Choosing Language for Context and Purpose

Question 1

How do the purposes of the passages differ?

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A: The first passage informs; the second narrates.

Question 2

How does the language in the second passage contribute to its effect?

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A: The writer uses words with negative connotations to create a mood and express emotion.

Question 3

“If there is one thing I can count on, it is that my loving grandparents will go overboard when taking care of me. My grandparents prepared a huge, delicious when I visited their house last weekend. When I asked why they had made so much food, they said it was because I looked . I informed them that I was just from all of my trips to the gym. When the evening ended, I was sad I had to .”

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A: feast

Question 4

“Jonathan tended to be very careful when it came to money.”

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A: mindful

Question 5

What type of context clue is used to determine the meaning of abnormalities?

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A: example

Question 6

The word manipulation has a positive✔ negative connotation in this passage.

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B: negative

Question 7

“The Harlem Renaissance lasted only twenty years, but it was one of the most movements in African American artistic history. Centered on Harlem in New York City, the Harlem Renaissance civil rights organizations, including the NAACP. Important of the movement included Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Zora Neale Hurston. These writers, among many others, have African American authors and artists for close to a century. ”

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A: influential

Question 8

A student wrote the following letter to his school board to persuade the members not to cut funding for his swim team. Use the drop-down menus to maintain a consistent tone and style that is appropriate to the audience, product, and purpose of the letter. “To the members of the school board: I understand that you need to make budget cuts for next year, but you cut funding from the swim team. Four made it to the state championships this year, and I am sure you remember that Stacy won first place in diving! Publicity from attending state meets is good for our school and motivates alumni to the booster club. In addition, the swim team provides exercise to an increasingly inactive student body. Without the swim team, we would all be stuck at home playing video games! , Logan Jackson”

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A: should not

Question 9

How do the effects of the passages differ?

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A: The first passage gives information, while the second passage evokes and expresses emotion.

Question 10

“Jonathan tended to be very careful when it came to money.”

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B: cheap

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