Read the topic sentence from a paragraph from Aaron's comparative essay.
What can be inferred about the rest of the essay from
this sentence? Select four options.
The essay compares movies and books.
Like a crime movie, an episode from a television
crime series generally focuses on the commission
and investigation of a crime.
The preceding paragraph was about crime movies,
The essay compares genres of visual crime fiction.
The essay shows that movies are more artistic than
television.
This paragraph will offer details about episodic crime
series.
The later paragraphs will present a comparison of the
genres.

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1. Read the topic sentence from a paragraph from Aaron's comparative essay. Like a crime movie, an episode from a television crime series generally focuses on the commission and investigation of a crime. What can be inferred about the rest of the essay from this sentence? Select four options.

b. The preceding paragraph was about crime movies

c. The essay compares genres of visual crime fiction

e. This paragraph will offer details about episodic crime series

f. The later paragraphs will present a comparison of the genres

2. Which thesis statement best introduces a comparative essay?

a. The first statement, because the essay will compare ideas that are similar but treated differently

3. What would best conclude an essay comparing different genres?

c. A summary of the main points of comparison and contrast

4. Read these sentences from Yasmin's essay. Nazario believes that Central American children like Enrique who come to the United States today are refugees and should be treated that way. If they were, she says, such children would not repeatedly have to face the dangers of migration, which bring tears to my eyes. Which word or phrase should Yasmin revise to eliminate informal and subjective language?

d. "which brings tears to my eyes"

5. Which sentence should Yves revise to make it more objective?

d. the sixth sentence

6. Hiroshi is planning to write an essay comparing news reports and editorials. Which ideas should he brainstorm about in order to write an effective essay? Select four options.

a. the characteristics of editorials

b. the characteristics of news reports

e. how news reports and editorials are similar

f. how news reports and editorials are different

7. Which elements does effective comparative writing always contain? Select two options.

c. evidence

e. similarities

8. Selena wrote this topic sentence in her analysis of Enrique's Journey. The writer shows why it is dangerous for migrants to sleep during their trip north. Which piece of evidence from the biography best supports Selena’s analysis?

b. "For a while, he stands on a narrow ledge at the end of a fuel tanker. It is just inches above the wheels. He cannot let himself fall asleep; one good shake of the train, and he would tumble off."

9. Read the sentence from Rina's comparative essay, and decide how she can make her language formal and objective. The narrative becomes scarier when Enrique can no longer keep his eyes open. Which choice best replaces the underlined word?

d. more suspenseful

10. Which in-text citation is correctly formatted in MLA style?

a. (Smith 179)

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