Instructions: Read Each of the Following Essay Introductions

question 365

Multiple Choice

Instructions: Read each of the following essay introductions. Select the letter of the method the writer used in each introduction. The essay below begins with a Music is the speech of angels, wrote Thomas Carlyle over a hundred years ago. Today, growing numbers of scientists might agree. Soothing music has been shown to lower the blood pressure of heart patients, reduce pain after surgery, and help premature babies gain weight. In fact, research studies show that music has the power to heal and to work medical miracles.

• A) general idea that is narrowed to a specific thesis statement.
• B) contradiction.
• C) direct quotation.

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Definitions:

Inhibitory Action Potentials

Electrical signals in neurons that decrease the likelihood of the neuron firing, thus reducing neuronal activity.

Sacral Region

The area of the body related to the sacrum, a triangular bone at the base of the spine formed by the fusion of five sacral vertebrae.

Myogenic Mechanism

A physiological mechanism by which blood vessels automatically adjust their resistance to maintain constant blood flow despite changes in arterial blood pressure.

Afferent Arterioles

Small blood vessels that carry blood toward the nephrons in the kidneys, regulating blood pressure and filtration.