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Read the introduction to Samantha's argument.My friends like going to fast food restaurants. It's not that I mind, but I'm a vegan, and these restaurants offer few things that I can eat. Even salads contain ingredients like cheese, eggs, and ham. What's more, there may be cream or gelatin in the dressing. Sometimes all I can do is order something to drink, while my friends enjoy their meals. By not offering vegan meals, fast food restaurants are missing out on additional sales.

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Fast food restaurants attract a lot of customers.
B
Fast food restaurants need to create more varied menus.
C
Fast food restaurants would profit from offering vegan meals.
D
Fast food restaurants would lose money by catering to vegans.
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Read the introduction to Dan DeLuca's argument.(1) Bob Dylan is the songwriter who opened up the doors of possibility to all who followed. (2) He was the mysterious bard with a guitar who sent out a clarion call—first as the acoustic Voice of His Generation, then as the plugged-in rocker who remained a master of the unexpected for five decades—that the words pop singers sang were worthy of being taken seriously.(3) "Dylan was a revolutionary,” Bruce Springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (4) "The way that Elvis freed your body, Bob freed your mind.” (5) Early masterpieces such as "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” and "Visions Of Johanna” and "Like A Rolling Stone” fueled a debate: Are rock lyrics poetry?(6) The answer must be yes, because on Thursday, Dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the Nobel Prize in literature. (7) The Swedish Academy, in making him the first American winner since novelist Toni Morrison in 1993, cited him for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”

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sentence 1
B
sentence 2
C
sentence 6
D
sentence 7
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Which statement would best conclude an evaluation of Dan DeLuca's argument in "Dylan's Nobel Prize Settles Debate: Rock Lyrics Are Poetry"?

A
DeLuca shows an impressive knowledge of the entire range of Dylan's creative output.
B
Overall, DeLuca's wide-ranging evidence will prove that rock lyrics are indeed poetry.
C
I find the examples of internal rhyme to be the most convincing evidence DeLuca offers.
D
DeLuca calls on novelists and a US president for their opinions of the Nobel committee's decision.
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Which sentences would be effective thesis statements for a paragraph evaluating an argument? Select two options.

A
Hollembeak's review of the high school's play is fun and entertaining to read.
B
McArdle reviews the latest production of Hamlet, which sets the play's action in the 21st century.
C
In her editorial, Mellie writes convincingly of the need for high school classes to begin later in the morning.
D
Smith's argument in favor of tuition-free college education offers persuasive reasoning and authoritative evidence.
E
After the flooding in her state, the junior senator offered a heartfelt plan for increasing restrictions on carbon emissions.
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Read this passage from Giovanna's evaluation of an argument claiming that climate change is not affected by human activity.Niemand's article on climate change in the editorial section of today's newspaper offers a weak argument. His reasoning consists of little more than unsubstantiated assertions that climate change is not affected by human activity.In an effective evaluation, which element would follow this statement?

A
a summary of Niemand's claim
B
text evidence from Niemand's argument
C
a restatement of Giovanna's evaluation
D
the name and source of Niemand's article

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