Question

2. “Youth and Tobacco Use” presents a great deal of information regarding middle and high school students’ use of various tobacco products.
Which statement best explains how ideas are developed in the text?

A. The author repeatedly relays personal stories and anecdotal evidence about teen tobacco use.

B. The author simply delivers a persuasive essay about tobacco use among middle and high school students.

C. The author mostly presents well-researched data about teen tobacco use in the form of charts and graphs.

D. The author primarily provides bullet points containing facts and data about teen tobacco use.

3. What statement best identifies the purpose of "Youth and Tobacco Use"?

A. to provide anecdotes concerning tobacco use among teens
B. to provide reasons for tobacco use among teens
C. to provide data about tobacco use among teens
D. to provide opinions on tobacco use among teens

4. What does the word critical mean in this sentence?

Preventing tobacco use among youth is critical to ending the tobacco epidemic in the United States.

A. secondary

B. very simple

C. highly important

D. somewhat


5. Read this excerpt from the text:

Other influences that affect youth tobacco use include:

Lower socioeconomic status, including lower income or education

Why does the author use the phrase "lower socioeconomic status" in this excerpt?

A. to describe a group of people, using language that is formal and unbiased

B. to describe a group of people, using language that is personal and friendly

C. to describe a group of people, using language that is common and informal

D. to describe a group of people, using language that is highly charged




6. "Youth and Tobacco Use" contains multileveled bulleted lists, similar to an outline. Here is an example:

Social and physical environments

The way mass media show tobacco use as a normal activity can promote smoking among young people.

Youth are more likely to use tobacco if they see that tobacco use is acceptable or normal among their peers.

In this case, how do the two lower bullets relate to the bullet above them?

A. They give evidence or examples related to the subject named in the top bullet.

B. They answer a question posed by the top bullet .

C. The refute the information presented in the top bullet.

D. They address counterclaims that might spring from the claim in the top bullet.

Answer 1

2. D

3. B , Im Not sure

4. C

5. A

Answer 2

The correct answers are:

2. The statement that best explains how ideas are developed in the text is the one in option D (The author primarily provides bullet points containing facts and data about teen tobacco use.).

3. The statement that best identifies the purpose of  “Youth and Tobacco Use” is the one in option C (to provide data about tobacco use among teens). The text “Youth and Tobacco Use” not only presents reasons for tobacco use among teens but also data related to the tobacco use among teens. This text does not present an opinion, nor anecdotes.

4. The word “critical” in the sentence “Preventing tobacco use among youth is critical to ending the tobacco epidemic in the United States” means highly important (option C).

5. The author uses the phrase “lower socioeconomic status” in this excerpt to describe a group of people, using language that is formal and unbiased (option A).

6. In the case of the multileveled bulleted list presented above, the two lower bullets relate to the bullet above them, since they give evidence or examples related to the subject named in the top bullet (option A).