Read the following excerpts from selections you have read this semester and decide what the author’s main purpose was in each excerpt.
From Chapter 7: “A Dip in the Poole”
After all, Andrew J. Stuyvesant had been my mark from the moment I first noticed him entering the Hotel Poole that morning—and after a three-hour vigil I had been within fifteen seconds of dipping him myself when she appeared virtually out of nowhere. Wouldn’t you say I was entitled to the swag?
A. to condemn B. to praise C. to entertain
C. to entertain
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What will be an ideal response?
A cause-focused pattern or organization with a cause-effect essay
A) describes similarities and then differences. B) explains the main cause of an event before focusing on the specific effects. C) explains the effect of an event and then focuses on the main causes. D) A and B
In the career of psychology you might
A. arrest criminals and incarcerate them. B. teach a college course in the culture of the Maori of New Zealand. C. evaluate prospective employees for a large firm.
Of the following transitions, the one that indicates that an example will follow is
a. therefore. b. in contrast. c. similarly. d. to illustrate.