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Read this passage from an informational article about the history of television and advertising.
Around this time, the U.S. government realized that it should probably regulate what was broadcast to an audience that included children, and that cartoon dogs telling kids it's cool to smoke should fall outside that standard.
Which phrase would make this passage more formal in tone, if used in place of the underlined phrase?
- cartoon characters encouraging children to smoke
- awesome animated animals advocating asthma
- anthropomorphic canines inhaling combustibles
- appealing cartoons that have little impact on childhood smoking
Words like "cartoon dogs," "kids," and "cool" are appropriate for a web article, but could be made slightly more formal with more academic language like "children" and "encouraging."
Words like "cartoon dogs," "kids," and "cool" are appropriate for a web article, but could be made slightly more formal with more academic language like "children" and "encouraging."
Words like "cartoon dogs," "kids," and "cool" are appropriate for a web article, but could be made slightly more formal with more academic language like "children" and "encouraging."
Words like "cartoon dogs," "kids," and "cool" are appropriate for a web article, but could be made slightly more formal with more academic language like "children" and "encouraging."
What informational structure would work best to document the evolution of television news broadcasts from 1950 to today?
- a brief ordered list
- a chronological article
- a slideshow
- a news article
A slideshow or bulleted list would not give enough detail for a topic like this, and news articles are for current events. A chronological article would help the reader understand how this technology changed over time.
A slideshow or bulleted list would not give enough detail for a topic like this, and news articles are for current events. A chronological article would help the reader understand how this technology changed over time.
A slideshow or bulleted list would not give enough detail for a topic like this, and news articles are for current events. A chronological article would help the reader understand how this technology changed over time.
A slideshow or bulleted list would not give enough detail for a topic like this, and news articles are for current events. A chronological article would help the reader understand how this technology changed over time.
Re-read the first paragraph of the article "Laughing Together, Alone," noting how the author organizes the details in the passage.
A highly social species, human beings naturally gravitate toward shared experiences, and laughter may be the most universal of these. According to Professor Robert Provine, author of Laughter: A Scientific Investigation, laughing together "bonds us through humor and play" and reinforces a sense of belonging. In the United States and other developed nations, television has helped to establish what is—or is supposed to be—funny. For more than sixty years, millions of viewers have laughed along with primetime situational comedies or "sitcoms," Saturday morning cartoons, and variety shows like The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live.
What organizational structure does this paragraph use?
- specific to general
- chronological
- general to specific
- outline
The paragraph begins with a general truth about humans--that we're a social species. It then focuses on a specific type of social activity (laughing) and makes a more narrow claim, which is that television is one way that we laugh together. Finally, the article identifies specific television comedy shows that viewers might bond over as they laugh at scenes.
The paragraph begins with a general truth about humans--that we're a social species. It then focuses on a specific type of social activity (laughing) and makes a more narrow claim, which is that television is one way that we laugh together. Finally, the article identifies specific television comedy shows that viewers might bond over as they laugh at scenes.
The paragraph begins with a general truth about humans--that we're a social species. It then focuses on a specific type of social activity (laughing) and makes a more narrow claim, which is that television is one way that we laugh together. Finally, the article identifies specific television comedy shows that viewers might bond over as they laugh at scenes.
The paragraph begins with a general truth about humans--that we're a social species. It then focuses on a specific type of social activity (laughing) and makes a more narrow claim, which is that television is one way that we laugh together. Finally, the article identifies specific television comedy shows that viewers might bond over as they laugh at scenes.
What assumption about her audience does the author make in the following sentence from "The Power of Speaking Up"?
In the 1960s, Buck learned that Carol's severe mental disabilities were caused by PKU, an inherited condition that prevents the body from metabolizing the amino acid phenylalanine.
- Her readers are familiar with PKU and its effects.
- Her readers believe that mental disability is caused by a harmful environment.
- Her readers are prejudiced against the mentally disabled.
- Her readers understand biological terms like metabolizing and amino acid.
The author's use of academic terms like metabolizing and amino acid assumes that the audience for this piece has some knowledge of human biology.
The author's use of academic terms like metabolizing and amino acid assumes that the audience for this piece has some knowledge of human biology.
The author's use of academic terms like metabolizing and amino acid assumes that the audience for this piece has some knowledge of human biology.
The author's use of academic terms like metabolizing and amino acid assumes that the audience for this piece has some knowledge of human biology.
The White House website lists the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as one of the ways in which it has promoted equal rights for Americans with disabilities. This sentence from the website explains why:
The ACA ends discrimination on the basis of pre-existing condition and bans caps on lifetime benefits.
How does this aspect of the health care law help disabled Americans, according to the administration?
- Insurance companies can no longer refuse to insure people with genetic conditions like Down syndrome.
- Insurance companies have to hire more disabled people to work in their offices.
- Insurance companies have to give lifetime benefits to disabled people before covering other Americans.
- Insurance companies have to work toward cures for major sources of disabilities.
The goal of the White House web article is to emphasize the Obama administration's efforts to help disabled people. It talks about aspects of a much larger bill, the ACA, that affect the disabled. Before this bill, insurance companies could refuse to insure people with Down syndrome by saying their condition was "preexisting."
The goal of the White House web article is to emphasize the Obama administration's efforts to help disabled people. It talks about aspects of a much larger bill, the ACA, that affect the disabled. Before this bill, insurance companies could refuse to insure people with Down syndrome by saying their condition was "preexisting."
The goal of the White House web article is to emphasize the Obama administration's efforts to help disabled people. It talks about aspects of a much larger bill, the ACA, that affect the disabled. Before this bill, insurance companies could refuse to insure people with Down syndrome by saying their condition was "preexisting."
The goal of the White House web article is to emphasize the Obama administration's efforts to help disabled people. It talks about aspects of a much larger bill, the ACA, that affect the disabled. Before this bill, insurance companies could refuse to insure people with Down syndrome by saying their condition was "preexisting."
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