Exam 13: Persuasion

Instructions: Read the paragraph below, and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) The Camtrex Corporation should provide day care for the children of its employees (2) First of all, Camtrex workers need such a program. (3) According to the human resources director, about 850 employees with small children have spouses who also work outside the home; for these workers, day care is a constant problem. (4) Second, the company would undoubtedly benefit from on-site day care since workers could concentrate more fully on their jobs, secure in the knowledge that their children were nearby and well cared for (5) A program that benefits both employees and management just makes good sense. Select the number of the sentence that supports a reason with a fact.

Instructions: Each of the following sentences tells what you are trying to persuade someone to do. Beneath each sentence are four reasons that attempt to convince the reader that he or she should take this particular course of action. Select the letter of the reason that seems irrelevant, illogical, or untrue. If you wanted to persuade a person not to keep a wild animal as a pet, you could say that

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) The swim-with-dolphin programs popular in tropical resorts have been described as a delightful way to get to know these gentle, intelligent animals (2) However, people should consider the harmful consequences of swimming with a dolphin and avoid these programs. (3) For one thing, getting into a pool with a dolphin may result in injuries. (4) Quite a few participants have suffered from cuts, bruises, cracked ribs, and broken arms because dolphins are wild animals, and they don't always behave in predictable ways (5) What's more, swimming with dolphins can be harmful not only to humans but also the dolphins (6) Trainers may say that these playful, permanently smiling creatures are friendly and love interacting with humans (7) According to marine mammal scientist Dr. Ben Coleman, though, the dolphins in these programs are being held captive, which causes them stress (8) Their happy expressions mask their true mental and emotional state (9) Finally and most important, capturing a wild animal and forcing it to perform tricks for humans' amusement is just downright unethical (10)These animals deserve to live their lives in freedom in the open seas, as nature intended. Which sentence offers a reference to an authority to support a reason?

Instructions: Read the paragraph below, and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) The Camtrex Corporation should provide day care for the children of its employees (2) First of all, Camtrex workers need such a program. (3) According to the human resources director, about 850 employees with small children have spouses who also work outside the home; for these workers, day care is a constant problem. (4) Second, the company would undoubtedly benefit from on-site day care since workers could concentrate more fully on their jobs, secure in the knowledge that their children were nearby and well cared for (5) A program that benefits both employees and management just makes good sense. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) America's public schools should adopt the principles of Harlem, New York's Promise Academy, three charter schools established in 2004 to revitalize an impoverished urban area through better education (2) First, public schools should lengthen the school day. (3) In the Promise Academy schools, the school day begins at 8:00 a.m. and does not end until 4:00 p.m.; furthermore, teachers assign homework in every subject every night. (4) Putting this kind of emphasis on academic studies in public schools would result in graduates who are better prepared for the challenges of higher education and the workforce (5) Second, public schools should offer an after-school program like the one at the Promise Academy (6) In that program, which lasts until 6:00 p.m. for elementary school children and 7:30 p.m. for middle and high school students, young people can get academic help or take additional classes to learn to speak a foreign language, play a musical instrument, or explore a new hobby such as photography or chess (7) If offered a similar program, public school children would be more likely to spend their time in safe, productive activities and less likely to get into trouble (8) Finally, public schools should replicate what the Promise Academy calls its "culture of achievement and intellectual growth." (9) By creating this type of culture, public schools would increase their student success rates. How many arguments support the topic sentence?

Instructions: Each of the following sentences tells what you are trying to persuade someone to do. Beneath each sentence are four reasons that attempt to convince the reader that he or she should take this particular course of action. Select the letter of the reason that seems irrelevant, illogical, or untrue. If you wanted to convince parents that their children should do household chores, you could say that

Instructions: Each of the following sentences tells what you are trying to persuade someone to do. Beneath each sentence are four reasons that attempt to convince the reader that he or she should take this particular course of action. Select the letter of the reason that seems irrelevant, illogical, or untrue. If you wanted to convince someone that the school day should be lengthened, you could say that

Instructions: Each of the following sentences tells what you are trying to persuade someone to do. Beneath each sentence are four reasons that attempt to convince the reader that he or she should take this particular course of action. Select the letter of the reason that seems irrelevant, illogical, or untrue. If you wanted to persuade someone to buy and use a couple of reusable cloth bags for transporting groceries home from the store, you could say that

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) America's public schools should adopt the principles of Harlem, New York's Promise Academy, three charter schools established in 2004 to revitalize an impoverished urban area through better education (2) First, public schools should lengthen the school day. (3) In the Promise Academy schools, the school day begins at 8:00 a.m. and does not end until 4:00 p.m.; furthermore, teachers assign homework in every subject every night. (4) Putting this kind of emphasis on academic studies in public schools would result in graduates who are better prepared for the challenges of higher education and the workforce (5) Second, public schools should offer an after-school program like the one at the Promise Academy (6) In that program, which lasts until 6:00 p.m. for elementary school children and 7:30 p.m. for middle and high school students, young people can get academic help or take additional classes to learn to speak a foreign language, play a musical instrument, or explore a new hobby such as photography or chess (7) If offered a similar program, public school children would be more likely to spend their time in safe, productive activities and less likely to get into trouble (8) Finally, public schools should replicate what the Promise Academy calls its "culture of achievement and intellectual growth." (9) By creating this type of culture, public schools would increase their student success rates. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.