Read Each of the Following Essay Introductions

question 20

Multiple Choice

Read each of the following essay introductions. Select 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:

Sentence

In linguistics, a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command.

Fallacy of Composition

An error in reasoning that occurs when it is assumed that what is true for the individual parts must also be true for the whole.

Negative Quality

An attribute or characteristic that is considered undesirable or has a detrimental effect on the perception or function of something.

African Safaris

Trips or expeditions in African wilderness areas, typically for the purpose of observing or hunting wildlife in their natural habitat.