Question

Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows. Perhaps you wanted pizza for dinner, but was out voted by the rest of the family who wanted chili. This is similar to what happens in a community. One person has to give up a right for the good of the group. Sometimes citizens' duties and rights conflict with each other. A good example is a public protest. People have the right to meet in groups and share ideas. However, a protest can disrupt traffic or other normal activities. A city must provide extra police protection to keep people safe. Therefore, the city has the right to require permission in advance for a protest. Government must make laws to balance the rights of individuals and different groups of people. How is the example of a public protest similar to the family dinner vote? Both require government laws to maintain order and safety. Both show conflict between the rights of individuals and groups. Both explain why the rights of groups always win over individual wants. Both demonstrate the downside of depending on voting to make decisions. Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows. The USS Alabama, built in 1942, is a monster weighing in at 35,000 tons. The ship was built during the Second World War and spent 40 months actively assisting the war effort in the Pacific Ocean. During that time, she was in 26 battles. In 1964, the ship moved to her present home in Mobile, Alabama. What type of text connection is in this paragraph and how do you know? An analogy, because the USS Alabama is to a monster as a battle is to war An analogy, because the USS Alabama is noted as being as big as a monster A comparison, because the USS Alabama is to a monster as a battle is to war A comparison, because the USS Alabama is noted as being as big as a monster Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows. Perhaps you wanted pizza for dinner, but were out voted by the rest of the family who wanted chili. This is similar to what happens in a community. One person has to give up a right for the good of the group. Sometimes citizens' duties and rights conflict with each other. A good example is a public protest. People have the right to meet in groups and share ideas. However, a protest can disrupt traffic or other normal activities. A city must provide extra police protection to keep people safe. Therefore, the city has the right to require permission in advance for a protest. Government must make laws to balance the rights of individuals and different groups of people. Which of the following statements best describes this paragraph? The paragraph contains categories of comparison. The paragraph contains a simile. The paragraph contains no text connections. The paragraph contains an analogy. Read the paragraph. Then answer the question that follows. Perhaps you wanted pizza for dinner, but were out voted by the rest of the family who wanted chili. This is similar to what happens in a community. One person has to give up a right for the good of the group. Sometimes citizens' duties and rights conflict with each other. A good example is a public protest. People have the right to meet in groups and share ideas. However, a protest can disrupt traffic or other normal activities. A city must provide extra police protection to keep people safe. Therefore, the city has the right to require permission in advance for a protest. Government must make laws to balance the rights of individuals and different groups of people. Which of the following statements best describes this paragraph? The paragraph describes the purpose of laws in a community but lacks the use of any text connections. The paragraph describes a simple comparison between a family protest and a community protest. The paragraph uses categories of comparison to judge whether individual or group rights are most important. The paragraph uses the analogy of a family is to choosing dinner as a community is to balancing rights and safety.

Answer 1

Answer:

B). Both show a conflict between the rights of individuals and groups.

D). A comparison, because the USS Alabama is noted as being as big as a monster

A). The paragraph contains categories of comparison.

B). The paragraph contains categories of comparison to judge whether individual or group rights are most important.

Explanation:

An Example or Illustration is the literary device that always assists the author to explain or clarify an idea more effectively to the audience. In the given paragraph, the author illustrates the idea of conflict between the individual and groups through the example of a family dinner vote and comparing it to a public protest as both of them focuses on the clash between individual and group rights and how collective rights are preferred on the cost of individual rights. Therefore, option B is the correct answer.

Comparison is the type of text connection that has been used in the given paragraph as the USS Alabama is considered as being as huge as a monster through which the readers are able to develop a connection between Alabama and monster which helps them understand the idea(size of Alabama and its impact) more effectively. Hence, option D is the correct answer.

The next two paragraphs ask the same question about the statement that best describes the given same paragraph twice. Comparisons always aid the author in elaborating and clarifying his idea efficiently to the readers and comprehend their understanding. In the given paragraph, the author employs 'distinct categories of comparison' to 'reach the conclusion whether individual or group rights are important. He compares the conflicts between the rights of individuals and groups and this comparison he makes through by comparing the conflict occurred at the family dinner vote to the public protest. Both these comparisons help in elaborating how 'group rights' are always preferred over individual rights due to the majority. Thus, options A and B are the correct answers.