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  • Q1
    What is the best thesis statement to add after sentence 3?
    Until that day, debates were respectable events where candidates could showcase what they knew and appeal to an audience of people in the room and not to a faceless audience of millions who knew little about them or their ideas.
    From that moment on, the average American voter lost interest in the details of policy and leadership and instead developed an over-reliance on the close-up appearance and live television performance of their candidate.
    Though Kennedy was more prepared, more people should have voted for Nixon because he needed little preparation or practice, clearly showing him to be the stronger candidate.
    Nixon did, indeed, win the debate, though millions who watched on television were swayed toward Kennedy by his healthy appearance and savvy preparation.
    30s
  • Q2

    The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion of sentence 5 (reproduced below), adjusting the punctuation as needed: With years of experience in Congress and around the world, Nixon was favored in the election.

    Should the writer keep or delete the underlined text about Nixon's experience?

    Keep it because it provides a detail that will likely help the audience perceive the shift in the writer’s line of reasoning.
    Delete it because it repeats information that was already established in the previous sentence.
    Delete it because it interrupts the reasoning of the paragraph.
    Keep it because it provides a context for the audience to help them better understand the information later in the sentence.
    30s
  • Q3
    The writer wants to revise sentence 14 (reproduced below) to better indicate the quality of the information provided: Obviously, most of the seventy million Americans who watched the live debate declared Kennedy the clear winner. Which version of the underlined portion of sentence 14 best accomplishes this goal?
    (as it is now)
    Some pollsters claimed that
    According to most nationwide polls,
    Though listeners saw Nixon as the winner,
    30s
  • Q4
    The writer wants to revise sentence 16 (reproduced below) in an attempt to better motivate voters in the audience: To this day, televised debates give candidates the opportunity to portray themselves as presidential, but looks are not everything.
    and HD TV has made it even more obvious that looks are not everything.
    (as it is now)
    and looks are everything.
    but voters must remember that looks are not everything.
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of the following, if included in the passage, would be the best evidence to strengthen the validity and reasoning of the argument?
    A list of Nixon’s and Kennedy’s accomplishments before running for president.
    The actual numbers of who watched and who listened.
    A comparison of polls of people who listened and people who watched.
    Quotations from people around the country reacting to the debate.
    30s

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