Exam 11: Analyzing Causes and Effects

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Examine Arthur Brooks' introduction (include paragraph 2) and conclusion. Are they effective? Why or why not?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Are people who enjoy thrill-seeking and entertainment-based fear-provoking situations automatically courageous?

Attacking child poverty at its roots means changing laws and changing social values. Legislators in California are considering proposals streamlining the child-support payment process. The leader is Washington state, where unmarried fathers must sign a paternity statement if they want their names on the child's birth certificate. Washington also requires many employers to give the names and Social Security numbers of all hires to the state child-support agency for tracking purposes. And several states now require fathers to join job search programs. -Jan Larson -What is Larson analyzing in this paragraph? Does the topic sentence capture this focus? Explain your answer.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Do you agree that the accessibility of technology and the ability to avoid boredom is a serious problem among today's youth? Explain.

What should always be the first step in a cause and effect essay?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Due to modern technology, it's very easy to avoid boredom these days.

How does Robert Hine organize the details in his paragraph?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What does the restlessness of boredom signify?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The author does not arrive at his central argument until halfway through his essay. What does he do before he reaches his argument? What effect does this have on the reader?

How do you include facts and details, or causes and effects, which fully explain your topic sentence?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Americans have a complicated relationship with _________________..

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The moment you feel that edgy sense of time slowing down that signals this unique emotion, all you have to do is flick on a game, send a tweet, or search for a video of… bonobos playing chess.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -The moment you feel that edgy sense of time slowing down that signals this unique emotion, all you have to do is flick on a game, send a tweet, or search for a video of… bonobos playing chess.

Firor said the world might eventually have to cut its carbon dioxide production by half in order to stabilize the gas in the atmosphere but that this might not happen until the world had already warmed an average of 4 or 5 degrees Fahrenheit, an increase that still could have significant and perhaps catastrophic effects. In fact, scientists say it might even be necessary to reduce emissions by as much as 90 percent to reverse warming and to restore the climate to that of pre-industrial times before man-made carbon dioxide began accumulating in the atmosphere. -William Booth -Do you feel that Booth gets to the real causes and effects concerning the paragraph's topic? Explain your answer.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -They simulate frightening circumstances that lie outside the realm of ordinary life, providing a fun shot of adrenaline without putting anyone in actual danger.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -In his book Fear and _____________, Rachman makes the case that _____________ is not the absence of fear, but the decision to go forward in spite of it.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What sin do Christians and Jews connect to fear?

What does it mean to include the true causes and effects of your topic?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Which of the following is NOT an example Robertson gives of things we become bored with?

Attacking child poverty at its roots means changing laws and changing social values. Legislators in California are considering proposals streamlining the child-support payment process. The leader is Washington state, where unmarried fathers must sign a paternity statement if they want their names on the child's birth certificate. Washington also requires many employers to give the names and Social Security numbers of all hires to the state child-support agency for tracking purposes. And several states now require fathers to join job search programs. -Jan Larson -How does Larson organize the details in this paragraph: chronologically or from one extreme to another?