Question 1

How does the paragraph about the scheduling feature on Facebook use process analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  to explain how the scheduling feature on Facebook was created 
B)  to describe an update to the scheduling feature on Facebook 
C)  to show how ineffective the scheduling feature on Facebook is 
D)  to explain how to use the scheduling feature on Facebook to promote a business or band 
A)  to explain how the scheduling feature on Facebook was created 
B)  to describe an update to the scheduling feature on Facebook 
C)  to show how ineffective the scheduling feature on Facebook is 
D)  to explain how to use the scheduling feature on Facebook to promote a business or band

Question 2

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-Others would head directly for the teeming  immigrant neighborhoods of New York City.

Accepted Answer

A)  crowded 
B)  poor 
C)  wealthy 
D)  comfortable 
A)  crowded 
B)  poor 
C)  wealthy 
D)  comfortable

Question 3

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-When [Melissa Zimdars] saw her students referencing questionable _________________, she created and shared a document with them of how to think about sources.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Answer the following questions about the essay.
-When...

Question 4

In written communication, your _________________ clarifies your process analysis.

Accepted Answer

A)  body language 
B)  tone of voice 
C)  organization 
D)  speech 
A)  body language 
B)  tone of voice 
C)  organization 
D)  speech

Question 5

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-How long did Angelo Pellegrini and his family stay on Ellis Island?

Accepted Answer

A)  three days 
B)  seven days 
C)  one day 
D)  five days 
A)  three days 
B)  seven days 
C)  one day 
D)  five days

Question 6

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-What did most of the immigrants have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  a belief that life would be better in America 
B)  a common religion 
C)  a distrust in their mother country 
D)  the same ethnicity 
A)  a belief that life would be better in America 
B)  a common religion 
C)  a distrust in their mother country 
D)  the same ethnicity

Question 7

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-Those who could not pass all the exams would be detained .

Accepted Answer

A)  sent back 
B)  freed 
C)  killed 
D)  held 
A)  sent back 
B)  freed 
C)  killed 
D)  held

Question 8

When writing a process analysis paragraph, it is important to remember

Accepted Answer

A)  what your audience already knows about the process. 
B)  to keep your audience's interest. 
C)  to be very descriptive. 
D)  to explain every little detail, regardless if your audience needs to know the detail or not. 
A)  what your audience already knows about the process. 
B)  to keep your audience's interest. 
C)  to be very descriptive. 
D)  to explain every little detail, regardless if your audience needs to know the detail or not.

Question 9

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-What else should you look for in a credible "About Us" section?

Accepted Answer

A)  language that is straightforward 
B)  language that is difficult to understand 
C)  language that is melodramatic and overblown 
D)  language that is extremely sparse and lacking detail 
A)  language that is straightforward 
B)  language that is difficult to understand 
C)  language that is melodramatic and overblown 
D)  language that is extremely sparse and lacking detail

Question 10

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-Immigration to America was at an all-time high in the years ___________________.

Accepted Answer

around the

Question 11

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay.
-What event does the author use to show the real-life consequences of fake news?

Accepted Answer

A)  a student failing a class 
B)  a journalist losing his reputation 
C)  a congressman embarrassing himself 
D)  a gunman entering and firing inside a pizzeria 
A)  a student failing a class 
B)  a journalist losing his reputation 
C)  a congressman embarrassing himself 
D)  a gunman entering and firing inside a pizzeria

Question 12

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-How does Freedman describe those with whom the immigrants come into contact? Why does he choose to describe them in this way?

Accepted Answer

Freedman describes those with whom the i

Question 13

I think it is only by expressing all that is inside that purer and purer streams come out. It is so in writing. You are taught in school to put down on paper only the bright things. Wrong. Pour out the dull things on paper too-you can tear them up afterward-for only then do the bright ones come. If you hold back the dull things, you are certain to hold back what is clear and beautiful and true and lively.
-Brenda Ueland
-What process does this author explain?

Accepted Answer

How to write about "

Question 14

Which of the following is a good example of an effective topic sentence for a process analysis paragraph?

Accepted Answer

A)  Let me tell you how to bake a batch of chocolate cookies. 
B)  Most history teachers think they know what caused the Industrial Revolution. 
C)  Contrary to common belief, photocopying machines do not use photographic processes but static electricity. 
D)  My textbook explains how the cardiovascular system works. 
A)  Let me tell you how to bake a batch of chocolate cookies. 
B)  Most history teachers think they know what caused the Industrial Revolution. 
C)  Contrary to common belief, photocopying machines do not use photographic processes but static electricity. 
D)  My textbook explains how the cardiovascular system works.

Question 15

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-If it's melodramatic  and seems overblown, you should be skeptical.

Accepted Answer

A)  thoughtful 
B)  overly emotional 
C)  humorous 
D)  confusing 
A)  thoughtful 
B)  overly emotional 
C)  humorous 
D)  confusing

Question 16

Explaining something in __________ is easier than in __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explaining something in __________ is easier than...

Question 17

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-Russell Freedman describes the process of immigration by using both general descriptions of the process and examples of individuals who experienced the process. Does this make the essay stronger or weaker? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Using both general descriptions of the i

Question 18

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay.
-The steamer, fourteen days out of Naples, filled to capacity with 1600 natives of Italy, had weathered  one of the worst storms in our captain's memory.

Accepted Answer

A)  withstood 
B)  missed 
C)  been damaged 
D)  created 
A)  withstood 
B)  missed 
C)  been damaged 
D)  created

Question 19

Answer the following questions about the essay.
-The immigrants had to land at __________ Island.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Answer the following questions about the essay.
-The...

Question 20

I think it is only by expressing all that is inside that purer and purer streams come out. It is so in writing. You are taught in school to put down on paper only the bright things. Wrong. Pour out the dull things on paper too-you can tear them up afterward-for only then do the bright ones come. If you hold back the dull things, you are certain to hold back what is clear and beautiful and true and lively.
-Brenda Ueland
-List the details of the process explained in this paragraph.

Accepted Answer

"Pour out the dull things on p

Exam 7: Analyzing a Process

How does the paragraph about the scheduling feature on Facebook use process analysis?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Others would head directly for the teeming immigrant neighborhoods of New York City.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -When [Melissa Zimdars] saw her students referencing questionable _________________, she created and shared a document with them of how to think about sources.

In written communication, your _________________ clarifies your process analysis.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -How long did Angelo Pellegrini and his family stay on Ellis Island?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What did most of the immigrants have in common?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Those who could not pass all the exams would be detained .

When writing a process analysis paragraph, it is important to remember

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What else should you look for in a credible "About Us" section?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Immigration to America was at an all-time high in the years ___________________.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What event does the author use to show the real-life consequences of fake news?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -How does Freedman describe those with whom the immigrants come into contact? Why does he choose to describe them in this way?

Which of the following is a good example of an effective topic sentence for a process analysis paragraph?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -If it's melodramatic and seems overblown, you should be skeptical.

Explaining something in __________ is easier than in __________.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Russell Freedman describes the process of immigration by using both general descriptions of the process and examples of individuals who experienced the process. Does this make the essay stronger or weaker? Explain.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The steamer, fourteen days out of Naples, filled to capacity with 1600 natives of Italy, had weathered one of the worst storms in our captain's memory.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The immigrants had to land at __________ Island.

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