AnswersOC27 ENG 4-1001400-S2-VRobinson-VOL7006PPart 4: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph about an Informational Text

Part 4: Writing an Argumentative Paragraph about an Informational Text Answers

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What will you write?

A
a descriptive paragraph
B
an informative paragraph
C
an argumentative paragraph
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What is the purpose of your writing?

A
to inform
B
to persuade
C
to describe
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Which sentence from the text contains a statistic that can be used to support the claim and reason?

A
“. . . china tea sets became an essential part of the fashionable household, while less costly versions in pottery . . . spread through society.”
B
“As it got cheaper, tea also spread rapidly to the working classes.”
C
“. . . the average tea consumption per person in Britain was a staggering 6 lbs (3 kilograms) a year.”
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What is the most reasonable counterclaim for this claim, given the information in the passage?

A
Tea sets are not important symbols because they further divided social classes based on who could afford expensive tea sets from China and who could not.
B
Tea sets are not important symbols because tea sets were dependent on the importing of expensive tea from India.
C
Tea sets are not important symbols because tea houses and tea gardens became more important symbols in England.
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Which of these most clearly uses a formal style and tone?

A
In the 1600s, only folks with dollars to spare could splurge on afternoon tea.
B
Queen Anne endorsed tea. Tea was very valuable. It stayed this way for years.
C
The price of tea decreased, and working-class citizens were soon able to purchase tea.
D
Everyone knows that tea propaganda was obviously used to fool the working class.

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