2. What will the paragraph discuss?
A. It will discuss how assignment essays develop subject mastery
B. It will discuss how students do research
C. It will discuss how students crack the code
D. It will discuss how students learn about their academic disciplines
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3. There are two main points used in the paragraph to develop the position taken in the topic sentence (the success of assignment essays as a learning device). What are they? (choose two)
A. This task helps demonstrate the relevant research
B. This task helps students learn subject matter
C. This task helps students learn the writing conventions of a discipline
D. This task helps students understand meanings of words
4. Find three transitional or signpost words. (choose three)
A. thus
B. while
C. firstly
D. and
E. secondly
1. George Orwell's thesis is probably (choose one):
A. Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it
B. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers
C. [The English languages] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts The point is that the process is reversible
D. Our civilization is decadent, and our language—so the argument runs—must inevitably share in the general collapse
2. Helen Mather's thesis is probably (choose one):
A. If you make demands on children, their time, and their company, what do you get?
B. Their parents and grandparents were coerced into silence, and, thereby became little sneaks and liars, while the young people of today are above-board
C. Pretty frequently nowadays, we hear complaints of the selfishness of girls towards their mothers, and sons towards their fathers
D. [Children] are not one bit more selfish than their parents and grandparents were before them
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