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WorksheetsEvaluating Author Arguments
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 12mins
In “Do You Really Have to Go to College?”, what does the author claim is 'wrong' in paragraph 4?
That if you don't get a good job, you are a failure
That if you don't go to a 4 year college, you are not doing well in life
That people who go to college, especially 4 year universities, are overly celebrated
That people wait for acceptance letters to college in the mail while they could be doing more productive things
What big idea or 'claim' do paragraphs 5-7 help to convey about the author's position on college in the article “Do You Really Have to Go to College?”
That going to college is risky
That debt can be hard to cope with
That there is a risk of going into debt and not really learning much from college
That the average debt is 26 thousand dollars for college graduates.
In “Do You Really Have to Go to College?” How did the author convey his idea that the job market should be factored into student's decisions about going to college?
He provided a real life experience about his own trials with getting a job after college.
He made an emotional appeal by telling you a sad story about all the people who can't find jobs.
He gave evidence about what specific types of jobs people got after college and what level of education they needed
He presented data to convey that many recent graduates are unemployed or doing a job different from their college degree.
in “Do You Really Have to Go to College?” which below is NOT one of the claims presented by the author?
College often offers experiences that are not as fun, hands on, or engaging as just learning the trade in real life.
People can actually teach themselves how to do jobs, such as with coding.
The real world can sometimes prepare you for a career better than college will
College is costly and causing many people financial burden
The job market is not that great for college graduates, many are unemployed
What does the 'Diminishing Financial Return" chart show?
How much money it costs to get a college education and how much money those people actually made
How much people wanted to make with their college degree
Why people made not very much money after attending college
What people make in dollars with their college degrees
In the chart, what idea is conveyed by the year 1980?
College became really expensive changing the landscape of college forever
The cost of college fell, and the cost of earnings fell
The amount people were paid that year was very low
A turning point occurred where cost of college started rising, but earnings did not rise to meet this demand.
In the chart, what approximate year was it when people actually earned more than college costed?
1990
2009
1964
1968
After analyzing the chart, what conclusion can you come to?
College is not helping people earn much money and it costs too much
People make a lot of money, but not from college
College is not exciting because it costs too much
Most people who go to college can earn the money back, it just takes a while
Are both the chart and the article similar in terms of their overall arguement?
NO, the article is for college and the chart is against
Yes, they both show how it is a waste of time to go to college because you might not use the degree anyways
Yes, they both show how it can be a waste of your money
No, they are different because the chart lacks enough information to even compare to the article
How are the article and chart similar in terms of HOW the author conveyed the argument ?
They both give real life examples as support
They both provide data as support
They both explain the author's opinion using quotes
They both are on the same topic with the same idea
