Assignment: 28. Quiz 4

Evaluate the statements below and select the statement with a negative connotation.

• The experts must decide how to proceed.

• They sought only justice for their loss.

• The bureaucrats decided for the people.

• The most effective option is being voted upon.

Identify the statement(s) that use ad hominem or categorical claims. Select all that apply.

• Students are always tired at the end of the fourth quarter.

• Students are usually prepared for class to begin.

• Students complete assignments most of the time.

• Students sometimes don’t complete assignments due to personal obligations.

• Students don’t study for tests because they use social media.

Cite the evidence that suggests sugar substitutes may NOT help you lose weight.

• “For one thing, Ayoob says it’s not healthy to rely on super-sweet food all the time.”

• “This means they give a sweet taste without the calories.”

• “You might discover that a no-sugar-added dessert contains extra fat to give the food the right texture.”

• “The Calorie Control Council. . . claims rats in labs don’t tell us how humans will respond to sweeteners.”

Cite the evidence that suggests the narrator in “The White Umbrella” has changed in a fundamental way.

• “I looked at the keyboard, wishing that I had still a third, even more difficult to play for her.”

• “I knew that I was in store for another bolt of sympathy, and braced myself by staring up into the umbrella.”

• “’I thought you were dead,” I said, starting to cry.”

• “I got out after them; and while everyone else was inspecting the damage we’d done, I threw the umbrella down a sewer.”

Kowalski, the author of “Sweet Nothings,” presents evidence to support weight loss and to refute weight loss; why does she do this?

• “Sweet Nothings” is an expository piece of writing.

• “Sweet Nothings” is an argumentative piece of writing.

• “Sweet Nothings” is a fictional piece of writing.

• “Sweet Nothings” is a nonfiction piece of writing.

Kowalski, the author of “Sweet Nothings,” presents evidence from many quotations. She introduces the expert using his/her ________ and __________.

• research, name

• name, credentials

• titles published, research

• years of experience, employer’s name

Read the following paragraph from “Sweet Nothings.”

Sugar substitutes can provide more choices for people who are trying to avoid the calories and other drawbacks of regular sugars. That’s important in an age when Americans are confronting the health problems that go with obesity. Yet, as Swithers’s research shows, the answers aren’t clear-cut.

Analyze the paragraph and select the correct organizational structure.

• Transition, expert opinion, contrast

• fact, contrast, implication

• fact, implication, contrast

• expert opinion, contrast, fact

Predict the best format to get information on how to complete an exercise.

• audio

• video

• photographs

• written paragraph

Compare the statements below and select the statement that best introduces a topic and includes a preview of what is to follow.

• Summer on Uranus can last about twenty-one years.

• Summer in Arizona is nearly half of the year.

• Most schools still take summers off, though this may not be true much longer.

• Many students across the country enjoy summer.

Read the following passage from “The White Umbrella.”

Mona wrung her hair out on Miss Crossman’s rug.

What is the best definition of wrung?

• past tense; to twist

• past tense of pull

• combed

• brushed