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A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s
a) inform
b) entertain
c) persuade
d)

A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s
a) inform people about the conditions of the Great Depression
b) entertain people about the conditions of the Great Depression
c) persuade people about the conditions of the Great Depresion
d)

An instructional booklet describing how to operate an MP3 player
a) entertain
b) persuade
c) inform
d)

An article where the author argues that an IPOD music player is better than a ZUNE
a) persaude
b) inform
c) entertain
d)

A poem about why the IPOD is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made
a) persuade
b) entertain
c) inform
d)

The story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart
a) inform
b) persuade
c) entertain
d)

A medical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body
a) entertain
b) persuade
c) inform
d)

A speech written by Jose Canseco listing the negative effects of steroids and urging young athletes to not use steroids
a) persuade
b) entertain
c) inform
d)

A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules
a) entertain
b) persuade
c) inform
d)

A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself.
a) entertain
b) persuade
c) inform
d)

What are the facts that can support an argument ?
a) judgements
b) evidence
c) theories
d) opinions

What stem mans large?
a) micro
b) ver
c) inter
d) macro

What stem means believable?
a) cred
b) anti
c) corpus
d) demos

What stem means sea?
a) mar
b) ver
c) sea
d) logy

What stem means against?
a) micro
b) scope
c) anti
d) bio

What stem means brother?
a) soro
b) ver
c) cred
d) frat

What stem means around?
a) pseudo
b) peri
c) super
d) cide

What stem means fake?
a) peri
b) pseudo
c) super
d) proto

What stem means birth?
a) gen
b) omni
c) ver
d) demos

What stem means free?
a) poly
b) ver
c) liber
d) anti

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