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Directions: Read each excerpt. Then click the appropriate answer to indicate how the sentences in each excerpt help readers follow the thread of the writers thought.
1. | (1) A key trend in self-esteem is that males generally show higher self-esteem than females, especially after early adolescence. (2) More girls than boys report low self-esteem during middle and late adolescence, (3) Some studies find that the self-esteem of boys actually increases in adolescence, whereas girls do not seem to easily recover from the loss of self-esteem that frequently occurs as the make the transition to junior high. (Adapted from Kaplan, Adolescence, 1e, Cengage Learning, p. 309) | |
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2. | (1) The comic book industry began life in the early 20th century as the province of con men who stripped artists of their creations, then moved on to the next mark. (2) The artists, who were paid virtually nothing for work on characters that are now worth billions at the movies, are nearly all dead. (3) But their heirs are beginning to speak for them through a federal copyright law that practically invites descendants to sue for ownership interests in characters whose current value could never have been imagined at the moment of creation. (Source: Brent Staples, "Marvel Superheroes and The Fathers of Invention," The New York Times, June 26, 2011, p.11) | |
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3. | (1) In 2013, bantamweight fighters Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche climbed into the ring for the first female Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC) bout in history. (2) Naysayers expected both the event and the idea of women being part of the UFC to fail big time. (3) Instead, a year later, Rousey was one of the UFC's biggest stars, and nobody doubted that women had become part of the UFC world. | |
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4. | (1) Methamphetamines, central nervous stimulants that are highly addictive and dangerous, have recently gained in popularity, but they are certainly not new to the drug scene. (2) During the Second World War, soldiers on both sides used it to reduce fatigue and enhance performance. (3) In fact, Adolf Hitler was widely believed to be a meth addict. (Adapted from Linda A. Mooney et al. Social Problems, 8e, Cengage Learning, p.79) | |
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5. | (1) Feral, or wild, hogs, are among the most gruesome and destructive of invasive species. (2) The federal government estimates that there are now five million hogs in 35 states, resulting in 1.5 billion in damages and control costs every year. (3) In its literature, the Department of Agriculture suggests the extent of the problem by referring to the hogs as a "pandemic, " a wide-ranging infection that covers large regions and populations. (Adapted from Jon Mooallem, "The Swarm," New York Times Magazine, December 8, 2013, p. 42) |
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