Body Language

1. Alicia has not provided a thesis for her paper. Which of the following should come after sentence 4 to serve as a thesis statement for this paper?

• A. In other words, the facial expressions and body postures you adopt can actually influence how you feel.
• B. However, you've probably already heard that people assess what you're feeling by observing your body language.
• C. Interestingly, the entire concept seems to have been proved to work in reverse as well.
• D. For example, your basic feelings can be attributed to how people perceive you to be holding your body.

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2. Alicia needs to add the following detail to the second paragraph (sentences 5-10). "Others held the pencil between their lips, which shaped their mouth more like a frown." Where should this sentence be inserted?

• F. Before sentence 5
• G. After sentence 5
• H. After sentence 6
• J. After sentence 7

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3. What is the most effective way to combine sentences 12 and 13?

• A. Amy Cuddy did a study on how "power poses" affect people she is a social psychologist at Harvard University.
• B. Amy Cuddy did a study on how "power poses" affect people, a social psychologist at Harvard University.
• C. Amy Cudy, a social psychologist at Harvard University, did a study on how "power poses" affect people.
• D. Amy Cuddy did a study, at Harvard University and with a social psychologist, on how "power poses" affect people.

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4. The word opposed is not the best choice for sentence 19. Which word should replace opposed in this sentence?

• F. contrasted
• G. differed
• H. varied
• J. measured

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5. What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 20?

• A. She found that the people had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and a decrease in the hormone associated with stress who were holding their body in a position of power.
• B. She found that people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance, the hormone associated with stress was decreased.
• C. She found that while the people were holding their body in a position of power, the hormones associated with dominance and stress were increased and decreased.
• D. She found that the people holding their body in a position of power had an increase in the hormone associated with dominance and a decrease in the hormone associated with stress.

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6. There is a redundant sentence in the third paragraph (sentences 11-21). Which of these sentences unnecessarily repeated information and should be deleted?

• F. Sentence 14
• G. Sentence 15
• H. Sentence 18
• J. Sentence 21

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