English: Rhetorical Strategy Flashcards

The writer wants to delete a sentence because it distracts from the paragraph's focus on solar panels. Which sentence should be deleted?

Answer: My cousin recently adopted a golden retriever named Max.

The sentence about a pet dog is irrelevant to a paragraph on solar panels.

Which choice best maintains the essay's persuasive purpose by using a call to action?

Answer: Join us today and help plant a thousand trees this season.

A direct call to action urging readers to join supports a persuasive purpose.

A writer wants to vary sentence structure to improve the essay's flow. Which revision best does this in a passage of all short sentences?

Answer: Although she ran and jumped, she fell, and then she cried.

Combining clauses with subordination creates varied, smoother sentence flow.

Which sentence best provides a logical bridge between a paragraph on causes and a paragraph on solutions?

Answer: Having examined these causes, we can now consider possible solutions.

It explicitly transitions from discussing causes to introducing solutions.

The writer wants to strengthen an argument by adding an expert's testimony. Which choice best accomplishes this?

Answer: Dr. Lee, a climate scientist, confirms that the trend is accelerating.

Citing a named climate scientist provides authoritative expert testimony.

Which choice best eliminates redundancy in the sentence 'The annual yearly festival happens each year'?

Answer: The festival happens annually.

'Happens annually' conveys the idea once without repeating 'yearly' and 'each year.'

A writer wants to make a description more vivid and specific. Which revision best replaces 'The food was good'?

Answer: The warm bread, fresh from the oven, melted butter on contact.

Concrete sensory details create a vivid, specific description.