1-Why is using a source that takes a contrary position to yours so valuable? Choose the BEST answer.

A-It gives you something definite to respond to.

B-It forces you to recognize your own biases.

C-It identifies the full range of your audience.

D-It demonstrates that you are open-minded.

2-Why is agreeing with a difference the preferred response for academic writing? Choose the BEST answer.

A-It allows you to bring in personal experience.

B-It broadens the conversation by allowing related topics to be included.

C- It is the most difficult response.

D-It brings the most value to the conversation.

3-Identify the definition claim.

A-Defining how COVID-19 works will take years.

B-We need to call the pandemic what it is-a huge wakeup call for humanity.

C-The most important tool we have is social distancing.

D-Coronavirus means the end of professional sports as we once knew them.

4-Identify the policy claim:

A-Nobody ever wanted to give up their gas-guzzling cars, so we ended up with global warming.

B-The melting of the polar ice caps would put New York City under water.

C-We need to get off fossil fuels once and for all.

D-It is more important to harness wind power than it is to create better smokestacks.