Constructed Response (TIKTOK) & EOC Questions

Choose the best topic sentence

• In the second article, “Is Tiktok Behind Teens’ Tics?” by Julie Jargon, the author uses real life examples and evidence to effectively support her purpose.

• The authors style and content, Bethany, can  help contribute that TikTok can help teenagers find a community.

• x

• x.

Answer explanation

Only refer to your friends by the first name. Also author is possessive in that answer, so it should look like this: author's.

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Choose the best topic sentence for the following prompt: Which author's style and content more effectively supports his or her purpose?

• The author of the first article most effectively wrote in her article to support her claim that social media has helped teens open up about their struggles and mental health.

• Julie Jargon ,author of ”TikTok Behind Teens’ Tics” effectively supports their purpose by including factual evidence and statistical reasoning.

• x

• x.

Answer explanation

Use present tense when writing an analysis. Include the author and title of the text if provided.

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Choose the best CD sentence.

• The style of of the way the author explains that  how tiktok explain “ anxiety, sexuaility, depression…”.

• When there is no one they can relate to or confide in, teenagers often struggle to communicate their mental health issues, but "TikTok has become a platform on which people may express such feelings as loneliness, insecurities, and sadness" (Ao 2).

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• ..

Answer explanation

The lead-in is effective by embedding the concrete detail into the natural flow of the sentence and providing context.

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Choose the best CD sentence.

• The author  suggest  that ,”Donald Gilbert ,a neurologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center who specializes in pediatric movement disorders and Tourette syndrome , has sen about 10 new tens with tics a month since March 2020. Before the pandemic , his clinic had seen at most one a month”.

• The writer explains that “although TikTok is known primarily for silly videos…the platform also has viral memes where teenagers use self-deprecating humor to talk about anxiety, sexuality, insecurities, depression, and relationship abuse” (Ao).

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• ..

Answer explanation

Remember that the word that replaces a comma when you're writing a lead-in.

The author suggests that "CD" (cite).

OR

The author suggests, "CD" (cite).

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Choose the best CD sentence.

• The author includes in the third paragraph  how “the platform also has viral memes where teenagers use self-deprecating humor to talk about anxiety, sexuality, insecurities, depression, and relationship abuse” (Ao 1).

• While older people “continue to use Facebook to find communities, younger people have turned to TikTok” (Ao).

• none of the above

• all of the above

Answer explanation

While older people “continue to use Facebook to find communities, younger people have turned to TikTok” (Ao) is a fragment.

Do not use the word paragraph in your response.

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What should you include in your commentary?

• a summary of the CD

• an explanation that relates back to the prompt

• first person pronouns

• one sentence

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When writing an essay about the movie version of a popular book, it is best to use which organizational pattern?

• problem solution

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• sequential order

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The purpose of an editorial citing the benefits of massage therapy for seniors and encouraging all seniors to make an appointment with a certified massage therapist is most likely to

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

• criticize

Answer explanation

ed·i·to·ri·al

/ˌedəˈtôrēəl/

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adjective

relating to the commissioning or preparing of material for publication.

"the editorial team"

noun

a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.

"the paper ran an editorial denouncing his hawkish stand"

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Which choice is an example of formal language?

• The text says that "students should read a minimum of 20 minutes per day."

• According to Mrs. Stachler, a really healthy breakfast is "will improve test scores.

• The author goes on to explain that "driverless cars will reduce car-related fatalities."

• Johnson argues that "seasonal allergies impact students' attitudes."

Answer explanation

The author goes on to explain that "driverless cars will reduce car-related fatalities" is wordy.

Remember that the text does not talk.

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According to the Modern Language Association (MLA) which parenthetical citation is correct?

• " (Lindsay 1).

• ." (Foster 1)

• " (Stachler p. 1)

• " (Moore p 1).

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