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Question 1 A)1. Which text structure involves explaining why an event happens and what results from that event?(1 point) Responses claims, counterclaims, and evidence claims, counterclaims, and evidence problem and solution problem and solution cause and effect cause and effect compare and contrast compare and contrast B) 2. Use the two texts to answer the question. Text 1: The famous pothole on Main Street was several inches deep before the city managed to address the situation. The hole was first reported three years ago. Over time, it grew deeper and cost local residents more tires with each passing month. After much debate, the city finally hired a local private business to fill the hole and patch the pavement. Given the city’s lack of working street equipment, this was clearly the right call. Text 2: Everyone was aware of the pothole on Main Street, but it remained a steadfast resident of our town for three years, nonetheless. Its presence gave us so many choices. Should we drivers take a different route or run over the hole and hope for the best? Was it wiser to trust the city to handle it, or should some brave citizens have jumped in to save us all? Should that brave citizen have used gravel, cement, or something vastly more entertaining—such as rubber cement? At least then we could have had a town trampoline, if not safe and smooth roads for all. Which statement best explains why one text is more believable than the other? (1 point) Responses Text 2 is more believable because it shows both sides of the issue before it makes a claim. Text 2 is more believable because it shows both sides of the issue before it makes a claim. Text 1 is more believable because it explains events and then makes a logical claim evaluating those events. Text 1 is more believable because it explains events and then makes a logical claim evaluating those events. Text 1 is more believable because it comes to the correct conclusion about what should have happened. Text 1 is more believable because it comes to the correct conclusion about what should have happened. C) 3. Use the sentence to answer the question. Stay safe; stay well; stay hydrated; stay curious. What type of rhetorical device is used in the sentence and how do you know? (1 point) Responses diacope, because the phrases appear to be opposites diacope, because the phrases appear to be opposites anaphora, because words repeat at the beginning of sentences anaphora, because words repeat at the beginning of sentences chiasmus, because the words repeat at the beginning of sentences chiasmus, because the words repeat at the beginning of sentences antithesis, because the phrases appear to be opposites antithesis, because the phrases appear to be opposites D) 4. Use the paragraph to answer the question. An electrician is a person who does electrical work. When the electricity goes out, an electrician can help! Based on the context in the paragraph, what part of speech is the word electricity? (1 point) Responses pronoun pronoun noun noun adjective adjective verb verb E) 5. Which phrase best describes a characteristic of a base word? (1 point) Responses gives a word its principal meaning gives a word its principal meaning added to a root added to a root the smallest meaningful unit in a language the smallest meaningful unit in a language has meaning on its own has meaning on its own F) 6. Use the sentence to answer the question. Doing local volunteer work is a valuable experience. Which reason best supports this claim? (1 point) Responses Volunteer work helps build strong connections between individuals and their communities. Volunteer work helps build strong connections between individuals and their communities. Volunteer work comes in many forms and is increasingly accessible. Volunteer work comes in many forms and is increasingly accessible. Volunteer work is in high demand as fewer people are willing to work for free. Volunteer work is in high demand as fewer people are willing to work for free. Volunteer work should be done by everybody at some point in their lives. Volunteer work should be done by everybody at some point in their lives. G) 7. Use the sentence to answer the question. When you give them an inch, they will take a mile. Which kind of flawed reasoning is this? (1 point) Responses appeal to emotion appeal to emotion false dichotomy false dichotomy appeal to authority appeal to authority gambler’s fallacy gambler’s fallacy H) 8. "How a Children's Toy Could Help Fight Malaria" by Jason Daley “There are more than a billion people around the world who have no infrastructure, no roads, and no electricity,” says Manu Prakash, a physical biologist at Stanford and inventor of the new gadget. When he visited Uganda in 2013 he found that clinics either did not have centrifuges or didn’t have the juice to power them. “One clinic used its broken centrifuge as a doorstop,” Prakash tells Devin Powell at Nature. Use the passage to answer the question. For what purpose does the author include the sentence about using the centrifuge as a doorstop? (1 point) Responses to criticize the inventor’s waste of time to criticize the inventor’s waste of time to highlight a problem with a current system to highlight a problem with a current system to show a negative opinion of centrifuges to show a negative opinion of centrifuges to indicate a positive opinion of recycling to indicate a positive opinion of recycling I)9. What is rhetoric?(1 point) Responses a question designed to make someone think rather than answer a question designed to make someone think rather than answer the facts and information that support an idea or analysis the facts and information that support an idea or analysis the art of using language to persuade the art of using language to persuade a statement that is likely to cause strong emotions such as anger a statement that is likely to cause strong emotions such as anger J) 10. "Why Journalism Has a Gender Problem" by Corinne Segal A Fortune study on performance reviews in the tech industry found that words like ‘bossy, abrasive, strident, and aggressive’ appear in reviews of female leaders more frequently than men. Use the sentence to answer the question. Which types of rhetoric does the author use in this sentence? Select the two correct answers. (1 point) Responses pathos pathos inductive reasoning inductive reasoning ethos ethos deductive reasoning deductive reasoning logos

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Here are the answers to your questions:

A) 1. Which text structure involves explaining why an event happens and what results from that event?
Answer: cause and effect

B) 2. Which statement best explains why one text is more believable than the other?
Answer: Text 1 is more believable because it explains events and then makes a logical claim evaluating those events.

C) 3. What type of rhetorical device is used in the sentence and how do you know?
Answer: anaphora, because words repeat at the beginning of sentences

D) 4. Based on the context in the paragraph, what part of speech is the word electricity?
Answer: noun

E) 5. Which phrase best describes a characteristic of a base word?
Answer: has meaning on its own

F) 6. Which reason best supports the claim that doing local volunteer work is a valuable experience?
Answer: Volunteer work helps build strong connections between individuals and their communities.

G) 7. Which kind of flawed reasoning is this?
Answer: appeal to emotion

H) 8. For what purpose does the author include the sentence about using the centrifuge as a doorstop?
Answer: to highlight a problem with a current system

I) 9. What is rhetoric?
Answer: the art of using language to persuade

J) 10. Which types of rhetoric does the author use in this sentence? Select the two correct answers.
Answer: pathos, ethos

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