ENGLISH 130 – Lucille and Tad are discussing the purpose of illustration essays
English Composition II1. Lucille and Tad are discussing the purpose of illustration essays. Lucille maintains thatillustration essays should be devoted to explaining difficult concepts and abstract terms.Tad argues that illustration essays can also be used to expand on generalization orintroduce unfamiliar topics. Who is correct?a. Lucille is correctb. Tad is correctc. Both are incorrectd. Both are partially correct2. The two major general factors that should guide your analysis of an intended audienceare:a.b.c.d.Education and incomGender and educationSocial status and ideological factorsAttitudinal and demographic factors3. A false issue meant to distract readers from the issue that’s addressed in an argument iscalled:a. Red herringb. Stacking the deckc. Bandwagond. A non sequitur4. Let’s say your organizing material in an illustration essay. You decided that each of yourthree body paragraphs will address one of your points. If you begin with your leastimportant point and end with your most important point, you would be using a/an____________order.a.b.c.d.AscendingDescendingClimacticClarifying5. Regarding business-letter block formatting , all of the following statements are correctExcept for which one?a.b.c.d.All copy is written flush –lefA colon follows the salutationThe dateline may be centered when letterhead stationery is usedThe inside address, body paragraph, and signature block are single-spaces.6. New theories, interpretation and points of view must be subject to open debate. For thisreason, academic journals only publish articles and reports afer they’ve been subject to_____________review.a.b.c.d.CriticalPeerEnlightenedLogical7. A quote called a/an_____________procedes an essay’s introductory paragraph and istypically meant to suggest the essay’s thesisa.b.c.d.TeaserEpigraphEllipsisCitation8. Hogan and Blythe are discussing the proper organization of a comparison-contrast essay.Hogan maintains that all such essays must apply a point-by-point organization. Blytheargues that a subject-to-subject organization is always preferred over a point-by-pointorganization. Who is correct.a.b.c.d.Hogan is correctBlythe is correctBoth are partially correctNeither hogan or Blythe is correct9. According to the work of Tardiff and Brizee, cited in your course, which statement bestdescribes an analytical essays?a.b.c.d.The paper evaluates a policy proposal, pro and conThe paper explains the differences between astromony and astrologyThe paper explains how core samples are taken from ancient ice sheetsThe paper sorts ideas and issues into their components parts10. We read, Researchers have determined that although blushing and sweating are ofencorrelated, sweating doesn’t cause blushing, nor does blushing cause sweating. Instead,we find that both phenomena are actually effects of emotional stress. “ The researchershave suggested that, given the presence of emotional stress, the correlation betweenblushing and sweating is:a. Causalb. Falsec. Spuriousd. Problematic