Plastic bags are very harmful to wildlife. Some sea turtles mistake plastic for the jellyfish that they eat. Sometimes a turtle is found dead with several plastic bag pieces in its stomach! Other animals are tied up in plastic and cannot move or escape. A bird cannot fly away when wrapped up in plastic!
Question 1
Which sentence would serve as the BEST introduction to this passage?
Responses
A Grocery stores depend on plastic bags as a way for customers to carry out their purchases.Grocery stores depend on plastic bags as a way for customers to carry out their purchases.
B Plastic bags are cheap to make and strong enough to carry several items at a time.Plastic bags are cheap to make and strong enough to carry several items at a time.
C Plastic bags should not be made or used by people.Plastic bags should not be made or used by people.
D Plastic bags come in many sizes and colors.Plastic bags come in many sizes and colors.
Question 2
Choose two characteristics that most introductory paragraphs in opinion writing should contain.
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B The two characteristics that most introductory paragraphs in opinion writing should contain are:
1. Clear thesis statement: The introduction should clearly state the writer's opinion or main argument on the topic. In this case, the writer's opinion is that plastic bags are harmful to wildlife.
2. Hook or attention-grabbing sentence: The introduction should also include a statement or sentence that grabs the reader's attention and makes them want to continue reading. In this case, the statement about sea turtles mistaking plastic for jellyfish and the harmful consequences serves as an attention-grabbing hook.
For Question 2, the two characteristics that most introductory paragraphs in opinion writing should contain are a clear thesis statement and a hook or attention-grabbing sentence.
Responses
A listing others who agree with the viewpointlisting others who agree with the viewpoint
B the opinion should make sense and be realisticthe opinion should make sense and be realistic
C everyone should agree on the opinion being madeeveryone should agree on the opinion being made
D the author should stick to facts and avoid opinionsthe author should stick to facts and avoid opinions
E a strong statement expressing the opinion to be madea strong statement expressing the opinion to be made
1. A clear thesis statement or a strong statement expressing the opinion to be made. This allows the reader to understand the writer's viewpoint from the beginning and sets the tone for the rest of the piece.
2. A hook or attention-grabbing sentence. This helps to engage the reader and make them interested in continuing to read the rest of the opinion piece.
1. E. A strong statement expressing the opinion to be made.
2. A hook or attention-grabbing sentence.
B the opinion should make sense and be realisticthe opinion should make sense and be realistic
C everyone should agree on the opinion being madeeveryone should agree on the opinion being made
D the author should stick to facts and avoid opinionsthe author should stick to facts and avoid opinions
E a strong statement expressing the opinion to be made
1. E. A strong statement expressing the opinion to be made.
2. B. The opinion should make sense and be realistic.
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