Semester 1 Exam - English 11

What are the key elements of an argumentative essay?

• Introduction, quotes, and conclusion

• Counterclaim, setting, and introduction

• Claim, reasons, and evidence

• Something to provoke thought

What should be in an introduction paragraph of an argumentative essay?

• Arguing and proving the other side wrong

• claim, reasons and evidence

• counterclaim and 3 reasons

• an attention grabber, the claim, and 3 reasons to support the claim

What should be in the conclusion of an argumentative essay?

• New evidence

• The 3rd reason with evidence

• 3 reasons, claim, and something to provoke thought

• Attention grabber, and 3 reasons

Which is the most valid source for evidence?

• Wikipedia

• Expert articles

• Blogs

• Photos

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Why are valid sources for evidence important?

• To make your essay longer.

• To prove that the argument is a strong one.

• To avoid coming up with your own evidence.

• Because the teacher says so.

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Which evidence best supports the claim and reason that the USA should require 2 years of military service for everyone because it reduces the need for the draft?

• The military provides job training for careers they can use after they go back to civilian night.

• The cost of paying all citizens between the ages of 18 and 20, as well as providing food and lodging, would increase our already monstrous military budget.

• The military life is so difficult that many veterans suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

• If there is a larger standing army because of service requirements, there would be less of a need to recruit or even draft soldiers in a time of war.

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Which evidence best supports the claim and reason that the USA should not require 2 years of military service for everyone because it can be unhealthy?

• The military provides job training for careers they can use after they go back to civilian night.

• The cost of paying all citizens between the ages of 18 and 20, as well as providing food and lodging, would increase our already monstrous military budget.

• The military life is so difficult that many veterans suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

• If there is a larger standing army because of service requirements, there would be less of a need to recruit or even draft soldiers in a time of war.

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Who wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker

• Steven King

• Washington Irving

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Mark Twain

What was the main theme of "The Devil and Tom Walker?"

• Slavery is from the devil.

• Tom's marriage was bad.

• Tom's wife was greedy.

• Never make a deal with the devil.

What can you infer from the following passage: "Tom had a wife as miserly as himself: they were so miserly that they even conspired to cheat each other...many and fierce were the conflicts that took place about what ought to have been common property."

• Tom loved his wife.

• Tom's wife was a sweet woman.

• Tom and is wife were so greedy that it got in the way of a happy marriage.

• Tom had many girlfriends.

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