Mid-Week Mini-Lesson

Week 6 · Reading & Writing — Cross-Text

~15 minutes · between sessions

A quick five on how two short texts relate — agreement, disagreement, and trade-offs. Press Check my work to see how you did, then Save & email my results so your instructor sees your progress before the next lesson.

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Q1Cross-text reasoning

Text 1: “The new policy will cut commute times.” Text 2: “Critics doubt the projected savings will materialize.”How does Text 2 relate to Text 1?

AIt agrees and adds support. BIt expresses skepticism toward Text 1’s claim. CIt simply repeats Text 1. DIt is unrelated.

Answer: B

Text 2 raises doubt about the claim — skepticism, not agreement.

Q2Cross-text reasoning

Author A argues social media harms attention spans. Author B presents data showing no measurable change in focus.The two authors mainly —

Aagree with each other Bdisagree about social media’s effect on attention Cdiscuss unrelated topics Dboth rely on Author A

Answer: B

One claims harm; the other shows no effect — they disagree.

Q3Cross-text reasoning

Choosing the word “frugal” instead of “stingy” changes the tone because “frugal” carries a more ______ connotation.

Apositive Bnegative Cneutral Dliteral

Answer: A

“Frugal” praises carefulness with money; “stingy” criticizes it — more positive connotation.

Q4Cross-text reasoning

Text 1 praises a city’s new bike lanes. Text 2 notes that the lanes reduced street parking.Text 2 mainly functions to —

Areinforce Text 1’s praise Bnote a trade-off Text 1 leaves out Cdeny that the lanes exist Drestate Text 1

Answer: B

Text 2 adds the downside (lost parking) — a trade-off.

Q5Cross-text reasoning

Text 1: “Remote work boosts flexibility.” Text 2: “Remote work can blur the line between job and home.”Both passages would most likely agree that —

Aremote work meaningfully changes how people work Bremote work should be banned Coffices are now obsolete Dflexibility is undesirable

Answer: A

Both treat remote work as having real effects — just different ones.

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