AMSCO Unit 2 Quiz

The writer uses the pronouns "you" and "our" in the first paragraph in order to

• establish technology's lack of social and practical value

• offer multiple examples of firmly established beliefs

• engage multiple perspectives about the topic at hand

• contextualize the paradoxical need for technology in sports

• connect with his audience around commonly held viewpoints

Throughout the piece, the writer's main purpose is to

• suggest the NFL's use of replay review technology is slowly improving

• propose multiple solutions to the problem of replay review

• justify his complaints and concerns about human misuse of replay review technology

• expose the depths of human folly and arrogance

• imply that professional sports organizations are governed by hypocrites

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The writer references multiple sports-related examples throughout the piece primarily to

• suggest that the misuse of instant replay plagues all sports

• amplify his credentials as a sportswriter

• establish a critical mood

• appeal to the general preferences of the audience

• associate instant replay with other administrative technicalities and protocols

Which of the following sentences from the passage best represents the writer's central or overarching argument or thesis?

• "Technology is an easy target for our ire."

• "It's easy to villainize video replay in a pique of anthropomorphic angst, lamenting how it has altered sports, and not for the better."

• "It's absurd, a pure perversion of why replay was instituted in baseball in the first place."

• The NFL's decision to extend the use of instant replay in the coming season to include offensive and defensive pass interference penalties...is an abomination waiting to happen."

• "But as long as human beings are the ones overseeing replay, it will always be subject to misuse, poor judgment, and human error."

Which of the following statements best describes the function of the passages final paragraph?

• It seeks to summarize the reasons why human judgment makes video replay problematic

• It mocks humanity's efforts to perfect sports

• It persuades sports fans to embrace officiating errors

• It asks readers to reject the use of instant replay reviews

• It highlights the need for instant replay but with improvments

The writer's evidence throughout the passage depends primarily on

• appeals to various authorities

• heresay and rumor

• anecdotal descriptions

• ethical appeals

• personal biases and prejudices

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The writer's perspective most likely differs from that of the majority of the audience in that

• fans demand new rules to address past errors, whereas he believes past errors should not lead to rule changes

• The author and most fans embrace replay review technology, but the author appreiates human officiating more

• most fans accept instant replay's use in sports, whereas the author finds no value in it

• though most agree technology is detrimental to sporting events, the author finds it necessary for fairness

• many people attack replay review technology, whereas the author criticizes how people misuse it

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The writer primarily objects to replay review judgments because they

• lack entertainment value

• involve too many commercial breaks

• take too long to conclude

• are filtered through subjective human perception

• rely too much on little known technical rules

Which of the following statements best captures the central irony the writer exposes about the use of replay review technology?

• improving the quality of sports officiating will always involve a human element

• The desire for technological improvements in sports officiating undermines professional sports

• Efforts to improve sports officiating undermines professional sports

• The fans demands for justice and fairness in sports officiating makes sports less entertaining

• Replay review technology sometimes leads to rule changes based on past officiating mistakes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

In sentence 1, the writer wants to introduce the structure of the argument to come. Which version of the underlined element would best serve this purpose?

• As it is now

• Space exploration, hardly meeting its return on investment,...

• Space exploration, through offering a semblance of hope, ...

• Space exploration, with its negligent and oppressive policies and practices, ...

• Space exploration, through consistently assisting medical research and other valuable studies, ...