Chapter One Note: INCORRECT Once my cousin, Susan, learned to read, her desire for books became insatiable. She visited the library every afternoon and still never seemed to get enough of reading. A) weak B) never satisfiedC) damaging D) addictive
6 INCORRECT Since she had only a few minutes to spare before class, Professor Wolf gave the student's paper only a cursory reading. A) hasty B) careful C) thoughtful D) inaccurate
4 INCORRECT
Somewhere in the dim recesses of Parker's mind, the inchoate idea seeped in: He wanted to make some sort of change in his life.
(inchoate is pronounced in – koh' – it) A) revolutionary B) drastic C) imperfectly formed D) ludicrously bizarre
9 INCORRECT
The poet evocatively limned the beauty of his childhood home by describing its lush meadows, wandering paths, and profusion of trees to climb. A) compared B) analyzed C) emphasized D) represented in words
Chapter Four Notes: The primary method of development is A) illustration B) steps in a process C) comparison D) contrast E) facts and statistics
The examples at the beginning of paragraph 2 strongly suggest that A) the author is a keen observer of nature B) a lot of animals seldom do anything very amazing C) wild animals will not allow people to get close to them D) animals do little so that they can conserve energy, especially when food is scarce
Chapter Five Notes: The identical twins Donna and Dana switch seats in class to confuse their teacher.they are successful.
Chapter Five Notes:
Chapter Nine Notes:
How could an employer be so cruel as to fire a worker like Robert Gonzalez? Of course, his absenteeism has been significant, and he has difficulty getting to work on time. And it’s true that customers have complained about his rudeness. But he has seven children to support, house payments to make, and college loans to repay.
The Correct Answer: appeal to sympathy
Your Answer: appeal to authority
Thanks to Megan’s Law [a federal law that allows people to view a CD at police stations containing the names and addresses of registered sex offenders], we found out that a scumbag offender has been paroled and is living just two streets away near the park. So what if he’s paid his debt to society? We parents won’t stand for any sex offenders living near our children! The Correct Answer: appeal to fear Your Answer: appeal to pity or sympathy
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6 INCORRECT Since she had only a few minutes to spare before class, Professor Wolf gave the student's paper only a cursory reading. A) hasty B) careful C) thoughtful D) inaccurate
4 INCORRECT
Somewhere in the dim recesses of Parker's mind, the inchoate idea seeped in: He wanted to make some sort of change in his life.
(inchoate is pronounced in – koh' – it) A) revolutionary B) drastic C) imperfectly formed D) ludicrously bizarre
9 INCORRECT
The poet evocatively limned the beauty of his childhood home by describing its lush meadows, wandering paths, and profusion of trees to climb. A) compared B) analyzed C) emphasized D) represented in words
Chapter Four Notes: The primary method of development is A) illustration B) steps in a process C) comparison D) contrast E) facts and statistics
The examples at the beginning of paragraph 2 strongly suggest that A) the author is a keen observer of nature B) a lot of animals seldom do anything very amazing C) wild animals will not allow people to get close to them D) animals do little so that they can conserve energy, especially when food is scarce
Chapter Five Notes: The identical twins Donna and Dana switch seats in class to confuse their teacher.they are successful.
Chapter Five Notes:
- similarly
- therefore
- in addition
- however
- often as an illustration
Chapter Nine Notes:
How could an employer be so cruel as to fire a worker like Robert Gonzalez? Of course, his absenteeism has been significant, and he has difficulty getting to work on time. And it’s true that customers have complained about his rudeness. But he has seven children to support, house payments to make, and college loans to repay.
The Correct Answer: appeal to sympathy
Your Answer: appeal to authority
Thanks to Megan’s Law [a federal law that allows people to view a CD at police stations containing the names and addresses of registered sex offenders], we found out that a scumbag offender has been paroled and is living just two streets away near the park. So what if he’s paid his debt to society? We parents won’t stand for any sex offenders living near our children! The Correct Answer: appeal to fear Your Answer: appeal to pity or sympathy
Instructor Feedback
None