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Writing an Essay to Compare the Presentation of Ideas across Genres — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.While we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur. And in cooperation with many of our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiative—research to base deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend; on systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield them. By these means we seek to increase the safety of Europe and all the world.

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an emotional appeal
B
an ethical appeal
C
an expert appeal
D
a logical appeal
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Which type of fallacy uses circular reasoning to support an argument?

g
genetic fallacy
b
begging the claim
h
hasty generalization
a
ad populum
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"Judges, who currently deny seven in 10 applications for asylum by people who are in deportation proceedings, must better understand the conditions these children are facing."
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"Of course, many migrant children come for economic reasons, and not because they fear for their lives. In those cases, they should quickly be deported if they have at least one parent in their country of origin."
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"Countries neighboring Syria have absorbed nearly 3 million people. Jordan has accepted in two days what the United States has received in an entire month during the height of this immigration flow—more than 9,000 children in May."
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"Enrique tries to stay clean by finding bits of cardboard to sleep on. When he gets a bottle of water, he saves a little to wash his arms."
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"Two of [the migrants] are too frightened to go into town. They offer Enrique 20 pesos and ask him to buy food. If he will bring it back, they will share it with him."
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"In Guatemala, soda is called agua. Here in Mexico, agua is water. A jacket is a chamarra, not a chumpa. A T-shirt is a playera, not a blusa."
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How does Machiavelli work to achieve his secondary purpose—to inform his readers? Select two options

A
He explains that principalities don’t know how to rule themselves.
B
He describes the steps people take when they join rebellions.
C
He describes the emotions of people in a conquered republic.
D
He shows the different roles within a royal family.
E
He argues why a prince should sometimes ruin a city.
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Which features of the passage are typical of a compare/contrast structure? Select three options.

A
It identifies two groups that will be discussed.
B
It explains the reasons invading forces did not succeed.
C
It uses the signal word nevertheless to indicate a difference.
D
It uses the signal phrase for example to introduce evidence.
E
It describes similar and different outcomes to similar actions.
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How are prefixes and suffixes alike? Select two options.Both are a type of affix.Both are the root of a word. Both can change a word’s meaning.Both can be added to the end of a word. Both can be added to the beginning of a word.

A
Both are a type of affix.
B
Both are the root of a word.
C
Both can change a word’s meaning.
D
Both can be added to the end of a word.
E
Both can be added to the beginning of a word.
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To summarize the central idea in a text, readers should identify the topic and then identify

A
little-known facts about the topic.
B
the author's opinion about the topic.
C
other readers' opinions about the topic.
D
scientific facts about the topic.
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Read the passage from the opinion of the court in Dred Scott v. Sandford, written by Justice Taney.Upon the whole, therefore, it is the judgment of this court, that it appears by the record before us that the plaintiff in error is not a citizen of Missouri, in the sense in which that word is used in the Constitution; and that the Circuit Court of the United States, for that reason, had no jurisdiction in the case, and could give no judgment in it. Its judgment for the defendant must, consequentl

C
Citizens of Missouri cannot sue in a court of the United States.
D
Dred Scott cannot sue in court because he is not a citizen.
S
Sanford should not have won the previous case in circuit court.
T
The Constitution’s definition of citizenship does not include Missouri.
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Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial output of any city in Germany—busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues, and the spreading lawns of park land. Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed, today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums. Where there was want, today there's abundance.

A
Reagan uses repetition to focus attention on history.
B
Reagan uses hasty generalizations to encourage hope.
C
Reagan uses parallelism to compare the past to the present.
D
Reagan uses hyperbole to emphasize changes that have taken place.
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What is a counterclaim?

a
a detail that supports reasons for a claim
a
an opinion or belief that a claim is true
a
a refutation of a claim, with evidence
a
an invalid or flawed claim, with reasons
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Read the definitions.bio = life anthrop = human micro- = small meteoro = high in the air -logy = study of

A
anthrology
B
biology
C
microbiolgy
D
meteorlogy
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Read the sentence from Sara's analysis of Enrique's Journey.Enrique eyeballs his reflection in the store window, and it hits him that he's not a kid anymore.

A
When Enrique sees his reflection in a store window, he gets that he's a grown up.
B
Enrique examines his reflection in the store window and realizes that he is no longer a child.
C
When Enrique catches his reflection in a store window, he realizes he's totally not a kid anymore.
D
Enrique sees his reflection in the store window and realizes that he needs to leave that kid stuff behind.
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Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial output of any city in Germany—busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues, and the spreading lawns of park land. Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed, today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums. Where there was want, today there's abundance. . . . Fro

T
The Berlin Wall is a reminder of the past and of the war.
T
The United States is more powerful than the Soviet Union.
D
Democracy leads to greater prosperity than communism does.
B
Berlin is a thriving city that can boast of many accomplishments.
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Which sentence from Reagan’s "Tear Down This Wall” speech is the best example of hyperbole?

A
“I find in Berlin a message of hope, even in the shadow of this wall, a message of triumph.”
B
“The sign read simply: ‘The Marshall Plan is helping here to strengthen the free world.’”
C
“Throughout the Pacific, free markets are working miracle after miracle of economic growth.”
D
“In Europe, only one nation and those it controls refuse to join the community of freedom.”
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When analyzing an argument, which element should you identify first?

A
the reasons
B
the claim
C
the evidence
D
the author
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Read the passage from chapter 17 of The Prince.against my will, my fateA throne unsettled, and an infant state,Bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs,And guard with these severities my shores.

A
It changes the tone to make it more threatening.
B
It supports the overall tone of fear.
C
It changes the tone to become more serious.
D
It suggests a tone of loving concern.
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Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial output of any city in Germany—busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues, and the spreading lawns of park land. Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed, today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums. Where there was want, today there's abundance. . . . From devastation, from utter ruin, you Berliners have, in freedom, rebuilt a city that once again ranks as one of the greatest on earth. . . .In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.

A
The Berlin Wall is a reminder of the past and of the war.
B
The United States is more powerful than the Soviet Union.
C
Democracy leads to greater prosperity than communism does.
D
Berlin is a thriving city that can boast of many accomplishments.
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Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial output of any city in Germany—busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues, and the spreading lawns of park land. Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed, today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums. Where there was want, today there's abundance.

A
Reagan uses repetition to focus attention on history.
B
Reagan uses hasty generalizations to encourage hope.
C
Reagan uses parallelism to compare the past to the present.
D
Reagan uses hyperbole to emphasize changes that have taken place.
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Read the definitions.bio = life anthrop = human micro- = small meteoro = high in the air -logy = study of

A
anthrology
B
biology
C
microbiolgy
D
meteorlogy

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