Multiple Choice Question
Read the following paragraph.
The principal of our school said that school uniforms are necessary because they prevent bullying, gangs, and school violence. However, school uniforms also prevent creativity and self–expression. Creativity and self–expression develop critical thinking skills, healthy emotions, and originality.
Which of the following sentences could be added to the paragraph as a main claim?
A.
Students oppose school uniforms.
B.
School uniforms can have disadvantages.
C.
The principal believes school uniforms are necessary.
D.
Creativity and self–expression prevent bullying and school violence.
B. School uniforms can have disadvantages.
Read the following paragraph from Alyssa's draft of an argumentative essay.
Team Sports
Playing a team sport helps to support character growth. Being on a team sport holds an individual responsible. Each team member must do their part to help reach a common goal. Being on a team sport can contribute to more physical exercise as well. Learning to work on a team also develops important skills needed in the future. Not only will a team member be expected to learn how to lead, they will also learn to follow directions from others. Team sports also teach participants good sportsmanship.
Which of the following sentences should be removed because it does NOT support the main argument of the essay?
A.
Being on a team sport holds an individual responsible.
B.
Being on a team sport can contribute to more physical exercise as well.
C.
Not only will a team member be expected to learn how to lead, they will also learn to follow directions from others.
D.
Team sports also teach participants good sportsmanship.
B. Being on a team sport can contribute to more physical exercise as well.
Multiple Select Question
A student is writing an argumentative essay about why people should decrease the use of bottled water. Read the paragraph from his report and the directions that follow.
Americans are fortunate to live in a country where clean drinking water is readily available. Every year we buy over eight million gallons of bottled water. The use of bottled water is not worth the cost to our environment. Most people think that they are drinking better water when it comes from a bottle. In fact, 40% of all bottled water is just plain tap water like the kind that comes out of your sink in your home. Convenience is another reason people buy bottled water but drinking tap water from a fountain or from the sink is easy too. There is no doubt that bottled water is a life–saving product when natural disasters make local water supplies unusable, but for everyday use, it is not necessary. It takes millions of barrels of oil each year to make plastic bottles that hold the water. Only about 20% of these plastic bottles ever make it to the recycling center. The rest end up in the garbage and are filling up landfills.
The student found information in sources. Choose TWO pieces of information that supports the claim in the student's paragraph.
A.
Sparkling water is water that has had carbon dioxide added to it.
B.
Plastic water bottles take up to 1000 years to biodegrade in landfills.
C.
Most brands of bottled water do not contain any fluoride.
D.
The sale of single–serving bottled water is against the law in Concord, MA.
E.
Natural resources like crude oil are used to make the plastic needed for water bottles.
B. Plastic water bottles take up to 1000 years to biodegrade in landfills.
E. Natural resources like crude oil are used to make the plastic needed for water bottles.