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Main IdeaDetailsAuthor’s ChoiceVocab.Key Vocab/DefinitionExampleXExcerpt/ a small portionWhich statement most strongly supports President Obama’s claim that community college should be free to all Americans?XClaim: Opinion/Main IdeaRead the excerpt from Remarks by the President in the State of the Union Address: “Tennessee, a state with Republican leadership, and Chicago, a city with Democratic leadership, are showing that free community college is possible.” What is the president’s purpose in including the remark above?XRepublican & Democratic – Opposite political partiesPurpose: To inform, persuade, entertain. Read the excerpt from Remarks by the President in the State of the Union Address: “Some are veterans and single parents trying to transition back into the job market.” Which choice best describes the meaning of the word “transition” in this excerpt?XVeterans: retired soldierTransition: to changeExcerpt: a small partWhy does the president bring up the fact that “America thrived in the 20th century” and “sent a generation of GIs to college” in paragraph 2?XXGIs: soldiers who enlisted.Thrived: succeeded. *We are in the 21st century. Wants to show college helped in the past.Which sentence from the passage best evaluates the author’s argument in the editorial?XEvaluates: examines, judges, critiquesEditorial: opinion article, essayArgument: claim or statement. Read the excerpt from Editorial: Obama’s free community college tuition proposal is flawed: “Under the president’s proposal, only the tuition would be free, leaving books (averaging $1,328, according to a College Board study) and transportation ($1,735), which nearly add up to the cost of tuition itself. And if the student doesn’t live at home, food and housing become the highest cost of all-averaging $7,705, according to that same study.” How do these lines develop the author’s claim that President Obama’s community college tuition proposition is flawed?XFlawed: imperfect, brokenProposal: dealTuition: $ for classes. Proposition: proposal, deal*Obama’s plan only covers part of the cost of college.Reread this excerpt from the editorial: “The plan, which the president will lay out more fully in his State of the Union address next week, faces a rocky reception in the Republican dominated Congress. Even if it somehow became federal law, states would be expected to cover a quarter of the cost to participate. Good luck with that in Florida, where Gov. Rick Scott touts $10,000 four year college degrees on the cheap. Put the president’s free college tuition proposal in the same category as the governor’s discount degrees. They are nice political sound bites, a short abstract for a record interview used to persuade, but they are impractical and do not address the real issues in higher education.” Which of the following phrases BEST shows that the author feels President Obama’s proposal is partially motivated by a desire to boost his popularity?X Reception: WelcomeRocky: negativeDominated: overpowering; majorityQuarter: 25% (a lot of money)Touts: BragsSound bite: a quote taken out of context.Impractical: Not realisticPartially: partlyWhich claim does the author support with evidence to prove that the president’s proposal is flawed?XFlawed: imperfectProposal: dealWhich choice best describes the different argumentative approaches used by both authors in discussing the free community college proposal?XXArgumentative approaches: persuasive techniquesCounterclaimPathos (emotion), Ethos (Reputation), Logos (logic)Read the excerpt from Remarks by the President in the State of the Union Address: “Understand, you’ve got to earn it. You’ve got to keep your grades up and graduate on time.” Which details from the editorial most effectively critiques President Obama’s statement above?XEditorial: opinion articleCritiques: judgesEffectively: efficiently, achieved the taskHow does the author develop the idea that President Obama’s proposal is bad for states like Florida?XDevelop: build or grow.Which of these statements best describes the overall purpose of both texts?XOverall: the entire thing.Purpose: the reasons an author writesTo informTo entertainTo persuadeOpen Review Space:GI:Flawed:Position:Impractical:Sound bite:Critique:Tantalizingly:Accessible:Editorial:Recession:Touts:Entitlement:Deficits: ................
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