Comprehension
The full title of the selection test
What is Danger! This Mission Could Bore You To Death
A doctor might be concerned if a patient had a chronic cough
What is long lasting and recurring?
A form of writing that explains or informs about a topic
What is informative writing?
How is chronic boredom is a form a stress
What is lack of stimulation can affect the mind's normal function. Long-term boredom can be like depression
Tells what action someone or something is doing
What is action verb?
Why are six people living in a deodesic dome on the slopes of a volcano in Hawaii?
What is they are living as if they were on Mars.
A sort of stimulus a person would seek if he or she is sleepy
What is exercising?
Finally, since, and in fact, are often used to clarify the development of ideas
What is transition words?
The author repeats the word boredom so many times
What is emphasizing the threat it has for astronauts on the mission?
joins the subject of a sentence with a word or phrase that describes or renames the subject
What is a linking verb?
The biggest threat to a manned Mars mission
What is chronic boredom
A ship in a catastrophic disaster at sea
What is a disastrous event, a ship might sink?
The author is trying to bring awareness to the issue of boredom
What is the author's purpose?
The brain wants something to do
What is boredom becomes a problem?
The apple tastes sour.
What is a linking verb?
What is 8 months one way
To have an excruciatingly painful headache
What is a painful headache, that hurts like a pounding drum
Boredom among astronauts is a threat to a mission to Mars.
What is the topic?
"Dankurt and Kring say.."
What is subject matter experts?
The farmers grow corn.
What is an action verb?
The main idea of the text
Someone subconsciously nervous about speaking in front of people
What is making a lot of mistakes?
Three ways the author supports his ideas
What is facts, statistics, and quotations from experts
What are some drawbacks of space travel from reading this article?
People might face the challenge of chronic boredom
Identify the verbs in the sentence, and label each as an action or linking verb.
When they go outside, they exit through a mock air lock..
go(action); exit (linking)