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What best describes the evidence used in the first excerpt?
- Answer: An expert’s opinion provides historical background of an important concept.
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What type of evidence is used in the second excerpt?
- Answer: analogical
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Which excerpt best states a reason supporting the author's claim that fast food restaurants follow the assembly line model?
- Answer: At Burger King restaurants, frozen hamburger patties are placed on a conveyor belt and emerge from a broiler ninety seconds later fully cooked.
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What best describes the type of evidence presented in the fourth excerpt?
- Answer: testimonial
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What rhetorical appeal is used in the final excerpt?
- Answer: The excerpt demonstrates pathos because the author presents a compelling story using emotional language.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
The labor practices of the fast food industry have their origins in the assembly line systems adopted by American manufacturers in the early twentieth century. Business historian Alfred D. Chandler has argued that a high rate of “throughput” was the most important aspect of these mass production systems. A factory’s throughput is the speed and volume of its flow—a much more crucial measurement, according to Chandler, than the number of workers it employs or the value of its machinery.
Which of the following choices best describes the evidence used in this excerpt?
An expert’s opinion provides historical background of an important concept.
An expert’s viewpoint presents a counterclaim to the author’s argument.
Statistical and factual evidence prove the author’s claim.
Personal experience creates persuasive, emotional appeal.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
Unlike Olympic gymnastics—an activity in which teenagers consistently perform at a higher level than adults—there’s nothing about the work in a fast food kitchen that requires young employees.
Which type of evidence does the author use in this excerpt?
anecdotal
statistical
testimonial
analogical
Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best states a reason supporting the author’s claim that fast food restaurants follow the assembly line model?
Once an order has been placed, buttons light up and suggest other menu items that can be added.
At Burger King restaurants, frozen hamburger patties are placed on a conveyer belt and emerge from a broiler ninety seconds later fully cooked.
The McDonald’s operations manual today has ten times the number of pages and weighs about four pounds.
Teenagers open the fast food outlets in the morning, close them at night, and keep them going at all hours in between.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
“When management determines exactly how every task is to be done . . . and can impose its own rules about pace, output, quality, and technique,” the sociologist Robin Leidner has noted, “[it] makes workers increasingly interchangeable.” The management no longer depends upon the talents or skills of its workers — those things are built into the operating system and machines. Jobs that have been “de-skilled” can be filled cheaply. The need to retain any individual worker is greatly reduced by the ease with which he or she can be replaced.
Which best describes the type of evidence presented in this excerpt?
analogical
anecdotal
statistical
testimonial
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
EVERY SATURDAY, ELISA ZAMOT gets up at 5:15 in the morning. It’s a struggle, and her head feels groggy as she steps into the shower. Her little sisters, Cookie and Sabrina, are fast asleep in their beds. By 5:30, Elisa’s showered, done her hair, and put on her McDonald’s uniform. She’s sixteen, bright-eyed and olive-skinned, pretty and petite, ready for another day of work. Elisa’s mother usually drives her the half-mile or so to the restaurant, but sometimes Elisa walks, leaving home before the sun rises.
Which of the following choices best describes the rhetorical appeal used in this excerpt?
The excerpt demonstrates logos because it is completely objective and lacking in emotion.
The excerpt demonstrates logos because it contains statistics to support the author’s claim.
The excerpt demonstrates ethos because the author positions himself as an expert on the topic.
The excerpt demonstrates pathos because the author presents a compelling story using emotional language.
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Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best states the author’s overall claim?
The fast food industry’s obsession with throughput has altered the way millions of Americans work, turned commercial kitchens into small factories, and changed familiar foods into commodities that are manufactured.
Unlike Olympic gymnastics—an activity in which teenagers consistently perform at a higher level than adults—there’s nothing about the work in a fast food kitchen that requires young employees.
Although Richard and Mac McDonald introduced the division of labor to the restaurant business, it was a McDonald’s executive named Fred Turner who created a production system of unusual thoroughness and attention to detail.
Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
Instead of relying upon a small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seeks out part-time, unskilled workers who are willing to accept low pay. Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.
In this excerpt, Schlosser claims that fast food restaurants are
taking advantage of people to save money.
helping society by hiring unskilled workers.
providing valuable training for teenagers.
using highly skilled workers in low-paying jobs.
The author of Fast Food Nation claims that the fast-food industry prefers to employ teenagers. How does the author best support this claim?
by providing evidence that teenagers are the bulk of the workforce in America because many still live at home
by providing the counterclaim that teenagers typically leave behind their first jobs at fast-food chains for better opportunities
by providing evidence that teenagers are better at smiling and promoting the increased size of an order
by providing specific reasons why teenagers are ideal candidates, such as their acceptance of lower wages
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
Cooking instructions are not only printed in the manual, they are often designed into the machines. A McDonald’s kitchen is full of buzzers and flashing lights that tell employees what to do.
The evidence presented in this excerpt best supports the author’s claim that
McDonald’s is the leader in fast food innovation.
fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor.
technology has helped improve the fast food industry.
the workers’ limited skills have forced fast food employers to rely on machines instead of people.
The fast food industry’s obsession with throughput has altered the way millions of Americans work, turned commercial kitchens into small factories, and changed familiar foods into commodities that are manufactured.
Unlike Olympic gymnastics—an activity in which teenagers consistently perform at a higher level than adults—there’s nothing about the work in a fast food kitchen that requires young employees.
Although Richard and Mac McDonald introduced the division of labor to the restaurant business, it was a McDonald’s executive named Fred Turner who created a production system of unusual thoroughness and attention to detail.
Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
Instead of relying upon a small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seeks out part-time, unskilled workers who are willing to accept low pay. Teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control.
In this excerpt, Schlosser claims that fast food restaurants are
taking advantage of people to save money.
helping society by hiring unskilled workers.
providing valuable training for teenagers.
using highly skilled workers in low-paying jobs.
The author of Fast Food Nation claims that the fast-food industry prefers to employ teenagers. How does the author best support this claim?
by providing evidence that teenagers are the bulk of the workforce in America because many still live at home
by providing the counterclaim that teenagers typically leave behind their first jobs at fast-food chains for better opportunities
by providing evidence that teenagers are better at smiling and promoting the increased size of an order
by providing specific reasons why teenagers are ideal candidates, such as their acceptance of lower wages
Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation.
Cooking instructions are not only printed in the manual, they are often designed into the machines. A McDonald’s kitchen is full of buzzers and flashing lights that tell employees what to do.
The evidence presented in this excerpt best supports the author’s claim that
McDonald’s is the leader in fast food innovation.
fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor.
technology has helped improve the fast food industry.
the workers’ limited skills have forced fast food employers to rely on machines instead of people.
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Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best states the author’s overall claim?
- Answer: The fast food industry’s obsession with throughput has altered the way millions of Americans work, turned commercial kitchens into small factories, and changed familiar foods into commodities that are manufactured.
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In this excerpt, Schlosser claims that fast food restaurants are:
- Answer: taking advantage of people to save money.
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How does the author best support the claim that the fast-food industry prefers to employ teenagers?
- Answer: by providing specific reasons why teenagers are ideal candidates, such as their acceptance of lower wages.
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The evidence presented in the excerpt best supports the author’s claim that:
- Answer: fast food restaurants use technology designed to reduce the need for skilled labor.
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