Practice Exam 2 ❮ 233
- B. Beginning with “There is more sand”
and continuing to the end of the paragraph,
Melville presents examples dependent upon
extreme exaggeration.
- E. The paragraph develops an extended
analogy that compares the world of the sea to
that of the land, such as sea to prairie, sailor to
prairie dog. None of the other choices are valid
in this context.
The Lucy Stone Passage
- D. If you chose E, you’re out of our class for
the day. Seriously, it is obvious that the speaker
both is outraged about the treatment of
women and demands the right of women to be
recognized. No other choice is correct in both
descriptions.
- E. The fifth sentence in paragraph 1 provides
the answer to this question. In these two lines,
the student should see that Stone makes a case
that both women and blacks are not being
educated and are by implication being treated
in the same way.
- B. If the student carefully looks at the sixth
sentence in paragraph 1, he or she will see that
it is valid to conclude that the speaker does not
hold teaching in high esteem.
- B. Each of these lines plays an important role
in the speech. However, only one plays the role
of controlling the entire thought process. The
other choices are subtopics.
- A. Anecdotal support is found in the first six
sentences of paragraph 1. A direct quotation
is located in the second half of paragraph
2. Facts are used in the fourth and fifth
sentences of para graph 1, and the appeal to
emotion is presented in the seventh sentence
of paragraph 2. There is no ad hominem
argument in the speech.
- A. Stone wants women to rise up and stop the
oppression of their gender. But, according to
this statement, she must actually see to it that
women are oppressed until they can no longer
bear it. It is only then that Stone sees their
being willing to demand their rights.
- E. If you look carefully at the section of the
speech beginning with “I wish that women.. .”
and ending with “frequent bar-rooms,” you
will note that Stone says she is disappointed
that women concern themselves only with the
superficial. Her remarks about religion, foreign
countries, fate, and men are in opposition to
the actual choices. Notice the use of the word
ephemeral.
- C. The speaker aims for a logical conclusion
when she points to Phillips’ definition of
sphere. She creates an implied syllogism that
if God cannot make a mistake, if God created
each of us to do our best, this must apply to
all—men and women alike.
- B. To exhort: to urge, to warn earnestly. In
her speech, Lucy Stone is urging her audience
to begin to stand up for their rights as
women. She wants them to understand what
is oppressing them and, as a result, to “no
longer bow down to it.” A careful reading of
the passage will indicate that the basis for the
speech is NOT telling a story, nor is there an
attempt to amuse or describe. The last sentence
provides the final impetus for her exhortation.
The Poverty Excerpt
- E. The writer desires to remain as objective as
possible. This is accomplished by avoiding any
personal narratives, any debates about the right
to entitlements, or any specific stories about
those living in poverty. The author provides
in paragraph after paragraph a compilation
of specific statistics gathered from the U.S.
Census Bureau.
- B. Each paragraph provides specific statistics
to support the claim that welfare reform is not
a complete success. This thesis is presented at
the end of the passage, NOT at the beginning.
- C. There is an indictment of the United States
for failing to enact the policies and meet the
goals that other countries have already put into
practice.
- A. A cursory look at the inclusion and
preponderance of statistics and other data with
little personal commentary support this choice.
- A. All other footnotes cite sources, depend on
other sources, or are personal commentary.
- B. It doesn’t matter how many estimates there
are. What is important is the authority and
reliability of Swingle.
