Expression of ideas Welcome to your Expression of ideas 1. Award-winning travel writer Linda Watanabe McFerrin considers the background research she conducts on destinations featured in her travel books to be its own reward. ______blank McFerrin admits to finding the research phase of her work just as fascinating and engaging as exploring a location in person.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? By contrast, In fact, Likewise, Besides, None 2. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Novelist Willa Cather grew up in Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Some of Cather’s best-known novels are set in Nebraska.Two such novels are O Pioneers! (1913) and My Ántonia (1918).Cather’s novels describe the experiences of immigrants who settled in the Great Plains.The student wants to identify the setting of Cather’s novel My Ántonia. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? My Ántonia is set in Nebraska, where Cather grew up. Cather, author of My Ántonia, described the experiences of immigrants in her novels. Among Cather’s best-known novels are O Pioneers! (1913) and My Ántonia (1918). Cather attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and set some of her novels in Nebraska. None 3. Etched into Peru’s Nazca Desert are line drawings so large that they can only be fully seen from high above. Archaeologists have known of the lines since the 1920s, when a researcher spotted some from a nearby foothill, and they have been studying the markings ever since. ______blank archaeologists’ efforts are aided by drones that capture high-resolution aerial photographs of the lines.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? Currently, However, Still, In comparison, None 4. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: In 2013, paleontology professor Hesham Sallam and his students from Mansoura University in Egypt made a discovery.The team found a partial dinosaur skeleton at a site in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis.The skeleton belonged to a dinosaur species that lived approximately 80 million years ago.The new species was named Mansourasaurus to recognize the team that discovered it.The student wants to explain the origin of the species’ name. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? Mansourasaurus, a species that lived approximately 80 million years ago, was discovered in 2013 by Egyptian paleontologist Hesham Sallam and a team of university students. Mansourasaurus, a new species discovered in Egypt in 2013, lived approximately 80 million years ago. The new species was named Mansourasaurus to recognize the team that discovered it, a professor and students from Mansoura University. A partial dinosaur skeleton found in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis belonged to a species named Mansourasaurus. None 5. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Platinum is a rare and expensive metal.It is used as a catalyst for chemical reactions.Platinum catalysts typically require a large amount of platinum to be effective.Researcher Jianbo Tang and his colleagues created a platinum catalyst that combines platinum with liquid gallium.Their catalyst was highly effective and required only trace amounts of platinum (0.0001% of the atoms in the mixture).The student wants to explain an advantage of the new platinum catalyst developed by Jianbo Tang and his colleagues. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? While still highly effective, the new platinum catalyst requires far less of the rare and expensive metal than do other platinum catalysts. Like other platinum catalysts, the new platinum catalyst requires a particular amount of the metal to be effective. Platinum is a rare and expensive metal that is used as a catalyst for chemical reactions; however, platinum catalysts typically require a large amount of platinum to be effective. Researcher Jianbo Tang and his colleagues created a platinum catalyst that combines platinum, a rare and expensive metal, with liquid gallium. None 6. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Jordan Bennett is a Mi’Kmaq visual artist.The Mi’Kmaq are a First Nations people in North America.Bennett’s paintings pay homage to traditional Mi’Kmaq craftsmanship and have been displayed in over 75 exhibitions.His 2017 exhibition Wije’wi was held at the Grenfell Art Gallery.His 2018 exhibition Ketu’elmita’jik was held at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.The student wants to emphasize the order in which two of Jordan Bennett’s exhibitions were held. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? Mi’Kmaq visual artist Jordan Bennett has displayed his work in over 75 exhibitions, including Wije’wi and Ketu’elmita’jik. Jordan Bennett’s 2017 exhibition Wije’wi was followed a year later by his exhibition Ketu’elmita’jik Jordan Bennett’s paintings, some of which appeared in 2017 and 2018 exhibitions, pay homage to traditional Mi’Kmaq craftsmanship. Jordan Bennett’s 2018 exhibition Ketu’elmita’jik was held at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; another was held at the Grenfell Art Gallery. None 7. As a young historian in the 1950s, Alixa Naff began interviewing fellow Arab American immigrants about their experiences straddling two cultures. Over the next few decades, Naff conducted more than 450 such interviews, also known as oral histories. ______blank she collected photographs and other artifacts that represented her subjects’ experiences.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? In addition, On the contrary, In other words, Today, None 8. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Cities tend to have a wide range of flowering vegetation in parks, yards, and gardens.This vegetation provides a varied diet for honeybees, strengthening bees’ immune systems.On average, 62.5 percent of bees in an urban area will survive a harsh winter.Rural areas are often dominated by monoculture crops such as corn or wheat.On average, only 40 percent of honeybees in a rural area will survive a harsh winter.The student wants to make and support a generalization about honeybees. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? In urban areas, over 60 percent of honeybees, on average, will survive a harsh winter, whereas in rural areas, only 40 percent will. The strength of honeybees’ immune systems depends on what the bees eat, and a varied diet is more available to bees in an urban area than to those in a rural area. Honeybees are more likely to thrive in cities than in rural areas because the varied diet available in urban areas strengthens the bees’ immune systems. Cities tend to have a wider range of flowering vegetation than do rural areas, which are often dominated by monoculture crops. None 9. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Sam Maloof (1916–2009) was an American woodworker and furniture designer.He was the son of Lebanese immigrants.He received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in 1985.The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, owns a rocking chair that Maloof made from walnut wood.The armrests and the seat of the chair are sleek and contoured, and the back consists of seven spindle-like slats.The student wants to describe the rocking chair to an audience unfamiliar with Sam Maloof. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? With its sleek, contoured armrests and seat, the walnut rocking chair in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is just one piece of furniture created by American woodworker Sam Maloof. The rocking chair is made from walnut, and it has been shaped such that its armrests and seat are sleek and contoured. Furniture designer Sam Maloof was a recipient of one of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s “genius grants.” Sam Maloof was born in 1916 and died in 2009, and during his life, he made a chair that you can see if you visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. None 10. In Gothic architecture, flying buttresses are large arches that help support a building’s exterior walls. Before the Gothic era, cathedrals’ heavy ceilings had to be supported by thick, short walls, but the invention of flying buttresses eliminated this need. ______blank Gothic cathedrals could be built with thinner, higher walls.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? Similarly, As a result, Nevertheless, For instance, None 11. Tyrian purple was a highly prized dye among the Phoenicians (an ancient civilization located in present-day Lebanon). The Phoenicians were famous for using this natural dye to color their clothes a distinctive purple. ______blank the name “Phoenicia” itself, some historians claim, may have originally meant “land of purple.”Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? In fact, Lastly, On the contrary, Regardless, None 12. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Oracles of the Pink Universe was a 2021 exhibition at the Denver Museum of Art in Colorado.It featured eight artworks by South African artist Simphiwe Ndzube.One of these works is a painting titled Assertion of Will.Assertion of Will depicts three standing figures.The figures wear clothing made of fabric pieces stitched to the painting’s canvas.The student wants to describe how fabric is used in Assertion of Will. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? In Assertion of Will, the figures’ clothing is made of fabric pieces stitched to the painting’s canvas. The exhibition Oracles of the Pink Universe featured artworks by artist Simphiwe Ndzube. Simphiwe Ndzube’s Assertion of Will was one of eight artworks exhibited in Oracles of the Pink Universe at the Denver Museum of Art. Depicting three standing, clothed figures, Assertion of Will is a painting by Simphiwe Ndzube. None 13. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present is a history book by Ojibwe author David Treuer.In a review, a critic for The Economist noted that “Treuer’s storytelling skills shine” and that the book is an “elegant handling of [a] complex narrative.”A critic for O, The Oprah Magazine called it “a marvel of research and storytelling.”A critic for the Missoulian dubbed it “a monumental achievement.”The student wants to emphasize a similarity in how critics responded to Treuer’s book. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? Treuer’s book, which was widely reviewed, focuses on Native American history from 1890 to the present. Dubbed “a monumental achievement” by the Missoulian, Treuer’s book documents over a century of Native American history. While the Missoulian focused on the book’s broader achievement, The Economist zeroed in on Treuer’s storytelling skills. Critics praised Treuer’s book for its compelling narrative, with O, The Oprah Magazine calling it “a marvel of research and storytelling” and The Economist likewise writing that “Treuer’s storytelling skills shine” and that the book is an “elegant handling of [a] complex narrative.” None 14. Because an achiral molecule is symmetrical, flipping it yields a structurally identical molecule. A flipped chiral molecule, ______blank can be compared to a glove that has been turned inside out: it produces a structurally inverted molecule rather than an identical one.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition? for example, by contrast, similarly, in other words, None 15. While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Yellowstone is a national park in the northwest United States.In 1995, gray wolves were reintroduced into the park.Since then, the number of gray wolves in the park has stabilized at roughly 100.This number is believed to be the park’s carrying capacity.Carrying capacity describes the maximum number of a species that a specific environment’s resources can sustain over time.The student wants to specify the number of gray wolves in Yellowstone. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? Gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone, a national park in the northwest United States, in 1995. Yellowstone is a national park that has roughly 100 gray wolves living in it. As of 1995, there were gray wolves living in Yellowstone, a national park in the northwest United States. 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