Exam 6: Ideas

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 6 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passage. ​ "With their immersion in social media, millennials are being called the 'Elsewhere Generation.' Quite often, a millennial will ignore people in the same room while virtually interacting with people elsewhere. A teenage boy plays a multiplayer online role-playing game with people in a different country while his brothers beg him to play basketball outside. A group of friends sits in a cafe, but instead of talking to each other, they are texting people who are miles away. A student is listening to a lecture while typing a status update on Facebook. Two joggers run side by side, but each is talking on a headset to someone elsewhere. This constant multitasking means that millennials can interact with many people in many places at once. Sometimes, though, millennials seem to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time." ​ What type of supporting details is used to illustrate the main idea?

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 6 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passage. ​ "With their immersion in social media, millennials are being called the 'Elsewhere Generation.' Quite often, a millennial will ignore people in the same room while virtually interacting with people elsewhere. A teenage boy plays a multiplayer online role-playing game with people in a different country while his brothers beg him to play basketball outside. A group of friends sits in a cafe, but instead of talking to each other, they are texting people who are miles away. A student is listening to a lecture while typing a status update on Facebook. Two joggers run side by side, but each is talking on a headset to someone elsewhere. This constant multitasking means that millennials can interact with many people in many places at once. Sometimes, though, millennials seem to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time." What is the main idea of the reading passage?

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ The topic sentence always appears at the beginning of the paragraph.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ Which of the following is not a step in focused freewriting?

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 6 to answer the following questions. ​ For the topic climate change , an appropriate focus might be

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ Which of the following is a useful strategy to search for a topic?

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ In academic texts, the authors are generally experts in their fields and the information is usually accurate and trustworthy.

After gathering details about a topic, the writer must

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 6 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passage. ​ "With their immersion in social media, millennials are being called the 'Elsewhere Generation.' Quite often, a millennial will ignore people in the same room while virtually interacting with people elsewhere. A teenage boy plays a multiplayer online role-playing game with people in a different country while his brothers beg him to play basketball outside. A group of friends sits in a cafe, but instead of talking to each other, they are texting people who are miles away. A student is listening to a lecture while typing a status update on Facebook. Two joggers run side by side, but each is talking on a headset to someone elsewhere. This constant multitasking means that millennials can interact with many people in many places at once. Sometimes, though, millennials seem to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time." ​ The tone of the closing sentence suggests that the author

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. A topic sentence or thesis statement usually has two parts: a specific topic and

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ The closing sentence of a paragraph should tie back to the topic introduced in the beginning.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ For most college writing assignments, your own thoughts will be enough and you will not need to collect additional information.

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ Which type of paragraph answers who? what? when? where? and why? about an experience?

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ The topic is often stated in the title or first sentence in a paragraph or in the title or first paragraph in an essay.

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 6 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passage. ​ "With their immersion in social media, millennials are being called the 'Elsewhere Generation.' Quite often, a millennial will ignore people in the same room while virtually interacting with people elsewhere. A teenage boy plays a multiplayer online role-playing game with people in a different country while his brothers beg him to play basketball outside. A group of friends sits in a cafe, but instead of talking to each other, they are texting people who are miles away. A student is listening to a lecture while typing a status update on Facebook. Two joggers run side by side, but each is talking on a headset to someone elsewhere. This constant multitasking means that millennials can interact with many people in many places at once. Sometimes, though, millennials seem to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time." What is the topic of the reading passage?

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. Which of the following types of supporting details are commonly used in informational reading selections?

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 6. ​ The main idea is often stated near the beginning of a text but may come at the end or may be implied.