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Research Workshop: Writing an Argumentative Essay — Unit test

Question 4 • ALT ENG 11 S2 Common Core ELA 11 2014 - ELA3011 B-CR

Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation. English is now the second language of at least one-sixth of the nation’s restaurant workers, and about one-third of that group speaks no English at all. The proportion of fast food workers who cannot speak English is even higher.Which type of evidence does the author use in this excerpt?

Answer
A
anecdotal
B
statistical
C
testimonial
D
analogical

Explanation

The excerpt gives numerical information: at least one-sixth of restaurant workers speak English as a second language, and about one-third of that group speak no English. Evidence based on numbers and proportions is statistical evidence. “Statistical” is the correct choice.

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