Semester Exam Eng 9B

An appeal to credible authority aims to convince an audience using

• ideas the writer feels strongly about.

• evidence-based research and facts.

• details that evoke powerful feelings.

• quotes from a source with expertise on the topic.

In her July 22, 1905 speechLinks to an external site., Florence Kelley states, “ (1) We have, in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread. (2)They vary in age from six and seven years (in the cotton mills of Georgia) and eight, nine and ten years (in the coal-breakers of Pennsylvania), to fourteen, fifteen and sixteen years in more enlightened states.”

Sentence 2, the underlined portion of this excerpt,

• uses an appeal to emotion.

• does not contain a clear appeal.

• features an appeal to logic.

• relies on an appeal to credible authority.

Read the following excerpt from Florence Kelley’s 1905 speechLinks to an external site. and answer the question that follows.

 In Georgia there is no restriction whatever! A girl of six or seven years, just tall enough to reach the bobbins, may work eleven hours by day or by night. And they will do so tonight, while we sleep.

This excerpt from Florence Kelley’s 1905 speech

• does not feature any of the argumentative appeals.

• does not include any facts that may appeal to logic.

• relies heavily on an appeal to credible authority.

• places the greatest emphasis on an appeal to emotions.

Which of the following is an effective claim that addresses the controversial question?

Controversial question: Should college athletes be paid a salary?

• College athletes put in long hours of practice and also have to maintain their grades.

• College athletes should be able to play until they graduate, regardless of how long they are in school.

• College athletes receive scholarships and tutoring in exchange for playing.

• College athletes should not receive financial compensation beyond academic scholarships.

The statement below demonstrates which logical fallacy?

I have read two fantasy novels and did not enjoy either one; all fantasy novels are boring.

• Argument from ignorance

• Hasty generalization

• Bandwagon

• Circular Reasoning

The statement below demonstrates which logical fallacy?

Skinny jeans and side parts are out; everyone is wearing mom jeans now.

• Bandwagon

• Circular Reasoning

• Hasty Generalization

• Argument from Ignorance

Which of the following sentences contains a noun phrase?

• On the island, we rode the world’s tallest waterslide.

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  I love to eat pancakes for breakfast.

• I have always wanted to visit another country.

• We needed a truck to haul deliveries from the store.

Which of the following is an example of a participial phrase?

• smelling like roses

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  Smelly as a rose

• Smelled the roses

• Smell like roses

Which of the sentences below contains an absolute phrase?

• The bouncy house caused the children to laugh with delight.

• laughing with delight, the children played in the bouncy house.

• Delighted children were laughing in the bouncy house.

• With laughs of delight, the children played in the bouncy house.

Which of the following is an independent clause?

• Under the topped sundae.

• Sundae toppings.

• When you top the sundae.

• Top the sundae.