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The Slim-O-Matic will cause you to loose pounds and inches from your body in one month. This amazing machine helps you to exercise correctly and provides an easy video to show you the proper way to exercise. Send $75.99 and begin exercising today. 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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Danger often appears in the most unexpected places. People usually think of the bathtub as a safe, quiet place. But more accidents occur there than anywhere else in the home. Slips or falls that occur while entering and leaving the tub injure thousands of people every year. Most people think of a baker as having a safe and pleasant job; however, rolling, kneading, and pounding dough causes clouds of flour dust, which can enter the lungs and disable the baker. 
Which of the following is NOT a supporting detail? 

• Some activities are more dangerous than they look
• thousands of people are hurt in tub accidents every year
• People think bakers have a safe job
• Bakers can be disable by flour in their lungs

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If you utilize these forms of persuasion into your writing; you will be more likely to influence your audience's thinking about your subject.

• Ethos and Logos
• Logos and Pathos
• Ethos and Pathos.
• Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

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What is the MAIN difference between an informative and argumentative essay?

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

• An argumentative essay has a counterclaim paragraph, an informative does not.

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What kind of persuasive technique is demonstrated by this advertisement?

• Pathos

• Rhetorical question

• Plain Folks

• Bandwagon

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What does it mean when a reason or evidence is relevant?

• A statement of position on an issue.

• Closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered.

• Facts, statistics and other information used to support reasons.

• The reason why you disagree with the author.

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Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:

High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

• School uniforms can be ordered online .

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Read the sentence below and tell whether it is a claim, evidence or reason.

According to the article, the coach said, "15 out 20 students participated in sports during the Fall season year 2016-2017." 

• Claim
• Evidence
• Reason

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Jack is a good athlete. Jack comes from Canada. Therefore, all Canadians are good athletes."

• red herring

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• bandwagon fallacy

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"The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him."

• appeal to nature

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• bandwagon fallacy

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