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this is my final exam questions please answer correctly and carefullt after reading each questions. please submit in 30 minute please asap Flag question 1

this is my final exam questions please answer correctly and carefullt after reading each questions. please submit in 30 minute please asap

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1. What is an advantage of using an online database over that of using the Internet when researching information?

Group of answer choices

a. Online databases have more up-to-date information than the Internet does.

b. Online databases generally have more scholarly sources than the Internet does.

c. The end documentation for online databases requires fewer elements than sources from the Internet do.

d. When information is taken from online databases, it can't be plagiarized.

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2. Which of the following would be the best topic for a seven page argumentative research essay?

Group of answer choices

a. . A paper arguing that cats should not be declawed.

b. A paper arguing that every war fought in history showed a failure in leadership.

c. A paper showing why chocolate ice cream tastes best.

d. A paper showing the history of pet cats from Egyptian times to the present.

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3. Which of the following is accurate for writing a summary?

Group of answer choices

a. The summary should consist of quotes from the original.

b. The summary should show only the major points of the original.

c. The summary should include all of the detailed evidence from the original.

d. The summary should show the major points of the original and your opinion about these.

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4. A paper about zoos included the following quote: "An eight-month investigation into poor treatment of animals at Australia Zoo's animal hospital has found no evidence its hospital staff deliberately mistreated animals.

This article was from the Brisbane Times and was written by Tony Moore. It was published June 15, 2016.

A student used the information from this newspaper article in a paper. This is the student's sentence.

Although some zoos do seem to treat animals correctly, even the world-famous Australia Zoo got only faint praise because an investigation found no evidence its hospital staff deliberately mistreated animals, according to Moore.

Did the student plagiarize?

Group of answer choices

a. No, the student summarized the article accurately.

b. No, the student accurately noted the author in a signal phrase.

c. Yes; the student failed to put the direct quote in quotation marks.

d. Yes, the student failed to include the name of the newspaper in the documentation.

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5. The article "Backpacks vs. Briefcases" noted that the three parts of a rhetorical analysis are the exigence, audience, and constraints.

A student has written a paper asking that zoos be eliminated, noting that both animals and people are not completely safe in them, that animals need much larger spaces to roam, and that budgeting for zoos is a burden for most cities.

Which of the following most closely relates to the exigence of the paper?

Group of answer choices

a. A scandal involving the shooting of a gorilla that had attacked a child

b. A city council

c. The lack of public records showing the actual costs of a zoo

d. The president of The American Zoological Society

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6. In an argument with her husband about whether or not to vaccinate their child, a mother said, "After all, I am a nurse."

What type of rhetorical appeal is she using?

Group of answer choices

a. ethos

b. pathos

c. kairos

d. logos

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7. In doing primary research, you might conduct a survey. As the article "Introduction to Primary Research" pointed out, you'll want to avoid "leading questions." Which of the following is a leading question?

Group of answer choices

a. Do you agree with the new tax proposal or not?

b. Please give an example of a time when you were influential in changing someone's mind.

c. Do you plan to risk your health by getting a vaccine?

d. How many people are in your immediate family?

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8. A psychologist surveyed a group of people to find out which of three methods of dealing with anxiety was most effective. The psychologist found that writing down fears was better for most people than talking them through or meditating on them silently. The psychologist wrote up the results, and these were published in a scholarly journal.

Which of these elements is the secondary research?

Group of answer choices

a. The article in the scholarly journal

b. The group of people who were surveyed

c. The survey questions

d. The three methods under investigation

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You are doing a paper on whether zoos should be banned, and you've found a website titled "Tigers Beware." The author of the website makes this statement: "Anyone who thinks that zoos are capable of giving tigers adequate space and intellectual stimulation is too stupid to own a house cat."

What's a reasonable assessment of the website's credibility?

Group of answer choices

a. The author does not show any bias since he provides good reasons for his claim

b. The website is probably current

c. The quote shows that the website has responded well to the claims of the opposing side since the comparison is so clever

d. The author may be biased, based on the disrespectful language used toward the opposing side

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10. The article "Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources" broke down why it might be difficult for students to understand the abstract of an article. What reason was given?

Group of answer choices

a. The abstract is always so long that most readers lose track of its parts during the reading

b. The abstract is generally hard to find since it's located in the documentation

c. The abstract uses a lot of jargon because it has to cover so much in a brief space

d. The abstract focuses on the mathematical proofs that form the evidence for the article's claims

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11. For a paper on whether zoos should be banned, a student found an article in the ZAA Journal, which is published by the Zoological Association of America. The article gave suggestions on how to address "fear behavior" in animals. In assessing the quality of the source, the student found that the article was written by an animal behaviorist who consults with zoos. The journal itself contained many photographs as well as many advertisements for zoo management items such as dart guns and food for birds of prey.

What type of source is this likely to be?

Group of answer choices

a. This is probably a credible trade journal

b. This is probably a good popular magazine

c. This is probably a highly biased source that avoids any suggestion that zoo animals experience any problems

d. This is probably not a good source since it contains advertisements

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12. How does an annotated bibliography differ from a Works Cited page?

Group of answer choices

a. An annotated bibliography has a summary of the sources as well as the citation

b. An annotated bibliography is arranged according to when the source is used in the paper, while the Works Cited page is arranged alphabetically.

c. An annotated bibliography contains only articles from online databases, while a Works Cited page contains all of the sources used in a paper.

d. An annotated bibliography uses APA format, while a Works Cited page used MLA format.

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. In the article "Constructing Scholarly Ethos in the Writing Classroom," Ryan argues that students can do specific things to establish their ethos. What is one of the methods she suggests?

Group of answer choices

a. Be authoritative: crush the opposing side's ideas

b. Be approachable: include minor errors in spelling and punctuation to avoid intimidating the reader

c. Be personable: instead of presenting a claim for one side of a debate, invite the reader to decide whether something is correct or not

d. Be responsible: do citations correctly

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14. In the article "Annoying Ways People Use Quotations," Stedman points out that direct quotes should be signaled in a paper. What is one technique for doing this?

Group of answer choices

a. List the quotes in an appendix, with the paragraph number next to each

b. List how many quotes the paper will have in the introduction

c. Put an asterisk at the start of every paragraph that has a quote in it

d. Use a sentence or phrase before the direct quote that indicates the main point of the quote

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15. Which of these would not be a good thesis statement for a researched argument essay?

Group of answer choices

a. The longest river in the United States is the Missouri River, according to all reputable sources.

b. Since student athletes can now be paid, colleges should eliminate all sports that do not make a profit.

c. Because of the potential danger from stressed-out students getting into arguments, it should be illegal to have a gun on a college campus.

d. Road rage often leads to fatal shooting or accidents; the legal penalty should thus include life in prison.

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16. As you write your research paper, you might discover that the opposing side has a very good point against your proposal. What is the best response to this?

Group of answer choices

a. Show that those who hold the opposing idea are dishonest or hypocritical

b. Change your topic completely and do a new paper

c. Change the proposal if possible to go along with the opposing point

d. Ignore the point since you can't argue against it convincingly

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17. This was the thesis of a student's research paper:

The practice of declawing cats should be outlawed in the United States.

What is the antithesis?

Group of answer choices

a. The currently legal practice of declawing cats should continue to be legal, due to the benefits for pet owners.

b. Declawing cats is cruel because of the pain involved.

c. Cats are declawed primarily to prevent damage to the owner's furniture.

d. Declawing cats is illegal in Europe.

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18. What is the distinction between deductive and inductive arguments?

Group of answer choices

a. One is used in informative papers, while the other is used in argument papers.

b. One is used in academic writing and the other is used in workplace writing.

c. One uses bad logic, while the other uses good logic.

d. One starts with an accepted idea and applies it to individual cases, while the other uses many specific cases to draw a general conclusion.

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19. In his counter-argument, a writer made this comment:

"It's impossible to believe that the animals in this zoo are being treated humanely, given the fact that the director of this zoo has been accused of spousal abuse."

What type of logical fallacy does this show?

Group of answer choices

a. ad hominem (against the person)

b. either-or (black/white fallacy)

c. post hoc (after this, thus because of this)

d. begging the question

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20. In "Finding the Good Argument," Jones gives a number of rules about argument that update some of the cautions about poor arguments from classic rhetoric. What does the "closure rule" mean?

Group of answer choices

a. If you find that your claim is wrong, admit it.

b. Don't make the argument longer than it has to be.

c. Never forget to end the conclusion with an appeal to the audience.

d. Don't use evidence that goes back more than five years.

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21. Chapter 10 of The Process of Research Writing gives advice about using first person ("I") in your research essay. What is the advice?

Group of answer choices

a. It's okay to use first person as long as the focus of the paper stays with the research, not your opinions.

b. First person is never used in academic papers.

c. First person is used for informative papers but not for argument papers.

d. It's fine to use first person in freshman and sophomore papers but not in upper level classes.

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22. Which of the following is an opinion rather than a fact?

Group of answer choices

a. Having an open enclosure rather than a cage makes a lion happier.

b. A typical zoo costs $10,000 to $12,000 per day in operating expenses.

c. The Detroit Zoo was the first to eliminate cages for animals in favor of open enclosures.

d. Becoming an animal care worker in a zoo generally requires a bachelor's degree in animal science.

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23. When analyzing visual arguments, "branding" is sometimes used. What does "branding" refer to?

Group of answer choices

a. The font of the visual is purposely too small for easy reading at a distance, drawing viewers closer.

b. A message is associated with a visual image, such as the apple logo on a Macintosh computer.

c. A message is identified with a specific geographical location, usually through a map.

d. A message is presented through photographs.

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24. What does a "multimodal text" refer to?

Group of answer choices

a. Communication that must be purchased, rather than acquired for free.

b. Communication that uses more than alphabetic text.

c. Communication that shows more than one image, such as two dogs in a picture or a dog and a child in the picture.

d. Communication that reaches large audiences rather than single individuals known to the writer.

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25. Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

Group of answer choices

a. When zoos become more humane, people show themselves as more human.

b. No one answering the request for volunteers who were trained in CPR.

c. Through this book of fairy tales, I've learned that elves are indeed dangerous creatures.

d. It increases the chances that you will learn well.

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