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Actividad #2 Un día con los patrones retóricos

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following terms is a key word for comparison:

a)

Instead

b)

But

c)

Share

d)

Yet

2.

Which rhetorical pattern matches the following quote from the text, on paragraph 1, sentences 2: “The number of derivatives transactions per year in OTC markets is smaller than in exchange-traded markets”

a)

Comparison

b)

Time order

c)

Hypothesis

d)

Contrast

3.

Based on paragraph 2, sentence 2 “In 1938, the uptick rule was introduced”. Which of the following terms is a key word for the rhetorical pattern called time order?

a)

Introduced

b)

In

c)

Uptick

d)

The

4.

Is the following quote from the text "Between February 28, 2018, and March 1, 2018, you have a choice between owning a U.S. government bond and a U.S. corporate bond." an example of the rhetorical pattern called time order?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Based on paragraph 2, from sentence 3 to 5, which rhetorical pattern matches the following quote from the text: “This allowed shares to be shorted only on an “uptick”—that is, when the most recent movement in the share price was an increase. The SEC abolished the uptick rule in July 2007, but introduced an “alternative uptick” rule in February 2010. Under this rule, when the price of a stock has decreased by more than 10% in one day, there are restrictions on short selling for that day and the next”?

a)

Time order

b)

Contrast

c)

Time order and contrast

d)

Time order and comparison

6.

Based on paragraph 3, from sentence 2, which rhetorical pattern matches the following quote from the text: “They pay the same coupon and have the same quoted price. Assuming no risk of default, which would you prefer? It sounds as though you should be indifferent, but in fact you should have a marked preference for the corporate bond”?

a)

Comparison

b)

Contrast

c)

Comparison and contrast

d)

Time order, comparison and contrast

7.

Based on paragraph 1, sentence 4 to 5 which rhetorical pattern matches the following quote from the text: “The Bank for International Settlements (www.bis.org) started collecting statistics on the markets in 1998. Figure 1.1 compares (a) the estimated total principal amounts underlying transactions that were outstanding in the over-thecounter markets between June 1998 and December 2019 and (b) the estimated total value of the assets underlying exchange-traded contracts during the same period.”

a)

Time order

b)

Comparison, time order

c)

Contrast

d)

Comparison and contrast

8.

Based on paragraph 1, sentence 3 which rhetorical pattern matches the following quote from the text: “Although the statistics that are collected for the two markets are not exactly comparable, it is clear that the volume of business in the over-the-counter market is much larger than in the exchange-traded market.”

a)

Comparison

b)

Contrast

c)

Comparison and contrast

d)

Time order, comparison