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True? In order to analyze causes and effects, we break a situation into parts so we can look at the relationships between its parts and then reach conclusions that are logical and useful.

Which of these is correct? Choose one: A. Both types of process analysis call for careful step-by-step thinking, but especially the first—how to do something. If you leave out even one detail, you may confuse your reader or even endanger someone’s life. Good process analysis of the second type—how something works or how something happened—can help your reader see a product or an event in a totally new light. B. Both types of process analysis call for careful step-by-step thinking, but especially the first—how to do something. It can help your reader see a product or an event in a totally new light. Good process analysis of the second type—how something works or how something happened—if you leave out even one detail, you may confuse your reader or even endanger someone’s life.

22. A nurse is monitoring a group of clients for their risk of developing pneumonia. Which of the following clients should the nurse expect to be at increased risk? Select all that apply. 

True or false: Creating a strong thesis statement is less important in a narrative essay.

In Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” how does the author manipulate time and the reader’s expectations throughout the story?

What would you identify as the key theme (or themes) in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”? Explain how the text portrays a message related to this central idea. 

Which of the following list is true? There are several characteristics common to all successful college students:

True or false: Every source of information in your paper is acknowledged at least twice: (1) in the paper directly after a quotation or idea and (2) at the end of the paper in a list. The first type of citation is known as an in-text citation, and the second type is a list of sources cited in the paper. 

True or false? Distinguishing causes from effects is rarely an important part of understanding a cause/effect essay.

True or false: If you use a direct quotation from another source, you don’t need to put the exact material you want to use in quotation marks.