Pro Athletes'...Do Professional Athletes
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the following quotation from “Pro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant”?
“ . . . I’m moving into a very solid ‘more power to ’em’ position.”
evidence
a reason
a claim
a counterargument
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following statements from “Pro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant” is a stereotype?
“teachers, police officers, and firefighters make less than one percent of the income of some athletes.”
“The historical argument for paying exorbitant salaries to athletes is the brevity of their careers.”
“The owners probably don’t care what the athletes make”
“So, everyone benefits right up until the time that no one benefits.”
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The claim of the argument in “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?” is that athletes
receive too much money to play sports
demand too much vacation time
deserve the same salary as firefighters
need to appear on fewer television shows
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to “Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?” young people who join the NBA draft immediately after high school are
destroying American society
learning quickly that sports are expensive
gaining valuable experience for later life
endangering their education and careers
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the major difference between the two articles?
They disagree about the history of players’ increasing salaries.
One author wants to play more games for fun, and the other author dislikes playing.
They make opposite claims about athletes’ salaries.
They disagree that players will one day ruin the game.
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CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Compensation is
a payment
an injury
a discipline
an argument
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CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does brevity mean?
kindness
shortness
quickness
selfishness
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CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
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