IDENTIFYING ADEQUATELY DEVELOPED PARAGRAPHS

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Short Answer

IDENTIFYING ADEQUATELY DEVELOPED PARAGRAPHS
Each of the following body paragraphs is part of a larger essay. Two of the paragraphs provide sufficient details to support their topic sentences convincingly. Write AD for adequate development beside those paragraphs. There are also two paragraphs that, in large part, use vague, wordy, or general sentences as a substitute for real supporting details. Write U for underdeveloped beside those paragraphs.
-______ 2. Owning a new car can have its drawbacks. For instance, the new car owner parks in the farthest-out parking spaces so that his or her car won't be scratched or dented. Then he or she winds up hiking a quarter mile or so to reach the shopping center. A new car also demands constant attention. The owner feels he or she must immediately wipe off any bird droppings, mud splashes, or water stains from the exterior, chores that those with 'junkers' never bother about. A new car, in addition, forces its owner to avoid all indoor parking garages or restaurants with valet parking. The sight of a car attendant gunning that brand-new car up a ramp or squeezing it into a tiny space could cause heart failure.

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Definitions:

Its Magnitude

Describes the size, extent, or importance of something, often used to express the degree of impact or significance.

Cognitive Dissonance

is the psychological discomfort experienced when holding two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values.

Caveat Emptor

A Latin phrase meaning "let the buyer beware," implying that the buyer is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made.

Approach-Avoidance

A psychological conflict that occurs when a situation or objective has both desirable and undesirable aspects that make it simultaneously appealing and repelling.