Embedding Quotations Review

Which quotation BEST provides proof for the following point:

Free college tuition could assure our future as a democracy.

• Making college accessible to everyone could be essential to preserving our democracy.

• In 1975, annual tuition and fees for the University of California were about $630 (which adjusted for inflation is over $3,000) and UC tuition and fees now are over $14,000.

• High school teachers actually do teach critical reasoning, and what I’ve observed is that we are most successful with students who have college ambitions.

• If free college or loan forgiveness is a radical idea, then let’s not forget that so is democracy itself.

Which quotation BEST provides proof for the following point:

The slogan "defund the police" has damaged the Democratic party and should not be used.

• "You can use a snappy slogan, like 'defund the police.' ...But, you [lose] a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you're actually going to get the changes you want done"

• "We lose people in the hands of police. It’s not a slogan but a policy demand"

• "Obama was also critical of using phrases like 'socialism,' saying that "nobody really cares about the label."

• "Once again, instead of talking labels and ideology, we should focus on talking about getting certain things done"

Which quotation BEST provides proof for the following point:

The hardest thing for people in the US had to deal with during 2020 has been a sense of helplessness.

• Helplessness met its evil twin, a partner in crime that would only magnify its mad power: isolation

• "Not since the spread of fascism in the 1930s–a threat America didn’t actively recognize until the dawn of the 1940s–have we been faced with so many abnormal events..."

• That began in March, the onset of a period in which most of us felt encased in our own lonely snow globes, looking out at a world that seemed to be falling apart .

• Because face it: humans can often be terrible, making rash, selfish decisions at best and murdering one another at worst.

What is wrong with the following embedded quote?

One major problem with paying for college is how expensive it has become. "In 1975, annual tuition and fees for the University of California were about $630 (which adjusted for inflation is over $3,000) and UC tuition and fees now are over $14,000" (Strauss).

• Not a complete sentence

• lacking context

• incorrect citation

• introduction doesn't match the quote

What is wrong with the following embedded quote?

One of the biggest problems was that "so many didn't have that privilege and lost their jobs, with no means to pay their rent or mortgage" (Zacharek).

• lacking context

• Punctuation errors

• Incorrect citation

What is wrong with the following embedded quote?

Although it would be expensive, "making college accessible to everyone could be essential to preserving our democracy."(Strauss).

• punctuation error

• lacking context

• incorrect citation

• quote doesn't make sense

What's wrong with the following embedded quote?

When asked about the slogan, he asked, "do you want to actually get something done or do you want to feel good among the people you already agree with?" (Brown).

• lacking context

• incorrect punctuation

• incomplete sentence

• intro doesn't match the quote

What is wrong with the following embedded quotation?

When lockdowns began last March, most people "felt encased in our own lonely snow globes, looked out at a world that seemed to be fallilng apart. (Zacharek)"

• incorrect punctuation

• not a complete sentence

• quote doesn't make sense

• lacking context

What's wrong with the following embedded quote?

On page 23, Sue O'Reilly claims that "in fewer than ten years we may see the results of our efforts" (23).

• citation information in the quote intro

• lacking context

• punctuation error

• citation incorrect

What is wrong with the following embedded quote?

When sharing the main problem with expensive tuition, Strauss says, "making college accessible to everyone could be essential to preserving our democracy."

• lacking a strong verb

• incorrect citation

• quote doesn't make sense

• lacking context