Can someone check my answers? The book is The Trouble With Television by Robert MacNeil
1. MacNeil asks, "When before in human history has so much humanity collectively surrendered so much if its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion"
What is this persuasive technique called?
A. repetition
B. a generalization ***
C. a rhetorical question
D. a controversial question
2. Part A When MacNeil says that much of television news is "machine gunning with scraps," he means that
A. television news covers too much violent crime. ***
B. television news stories are too short and fast.
C. television news covers war too much.
D. television news lacks high-tech equipment.
3. Part B Which of the following best describes the idea from MacNeil's essay referenced in the previous question?
A. It is an opinion presented through an appeal to emotion
B. It is an opinion presented through an appeal to authority
C. It is a fact presented through an appeal to emotion ***
D. It is a fact presented through an appeal to authority
4. Something that is trivial is
A. insightful
B. important
C. unusual
D. insignificant ***
5. Which of the following sentences uses the word skeptically correctly?
A. The teacher was trusted by her students, as a result they learned their lessons skeptically
B. I was confident I'd gotten every question right and handed in my test skeptically
C. Seeing the milk's sell-by date is two weeks in the future, I proceeded to drink it skeptically
D. After the politician had broken his promises, the general public viewed his pledges skeptically ***
6. Which of the following sentences contain a verb in the subjunctive mood?
A. If it rains, we can move the party inside
B. if you were taller you could try out for the basketball team ***
C. Do you believe the Jacksons are moving to Alaska
D. We were going to cook dinner but decided to eat out instead
7. Which of the following uses the indicative mood?
A. I will feel flush after I get my very first paycheck for this job
B. I insisted that my brother do the dishes because I set the table ***
C. If I were rich, I would get convertibles for us both
D. If I won the lottery, I hope that you'll help me spend the money.
8. Which of the following sentences is written in the subjunctive mood?
A. The teacher grades his students' weekly spelling tests
B. It was the weekend, so she slept in until noon
C. If I were on vacation, I would wear sandals ***
D. She could not concentrate with the loud car outside her house
You are welcome, R.I.P.
1 - 3 are wrong.
The others are right.
thanks Ms.Sue
Sure, I can help you check your answers!
1. The correct answer is B. a generalization. In this question, MacNeil is making a broad statement about humanity collectively surrendering their leisure time to television, which is a generalization.
2. Part A The correct answer is A. television news covers too much violent crime. When MacNeil says that television news is "machine gunning with scraps," he means that it covers too much violent crime in a short and fast manner.
3. Part B The correct answer is C. It is a fact presented through an appeal to emotion. MacNeil's idea about television news being "machine gunning with scraps" is presented as a fact, but it also appeals to the reader's emotions by using vivid language to describe the situation.
4. The correct answer is D. insignificant. Something that is trivial means that it is unimportant or insignificant.
5. The correct answer is D. After the politician had broken his promises, the general public viewed his pledges skeptically. This sentence uses the word skeptically to describe how the general public views the politician's pledges with doubt or disbelief.
6. The correct answer is B. if you were taller you could try out for the basketball team. This sentence contains a verb in the subjunctive mood. The subjunctive mood is used to express a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact condition, and in this sentence, "if you were taller" presents a hypothetical situation.
7. The correct answer is B. I insisted that my brother do the dishes because I set the table. This sentence uses the indicative mood, which is used to express statements of fact or reality.
8. The correct answer is C. If I were on vacation, I would wear sandals. This sentence is written in the subjunctive mood because it presents a hypothetical condition ("If I were on vacation") and expresses what would happen in that situation.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.