into a strong argumentative speech? inserting more academic writing and formal language B. dividing the final sentence into two shorter sentences deleting strong verbs and replacing them with passive ones lengthening the first sentence with descriptive language
B. dividing the final sentence into two shorter sentences
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.Cooking instructions are not only printed in the manual, they are often designed into the machines. A McDonald's kitchen is full of buzzers and flashing lights that tell employees what to do.The evidence presented in this excerpt best supports the author's claim that McDonald's is the leader in fast food innovation. B. fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor. technology has helped improve the fast food industry. the workers' limited skills have forced fast food employers to rely on machines instead of people.
B. fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.The strict regimentation at fast food restaurants creates standardized products. It increases the throughput. And it gives fast food companies an enormous amount of power over their employees. "When management determines exactly how every task is to be done . . . and can impose its own rules about pace, output, quality, and technique," the sociologist Robin Leidner has noted, "[it] makes workers increasingly interchangeable." The management no longer depends upon the talents or skills of its workers—those things are built into the operating system and machines.The testimonial evidence in this excerpt is effective because it makes an emotional protest against the fast food industry's treatment of employees. B. includes an expert opinion supporting the claim that the fast food industry resembles the manufacturing business. describes a personal experience of what it is like to work in a fast food restaurant. provides a technical explanation of the standardized procedures and equipment used in fast food restaurants.
B. includes an expert opinion supporting the claim that the fast food industry resembles the manufacturing business.
The author of Fast Food Nation claims that the fast-food industry prefers to employ underskilled workers. The author best offers support by providing counterclaims about employees who prefer part-time jobs B. specific reasons such as the ability of de-skilled jobs to "be filled cheaply" evidence that English is the second language for many employees evidence that employees often learn basic job skills such as "getting to work on time".
B. specific reasons such as the ability of de-skilled jobs to "be filled cheaply"
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.English is now the second language of at least one-sixth of the nation's restaurant workers, and about one-third of that group speaks no English at all. The proportion of fast food workers who cannot speak English is even higher.Which type of evidence does the author use in this excerpt? anecdotal B. statistical testimonial analogical
B. statistical
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.The next morning I told Mom that I couldn't go to school, because I was too sick. It was the first lie that I had to tell. She put her hand on my forehead and said, "You do feel a bit hot." I said, "I took my temperature and it's one hundred point seven degrees." That was the second lie. She turned around and asked me to zip up the back of her dress which she could have done herself, but she knew that I loved to do it.What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt? that his mom will worry about him B. that his mom will trust him that his mom knows he is lying that his mom needs his help
B. that his mom will trust him
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I knew I could never let Mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d'être, so what I did was I took Dad's emergency money from on top of his dresser, and I went to the Radio Shack on Amsterdam.What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt? that his mother would not understand the messages B. that the messages would increase his mother's suffering that his father's emergency money should be replaced that the employees at Radio Shack would sympathize with him
B. that the messages would increase his mother's suffering
Read the sentence.During the pizza party, Mrs. Saint-Claire served the children on paper plates.What is the best way to revise this sentence? Served on paper plates, Mrs. Saint-Claire during the party gave pizza to the children. Mrs. Saint-Claire, during the pizza party, served the children on paper plates. C. During the party, Mrs. Saint-Claire served pizza on paper plates to the children. The sentence is correct as written.
C. During the party, Mrs. Saint-Claire served pizza on paper plates to the children.
Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best illustrates the author's use of the rhetorical appeal logos? Her family's modest townhouse sits beside a busy highway on the south side of Colorado Springs, in a largely poor and working-class neighborhood. A job at a fast food restaurant became an American rite of passage, a first job soon left behind for better things. C. English is now the second language of at least one-sixth of the nation's restaurant workers, and about one-third of that group speaks no English at all. When she finally walks home, after seven hours of standing at a cash register, her feet hurt. She's wiped out.
C. English is now the second language of at least one-sixth of the nation's restaurant workers, and about one-third of that group speaks no English at all.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.There was a lot of stuff that made me panicky, like suspension bridges, germs, airplanes, fireworks... A lot of the time I'd get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way.How does the narration affect Oskar's credibility in this excerpt? His list of fears makes him seem anxious. His tale of panic makes him seem immature. C. His attempt at self-reflection makes him seem honest. His knowledge of science makes him seem intellectual.
C. His attempt at self-reflection makes him seem honest.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.One night, after what felt like a googolplex inventions, I went to Dad's closet. We used to Greco-Roman wrestle on the floor in there, and tell hilarious jokes, and once we hung a pendulum from the ceiling and put a circle of dominoes on the floor to prove that the earth rotated.How does the narration affect Oskar's credibility in this excerpt? His Greek and Roman references emphasize his intelligence. His explanation of a pendulum emphasizes his maturity. C. His fond recollections emphasize his genuine sincerity. His description of his dad emphasizes his lack of stability.
C. His fond recollections emphasize his genuine sincerity.
Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a despondent tone? I couldn't reach it, obviously, so I moved over the chair with the tuxedo still on it, and then I went to my room to get the Collected Shakespeare set that Grandma bought for me when she found out that I was going to be Yorick.... I stood on all of that and it worked for a second. But then I had the tips of my fingers on the vase, and the tragedies started to wobble, and the tuxedo was incredibly distracting, and the next thing was that everything was on the floor . . . C. I zipped myself all the way into the sleeping bag of myself, not because I was hurt, and not because I had broken something, but because they were cracking up. I started to clean everything up, and that was when I noticed something else weird. In the middle of all of that glass was a little envelope, about the size of a wireless Internet card.
C. I zipped myself all the way into the sleeping bag of myself, not because I was hurt, and not because I had broken something, but because they were cracking up.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.His tuxedo was over the chair he used to sit on when he tied his shoes, and I thought, Weird. Why wasn't it hung up with his suits? Had he come from a fancy party the night before he died? But then why would he have taken off his tuxedo without hanging it up? Maybe it needed to be cleaned? But I didn't remember a fancy party. I remembered him tucking me in....How does the narration affect the story in this excerpt? Oskar's memories introduce the use of symbolism. Oskar's slang characterizes him as relaxed and casual. C. Oskar's attempts to recall the events build suspense. Oskar's rapid questioning foreshadows his panic.
C. Oskar's attempts to recall the events build suspense.
Read the paragraph.Patty and Maureen took the long drive to their high school reunion. The women were excited about the prospect of seeing old friends at the ranch. The group had quite a past history to reminisce about. The weekend was sure to be full of stories and laughter!Which sentence should be revised to eliminate redundancy? Sentence 1 Sentence 2 C. Sentence 3 Sentence 4
C. Sentence 3
Read the excerpt from "The Environmental Ethic."Mother Earth . . . is no more than the commonality of organisms and the physical environment they maintain with each passing moment, an environment that will destabilize and turn lethal if the organisms are disturbed too much. . . . To disregard the diversity of life is to risk catapulting ourselves into an alien environment. We will have become like the pilot whales that inexplicably beach themselves on New England shores.Which of the following choices best expresses the type of appeal Wilson uses in this passage? The author uses logos to develop his argument by providing factual information about pilot whales in New England. The author uses logos to develop his argument by gaining sympathy for the pilot whales in New England. C. The author uses pathos to develop his argument by including emotionally charged language to evoke a response. The author uses pathos to develop his argument by chastising the reader for the destruction of the environment.
C. The author uses pathos to develop his argument by including emotionally charged language to evoke a response.
Read the sentence.The group of friends came to a consensus about which movie they would agree to see together.What is the best way to rewrite the sentence to avoid repetition? The group of friends came to a consensual agreement to see a movie together. Together the group of friends came to a consensus about which movie they would agree to see. C. The group of friends came to an agreement about the movie they would see together. Together they agreed as consenting friends about which movie to see.
C. The group of friends came to an agreement about the movie they would see together.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.A key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected.With street crime, meanwhile, that is not the case. A mugging or a burglary or a murder is usually tallied whether or not the criminal is caught. A street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. But white-collar crime presents no obvious victim.In this excerpt, the authors present a comparison between various criminals. an argument in favor of reporting crime. C. a contrast between different types of crime. an argument against embezzlement.
C. a contrast between different types of crime.
Read this outline for an argumentative speech.1. Introduction: Consuming organic food.A. It is better for your health to consume organic fruits and vegetablesinstead of conventionally grown produce.2. Organic fruits and vegetables are free of chemicals.A. Farmers who raise organic produce do not use synthetic pesticides. B. Some say the pesticide residue on conventional produce is minimal, but even minimal amounts of pesticide can have a harmful effect over time.C. Organic produce is safer due to the lack of chemicals.3. Organic fruits and vegetables are more nutritious.A. Organic produce is packed with vitamins and minerals.B. Conventionally grown foods are not lacking in nutrition, but theconcentration of vitamins and minerals is higher in organic foods.C. Organic produce is healthier due to the high concentration of vitaminsand minerals.4. Organic fruits and vegetables are less likely to carry diseases.A. Organic farming is cleaner than conventional farming.B. Organic farming does not include chemicals that kill organisms, howeverincidences of harmful bacteria are lower in organic produce.C. Organic produce is safer due to the low incidence of harmful bacteria.5. Organic fruits and ve
C. a counterclaim.
Which visual aid would best enhance a speech about the popularity of sports around the world? a photograph of an exciting moment from a soccer match a list of statistics about the world's baseball players and teams C. a graph that shows the most-watched sports around the world a bulleted list that identifies the speaker's favorite professional athletes
C. a graph that shows the most-watched sports around the world
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.So what do the bagel data have to say? In recent years, there have been two noteworthy trends in the overall payment rate. The first was a long, slow decline that began in 1992. By the summer of 2001, the overall rate had slipped to about 87 percent. But immediately after September 11 of that year the rate spiked a full 2 percent and hasn't slipped much since. (If a 2 percent gain in payment doesn't sound like much, think of it this way: the nonpayment rate fell from 13 to 11 percent, which amounts to a 15 percent decline in theft.) Because many of Feldman's customers are affiliated with national security, there may have been a patriotic element to the 9/11 Effect. Or it may have represented a more general surge in empathy.The excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors' argument? a claim a counterclaim C. evidence an umbrella statement
C. evidence
In Fast Food Nation, the best reason that the author offers for the fast-food industry's strict regimen for productivity is that once an order is placed, glowing buttons suggest other menu items. company operation manuals can be updated more often. C. it gives the companies power over their employees. flashing lights can help tell employees what to do.
C. it gives the companies power over their employees.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I knew I could never let Mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d'être, so what I did was I took Dad's emergency money from on top of his dresser, and I went to the Radio Shack on Amsterdam. It was on a TV there that I saw that the first building had fallen. I bought the exact same phone and ran home and recorded our greeting from the first phone onto it. I wrapped up the old phone in the scarf that Grandma was never able to finish because of my privacy, and I put that in a grocery bag, and I put that in a box, and I put that in another box, and I put that under a bunch of stuff in my closet, like my jewelry workbench and albums of foreign currencies.Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt? deceitful sentimental C. methodical respectful
C. methodical
Read the sentence.I was so proud of ______ when I ran a mile in under six minutes.Which best fits in the blank? itself yourself C. myself herself
C. myself
An effective thesis in an argumentative essay must present both sides of the issue. contain a quote from a source. C. state a position on the topic. include accurate statistics.
C. state a position on the topic.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes.Feldman reaches the conclusion that most people are honest without receiving an incentive by making a claim about his individual experiences and looking for evidence. making a broad generalization about morality and l
C. studying his individual experiences and arriving at a broad generalization.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place.... And when something really terrible happened—like a nuclear bomb, or at least a biological weapons attack—an extremely loud siren would go off, telling everyone to get to Central Park to put sandbags around the reservoir.What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt? that his creativity will be eagerly embraced that a biological weapons attack is imminent C. that many people express their grief through tears that volunteers are always willing to help in a crisis
C. that many people express their grief through tears
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.As it happens, Feldman's accidental study provides a window onto a form of cheating that has long stymied academics: white-collar crime. (Yes, shorting the bagel man is white-collar crime, writ however small.) It might seem ludicrous to address as large and intractable a problem as white-collar crime through the life of a bagel man. But often a small and simple question can help chisel away at the biggest problems.Despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like Enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime. The reason? There are no good data. A key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected.What purpose does the "bagel man" serve in this argument? to shift the focus toward a specific man to entertain the reader with a funny story C. to show the seriousness of cheating to shed light on white-collar crime
C. to show the seriousness of cheating
Which of the following is a redundant pair? fond memories positive result C. vast openness extended stay
C. vast openness
Read the sentence.We rode our bikes to meet them at the lake.Which part of the sentence is the subjective pronoun? them our C. we at
C. we
Read this excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.The incentive scheme that rules sumo is intricate and extraordinarily powerful. Each wrestler maintains a ranking that affects every slice of life; how much money he makes, how large an entourage he carries, how much he gets to eat, sleep, and otherwise take advantage of his success. The sixty-six highest-ranked wrestlers in Japan, comprising the makuuchi and juryo divisions, make up the sumo elite. A wrestler near the top of this elite pyramid may earn millions and is treated like royalty. Any wrestler in the top forty earns at least $170,000 a year. The seventieth-ranked wrestler in Japan, meanwhile, earns only $15,000 a year. Life isn't very sweet outside the elite. Low-ranked wrestlers must tend to their superiors, preparing their meals and cleaning their quarters and even soaping up their hardest-to-reach body parts. So ranking is everything.A wrestler's ranking is based on his performance in the elite tournaments that are held six times a year. Each wrestler has fifteen bouts per tournament, one per day over fifteen consecutive days. If he finishes the tournament with a winning record (eight victories or better), his ranking w
D. A sumo wrestler must participate in elite tournaments six times a year.
Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best illustrates the use of the rhetorical appeal pathos? Teenagers have long provided the fast food industry with the bulk of its workforce. The strict regimentation at fast food restaurants creates standardized products. Although Richard and Mac McDonald introduced the division of labor to the restaurant business, it was a McDonald's executive named Fred Turner who created a production system of unusual thoroughness and attention to detail. D. But the stance of the fast food industry on issues involving employee training, the minimum wage, labor unions, and overtime pay strongly suggests that its motives in hiring the young, the poor, and the handicapped are hardly altruistic.
D. But the stance of the fast food industry on issues involving employee training, the minimum wage, labor unions, and overtime pay strongly suggests that its motives in hiring the young, the poor, and the handicapped are hardly altruistic.
Read the sentences.Horses from the ranches gallops in the nearby fields. The horses often chase rabbits, squirrels, or possum.Which is the best way to fix the subject-verb agreement error in these sentences? Change "horses" to "horse" Change "chase" to "chases" Change "ranches" to "ranch" D. Change "gallops" to "gallop"
D. Change "gallops" to "gallop"
Read the following paragraph.Many Americans favor football, baseball, and basketball. However, this differs from international preferences. In fact, soccer, cricket, and field hockey are the world's most popular sports.Which rewrite of this paragraph would be appropriate for an argumentative speech but not an argumentative essay? A. Typical American sports fans love football, baseball, and basketball. Those are not the most popular sports around the globe, however. Internationally, most sports fans prefer cricket, field hockey, and soccer most of all. To say that you don't like soccer, cricket, or field hockey because they are not typical American sports makes you sound dumb. Those three sports are the most popular around the world. You should probably pay close attention to sports like soccer, cricket, and field hockey because they are way better than football, for sure. They are also the most popular sports worldwide. D. Do you play sports? Have you ever given soccer, cricket, or field hockey a try? You might be surprised to learn they are the world's most popular sports. Statistically speaking, they are more popular than typical American sports such as baseball and basketball.
D. Do you play sports? Have you ever given soccer, cricket, or field hockey a try? You might be surprised to learn they are the world's most popular sports. Statistically speaking, they are more popular than typical American sports such as baseball and basketball.
Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest.I cannot make myself understood. 'I am not just a jock,' I say slowly. Distinctly. 'My transcript for the last year might have been dickied a bit, maybe, but that was to get me over a rough spot. The grades prior to that are de moi.' My eyes are closed; the room is silent.How does the narration affect the narrator's credibility in this excerpt? His honesty renders him earnest and genuine. His slang makes him seem youthful and intriguing. His French jargon makes him seem international. D. His explanations depict him as a bit defensive.
D. His explanations depict him as a bit defensive.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.She said, "Ron is a great person," which was an answer to a question I didn't ask. So I asked again. "True or false: you are in love with Ron." She put her hand with the ring on it in her hair and said, "Oskar, Ron is my friend."Which statement best describes the ambiguity in this excerpt? It is unclear whether Oskar's mom is bothered by his questions. It is unclear whether the conversation is one they have had before. It is unclear whether or not Oskar's mom enjoys Ron's company. D. It is unclear whether the ring is from Ron or from Oskar's dad.
D. It is unclear whether the ring is from Ron or from Oskar's dad.
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."It's all electronic these days. Key pads. Thumbprint recognition." "That's so awesome." "I like keys." I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots. "Well, if people like me are a dying breed, then what's going to happen to your business?" "We'll become specialized," he said, "like a typewriter shop. We're useful now, but soon we'll be interesting." "Maybe you need a new business." "I like this business."How does the narration shape Oskar's characterization in this excerpt? It reveals his entrepreneurial spirit. It reveals his knowledge of keys. It reveals his business insight. D. It reveals his naivete.
D. It reveals his naivete.
Which of the following statements support the claim in Freakonomics that "people are generally good even without enforcement"? Small offices are more honest than big ones. Unseasonably cold weather makes people cheat. Company morale is a major factor in honesty. D. Many people enjoy using the honor system.
D. Many people enjoy using the honor system.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.The data also show that smaller offices are more honest than big ones. An office with a few dozen employees generally outpays by 3 to 5 percent an office with a few hundred employees. This may seem counterintuitive. In a bigger office, a bigger crowd is bound to convene around the bagel table, providing more witnesses to make sure you drop your money in the box. But in the big-office/small-office comparison, bagel crime seems to mirror street crime. There is far less street crime per capita in rural areas than in cities, in large part because a rural criminal is more likely to be known (and therefore caught). Also, a smaller community tends to exert greater social incentives against crime, the main one being shame.Which idea from this paragraph supports the claim that "smaller offices are more honest than big ones"? Small offices generally pay better than larger offices. Large communities tend to have less crime. Large offices gather around the breakfast table. D. Small communities have more incentives against crime.
D. Small communities have more incentives against crime.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.EVERY SATURDAY, ELISA ZAMOT gets up at 5:15 in the morning. It's a struggle, and her head feels groggy as she steps into the shower. Her little sisters, Cookie and Sabrina, are fast asleep in their beds. By 5:30, Elisa's showered, done her hair, and put on her McDonald's uniform. She's sixteen, bright-eyed and olive-skinned, pretty and petite, ready for another day of work. Elisa's mother usually drives her the half-mile or so to the restaurant, but sometimes Elisa walks, leaving home before the sun rises.Which of the following choices best describes the rhetorical appeal used in this excerpt? The excerpt demonstrates logos because it is completely objective and lacking in emotion. The excerpt demonstrates logos because it contains statistics to support the author's claim. The excerpt demonstrates ethos because the author positions himself as an expert on the topic. D. The excerpt demonstrates pathos because the author presents a compelling story using emotional language.
D. The excerpt demonstrates pathos because the author presents a compelling story using emotional language.
Read the following excerpt from E. O. Wilson's "The Environmental Ethic."Species are disappearing at an accelerating rate through human action, primarily habitat destruction but also pollution and the introduction of exotic species into residual natural environments. I have said that a fifth or more of the species of plants and animals could vanish or be doomed to early extinction by the year 2020 unless better efforts are made to save them. . . . As the last forests are felled [destroyed] in forest strongholds like the Philippines and Ecuador, the decline of species will accelerate even more. In the world as a whole, extinction rates are already hundreds or thousands of times higher than before the coming of man. They cannot be balanced by new evolution in any period of time that has meaning for the human race.Why should we care? What difference does it make if some species are extinguished, if even half of all the species on earth disappear? Let me count the ways. New sources of scientific information will be lost. Vast potential biological wealth will be destroyed. Still undeveloped medicines, crops, pharmaceuticals, timber, fibers, pulp, soil-restoring vegetation, petroleum substitut
D. The loss of plant species and habitats will devastate animals and hinder human progress.
What is one benefit of giving an argumentative speech as opposed to publishing an argumentative essay? The audience has extra time to digest the information. The audience can consider the merit of the argument. The speaker can edit the speech during the presentation. D. The speaker can connect with the audience on a personal level.
D. The speaker can connect with the audience on a personal level.
Which of the following sentences can be revised to eliminate redundancies? The coast of Florida is home to many unique sea creatures like the manatee. The Golden Gate Bridge leads from the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Nebraska's primary farm products are cattle, hogs, soybeans, and wheat. D. The tall skyscrapers in New York City maximize the space of a small area.
D. The tall skyscrapers in New York City maximize the space of a small area.
Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a nostalgic tone? Even after a year, I still had an extremely difficult time doing certain things, like taking showers, for some reason, and getting into elevators, obviously. A lot of the time I'd get that feeling like I was in the middle of a huge black ocean, or in deep space, but not in the fascinating way. It's just that everything was incredibly far away from me. It was worst at night. I started inventing things, and then I couldn't stop, like beavers, which I know about. D. We used to Greco-Roman wrestle on the floor in there, and tell hilarious jokes, and once we hung a pendulum from the ceiling and put a circle of dominoes on the floor to prove that the earth rotated.
D. We used to Greco-Roman wrestle on the floor in there, and tell hilarious jokes, and once we hung a pendulum from the ceiling and put a circle of dominoes on the floor to prove that the earth rotated.
Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no.The excerpt serves as which of the following in relation to the authors' argument? a claim that most people are moral an example of morality in the workplace a conclusion about morality in the workplace D. a counterclaim to the idea that most people are moral
D. a counterclaim to the idea that most people are moral
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.Unlike Olympic gymnastics—an activity in which teenagers consistently perform at a higher level than adults—there's nothing about the work in a fast food kitchen that requires young employees.Which type of evidence does the author use in this excerpt? anecdotal statistical testimonial D. analogical
D. analogical
The author of Fast Food Nation claims that the fast-food industry prefers to employ teenagers. How does the author best support this claim? by providing evidence that teenagers are the bulk of the workforce in America because many still live at home by providing the counterclaim that teenagers typically leave behind their first jobs at fast-food chains for better opportunities by providing evidence that teenagers are better at smiling and promoting the increased size of an order D. by providing specific reasons why teenagers are ideal candidates, such as their acceptance of lower wages
D. by providing specific reasons why teenagers are ideal candidates, such as their acceptance of lower wages
Word choice in an argumentative essay should be simple and general. completely neutral. emotional and exaggerated. D. formal and precise.
D. formal and precise.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.At Burger King restaurants, frozen hamburger patties are placed on a conveyer belt and emerge from a broiler ninety seconds later fully cooked. The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino's also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times. The ovens at McDonald's look like commercial laundry presses, with big steel hoods that swing down and grill hamburgers on both sides at once. The burgers, chicken, french fries, and buns are all frozen when they arrive at a McDonald's.The evidence presented here supports the author's claim that fast food restaurants are like factories because the excerpt explores the variety of items available at many fast food chains. describes the typical workday of a fast food employee. explains why teenagers like to work at fast food restaurants. D. illustrates the assembly line principle of making things faster.
D. illustrates the assembly line principle of making things faster.
Read the paragraph.[1] Alejandro's guidance counselor is helping him plan his schedule for next year. [2] She suggests that he take AP Chemistry and AP French to improve his chances of getting into college. [3] Neither he nor his parents thinks he'll have time to do the work for both courses. [4] Alejandro plans to wait until the week before school starts to decide.Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error? sentence 1 sentence 2 sentence 3 D. sentence 4
D. sentence 4
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation."When management determines exactly how every task is to be done . . . and can impose its own rules about pace, output, quality, and technique," the sociologist Robin Leidner has noted, "[it] makes workers increasingly interchangeable." The management no longer depends upon the talents or skills of its workers — those things are built into the operating system and machines. Jobs that have been "de-skilled" can be filled cheaply. The need to retain any individual worker is greatly reduced by the ease with which he or she can be replaced.Which best describes the type of evidence presented in this excerpt? analogical anecdotal statistical D. testimonial
D. testimonial
Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest.'I could, if you'd let me, talk and talk. Let's talk about anything. I believe the influence of Kierkegaard on Camus is underestimated. I believe Dennis Gabor may very well have been the Antichrist. I believe Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror. I believe, with Hegel, that transcendence is absorption. I could interface you guys right under the table,' I say. 'I'm not just a creâtus, manufactured, conditioned, bred for a function.'What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt? that the people he is addressing enjoy long conversations that the people he is addressing appreciate intellectualism that the people he is addressing have researched philosophy D. that the people he is addressing expect a confrontation
D. that the people he is addressing expect a confrontation
Read the excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.Driving around the parks that encircle Washington, he solicited customers with a simple pitch: early in the morning, he would deliver some bagels and a cash basket to company's snack room; he would return before lunch to pick up the money and the leftovers. It was an honor-system commerce scheme, and it worked. Within a few years, Feldman was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research analyst. He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy.The authors prove Feldman's success by describing the honor-system scheme his daily routine his work as an analyst D. the size of his business.
D. the size of his business.
Which of the following parts of an argumentative essay belongs in the introduction? reason evidence counterclaim D. thesis
D. thesis
What is the best reason it is helpful to practice a presentation in front of a friend or family member? to receive validation for your ideas and opinions to determine which side of the topic you want to argue to decide the best way to incorporate jokes or anecdotes D. to get feedback on strong and weak points in your presentation
D. to get feedback on strong and weak points in your presentation
Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier? A. Baking in the oven, Kaleb thought the cake smelled great. Learning geometry in school can be quite a challenge. Cynthia's class will visit the state museum on Tuesday. Today, our choir group learned the lyrics to a beautiful song.
XX A. Baking in the oven, Kaleb thought the cake smelled great.
Read the paragraph.[1] This year, the Linden High School debate team is bigger than ever. [2] Neither the students nor the faculty advisors have much experience, but it's a smart, capable, argumentative group! [3] As a team, we've tried to make a schedule that allows her to study, prepare, and scrimmage. [4] Only one of us is able to practice on Thursdays or Fridays, which can be inconvenient. [5] Even so, we feel prepared and excited for this year's tournaments. [6] Our first debate is on October 10th, and each of us are looking forward to it.Select the combination of sentences which contain grammar errors: A. sentence 2 and sentence 3 sentence 3 and sentence 6 sentence 4 and sentence 5 sentence 1 and sentence 6
XX A. sentence 2 and sentence 3
Read the sentence.At the performance tonight, I am going to perform a jazz piece that I choreographed ______!Which best fits in the blank? themselves ourselves C. myself herself
XXX C. myself
Read the paragraph.[1] Our house was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. [2] It was common for an enslaved person to stop there on their way to the North. [3] The Underground Railroad were a network of hiding places. [4] The cellar beneath our house has a secret door that was installed to trick enslavers.Which sentence has a pronoun-antecedent agreement error? sentence 1 sentence 2 C. sentence 3 sentence 4
XXX C. sentence 3
Which sentence has a pronoun usage error? Thomas was supposed to pick me up, but he's late. She drove herself to the performance, but left early. The judges showed their scoresheets to the contestants. D. The audience left its seats after curtain call.
XXX D. The audience left its seats after curtain call.
Read the paragraph.[1] Ji-yoo is brainstorming topics for a term paper for her history class. [2] Although she wants to get started as soon as possible, she also wants to choose a subject she's passionate about. [3] She's strongly considering writing about Sally Ride, because he was the first woman from the United States to go to space. [4] Ji-yoo might also write about Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to fly a plane, but that would require more background research. [5] If she decides to write about Marie Curie, she could use the research she did for a project about radiation for Chemistry class. [6] Some options is better than others, but by choosing carefully in advance, Ji-yoo thinks she'll get a better grade in the end.Which sentences have errors? sentence 2 sentence 3 sentences 4 and 5 D. sentences 3 and 6
XXX D. sentences 3 and 6
According to the rules of subject-verb agreement, phrases or clauses between the subject and the verb do not change the ______.(Enter one word.)
number
