Read Each of the Following Essay Introductions

question 4

Multiple Choice

Read each of the following essay introductions. Select the method the writer used in each introduction. The essay below begins with a(n)
Almost all of us have heard of the Amish, the religious sect that separates itself from the world and rejects modern conveniences and advanced technology. We imagine people wearing hand-sewn clothing and living in homes without refrigerators, dishwashers, televisions, and telephones. However, the Amish have been buying and using cell phones for years. They also use in-line skates, power-operated grass cutters, and gas grills for barbecuing. The Amish employ such conveniences when they do not interfere with family life. Cell phones, for example, are kept outside the home and are used for business purposes only. The Amish people look at every modern-day convenience and accept it only if it works to bring together, not drive apart, members of the family and community.
⎯ Wired, January 1999,
Http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.01/amish.html

• A) single-sentence thesis statement.
• B) illustration.
• C) contradiction.

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