Deck 5: Illustration

Question 1

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Communication tools designed to make us more productive often distract us and actually reduce our efficiency.

A) Throughout the day, we allow incoming tweets and e-mail messages to constantly interrupt us by reading them immediately.
B) Television takes up much of our free time; the average person now watches more than four hours per day.
C) Ringing cell phones often interrupt us and pull our attention away from the task at hand.
D) The ding of a text message usually causes us to drop what we're doing to respond.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. The United States offers many unusual tourist attractions for those who venture off the beaten path.

A) Visitors to Mitchell, South Dakota, can stop at the Mitchell Corn Palace, a castle covered with murals made of corn, grass, and grain.
B) One of the most popular tourist stops in the country is the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
C) Hard-core Elvis fans can visit the Elvis Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to see Elvis's razor, hair dryer, and nasal spray applicator.
D) On Route 115 in Colorado, drivers can gawk at the World's Largest Hercules Beetle, a giant bug made of plaster.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) We rarely get tired when we are doing something interesting and exciting
(2) For example, I recently took a vacation in the Canadian Rockies up around Lake Louise.
(3) I spent several days trout fishing along Coral Creek, fighting my way through brush higher than my head, stumbling over logs, struggling through fallen timber ¾ yet after eight hours of this, I was not exhausted.
(4) Why?
(5) Because I was excited, exhilarated
(6) I had a sense of high achievement: six cutthroat trout. ¾ Dale Carnegie, Banishing Boredom on the Job How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?

A) one
B) two
C) three

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Some mixed-breed dogs that would once have been referred to as mutts are now enjoying a new status as popular and expensive "designer dogs."
(2) For instance, the labradoodle, a cross between a Labrador and a poodle that can cost up to $4,000, is one sought-after combination.
(3) Other popular "doodle" dogs include the schnoodle (a schnauzer-poodle mix) and the goldendoodle (a golden retriever-poodle mix).
(4) Many dog lovers are willing to plunk down large sums for a cockapoo (a cocker spaniel-poodle mix) or a yorkipoo (a combination of a Yorkshire terrier and a poodle)
(5) Even England's Queen Elizabeth is fond of a specialty mixed-breed known as the dorgi, a cross between a dachshund and a corgi. Select the number of the sentence containing a transitional expression that introduces an illustration.

A) Sentence 2
B) Sentence 4
C) Sentence 5

Question 5

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Amelia Earhart dared to act beyond the limits of what society thought a woman could or should do.

A) She saw her first plane at the Iowa State Fair.
B) She became a pilot and mechanic, entering the all-male world of aviation.
C) She presented her new husband with a marriage contract that gave both partners considerable freedom.

Question 6

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Many conveniences of modern life that we take for granted are less than seventy years old.

A) It was not until 1969 that the Sony Corporation brought out a video recorder with tape in a cassette, causing a revolution in home viewing.
B) Aluminum foil, introduced by Richard S. Reynolds in 1947, can now be found in almost every home in America.
C) Hair coloring was first used by the ancient Egyptians.

Question 7

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Many people are lively and creative in old age.

A) Eighty-seven-year-old Mary Baker Eddy founded The Christian Science Monitor , one of the world's great newspapers.
B) Pablo Picasso was engraving and drawing at ninety.
C) When she was 100 years of age, Grandma Moses was still painting.
D) Michelle Obama became First Lady of the United States when she was 45 years old.

Question 8

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Some mixed-breed dogs that would once have been referred to as mutts are now enjoying a new status as popular and expensive "designer dogs."
(2) For instance, the labradoodle, a cross between a Labrador and a poodle that can cost up to $4,000, is one sought-after combination.
(3) Other popular "doodle" dogs include the schnoodle (a schnauzer-poodle mix) and the goldendoodle (a golden retriever-poodle mix).
(4) Many dog lovers are willing to plunk down large sums for a cockapoo (a cocker spaniel-poodle mix) or a yorkipoo (a combination of a Yorkshire terrier and a poodle)
(5) Even England's Queen Elizabeth is fond of a specialty mixed-breed known as the dorgi, a cross between a dachshund and a corgi. How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?

A) three
B) four
C) six

Question 9

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Some mixed-breed dogs that would once have been referred to as mutts are now enjoying a new status as popular and expensive "designer dogs."
(2) For instance, the labradoodle, a cross between a Labrador and a poodle that can cost up to $4,000, is one sought-after combination.
(3) Other popular "doodle" dogs include the schnoodle (a schnauzer-poodle mix) and the goldendoodle (a golden retriever-poodle mix).
(4) Many dog lovers are willing to plunk down large sums for a cockapoo (a cocker spaniel-poodle mix) or a yorkipoo (a combination of a Yorkshire terrier and a poodle)
(5) Even England's Queen Elizabeth is fond of a specialty mixed-breed known as the dorgi, a cross between a dachshund and a corgi. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3

Question 10

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) The United States is dealing with many invasive species, which are non-native plants, animals, and insects that are harmful to the area they invade
(2) For example, the fast-growing kudzu vine is known as the "vine that ate the South" because it covers trees and other vegetation, blocking their access to sunlight and killing them.
(3) Formosan termites from East Asia are now responsible for millions of dollars in damage to homes and properties in Louisiana and other parts of the southeastern United States.
(4) African honey bees, which spread from South America and Central America into America's Southwest, have been known to chase down and kill people and animals
(5) In the Great Lakes, Asian carp, imported in the 1970s to clean up algae, are now pushing out other kinds of fish and disrupting the lakes' ecosystem
(6) In Florida's Everglades, huge pythons descended from abandoned pets are threatening everything from crocodiles to livestock to children. Select the number of the sentence containing a transitional expression that introduces an illustration.

A) Sentence 2
B) Sentence 3
C) Sentence 6

Question 11

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) People who are interested in developing an artistic talent can now use their smart phones or computer tablets to tap into their creative potential
(2) For example, a budding artist can download sketchbook apps that turn a mobile device's screen into a canvas for sketching, drawing, or painting with either fingers or a stylus.
(3) A musician who wants to practice or learn to play can get apps that turn a phone or tablet into a virtual piano, guitar, flute, or other instrument.
(4) A poet will find apps that help with discovering ideas, finding the right words and rhymes, and composing stanzas
(5) A dancer can turn a mobile device into a tool for learning new steps or moves. Select the number of the sentence containing a transitional expression that introduces an illustration.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3

Question 12

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) We rarely get tired when we are doing something interesting and exciting
(2) For example, I recently took a vacation in the Canadian Rockies up around Lake Louise.
(3) I spent several days trout fishing along Coral Creek, fighting my way through brush higher than my head, stumbling over logs, struggling through fallen timber ¾ yet after eight hours of this, I was not exhausted.
(4) Why?
(5) Because I was excited, exhilarated
(6) I had a sense of high achievement: six cutthroat trout. ¾ Dale Carnegie, Banishing Boredom on the Job Select the number of the sentence containing a transitional expression that introduces an illustration.

A) Sentence 2
B) Sentence 3
C) Sentence 5

Question 13

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) We rarely get tired when we are doing something interesting and exciting
(2) For example, I recently took a vacation in the Canadian Rockies up around Lake Louise.
(3) I spent several days trout fishing along Coral Creek, fighting my way through brush higher than my head, stumbling over logs, struggling through fallen timber ¾ yet after eight hours of this, I was not exhausted.
(4) Why?
(5) Because I was excited, exhilarated
(6) I had a sense of high achievement: six cutthroat trout. ¾ Dale Carnegie, Banishing Boredom on the Job Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3

Question 14

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Throughout history, people have built huge walls to separate two populations.

A) The most famous example is the 4,000-mile-long Great Wall of China, built in 200 B.C. by the Ming Dynasty to protect against raids by Mongol and Turkic tribes.
B) The Roman Empire built Hadrian's Wall across the width of Britain to protect its territory against Scottish tribes.
C) The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is known as "The Wall."
D) Before Germany's Berlin Wall was demolished in 1989, it had divided West Berlin from East Berlin for twenty-eight years.

Question 15

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. State troopers report that many people do outrageous and dangerous things while driving.

A) One woman applied mascara, pressing her face into the rearview mirror as she drove 65 miles an hour.
B) An elderly man was eating scrambled eggs with a fork ¾ from a plate on the dashboard.
C) Another man glanced up and down as he changed lanes, writing in a spiral notebook propped against the steering wheel.
D) A woman shopped in a Detroit supermarket, wearing a Queen Elizabeth mask and a crown.

Question 16

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) People who are interested in developing an artistic talent can now use their smart phones or computer tablets to tap into their creative potential
(2) For example, a budding artist can download sketchbook apps that turn a mobile device's screen into a canvas for sketching, drawing, or painting with either fingers or a stylus.
(3) A musician who wants to practice or learn to play can get apps that turn a phone or tablet into a virtual piano, guitar, flute, or other instrument.
(4) A poet will find apps that help with discovering ideas, finding the right words and rhymes, and composing stanzas
(5) A dancer can turn a mobile device into a tool for learning new steps or moves. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 3

Question 17

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) People who are interested in developing an artistic talent can now use their smart phones or computer tablets to tap into their creative potential
(2) For example, a budding artist can download sketchbook apps that turn a mobile device's screen into a canvas for sketching, drawing, or painting with either fingers or a stylus.
(3) A musician who wants to practice or learn to play can get apps that turn a phone or tablet into a virtual piano, guitar, flute, or other instrument.
(4) A poet will find apps that help with discovering ideas, finding the right words and rhymes, and composing stanzas
(5) A dancer can turn a mobile device into a tool for learning new steps or moves. How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?

A) two
B) three
C) four

Question 18

Instructions: Each general statement below is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Radio and television personalities sometimes make amusing slips of the tongue when they are on the air.

A) One radio announcer promoted a cosmetic surgery clinic this way: "If you want to change the way you look, just visit one of the plastered surgeons."
B) A talk-show host broke for a commercial with "We'll be right back after these words from General Fools."
C) A slip of the tongue that seems to reveal the speaker's hidden feelings or thoughts is called a Freudian slip.
D) A radio psychologist told listeners, "The happiest people are always those who wake up every morning with a porpoise."

Question 19

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) The United States is dealing with many invasive species, which are non-native plants, animals, and insects that are harmful to the area they invade
(2) For example, the fast-growing kudzu vine is known as the "vine that ate the South" because it covers trees and other vegetation, blocking their access to sunlight and killing them.
(3) Formosan termites from East Asia are now responsible for millions of dollars in damage to homes and properties in Louisiana and other parts of the southeastern United States.
(4) African honey bees, which spread from South America and Central America into America's Southwest, have been known to chase down and kill people and animals
(5) In the Great Lakes, Asian carp, imported in the 1970s to clean up algae, are now pushing out other kinds of fish and disrupting the lakes' ecosystem
(6) In Florida's Everglades, huge pythons descended from abandoned pets are threatening everything from crocodiles to livestock to children. How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?

A) one
B) three
C) five

Question 20

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) The United States is dealing with many invasive species, which are non-native plants, animals, and insects that are harmful to the area they invade
(2) For example, the fast-growing kudzu vine is known as the "vine that ate the South" because it covers trees and other vegetation, blocking their access to sunlight and killing them.
(3) Formosan termites from East Asia are now responsible for millions of dollars in damage to homes and properties in Louisiana and other parts of the southeastern United States.
(4) African honey bees, which spread from South America and Central America into America's Southwest, have been known to chase down and kill people and animals
(5) In the Great Lakes, Asian carp, imported in the 1970s to clean up algae, are now pushing out other kinds of fish and disrupting the lakes' ecosystem
(6) In Florida's Everglades, huge pythons descended from abandoned pets are threatening everything from crocodiles to livestock to children. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 8

Question 21

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Some seemingly harmless substances can interfere with the way medicines work inside the body
(2) Take grapefruit juice, for example.
(3) It disrupts the action of enzymes that break down drugs in the small intestine before they are absorbed into the bloodstream.
(4) Therefore, taking a medication with grapefruit juice may cause the drug to enter the blood in dangerously high concentrations
(5) If this happens, not only is the drug less effective, but serious side effects can result
(6) Many common medications, including antidepressants, antihistamines, and cholesterol drugs, are negatively affected by grapefruit juice. Select the transitional expression in the paragraph that introduces an illustration:

A) of course
B) for example
C) therefore
D) anyway

Question 22

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Some seemingly harmless substances can interfere with the way medicines work inside the body
(2) Take grapefruit juice, for example.
(3) It disrupts the action of enzymes that break down drugs in the small intestine before they are absorbed into the bloodstream.
(4) Therefore, taking a medication with grapefruit juice may cause the drug to enter the blood in dangerously high concentrations
(5) If this happens, not only is the drug less effective, but serious side effects can result
(6) Many common medications, including antidepressants, antihistamines, and cholesterol drugs, are negatively affected by grapefruit juice. How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?

A) one
B) two
C) three

Question 23

Instructions: Each general statement is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. In 1900, about 1.8 million children under the age of 16 were employed full time in the United States.

A) Girls twelve years old worked on spinning machines in the textile mills of the South.
B) Small children swept up metal scraps in machine shops.
C) Boys as young as 8 worked as "breakers" in the coal mines, handpicking slate from coal in filthy, frigid sheds.
D) Some children and teens in South America belong to unions that support child labor.

Question 24

Instructions: Each of the following general statements is followed by several examples. For each of the statements, select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. My boss seems to go out of his way to make me miserable.

A) He waits until 4:45 p.m. and then runs to my desk with ten letters that "must be out tonight."
B) He wears business suits.
C) Last Friday, he backed his car into mine and left with my fender.
D) He allows me vacation time only in the coldest months of the year.

Question 25

Instructions: Each general statement is followed by several examples. Select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. The United States is actually behind the times when it comes to electing a woman for president, for several other countries have had at least one female leader.

A) Voters in both Brazil and Thailand elected their first female leaders to begin terms in 2011.
B) In the United States, actresses have played the president of the United States on the popular television shows 24 and Commander in Chief .
C) Angela Merkel was elected the first female Chancellor of Germany in 2005.
D) Women have been elected to the top leadership position in Jamaica, Argentina, India, Ireland, Finland, and New Zealand.

Question 26

Instructions: Each of the following general statements is followed by several examples. For each of the statements, select the letter of the example that does not clearly illustrate the generalization. Lately, several animals have made news by saving lives and proving that they truly are "man's best friends."

A) One elderly owner taught his cat to speed-dial 911, and when the man fell, the animal rang for help.
B) When a woman in Taiwan passed out during childbirth at her home, her dog pulled her drowning newborn from the toilet.
C) Dolphins pushed a boat carrying Indonesian fishermen into deeper, safer water just before the 2004 tsunami hit.
D) In 2012, the winner of the famous Westminster Dog Show was a Pekingese named Malachy.

Question 27

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Rulers and governments have a long history of censoring or destroying books and other forms of expression that they find objectionable
(2) A book dictated by the prophet Jeremiah was burned by King Jehoiakim of Judah in 603 B.C.; and in the third century B.C., the Chinese emperor Shih Hwang-ti, who did things in a big way (he built the Great Wall), ordered the burning of all books, with the exception of those dealing with science, medicine, or agriculture.
(3) Even philosophers have been in favor of censorship.
(4) In the Republic , for example, Plato proposed to censor "the writers of fiction" in order to keep "bad" works away from children. ¾ Arthur Miller, Miller's Court , Published April 1, 1983 by Plume, p. 71 Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 4

Question 28

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Some seemingly harmless substances can interfere with the way medicines work inside the body
(2) Take grapefruit juice, for example.
(3) It disrupts the action of enzymes that break down drugs in the small intestine before they are absorbed into the bloodstream.
(4) Therefore, taking a medication with grapefruit juice may cause the drug to enter the blood in dangerously high concentrations
(5) If this happens, not only is the drug less effective, but serious side effects can result
(6) Many common medications, including antidepressants, antihistamines, and cholesterol drugs, are negatively affected by grapefruit juice. Select the number of the topic sentence in the paragraph above.

A) Sentence 1
B) Sentence 2
C) Sentence 6

Question 29

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Rulers and governments have a long history of censoring or destroying books and other forms of expression that they find objectionable
(2) A book dictated by the prophet Jeremiah was burned by King Jehoiakim of Judah in 603 B.C.; and in the third century B.C., the Chinese emperor Shih Hwang-ti, who did things in a big way (he built the Great Wall), ordered the burning of all books, with the exception of those dealing with science, medicine, or agriculture.
(3) Even philosophers have been in favor of censorship.
(4) In the Republic , for example, Plato proposed to censor "the writers of fiction" in order to keep "bad" works away from children. ¾ Arthur Miller, Miller's Court , Published April 1, 1983 by Plume, p. 71 Select the transitional expression in the paragraph that introduces an illustration:

A) even
B) for example
C) away from
D) with the exception

Question 30

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Rulers and governments have a long history of censoring or destroying books and other forms of expression that they find objectionable
(2) A book dictated by the prophet Jeremiah was burned by King Jehoiakim of Judah in 603 B.C.; and in the third century B.C., the Chinese emperor Shih Hwang-ti, who did things in a big way (he built the Great Wall), ordered the burning of all books, with the exception of those dealing with science, medicine, or agriculture.
(3) Even philosophers have been in favor of censorship.
(4) In the Republic , for example, Plato proposed to censor "the writers of fiction" in order to keep "bad" works away from children. ¾ Arthur Miller, Miller's Court , Published April 1, 1983 by Plume, p. 71 How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?

A) one
B) two
C) three