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 Answers

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Read the sentence from Skylar’s comparative essay, and decide how they can edit informal, subjective language. The narrative becomes scarier when Enrique can no longer keep his eyes open.

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more spooky
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more frightening
C
more worrisome
D
more suspenseful
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In her analytical essay, Kimi wants to quote the following words from "The Children of the Drug Wars."A vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence.

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According to Nazario, "a vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence" (3).
B
The problem is that "a vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence (Nazario)."
C
The problem is that "a vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence." (Nazario 3)
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According to Nazario, "a vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence" (Nazario).
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Read this paragraph from Yves's analysis of Enrique's Journey.(1) Nazario draws on Enrique's experience to illustrate what children face in their attempt to escape difficult conditions. (2) She describes the dangers he faces on his journey northward. (3) The threat of extortion and violence from gangsters illustrates how vulnerable such children are. (4) But gangsters do not pose the only threat. (5) Even the police, whose job is to uphold and enforce the law, steal from the migrants. (6) What I find most unsettling, though, is Enrique's temporary alliance with an MS gangster.

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the first sentence
B
the third sentence
C
the fifth sentence
D
the sixth sentence
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Read the thesis statements.(1)The editorial "Adoption Is the Only Choice” and the news article "Animal Shelters Overpopulated” both discuss the same topic, but they serve different purposes.(2)Federalists believed that a strong central government would ensure popular sovereignty and individuals' rights.(3)Despite the obstacles facing African Americans in the early 1900s, Paul R. Williams became a prominent Los Angeles architect and community leader.(4)Australia's geological age can be seen in several surface features, including the age of surface rocks, the erosion of surface features, and the impoverishment of the soil.

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the first statement, because the essay will compare ideas that are similar but treated differently
B
the second statement, because the essay will compare and contrast Federalists with Anti-Federalists
C
the third statement, because the essay will compare Williams’s work as an architect with his work as a community leader
D
the fourth statement, because the essay will compare different geological surface features in Australia
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What are the primary functions of body paragraphs in a comparative essay that focuses on genres? Select four options.to present the writer's arguments in a logical orderto provide evidence that supports the writer's ideasto analyze the texts, ideas, or objects being comparedto anticipate disagreement and provide counterargumentsto highlight similarities between the texts being discussedto point out differences between the texts being discussed

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to present the writer's arguments in a logical order
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to provide evidence that supports the writer's ideas
C
to analyze the texts, ideas, or objects being compared
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to anticipate disagreement and provide counterarguments
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to highlight similarities between the texts being discussed
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to point out differences between the texts being discussed
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Which quotations from Enrique's Journey provide evidence supporting Hafiza's point that this text is a biography? Select two options.

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"The Iron Worm squeaks, groans, and clanks—black tankers, rust-colored boxcars, and gray hoppers winding north on a single track that parallels the Pacific coast."
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"Enrique's palms burn when he holds on to the hopper. He risks riding no-hands. Finally, he strips off his shirt and sits on it."
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"Enrique's head throbs. The sun reflects off the metal. It stings his eyes, and his skin tingles. It drains the little energy he has left."
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"About two hundred street gangsters in Chiapas share the rolling criminal enterprise. Father Flor María Rigoni, the priest at the Albergue Belén migrant shelter, counts nineteen groups."
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"'We ask for money to take people to the U.S. on top of our trains,' says Jorge Mauricio Mendoza Pineda, twenty-four, describing what he and his Mara Salvatrucha gang do in Chiapas."
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Which in-text citation is correctly formatted in MLA style?

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(Smith 179)
B
(Smith 2015)
C
(Smith, 2015)
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(Smith, p. 179)
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Which citation is correctly punctuated in MLA style?

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"Mario Campos Gutiérrez, supervisor of Grupo Beta Sur, estimates that half eventually get here—after repeated attempts." (Nazario 4)
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"Mario Campos Gutiérrez, supervisor of Grupo Beta Sur, estimates that half eventually get here—after repeated attempts. (Nazario 4)"
C
"Mario Campos Gutiérrez, supervisor of Grupo Beta Sur, estimates that half eventually get here—after repeated attempts (Nazario 4)."
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"Mario Campos Gutiérrez, supervisor of Grupo Beta Sur, estimates that half eventually get here—after repeated attempts" (Nazario 4).
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Read the excerpt from Daniel’s comparative essay.(1) Despite the many features shared by short and long fiction, the structure of a short story is very different from that of a novel. (2) A short story follows the rule of one. (3) It's about one person, and one important thing happens. (4) In contrast, a novel has time to develop many characters and explore many events.

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It focuses on one main character and one main plot event.
B
That is, short stories just look at one character and one thing.
C
It talks about one main character and one important thing that happens.
D
What I mean is it centers on a main character and a single plot occurrence.
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Hiroshi is planning to write an essay comparing news reports and editorials.Which ideas should he brainstorm about in order to write an effective essay? Select four options.the characteristics of editorials the characteristics of news reports which genres are similar to editorials which genres are similar to news reports how news reports and editorials are similar how news reports and editorials are different

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the characteristics of editorials
B
the characteristics of news reports
C
which genres are similar to editorials
D
which genres are similar to news reports
E
how news reports and editorials are similar
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how news reports and editorials are different

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