From idea to essay a rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook Eleventh Edition Jo Ray McCuen
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Quiz1. What is the first mistake in thinking about man? _____ a. to think of mankind as a thing in itself _____ b. to separate mankind from womankind _____ c. to regard mankind as an animal _____ d. to think that man has a soul 2. To what disease does Asimov compare man? _____ a. tuberculosis _____ b. AIDS _____ c. measles _____ d. cancer 3. What was the estimated population at the time of Julius Caesar? _____ a. two billion _____ b. 150 million _____ c. 10 million _____ d. 25 million 4. What does Asimov argue vehemently that mankind must do? _____ a. alter the food shipment system _____ b. aim for planetary migration _____ c. lower the birthrate _____ d. stop manufacturing plastic containers 5. In how many years will the population of the earth double? _____ a. 35 _____ b. 1,000 _____ c. 1,200 _____ d. 500 I Want a Wife Judy Syfers Brady Quiz1. What triggered the author's musing about a wife? _____ a. the divorce of a male friend _____ b. her own divorce _____ c. her mother's bad marriage _____ d. a dream 2. The author says that she was also _____ a. a career woman. _____ b. a mother. _____ c. a flight attendant. _____ d. a poet. 3. How does a wife help her husband with his schoolwork? _____ a. she attends class for him. _____ b. she reads the textbook and condenses it for him. _____ c. she types his papers. _____ d. she arranges his notes. 4. What is expected of a wife sexually? _____ a. fidelity _____ b. passion when the husband is in the mood _____ c. putting the husband's satisfaction first _____ d. all of the above 5. How must a wife react if her husband is unfaithful? _____ a. she should understand. _____ b. she should retaliate. _____ c. she should leave her husband. _____ d. she should scold her husband. The “Don’t Impose Your Values” Argument Is Bigotry in Disguise John Leo QUIZ1. The “Don’t Impose your Values” argument insists that _____a. only voters have the right to impose their values. _____b. teachers have no right to impose their values on students. _____c. it is wrong to vote your moral convictions _____d. parents should impose good moral values on their offspring. 2. The civil rights movement was primarily the work of _____a. Jewish voters. _____b. Martin Luther King. _____c. the black churches. _____d. Abraham Lincoln.
_____a. believed that homosexuality was a sin. _____b. was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. _____b. believed in interracial marriage. _____d. had smoked marijuana in his youth.
_____a. religious arguments are less worthy than secular ones. _____b. religious arguments usually originate from fanatics. _____c. secular arguments come from experts or educated people. _____d. it is helpful to hear arguments from non Americans.
_____a. fiction. _____b. superstition. _____c. family values. _____d. ideology.
_____a. psychiatry did for schizophrenia. _____b. Listerine does for bad breath. _____c. the civil-rights legislation did for racism. _____d. Social Security does for retired people.
_____a. He had a gay son who committed suicide. _____b. He was gay but married to a woman for 38 years. _____c. He lost his job because he was gay. _____d. He could not join the Marines because he was gay.
_____a. 568,000 _____b. 2,000,000 _____c. 100 _____d. Very few
_____a. 12% _____b. 1% _____c. 3% _____d. 10%
QUIZ1. The title of the essay is _____a. The Marriage Contract. _____b. Same-Sex Marriage. _____c. The Marriage Bracelet. _____d. The Marriage Buffet. 2. The institution of marriage is _____a. more popular than ever. _____b. on the verge of collapse. _____c. being threatened by Islam. _____d. causing envy among gays.
_____a. heterosexual. _____b. miserable in such a union. _____c. bisexual. _____d. stable in their relationship. 4. Compared to marriage, a civil pact is _____a. harder to get into. _____b. more expensive. _____c. less financially rewarding. _____d. less glamorous. 5. Many advocates of same-sex marriage _____a. have a heterosexual marriage. _____b. have had to do jail time for their views. _____c. are against civil pacts or domestic partnerships. _____d. are indifferent to the plight of children.
_____a. Thomas Jefferson _____b. George Washington _____c. Abraham Lincoln _____d. John Adams
_____a. marriage and divorce laws _____b. federal income tax laws _____c. immigration laws _____d. Medicare benefit laws
_____a. cost less money. _____b. guarantee the legality of same-sex marriage. _____c. allow a Democrat to be elected president. _____d. avoid a national culture war.
_____a. harmonious. _____b. homogeneous. _____c. diverse. _____d. deplorable.
_____a. U.S. citizens to speak English. _____b. states to honor one another’s public acts and judgments. _____c. that same-sex marriage be legalized. _____d. that abortion be a matter of personal choice.
Exercises in Sentence Combining by Deleting (57) Here are some possible answers:
Exercises (64-65) The more effective sentences are listed below. 1. a; 2. b; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b; 6. a; 7. a; 8. b; 9. b.; 10 a. CHAPTER FIVE The Paragraph Exercises (99-100) 1. a. The topic sentence is the lead sentence of the paragraph: “Everyone who makes money in the mechanical city uses the money that he makes to escape, as far and as frequently as he can, from the inferno that is the source of his wealth.” b. The topic sentence is, “Logic is fun.” It is the final sentence of the paragraph. c. The topic sentence is, “Computers, it is often said, manipulate symbols.” It is the lead sentence of the paragraph. d. The topic sentence is, “There is a queer stillness and a curious peaceful repose about the Etruscan places I have been to, quite different from the weirdness of Celtic places, the slightly repellent feeling of Rome and the old Campagna, and the rather horrible feeling of the great Pyramid places in Mexico, Teotihuacán and Cholula, and Mitla in the south; or the amiably idolatrous Buddha places in Ceylon.” It is also the lead sentence. 2. a. The pattern of development is definition.
CHAPTER SIX Planning and Organizing the Essay Exercises (122-123 )
a. Financial debt can affect a family not only fiscally but also psychologically and emotionally. b. It is obvious from ancient art and literature that homosexuality has been around for a long time. OR Lately it has become fashionable in the United States for homosexuals to come out of the closet. c. Many married women nowadays choose to have and raise babies by themselves. d. Type A personalities thrive on competitiveness and the drive for power. e. Because they value education highly, some people care more than others about staying in school.
a. Controlling idea: A desktop computer is less expensive, more powerful, and more flexible than a laptop computer. I. A desktop computer is less expensive than a laptop. A. A desktop computer is often half the price of an equivalent laptop. B. Laptop computers charge a premium for portability. II. Desktop computers are more powerful than laptops. A. Generally desktop computers are made from the fastest chips. B. Laptop computers are not made from the fastest chips. III. Desktop computers are more flexible than laptops. A. Desktop computers are highly upgradeable. B. Laptop computers are upgradeable only in a limited way. b. Item III in the outline is irrelevant to the controlling idea and should be dropped. This is how the outline should look. Controlling idea: The art of reading faster requires a student to read actively, avoid regressions, and be flexible in adjusting the reading pace for material of varying difficulty. Directory: english english -> Chaos equipment included english -> Protecting the rights of the child in the context of migration english -> United Nations E/C. 12/Esp/5 english -> Form a-122 File No. Retirement homes act, 2010 application under section 116 of the act english -> The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine english -> 1. 2 Extraction of exposure and others parameters english -> 【Education&Working Experience】 english -> Tourist Areas Haiti, another discovery english -> Active Vocabulary Download 0.76 Mb. Share with your friends:
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