Word Choice and Evidence in Wheels of Change, Part 3

Question 1

Which sentence best summarizes the viewpoint Sue Macy explains in the passage?

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Some disapproved of women riding bicycles because they feared it would give women greater independence.

Question 2

✔ factquotationexpert testimony

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✔ fact

Question 3

example✔ expert testimonystatistic

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✔ expert testimony

Question 4

Read each quotation from the chapter, and use the drop-down menus to identify the viewpoint.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“By the time Krauss published his case study, other physicians had begun chronicling a wide variety of medical ills allegedly related to the bicycle.”: against cycling; “At a prayer-meeting the other night Samuel Stanley arose and denounced the act of bicycle-riding as unladylike, unchristian and a disgrace to the church.”: against cycling; “The medical experts and religious leaders charged with ensuring women's physical and moral welfare rejected [Charlotte Smith’s] predictions of doom and damnation as being greatly exaggerated.”: in favor of cycling

Question 5

Which details support the viewpoint that bicycling is unhealthy? Check all that apply.

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“He took a four-mile, 25-minute ride with his friends that left him severely distressed.”; “He had a severe pain on the left side of his chest.”; “The doctor's diagnosis was short and to the point: ‘over-bicycling.’”

Question 6

Use the drop-down menus to identify the type of evidence presented in each supporting detail.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“He took a four-mile, 25-minute ride with his friends that left him severely distressed.”: description; fact; “The doctor's diagnosis was short and to the point: ‘over-bicycling.’”: expert testimony

Question 7

Use the drop-down menus to identify the type of evidence presented in each supporting detail.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ description; “He took a four-mile, 25-minute ride with his friends that left him severely distressed.”: description; fact; “The doctor's diagnosis was short and to the point: ‘over-bicycling.’”: expert testimony

Question 8

Which group of words have strong negative connotations?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ evil, alarming, immorality; evil, alarming, immorality; Cycling is a threat to women’s morality.

Question 9

Smith chose the underlined words for a reason. What effect did she hope to have on the audience by using words with strong negative connotations?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

She wanted to persuade others that women should not ride bicycles.

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