Which of the following traits might one expect to improve as a result of participating in collegial discussions? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)
Responses
language skills
language skills
writing technique
writing technique
self-respect
self-respect
debate skills
debate skills
self-confidence
How can active listening skills help a discussion?(1 point)
Responses
They help avoid misunderstandings because group members pay close attention and ask for clarification as needed.
They help avoid misunderstandings because group members pay close attention and ask for clarification as needed.
They help reach the correct conclusion because everyone hears the same thing and will ultimately share an opinion.
They help reach the correct conclusion because everyone hears the same thing and will ultimately share an opinion.
They help discussions remain productive because they allow members to form and prepare their own opinions while others are speaking.
They help discussions remain productive because they allow members to form and prepare their own opinions while others are speaking.
They help select a winning side in the discussion because everyone hears the same thing and will know who argued most effectively.
Use the scenario to answer the question.
Student #1: There’s no point in trying to fight climate change as individuals. Governments need to get involved and start taking it seriously.
Student #2: Governments should have gotten involved a long time ago, but I still think it’s important for every person to do what they can. The most important thing is that we make progress.
In the context of this conversation, which claim most warrants justification?
(1 point)
Responses
Governments should have gotten involved a long time ago.
Governments should have gotten involved a long time ago.
Governments need to get involved and start taking it seriously.
Governments need to get involved and start taking it seriously.
The most important thing is that we make progress.
The most important thing is that we make progress.
There’s no point in trying to fight climate change as individuals.
Article: A story details the plight stray animals face in suburban settings. It explains how an increased number of stray animals makes people in an area less likely to provide care or show compassion for any of the local strays. The article includes data and statistics tracking changes to stray animal numbers over time.
Video: A video begins with footage of a person on their way to work stopping to feed and pet a stray cat. The video moves to an animal shelter to show overflowing cages and a phone with multiple lines ringing. The video discusses stray animals as a growing problem in the area. It ends by showing a person on their way to work shooing a stray cat out of their way.
Question
Use the article and video descriptions to answer the question.
Based on the descriptions, what mood do the two pieces of media most likely convey?
(1 point)
Responses
humor
humor
anger
anger
sympathy
sympathy
excitement
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 nonetheless it remained a steadfast resident of our town for three years. 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 citizen 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.
Question
Use the two texts to answer the question.
Which inference does the connection between the two texts support?
(1 point)
Responses
The solution to the pothole problem came about as the result of citizens writing thoughtful texts on the topic.
The solution to the pothole problem came about as the result of citizens writing thoughtful texts on the topic.
The pothole was a big enough problem that people across the country were interested in learning what happened.
The pothole was a big enough problem that people across the country were interested in learning what happened.
The pothole was a big enough problem that many people in the town thought and talked about it.
The pothole was a big enough problem that many people in the town thought and talked about it.
The solution to the pothole problem was controversial among the citizens of the town.
"Wilberforce 1789 Abolition Speech"
by William Wilberforce
When I consider the magnitude of the subject which I am to bring before the House—a subject, in which the interests, not of this country, nor of Europe alone, but of the whole world, and of posterity, are involved: and when I think, at the same time, on the weakness of the advocate who has undertaken this great cause—when these reflections press upon my mind, it is impossible for me not to feel both terrified and concerned at my own inadequacy to such a task. But when I reflect, however, on the encouragement which I have had, through the whole course of a long and laborious examination of this question, and how much candour I have experienced, and how conviction has increased within my own mind, in proportion as I have advanced in my labours;—when I reflect, especially, that however averse any gentleman may now be, yet we shall all be of one opinion in the end;—when I turn myself to these thoughts, I take courage—I determine to forget all my other fears, and I march forward with a firmer step in the full assurance that my cause will bear me out, and that I shall be able to justify upon the clearest principles, every resolution in my hand, the avowed end of which is, the total abolition of the slave trade. I wish exceedingly, in the outset, to guard both myself and the House from entering into the subject with any sort of passion. It is not their passions I shall appeal to—I ask only for their cool and impartial reason; and I wish not to take them by surprise, but to deliberate, point by point, upon every part of this question. I mean not to accuse any one, but to take the shame upon myself, in common, indeed, with the whole parliament of Great Britain, for having suffered this horrid trade to be carried on under their authority. We are all guilty—we ought all to plead guilty, and not to exculpate ourselves by throwing the blame on others; and I therefore deprecate every kind of reflection against the various descriptions of people who are more immediately involved in this wretched business.
William Wilberforce's 1789 Abolition Speech
Question
Use the excerpt from William Wilberforce’s 1789 Abolition Speech, delivered in the House of Commons in England, to answer the question.
Based on the rhetoric in the passage, what impact is Wilberforce hoping to have on his audience?
(1 point)
Responses
He hopes they will support abolition.
He hopes they will support abolition.
He hopes they consider the magnitude of the topic he is discussing.
He hopes they consider the magnitude of the topic he is discussing.
He hopes they will find the people responsible for enslavement.
He hopes they will find the people responsible for enslavement.
He hopes they will argue passionately about abolition.
What is the denotative meaning for sunny?(1 point)
Responses
a person who has a good attitude
a person who has a good attitude
feeling content
feeling content
a day with a lot of sunshine
a day with a lot of sunshine
happy and cheerful
1 answer
Here are the answers to the questions provided:
Which of the following traits might one expect to improve as a result of participating in collegial discussions?
Language skills
Debate skills
How can active listening skills help a discussion?
They help avoid misunderstandings because group members pay close attention and ask for clarification as needed.
In the context of this conversation, which claim most warrants justification?
Governments need to get involved and start taking it seriously.
Based on the descriptions, what mood do the two pieces of media most likely convey?
Sympathy
Which inference does the connection between the two texts support?
The pothole was a big enough problem that many people in the town thought and talked about it.
Based on the rhetoric in the passage, what impact is Wilberforce hoping to have on his audience?
