Instructions: Read Each of the Following Essay Introductions

question 247

Multiple Choice

Instructions: Read each of the following essay introductions. Then select the letter of the method the writer used to begin the composition. The essay below begins with a(n) Mario Conley joined a gang when he was just 12 years old. Drawn to the power, money, respect, and loyal friends that the gang members in his neighborhood seemed to have, Mario soon became one of them. Soon afterward, though, he learned about the dark side of gang membership. His fellow gang members pressured him to skip school, drink alcohol, do drugs, steal, lie, and fight. By the time he was sixteen, he had already been arrested ten times for drug crimes, assault, and vandalism. By age 18, he was serving a 20-year-sentence for shooting and killing a rival gang member. Mario s experience is typical of young gang members, who almost always wind up dead or in prison. Today, still behind bars, Mario advises others to avoid being seduced by the gang life. Joining a gang is one of the worst mistakes a young person can make.

• A) single-sentence thesis statement.
• B) illustration.
• C) surprising fact or idea.

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Definitions:

Standard Price

A pre-determined cost assigned to goods and services, used as a benchmark in budgeting and variance analysis.

Pounds

A unit of weight commonly used in the British imperial and United States customary measurement systems.

Direct Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials used in production and the expected (or standard) cost of those materials.

Per-unit Standards

Benchmarks or norms for the cost or quantity of materials, labor, and overhead required to produce one unit of product, used for budgeting and performance evaluation.