Vocab
Place the word assimilate in a sentence that demonstrates understanding of its usage.
The foreign student held onto his ways and did not wish to assimilate into the new culture.
A sentence containing a command is known as an....
Imperative sentence
What were the four progressions in limb technology as described in "Are Bionic Super Humans On The Horizon"
What did the author suggest his partner do if she should not like her digital flowers?
Press delete
In "The Automation Paradox", from whom will automation take jobs away and to whom will it make them available?
Blue collar and low skill workers to white collar and jobs that require training and specialized skills.
Place the word chide in a sentence that demonstrates understanding of its usage.
Max chided his dog for chewing up his sneakers.
What type of noun is the word Team
Collective noun
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.
According to the speaker, in what way are the on-line flowers better than real ones?
They will last forever.
Artificial intelligence + Machines will make humans obsolete.
Machines can now perform tasks that humans cannot.
Place the word strife in a sentence that demonstrates understanding of its usage.
The girl's fiancee made sure their parents were on good terms before the wedding because, he did not wish to start their new lives in strife.
Give an example of each of the following:
Proper noun, Common noun, Collective noun, and Compound noun
Ahmed, Man, Army, Spaceship
Does the author predict a positive/optimistic/good future as a result of bionic technology or a negative/pessimistic/bad future? Explain your answer.
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.
What are the 2 main characteristics of a sonnet?
14 lines and rhyme schemes
In "The Automation Paradox" the author provides examples of industries that have higher employment after automating to some degree than those who did not.
Explain the reason/argument the author gives to explain the paradoxical outcome.
Economic cycle of low cost/high volume and high cost/ low volume
Place the word belligerent in a sentence that demonstrates understanding of its usage.
When the customer was told he could not get a refund for his opened product, he got belligerent.
The four types of sentences with a subject in an unusual order are...
Imperative, Interrogative, Inverted, Here/There
What are the benefits and consequences of a future with bionic super humans?
Various Answers
What is an example of irony from the sonnet Interflora?
Asking the reader to smell the flowers.
What solution does each author give for preparing for their predicted futures?
Providing skill training to blue collar workers so that they are ready for the shift and can seek out the newly created jobs.
Putting Humans before profit.
Place the word ruse in a sentence that demonstrates understanding of its usage.
Provide a compound subject sentence and identify its verb, direct and indirect object.
Ahmed and Emily fed the dog.
What examples from the text mention abilities we were previously incapable of but can now do thanks to technology?
Moving a robotic arm by though across thousands of miles.
What are the 3 types of irony? Give an example of each.
Dramatic, Situational, Verbal.
Consider the arguments and central themes of each "The Automation Paradox" & "Heads Up Humans"
In what way are they complementary and in what ways are they contradictory?
Multiple possible answers.