AnswersOH-English Language Arts 10 AWriting an Essay to Compare the Presentation of Ideas across Genres

Writing an Essay to Compare the Presentation of Ideas across Genres — Cumulative exam Answers

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Read the passage from an argumentative essay.(1) Bernie Sanders has argued that no one should have to pay tuition to go to college. (2) This will only increase the tax burden on the middle classes.

A
explaining the concept of a tax burden.
B
adding "however" to the beginning of the sentence.
C
placing "therefore" at the beginning of the sentence.
D
connecting it to the preceding sentence with "and."
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Read the excerpt from "I Believe in a British Empire” by Joseph Chamberlain.We have had a war, a war in which the majority of our children abroad had no apparent direct interest. We had no hold over them of any kind, and yet at one time during this war, by the voluntary decision of these people, at least 50,000 Colonial soldiers were standing shoulder to shoulder with British troops, displaying a gallantry equal to their own and the keenest intelligence.Read the excerpt from "A Tryst with Destiny” by Jawaharlal Nehru.Our next thoughts must be of the unknown volunteers and soldiers of freedom who, without praise or reward, have served India even unto death.

A
Both speakers use evidence of soldiers’ sacrifices as proof of the meaninglessness of war.
B
Both speakers use evidence of soldiers’ sacrifices as proof of national unity.
C
Both speakers use evidence of war as proof of the failure of colonialism.
D
Both speakers use evidence of war as proof of the necessity to maintain the status quo.
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Which event is part of the rising action in "Little Snow White"?

A
Snow White eats the apple and falls into a deep sleep.
B
Snow White lives in a kingdom with an evil queen.
C
The prince wakes Snow White from her deep sleep.
D
The queen learns that she is not the fairest of them all.
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Which quotations from "The Crab That Played with the Sea" convey a comic tone? Select two options."O my Best Beloved""He took the Elephant—All-the-Elephant-there-was—and said, 'Play at being an Elephant.'""All-the-Cow-there-was . . . licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time.""The great Sea . . . overflowed all the dark forests for miles and miles, and flooded the Man’s house.""By and by the Eldest Magician met the Man on the banks of the Perak river."

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"O my Best Beloved"
B
"He took the Elephant—All-the-Elephant-there-was—and said, 'Play at being an Elephant.'"
C
"All-the-Cow-there-was . . . licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time."
D
"The great Sea . . . overflowed all the dark forests for miles and miles, and flooded the Man’s house."
E
"By and by the Eldest Magician met the Man on the banks of the Perak river."
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Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo.Here again good incense grows in profusion—I will tell you how. It is produced by trees of no great size, like little fir trees. They are gashed with knives in various places, and out of these gashes oozes the incense. Some of it even oozes from the tree itself without any gashing, in consequence of the great heat that prevails.

A
to convince readers of the benefits of using incense from Dhofar
B
to entertain readers with tales of buying incense
C
to educate readers about how incense is made in Dhofar
D
to give readers instructions on how to make their own incense

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