Question 1

The author organizes this selection mainly by —

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explaining the benefits of community service and ideas for adding it to classrooms

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comparing the positive effects of community service with its possible drawbacks

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providing examples of other schools that have successfully added community service to their curriculums

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discussing the reasons community members need help and ways the audience can help them

Question 2

The problem-solution organization of paragraph 4 helps the author emphasize the idea that —

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community service could be easily added to existing school schedules and classes

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school curriculums should be rearranged to fit a variety of community service projects

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teachers would be mainly responsible for carrying out community service projects

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participating in community service benefits students in a number of ways

Question 3

In paragraph 2, the author uses rhetorical questions most likely to —

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encourage the audience to look at the issue in a new way

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show the audience that fixing the problem is simple

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help the audience to connect the topic to their own lives

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invite the audience to participate in the speech

Question 4

In which sentence does the author attempt to stir emotions in the audience?

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Imagine the boost to our community as a whole if the schools got our vibrant students actively involved with helping our less fortunate neighbors in need.

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By the time we send students off to college, they can read and write, solve math problems, and claim other knowledge and skills.

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But there is no need to add an extra class period—or even extra time—to the students’ school day.

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I am here to address the board about an important issue: community service and the fact that it is largely missing from the student experience in the school district.

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