"The Measure of Our Success"
"Saving Water"
"Through My Eyes"
"The Trouble with Television"
Vocabulary
100
How does the speaker encourage her listeners?
By giving life lessons.
100
According to the author, 97% of the water on earth is...
salt water
100
Who first describes Ruby's first day?
A newspaper reporter.
100
What is the purpose of this selection?
To convince readers to watch less television.
100
Who owns a municipal building?
The city.
200
How should children learn tolerance?
By listening to their parents talk about tolerance.
200
What is the author persuading us to do?
Take care of our water and use less.
200
When the point of view changes from third to first, who is narrating the story?
Ruby
200
The author says that the time spent watching television could be....
used for other things.
200
Someone who expects the best can be described as an __________.
optimist
300
According to the author, who needs to teach tolerance?
Parents
300
What happens when we use and reuse the same water?
It gets contaminated.
300
Why does Ruby say she found out later the federal marshals were carrying guns? What is she emphasizing?
That she was in a dangerous situation.
300
A typical college undergraduate spends approximately __________ hours working on a college degree.
5,000
300
A ____________ group knows each other and works together.
harmonious
400
Which of these as an emotional argument?
I like you; You can help me; You will do well; I will help you
400
In order to use less water, we should wash our hands with _________.
cold water
400
What did someone put a black doll in and why? (you must get BOTH answers)
A coffin; to scare Ruby and her mother.
400
By the time the average American is 20, he/she has seen _________ hours of television.
20,000
400
If you do not agree with someone else's ideas, you might say their ideas are _________.
controversial
500
What does the author mean by "soul force"?
People working together for tolerance.
500
What kind of arguments did the author use to persuade in this piece?
Logical arguments.
500
How did Mrs. Henry feel about going to school?
She was afraid because she felt unsafe.
500
When the author says "It is difficult to escape the influence of television," what writing technique is he using when he says 'escape the influence'?
semantic slanting
500
If you think a plan won't work, you are considering it ___________.
skeptically
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