Question

Question 1
Passage:
"Many people argue that remote learning decreases student engagement and motivation. However, studies show that students who have access to flexible online classes often perform better on assessments and develop stronger self-discipline skills."

Question: Which sentence in the passage represents the counterclaim?

(10 points)
Responses

“Students develop stronger self-discipline skills.”
“Students develop stronger self-discipline skills.”

“However, studies show that students who have access to flexible online classes often perform better on assessments.”
“However, studies show that students who have access to flexible online classes often perform better on assessments.”

“Many people argue that remote learning decreases student engagement and motivation.”
“Many people argue that remote learning decreases student engagement and motivation.”

“Remote learning is effective.”
“Remote learning is effective.”
Question 2
Passage:
"Some believe that technology makes people antisocial. Yet, social media allows users to maintain long-distance relationships and collaborate on projects they could never have done in person."

Question: Which part of the passage is a rebuttal?

(10 points)
Responses

“Yet, social media allows users to maintain long-distance relationships and collaborate on projects they could never have done in person.”
“Yet, social media allows users to maintain long-distance relationships and collaborate on projects they could never have done in person.”

“People enjoy using technology.”
“People enjoy using technology.”

“Technology has changed the world.”
“Technology has changed the world.”

“Some believe that technology makes people antisocial.”
“Some believe that technology makes people antisocial.”
Question 3
Passage:
"According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wearing a seatbelt reduces the risk of fatal injury by 45% during a car accident."

Question: Which rhetorical appeal is being used?

(10 points)
Responses

Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition

Logos
Logos

Pathos
Pathos

Ethos
Ethos
Question 4
Passage:
"We will not tire. We will not falter. We will not fail."

Question: Which technique is being used in this passage?

(10 points)
Responses

Anaphora/Repetition
Anaphora/Repetition

Rhetorical Question
Rhetorical Question

Parallelism
Parallelism

Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition
Question 5
Passage:
"In the city, skyscrapers gleamed in the sunlight; in the slums, children played barefoot in mud."

Question: What literary technique is demonstrated here?

(10 points)
Responses

Pathos
Pathos

Parallelism
Parallelism

Juxtaposition
Juxtaposition

Answer 1

Q1: “Many people argue that remote learning decreases student engagement and motivation.”

Q2: “Yet, social media allows users to maintain long-distance relationships and collaborate on projects they could never have done in person.”

Q3: Logos

Q4: Anaphora/Repetition

Q5: Juxtaposition