Which of the following is true of conclusions?
A. They restate the argument.
B. They must offer extensive counterpoints to the argument.
C. They do not include cited material.
D. They pinpoint weak areas in the argument.
Conclusions are a restatement of the argument to help the reader reflect back on what they have already read.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is A.
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Q #1: Which of the following options is the correct spelling of the plural form of "crisis"?
A. Crisis's
B. Crises
C. Crises's
D. Crisises
Answer Explanation
The word crisis has a plural of “es” making B the right answer.
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Q #2: Surely, he thought, I can't trust this enticing yet dubious offer, although I could use the opportunity more than I'd like to admit. Which of the following parts of speech is the word "although"?
A. Participle
B. Conjunction
C. Adverb
D. Interjection
Answer Explanation
Although means 'in spite of something'. it is a subordinating conjunctions. This means that the clause which they introduce is a subordinate clause, which needs a main clause to make it complete
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Q #3: Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
A. The horse rode to our house, the beach, and around the church, before he started to tire.
B. We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful.
C. The ladies's hats were all purple; they looked so pretty.
D. The strong heavyset fighter won his first fight, and he was featured in the newspaper.
Answer Explanation
"We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful." The semicolon (;) is used correctly in this choice.
Choice A has a comma before and which makes it incorrect.
Choice C has an s after the apostrophe in ladies's, hence it is incorrect.Choice D also has a comma before and making it incorrect.
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Q #4: According to the prefix "inter-," which of the following phrases defines "interplanetary"?
A. Around a planet
B. Between planets
C. Above a planet
D. Beyond planets
Answer Explanation
Inter in this case means “in between”
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Q #5: Which of the following situations is an example of plagiarism?
A. A student writes an original story, noting her favorite science-fiction author as an inspiration.
B. A student quotes a favorite author verbatim as part of his class paper, including correctly formatted citations.
C. A student includes verbatim sections of text from her own previously published work without citation.
D. A student includes a common-knowledge statement such as "the earth is round" in his paper without citation.
Answer Explanation
Using previous submitted work is plagiarism on itself even when that work belong to the student in question.
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Q #6: Which of the following sentences correctly uses transition word?
A. Gilda attends college; thus, she also works full-time at an engineering firm.
B. Gilda is a hardworking student; therefore, she earned a good grade on her essay.
C. Gilda likes math class; nevertheless, she enjoys anything pertaining to numbers.
D. Gilda lives near campus; likewise, the grocery store is not within walking distance.
Answer Explanation
Therefore is used to affirm the first part of the sentence into showing why the second one should be mentioned.
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Q #7: Which of the following is the plural spelling of the word "loaf"?
A. Loafs
B. Loafes
C. Loaves
D. Loaf's
Answer Explanation
The plural of words ending with “f” are usually replaced with “ves” at the end, making the C the correct answer.
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Q #8: Which of the following is an example of accidental plagiarism?
A. Summarizing information without including a source credit
B. Submitting a paper that was written by a friend
C. Forgetting to include an in-text citation for information
D. Copying information from a source and identifying it as your own
Answer Explanation
Forgetting to include an in-text citation is not intentional and probably means that the writer had already included a reference but forgotten about the in-text citation.
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Q #9: Which of the following is a thesis statement?
A. While Abel Tasman is the first European credited with seeing New Zealand, James Cook is recognized for mapping the country.
B. New Zealand's national flag depicts four red stars and a silver fern.
C. Maori culture should receive more emphasis in the history curriculum of New Zealand schools.
D. The Maori people are indigenous to New Zealand.
Answer Explanation
A thesis statement is a concise summary of the main point or argument that an essay or academic paper will focus on. It presents a claim or perspective that the author intends to support and explore throughout the writing.
Among the provided choices, "Choice C: Maori culture should receive more emphasis in the history curriculum of New Zealand schools" can be considered a thesis statement.
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Q #10: Which of the following is a complete sentence?
A. When I was young and loved going for runs in the park.
B. I walked all three dogs around the park this morning.
C. Walking with a limp as a result of the thorn.
D. Running through the park before breakfast.
Answer Explanation
A complete sentence has a subject (noun), verb, capital letters, punctuation and finally must make sense. B is the only complete sentence that explains the action and nouns in a way that makes sense.
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