AnswersGA-Literature and Composition II B-CRUnit Test

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Which type of fallacy uses circular reasoning to support an argument?

A
genetic fallacy
B
begging the claim
C
hasty generalization
D
ad populum
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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 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 definition.censorcen·sor[Latin censor, the Roman magistrate tasked with registering Roman citizens]noun1. a person who supervises conduct and moralsverb1. to examine something in order to suppress it2. to delete anything considered objectionablesensorsen·sor[Latin sentire, "to perceive”]noun1. a device that responds to a physical stimulus and transmits an impulse in response

A
censor, sensoring
B
sensor, censoring
C
censor, censoring
D
sensor, sensoring
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How are prefixes and suffixes alike? Select two options.

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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What is a counterclaim?

A
a detail that supports reasons for a claim
B
an opinion or belief that a claim is true
C
a refutation of a claim, with evidence
D
an invalid or flawed claim, with reasons
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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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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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Read the definitions. shear = v., to cut sheer = adj., thin soar = v., to fly at a great height sore = adj., feeling pain

A
sheer, soar
B
shear, sore
C
shear, soar
D
sheer, sore
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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 passage from chapter 17 of The Prince.Therefore a prince, so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal, ought not to remind the reproach of cruelty; because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who, through too much mercy, allow disorders to arise, from which follow murders or robberies; for these are wont to injure the whole people, whilst those executions which originate with a prince offend the individual only.

A
A cruel prince risks robberies and murders.
B
A cruel prince may be better for his subjects in the long run.
C
A cruel prince should not mind having murders and robberies.
D
A cruel prince will always have subjects who work hard for him.
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Which sentences from the texts best provide evidence to support this idea? Select three options.

A
"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."
B
"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."
C
"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."
D
"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."
E
"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."
F
"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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