Question

Refer to "Youth and Tobacco Use" in the lesson for a complete version of this text.

Many informational texts use bulleted lists preceded by headings, subheadings, or sentences of text. For example:

National, state, and local program activities have been shown to reduce and prevent youth tobacco use when implemented together. They include the following:

Higher costs for tobacco products (for example, through increased taxes)

Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas of work sites and public places
Raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco products to 21 years, which has recently emerged as a potential strategy for reducing youth tobacco use
What is the connection between the sentence that starts, “National, state, and local program activities…” and the bulleted list?


a)Each bullet point offers a different opinion on the main claim of the sentence.


b)The bulleted list provides examples to support the preceding sentence.


c)The preceding sentence asks a question and the bulleted list answers it.


d)The sentence presents a claim and the bulleted list addresses counterclaims.

Answer 1

I would guess B) The bulleted list provides examples to support the preceding sentence.

Answer 2

The right answer is "b)The bulleted list provides examples to support the preceding sentence."

Explanation: The bulleted list presented in the text are examples of national, state, and local program activities designed to reduce and prevent tobacco use among youth.

In this way, the bulleted list reinforces the previous sentence because it supports it, so the reader understands what happened.