Read the introduction paragraph to a student’s essay about online learning.(1) The benefits and drawbacks to online learning have been heavily debated. (2) Most people agree that in school settings, instruction should be tailored to meet students’ goals at their desired pace of learning. (3) One option for achieving this ideal is online learning systems, which generally include diagnostic assessments and individualized feedback. (4) Once students demonstrate mastery of a certain topic or skill, they can move on to a new area. (5) This is a more efficient way to teach and learn, although it requires changing the way schools think about academics. (6) While interventions such as online learning require a fundamental rethinking of our educational system, they promise opportunities to help students more fully reach their potentials. Which of the following sentences contains thesis statement of the paragraph?
Read the paragraph.Some districts and states are embracing online learning as a so-called “disruptive innovation,” in which difficult circumstances force organizations to use tactics that go against traditional approaches or transform them. In the Detroit area, for instance, a local district with a high dropout rate and declining enrollment opened a cyber high school, which is aimed at helping lure dropouts and at-risk students into the district to get them back on track to graduate. The new virtual program has helped draw in new students, increasing enrollment and state funding.Which statement is supported by the paragraph and reinforces an argument for online learning?
Which topic would prompt an argumentative essay?
Read the paragraph.Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students’ self-expression, but there are many other ways to reveal one’s individuality at school.Which sentence addresses a counterclaim?
Which of these best strengthens a factual argument?
Read the excerpt from a text about online learning.“Virtual schools were growing quite quickly,” said Christina Martin, a policy analyst at the Cascade Policy Institute, a free-market think tank based in Portland, Ore. . . .The big issue, she said, was fairness. Some students have access to virtual schools because they have a learning coach to stay home with them, while others don’t. Also, Internet connections can be costly, and not every family has one. And families have to pay for their own printing. . . . “An adult must stay with a child during the day and make sure they’re doing their work.” This information would best support a claim about students’ need for
Read this introductory sentence.Our county government has neglectfully ignored a national trend in child safety and must enact a bicycle helmet law immediately to right this wrong.Which best describes the tone?
Read the paragraph.Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students’ self-expression, but there are many other ways for them to reveal their individuality at school.Which fact best supports the author’s position?
Read the sentence from an argumentative essay on employment in the United States.Even today, many foreigners continue to emigrate to the United States in hopes of finding new job opportunities. Which edit corrects the error in the sentence?
Which correctly demonstrates MLA formatting?
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