Evaluating Stylistic Choices Answers

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Based on the title "The Constant Sharing Is Making Us Competitive and Depressed,” a reader can infer that the text will

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describe opportunities that can result from sharing ideas in online communities.
B
point out how participating in online communities can result in negative consequences.
C
emphasize the invasion of privacy that accompanies taking part in online communities.
D
point out dangers youth face by participating in online communities that include older people.
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describe how online communities can help people connect to others in similar situations.
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The audience for the assignment is .

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your peers
B
older Americans
C
business leaders
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The topic and purpose of the assignment is to ways to .

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access the internet
B
build a social network
C
create stable communities
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A student wants to argue that stable online communities can help members learn to abide by rules against harassment. Which piece of evidence from the text most supports this argument?

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“Riot found that persistently negative players were only responsible for roughly 13 percent of the game’s bad behavior.”
B
“Some banned players were actually getting worse after their bans than they were before.”
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“And this system is not just punishing players; it’s rehabilitating them, elevating more than 280,000 censured gamers to good standing.”
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“Others have actually asked to be placed in a Restricted Chat Mode, which limits the numbers of messages they can send.”
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“After repeated Tribunal punishments . . . Rivera was banned for a year from competitive play.”
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How does Hudson support the claim that it is important to enforce rules for online behavior in ways people understand?

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She tells a story about how a famous professional gamer was punished for harassment.
B
She describes how a reputation system was implemented to clean up online harassment.
C
She explains how social norms should be enforced by members of online communities.
D
She provides data on who is responsible for the majority of harassment in online gaming communities.
E
She gives examples of how banned players reacted differently when their punishments cited a specific offense.
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Read "Online Harassment” on pp. 622–623 of The Language of Composition.A student wants to argue that online environments are stable communities. What evidence from the text best supports this argument? Check all that apply.Sixty percent of internet users have not experienced online harassment.Ninety-two percent of internet users believe that an online environment allows people to be more critical of others.Sixty-eight percent of users think online environments are supportive in nature.Eighteen percent of internet users have experienced severe harassment.Seventy-five percent of internet users believe that social networking sites are equally welcoming to men and women.

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Sixty percent of internet users have not experienced online harassment.
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Ninety-two percent of internet users believe that an online environment allows people to be more critical of others.
C
Sixty-eight percent of users think online environments are supportive in nature.
D
Eighteen percent of internet users have experienced severe harassment.
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Seventy-five percent of internet users believe that social networking sites are equally welcoming to men and women.
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Which goal does Hudson achieve by including evidence about the disciplinary system called the Tribunal?

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to clarify how a system of punishment works
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to set the mood that punishments can be harsh
C
to amplify the idea that community enforcement works
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to associate real-world harassment with online harassment
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to illustrate how online harassment happens in all parts of the internet

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