6.2 Wrtg. Claims and Evidence

1. The writer wants to support the main argument of the second paragraph (sentences 3-6) by adding information from another reliable source.

• A. a report from a major wildlife conservation organization that shows a significant increase in the number of its social media followers who engaged with the organization’s online content

• B. a blog post on a university environmental club’s Web site about how the club used social media to organize an awareness event with partners in eleven countries

• C. a newspaper article about a community garden club that distributed several thousand pollinator-friendly seed packets after a video of the club members singing about bees went viral

• D. a video from a marketing research firm that promotes services offered to environmental groups, such as developing brand images that will increase their social media presence

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2. In sentence 9 (reproduced below), which version of the underlined text best maintains the tone of the passage?

Partly because viral content often makes people get all weepy, social media has also provided powerful fund- raising opportunities.

• A. (as it is now)

• B. manipulates people’s emotions

• C. has a strong emotional appeal

• D. wrings tears from its viewers

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3. In sentence 4 (reproduced below), which of the following versions of the underlined text is most consistent with the overall tone and style of the passage?

 

Some writers, such as the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, had firsthand experiences as soldiers that led them to depart from shopworn stuff that made warfare seem all right and depict the ugly realities of war.

• A. (as it is now)

• B. the hyped-up descriptions of war that used to be written

• C. the exalted likenesses that typified portrayals of war in bygone days

• D. the glorified images of combat seen in older literary works

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4. The writer wants to do research to find additional sources that support the writer’s main argument. All of the following are likely to be reliable research sources EXCEPT

• A. an excerpt from a novel by James Joyce that uses the stream-of-consciousness style

• B. a blog post ranking the blogger’s five favorite modernist novels

• C. an entry on modernism in a well-known encyclopedia

• D. an essay about the First World War in a literary reference book

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