Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 44

About Unity
1. Which sentence in paragraph 3 of "Altered States" should be omitted in the interest of paragraph unity ( Write the opening words. )
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About Support
2. What three pieces of evidence does the writer offer to support the statement that the Internet is an "immense storehouse of information, entertainment, and seemingly intimate personal connections"
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About Coherence
3. What sentence indicates that the author has used emphatic order, saving his most important point for last ( Write the opening words. )
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4. Which sentence in paragraph 1 begins with a change-of-direction signal phrase ( Write the opening words. )
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5. Which sentence in paragraph 2 begins with an illustration signal phrase ( Write the opening words.)
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About the introduction and Conclusion
6. Which sentence in paragraph 5 begins with a concluding signal word ( Write the opening words.)
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7. Which statement best describes the concluding paragraph
a. It contains a prediction.
b. It combines a summary with a recommendation of how to treat people in an altered state.
c. It refers to the point made in the introduction about alcohol and drugs.
d. It contains thought-provoking questions about altered states.