Applied Concepts Flashcards
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A student reads a passage arguing that social media harms teenage mental health. The author cites only one study from 2009. What is the primary weakness of this argument?
Answer: The evidence is outdated and insufficiently broad to support the claim
A single, outdated study provides insufficient and potentially irrelevant evidence to support a broad contemporary claim.
Which of the following is an example of denotative language?
Answer: The building contains forty residential units.
Denotative language conveys literal, factual meaning without emotional or figurative associations, as in stating a building has forty units.
A student must summarize a 10-page article in one paragraph. Which step should come first?
Answer: Read the entire article and identify the main idea and key supporting points
Reading the full text first allows you to identify the central argument and most important supporting ideas before writing.
In the sentence 'Each of the contestants was required to submit their entry by Monday,' what issue exists?
Answer: 'Their' creates a pronoun-antecedent agreement issue with the singular 'each'
'Each' is singular, so the pronoun should technically be 'his or her,' though 'their' as a singular pronoun is increasingly accepted in informal use.
Which revision makes this sentence more concise? 'At this point in time, we are currently in the process of reviewing your application.'
Answer: 'We are currently reviewing your application.'
'At this point in time,' 'currently,' and 'in the process of' are redundant; the revision removes all three without losing meaning.
A passage uses the word 'rhetoric' negatively, as in 'empty political rhetoric.' What connotation does the word carry in this context?
Answer: Language used deceptively or to impress without real substance
When paired with 'empty' in a political context, 'rhetoric' takes a negative connotation implying language used to sound impressive without meaningful content.
Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?
Answer: She likes hiking, swimming, and running in the morning.
Parallel structure requires that items in a series use the same grammatical form; option B consistently uses gerunds (hiking, swimming, running).