Which of the following forms of deception is an act of dissimulation?

Shayna is introduced to Brian, a university student from the United Kingdom. "Oh, you must

love soccer," she says. "No," says Brian, "I play rugby." Shayna has just relied on __________ rather than treating Brian as an individual. a. racism b. racial profiling c. stereotyping d. prejudice e. jumping on the bandwagon

The thesis sentence is used for several specificreasons, but which of the following is not one of them?

a. to create smooth transitions b. to generate main points c. to suggest organizational patterns d. to focus audience attention