Vocabulary
Extra pieces of information for a text given at the bottom of a page or in a hyperlink.
Footnotes
All paragraphs begin with a main idea and then list the details.
False, the main idea can be anywhere in a paragraph.
help and assistance
synonyms
True or False
Prostheses once consisted of simple pieces of wood.
True
What are the artificial devices that replace injured nor missing body parts called?
prostheses
To place inside the body through surgery.
Implant
Name given to the subsections in a piece of writing. They help to organize the text for the reader.
Subheadings
integrity and honorable
synonyms
In what way does a cochlear implant help an individual?
Improves hearing loss
BONUS
200 FREE POINTS
words within a sentence or around it that give hints about meaning
context clues
Informational texts follow the same plot diagram as other story texts.
False. Informational texts do not have characters or a sequence of events that make it easy to understand.
irrelevant and essential
antonyms
Identify one of the following by describing their bionic prostheses:
Zac Vawter
Glen Lehman
Cathy Hutchinson
Zac Vawter-bionic leg
Glen Lehman-bionic hand
Cathy Hutchinson-had a device implanted in her brain so she could control an external robotic arm
BONUS
300 free points
increasing or adding to
augmenting
What is the central idea of a text?
The main point that the author wants to communicate to the reader.
articulating and immobile
antonyms
Give an example from the text of limb technology restoring ability to a Human on a professional level.
The Olympic runner with the carbon fiber leg.
Explain the difference in the commonly confused words there and their.
There is a location and their shows ownership.
Writing comments or making notes in the margin to help your understanding of the text.
annotation
Name the two types of organizational patterns Naam uses in the text to connect main ideas.
The main-idea-and-supporting-details pattern and question-and-call-to-action.
Which of these words could be considered a synonym for inert?
immobile
Does the author predict a positive/optimistic/good future as a result of bionic technology or a negative/pessimistic/bad future?
Neither, the author simply says there are positive and potentially negative outcomes of this technology and we must think about the directions it could go.
The small, seahorse-shaped part of the brain that's essential in forming new memories.
Hippocampus