Question 1

Answer the following question related to the passage titled "US teen died after drinking caffeine too quickly": Which statement from the article could best be identified as the thesis statement?

Group of answer choices

"A healthy teenager in the US state of South Carolina died from drinking several highly-caffeinated drinks too quickly, a coroner has ruled."

"Caffeine would probably not have been seen as a factor in the teenager's death if witnesses had not been able to tell officials what he had been drinking before his death, the Richland County coroner said."

"The American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) has warned against children and teenagers consuming energy drinks, saying their ingredients have not been tested on children and 'no-one can ensure they are safe'."

"In 2015, the European Food Safety Authority said drinking more than 400mg could lead to increased heart rate, higher blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, tremors, nervousness, insomnia, and panic attacks."

Question 2

Answer the following question related to the passage titled "US teen died after drinking caffeine too quickly": What is the purpose of this article?

Group of answer choices

To inform the reader about the recent death of a teenager who consumed a large amount of caffeine in a short period of time

To explain the effects of caffeine on the human body

To persuade the reader to not consume caffeine

Answer: Thesis statement: "A healthy teenager in the US state of South Carolina died from drinking several highly-caffeinated drinks too quickly, a coroner has ruled."

Explanation:

A thesis statement contains the main point of a text, the topic upon which the whole discussion is based. In this text, the whole point is that a healthy teenager died because of drinking a bit more caffeine than he should over a short period of time.

The idea is that if he hadn't drunk that quantity of caffeine in such a short period of time, he wouldn't have died, because the effect of caffeine on his body during that short period was the problem, not the caffeine itself.

The other choices are statements which either explain or support the thesis statement.

Question 2:

Answer: To inform the reader about the recent death of a teenager who consumed a large amount of caffeine in a short period of time

Explanation:

The purpose of this article was to inform readers about the death of a teenager, which was caused by caffeine intake in a short period of time.

The other choices are incorrect, because the articles does not seek to explain the effects of caffeine on the human body, it just presents this situation and the coroner's statement.

Similarly, the reader is not persuaded to not consume caffeine - the reader just finds out about this particular information. The purpose of the article is rather to pursue the reader to not consume caffeine in a short period of time than to not consume caffeine at all.