ENG III Unit 1 Quiz 1

What is the main goal of an argumentative text?

• to help the reader understand factual information

• to persuade readers to agree with the author’s claim

• to use vivid language to describe people, places, or events

• to provide the reader with multiple perspectives on an issue

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Which excerpt from “The Declaration of Independence” is the best example of pathos?

• . . . to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men . . .

• . . . governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes . . .

• Our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.

• We must . . . hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.

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Read the passage. Walter Johnson was unquestionably the best pitcher in all of baseball during the early twentieth century. Not only did he win over 400 games and strike out more batters than anyone of his era, but he did so while playing for a team that hardly ever won its league—the Washington Senators. Which type of appeal is used in the passage?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• none of the above

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What is the meaning of the Latin root -rect-?

• evil or cruel

• right or straight

• above or on top of

• angular or bent

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Read this sentence from “The Declaration of Independence.” "The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states." What is the meaning of direct in this sentence?

• twisted and complex

• frank and straightforward

• uncertain and unintentional

• immoral and cruel

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Read this sentence. After making a rude remark that caused Tanya to leave her party in tears, Amanda spent the rest of the evening texting Tanya and hoping that her blunder was rectifiable. What is the meaning of rectifiable in this sentence?

• repairable

• repeatable

• regrettable

• relatable

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Which is typically an important feature of an author’s argument?

• thesis

• evidence

• conclusion

• all the above

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Read this sentence from “The Declaration of Independence.” "He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures." Which best describes the role of this sentence in Jefferson’s argument?

• It states Jefferson’s most important claim.

• It gives a reason in support of the thesis.

• It provides a strong conclusion to the text.

• It rebuts a counterargument to Jefferson’s claim.

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Read the paragraph. High school students should not begin the school day until 9 A.M. Teenagers’ brains do not work well early in the morning. Starting school later would make students better able to learn. True, a later start time would be a problem for sports teams. But schools are not primarily for athletics; they are for learning. Which part of the paragraph acknowledges a counterargument?

• High school students should not begin the school day until 9 A.M.

• Teenagers’ brains do not work well early in the morning.

• Starting school later would make students better able to learn.

• True, a later start time would be a problem for sports teams.

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Where does a call to action typically appear in an argumentative text?

• in the thesis

• in a rhetorical question

• in a restatement

• in the conclusion

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