According to Tyson
What animal does Tyson discuss in the first paragraph of his essay? Is this meant to be funny?
A bat and yes
A critical perceptiveness awareness is:
A. Propensity
B. Acuity
Acuity
What is a thesis?
The main idea about a topic. It can be stated or inferred.
What is the main idea of the essay:
A. The five human senses are impressive, but most scientific discoveries require technology that allows humans to observe what their unassisted senses cannot detect.
B. Humans often use technology to learn things about the world around them, so better technology leads to a better understanding of the world in general.
A. The five human senses are impressive, but most scientific discoveries require technology that allows humans to observe what their unassisted senses cannot detect.
Correct this sentence and make it parallel.
I have lived in Atlanta, Georgia; New York City, New York, Baltimore, Maryland, Paris France; and Alamo, Tennessee.
I have lived in Atlanta, Georgia; New York City, New York; Baltimore, Maryland; Paris, France; and Alamo, Tennessee.
Among our five senses, which is the most important according to Tyson in Paragraph One?
Sight
Transcend means to
A. Go above or beyond
B. To meet the bare minimum
Go above and beyond
What does the author of a scientific essay need to build strong a strong argument?
Evidence
The author presents detailed information about the senses To establish the range of stimulants human senses can detect before discussing the limitations of human senses.
True or False
True: Write this beside paragraph 2
To establish the range of stimulants human senses can detect before discussing the limitations of human senses.
What does Tyson use to draw the reader in?
Name at least 2
Sarcasm, Humor, Irony
Tyson believes that Fortune tellers, mind readers, and mystics are qualified to make scientific predictions.
No, he feels their claims are absurd
Propensity: What part of speech is it?
A. Verb
B. Noun
Noun
False
Which two statements would the author most likely agree with?
A. People today understand illness better than people in the past due to our enhanced ability to view organisms too small to observe with the naked eye.
B. Due to the evolution of technology, old-fashioned ideas and superstitions about how the world works are no longer a part of human society.
C.There are some mysteries today that people will likely be able to explain in the future when current technology evolves
A and C
Thrifty has what type of connotation?
Negative or Positive
Positive
What Sci-fi series does Tyson mention in his essay?
Star Trek
Things that cause a response or a reaction
A. Stimuli
B. Transcend
Stimuli
Examples make ideas relevant to the reader. They tell the reader Who, _______________, _______________, Where, ______________, and ____________________.
Who What When Where Why and How
True or False
The author asserts that scientific reality exists even if humans are incapable of observing it
True
Name 5 types of figurative language.
What kind of scientific tool does Tyson say he would need if a blob of some unknown substance were parked right out in front of us?
A tricorder
What does the word propensity mean?
A tendency to behave in a certain way.
True or False
Science essays use analogies to move from familiar concepts to complex ones and generally stick to the facts.
True
The essay begins with:
the author imagining a world in which our senses are as advanced as our technology and concludes that advancing technology is our best path to improving our ability to observe the world.
True or False
False
It ends with this
What is an oxford comma?
comma used after the third item in a list of three or more items, before ‘and’ or ‘or’
I like pizza, hamburgers, milkshakes, and spinach.