Chapter 5: Review Test 6

Major and Minor Supporting Details

A. Read the following paragraph from a college communications textbook.

Cultivation Theory

¹According to cultivation theory, the media, especially television, are the main means by which you learn about your society and your culture: What you watch and how often you watch it will influence your views of the world and people. ²Cultivation theory argues that heavy television viewers form an image of reality that is in conflict with the facts. ³For example, heavy viewers see their chances of being a victim of crime to be 1 in 10, yet in reality the ratio is 1 in 50. ⁴Heavy viewers also think that 20 percent of the world's population lives in the United States; however, in reality it's only 6 percent. ⁵Furthermore, heavy viewers believe that the percentage of workers in managerial or professional jobs is 25 percent; in reality, it's 5 percent.

—Adapted from De Vito, The Interpersonal
Communication Book, 10th ed., p. 107.


		1-4. Complete the outline of the paragraph by listing the main idea and the major supporting details. Stated main idea: ____________________ To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		A. ____________________ To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		B. ____________________ To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		C. ____________________ To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

		5-6. What are the two signal words or phrases the author uses to introduce the first and third major details? a.

		b.

		B. Read the following paragraph from a college science textbook. The Soil Body Has Horizontal Layers or Horizons ¹A fresh cut along a road bank or an excavation reveals bands and blotches of color in the layers of soil. ²If you look closer, handling the material, you discover changes in the texture and structure. ³Any vertical cut through a body of soil is the soil profile (see Figure A). ⁴The apparent layers are called the horizons. ⁵Each horizon has a characteristic set of features, particularly color, that sets it apart from other horizons. ⁶Each horizon has its own thickness, texture, structure, consistency, porosity, chemistry, and composition. ⁷In general, soils have five major horizons: O, an organic layer, and A, E, B, and C, the mineral layers. ⁸Below the four may lie the R or nonsoil horizon. ⁹In some soils, the horizons are quite distinct. ¹⁰In other soils, the horizons form continuum, with no clear-cut boundary between one horizon and another. —Reprinted from Smith, Robert Leo and Thomas M. Smith, Elements of Ecology, 4th ed., Longman, 1998, p. 112. 7-9. Complete the summary with information from the paragraph. Summary: Soil profile is ,

		Horizons are ;

		for example, .

		10. Judging from Figure A, the best meaning of the term horizon is