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English, 10.05.2020 10:57, hannahkharel2
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How does the author's purpose in this passage differ from an author writing about her personal struggle living with asthma?
A) The author of a memoir about asthma's purpose would be merely to entertain the reader about this disease.
B) The author of a memoir about asthma would not provide help or information about what having asthma is like.
C) The author in this passage intends only to provide facts and helpful information for those who struggle with asthma.
D) The author in this passage is more personal and emotional than a memoir about a person's struggle with asthma would be.
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Which research study would provide the MOST information about asthma and heredity?
A) Asthma, Is It in Your Genes?
B) Asthma, Will I Grow out of It?
C) It's in the Air: Suffering with Asthma in the Inner City
D) New Over the Counter Medications Prove Effective for Treating Asthma Symptoms
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If this informational article about asthma were transformed into a personal narrative or memoir about having asthma, how would its style change?
A) There would be no significant stylistic or formal change between an informational article and personal narrative about asthma.
B) A personal narrative about asthma would describe one specific person's struggle with what it feels like to have this disease.
C) A personal narrative about asthma would have far more statistics and data-based research to back up all its assertions.
D) A personal narrative about asthma would have a more formal, detached and scientific tone toward its subject-matter.
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Which is the BEST and MOST accurate summary of some of the key points in this article?
A) People with asthma have a lesser quality of life than non-asthmatic people.
B) No one knows what causes asthma, but family history is certainly influential.
C) There are currently no effective ways to treat a person suffering from asthma.
D) Asthma was much more problematic in the Middle Ages, but since then asthma has been on the wane.
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Which source would provide the MOST bias-free information about second hand smoke as a trigger of asthma?
A) an advertisement by an air-purifying systems corporation
B) an editorial by an asthma sufferer pushing for a ban on public smoking
C) a pamphlet from a tobacco company about the dangers of secondhand smoke
D) a brochure from the respiratory information council at Johns Hopkins University
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