Important Vocabulary
Which would part means sound or voice?
A. in-
b. phon-
c. crypt-
d. bio-
b. phon-
What is chronological text structure?
When the story is told in order of time.
What is a fact?
Something that can be proven.
Draw this punctuation: quotation marks.
" "
What does it mean to hesitate?
to pause or wait
Which word part means secret?
A. in-
b. phon-
c. crypt-
d. bio-
c. crypt-
Which words signal a text has chronological text structure?
dates, times, first, next, finally
What is an assumption?
Something that is thought to be true without sufficient evidence.
What is a quotation?
a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written.
Which of the following is a fallacy in Anthony's speech?
a. The dictionary defines citizen as a person in the U.S. who can vote.
b. The Constitution says "we the people" not "we the men."
c. Women are people.
d. Every household is unhappy because all men have power over all women.
d. Every household is unhappy because all men have power over all women.
Which word part means to twist, as in the acrobat contorted his body.
a. con-
b. tort-
c. crypt-
d. phon-
b. tort-
True of False: Texts often contain multiple text structures.
True
Deductive reasoning is likely to be true because it's based on _____________.
facts
What is imagery?
When the writer uses the senses to paint a picture with their words
Beth does so much to help the teacher that she is an indispensable part of the classroom. Indispensable means...
absolutely necessary
a. complex
b. indispensable
c. intelligible
d. covert
d. covert
On the afternoon of March 25, a fire broke out in a scrap bin under a cutter's table on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory... Within 20 minutes, 146 of the 275 workers were dead.
WHAT TYPE OF TEXT STRUCTURE IS THIS?
a. chronological
b. description
c. compare and contrast
d. problem/solution
a. chronological
Abductive reasoning begins with incomplete information and uses that information to make a guess. For example, I've always gotten a 1 on FAST, so I think I'll get a 1 again this year. Another way to think of it is that you are making a/an______
a. definitive conclusion
b. generalization based on one observation
c. assumption
d. guess that is always incorrect
c. assumption
“The flames spread very quickly... A stream of fire rose up through the elevators to the uppermost floors. In the blink of an eye, fire appeared in all the windows and tongues of flame climbed higher and higher up the walls..."
How does the use of the imagery impact the meaning of these lines?
a. it emphasizes how powerful the fire was
b. it emphasizes the beauty of the fire
c. it shows the calmness of the situation
d. it shows the difficulty of working in the factory
a. it emphasizes how powerful the fire was
What does intelligible mean? Example: The translator made the conversation intelligible.
Able to be understood
Use complex correctly in a sentence that shows you know what it means.
i.e. The test was complex so many students struggled.
On the afternoon of March 25, a fire broke out in a scrap bin under a cutter's table on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory... Within 20 minutes, 146 of the 275 workers were dead.
Why does the author use a chronological structure to convey their purpose in this paragraph?
a. to show the effects of the new safety laws on the building
b. to emphasize the speed with which the fire spread
c. to describe the methods used for training the factory workers
d. to show the solutions associated with using the new machines with the problems that used to exist
b. to emphasize the speed with which the fire spread
“Webster, Worcester, and Bouvier all define a citizen to be a person in the United States, entitled to vote and hold office.
The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not. Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities. Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void.” (paragraphs 7 & 8)
How does Anthony use reasoning to develop the argument in this excerpt?
a. Anthony’s conclusion that any state laws prohibiting voting by women are unconstitutional was likely to be true because it was based on facts.
b. Anthony’s conclusion that any state laws prohibiting voting by women are unconstitutional was likely to be wrong since it was based more on desire than facts.
c. Anthony’s conclusion that any state laws prohibiting voting by women are unconstitutional was only partially true because it was based on a single observation.
d. Anthony’s conclusion that any state laws prohibiting voting by women are unconstitutional was wrong because it was based on circumstances that were not relevant to the current war.
a. Anthony’s conclusion that any state laws prohibiting voting by women are unconstitutional was likely to be true because it was based on facts.
“We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
How does the author's use of this quotation support her purpose of explaining why women have the right to vote?
a. The quote explains why all people in the U.S. have a right to participate in the government.
b. The quote portrays how the Founding Fathers only had men in mind when they wrote the Constitution.
c. The quote describes how the three branches of government were developed.
d. The quote illustrates the need for a strong justice system to have a working government.
a. The quote explains why all people in the U.S. have a right to participate in the government.
I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen’s rights, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny.
How does the author use phrases like "simply exercised" and "guaranteed" to explain why she is innocent?
a. It shows how much Anthony had to learn about the legal system.
b. It shows the contrast between how the people who arrested her and Anthony view what she did.
c. It implies that Anthony feels guilty for breaking the law.
d. It shows Anthony has given up on helping her cause.
b. It shows the contrast between how the people who arrested her and Anthony view what she did.