Question

Read the excerpt from a student’s rhetorical analysis essay. Barone and Ware provide a variety of quantitative evidence that suggests that a career ladder for teachers improves teacher retention. For example, they cite exit interviews with teachers leaving the profession. Over 80% of respondents cite that having few opportunities for advancement was a reason to leave the profession. Which sentence is an example of effective commentary on the evidence used in this paragraph? A career ladder is a system where people can advance to higher levels of responsibility and compensation. Data collected from exiting teachers provide support for the implementation of new pathways in teaching careers, like a career ladder, to retain teachers. The authors studied several reasons that people left the teaching profession, including the lack of opportunities for advancement. The author makes a connection to the audience by writing about the importance of retaining talented teachers through implementing career ladders.

Answer 1

Answer:

A career ladder is a system where people can advance to higher levels of responsibility and compensation.

Explanation:

Effective commentary is simply giving an opinion or an interpretation, analysis, or evaluation about details of an essay. It is simply making a point of what you read.

The sentence that is an example of effective commentary on the evidence used in the paragraph is option A because they gave their opinion on what a career ladder is; which is a system where people can advance to higher levels of responsibility and compensation.