Summarizing Central Ideas and Purpose: The Hot Zone

Question 1

Which best describes how this passage appeals to the reader’s emotions?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by describing birds near death and a spring without chirping

Question 2

Identify the type of appeal made in each sentence from an argument in favor of letting teens play video games.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ logical appeal; According to a study published in The Wall Street Journal, people who play video games make decisions 25% faster than those who do not, and the increased speed does not affect their accuracy.: logical appeal; My friends and I are honor roll students who are able to balance our studies and our gaming.: ethical appeal; Parents who do not allow their kids to play video games are depriving them of an important strategy for coping with stress and setting them up to become lonely.: emotional appeal

Question 3

logical appeal✔ ethical appealemotional appeal

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ ethical appeal

Question 4

logical appealethical appeal✔ emotional appeal

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ emotional appeal

Question 5

Identify the type of appeal made in each sentence from an argument in favor of letting teens play video games.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

According to a study published in The Wall Street Journal, people who play video games make decisions 25% faster than those who do not, and the increased speed does not affect their accuracy.: logical appeal; My friends and I are honor roll students who are able to balance our studies and our gaming.: ethical appeal; Parents who do not allow their kids to play video games are depriving them of an important strategy for coping with stress and setting them up to become lonely.: emotional appeal

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