unit 1
a general agreement
What is a consensus?
able to withstand difficult conditions
What is resilient?
synonym for framework
What is infrastructure?
What is fervently?
not allowing in comparison
what is disparate?
The author of “Cyber-psychopathy: What Goes On in a Hacker’s Head” states that a crucial component of computer hacking lies in “the dark science of social engineering (or ‘hacking the human’).”
What idea is implied but not directly stated in this sentence?
Hackers manipulate human emotions and behaviors in order to access the information they need.
Read the excerpt from “16 Things I’ve Learned from 16 Years of Dealing with Depression.”
My brain was such a chatterbox. I used to shut it up via booze or food or other temporary and thoroughly ineffective attempts at self-medication.
Which options best explain the meaning of the metaphor “My brain was such a chatterbox”?
The author’s brain, like a separate person, was an enemy that had to be quieted.
Read the excerpt from “Confessions of a Depressed Comic.”
And I don’t know what the solution is. I wish I did, but I don’t—but I think, I think it has to start here. It has to start with me, it has to start with you, it has to start with the people who are suffering, the ones who are hidden in the shadows. We need to speak up and shatter the silence. We need to be the ones who are brave for what we believe in, because if there’s one thing that I’ve come to realize, if there’s one thing that I see as the biggest problem, it’s not in building a world where we eliminate the ignorance of others.
The speaker uses the phrase “shatter the silence” to __________.
Read the excerpt from “Confessions of a Depressed Comic.”
And I don’t know what the solution is. I wish I did, but I don’t—but I think, I think it has to start here. It has to start with me, it has to start with you, it has to start with the people who are suffering, the ones who are hidden in the shadows. We need to speak up and shatter the silence. We need to be the ones who are brave for what we believe in, because if there’s one thing that I’ve come to realize, if there’s one thing that I see as the biggest problem, it’s not in building a world where we eliminate the ignorance of others.
The speaker uses the phrase “shatter the silence” to __________.
Read the paragraph from “The History of the Electric Car,” which claims that the Model T was the major force to challenge electric cars.
Yet, it was Henry Ford’s mass-produced Model T that dealt a blow to the electric car. Introduced in 1908, the Model T made gasoline-powered cars widely available and affordable. By 1912, the gasoline car cost only $650, while an electric roadster sold for $1,750. That same year, Charles Kettering introduced the electric starter, eliminating the need for the hand crank and giving rise to more gasoline-powered vehicle sales.
Which options best explain how the excerpt’s proposition-and-support structure effectively supports the claim?
by discussing the affordability of gasoline-powered cars
Read the sentence.
Jim was surprised to see a snowy owl in a tree hiking up the trail.
What is the best way to write the sentence to improve the placement of modifiers?
Hiking up the trail, Jim was surprised to see a snowy owl in a tree.
Which type of evidence includes information that is not connected to an idea or point?
irrelevant evidence
Which sentence from “Confessions of a Depressed Comic” contains a metaphor?
It’s the roommate you can’t kick out.
In the early part of the century, innovators in Hungary, the Netherlands and the United States—including a blacksmith from Vermont—began toying with the concept of a battery-powered vehicle and created some of the first small-scale electric cars. And while Robert Anderson, a British inventor, developed the first crude electric carriage around this same time, it wasn’t until the second half of the 19th century that French and English inventors built some of the first practical electric cars.
Which option most effectively states the main point the author is making in the excerpt?
Many countries had a hand in the development of the electric vehicle that we know today.
In which sentence is the comma used correctly?
Although both teams played well, the Falcons won in the last few seconds of the game.
Read the excerpt from “US Supreme Court: Ingraham v. Wright.”
Elimination or curtailment of corporal punishment would be welcomed by many as a societal advance. But when such a policy choice may result from this Court’s determination of an asserted right to due process, rather than from the normal processes of community debate and legislative action, the societal costs cannot be dismissed as insubstantial.
Which option best explains how this information fits into the chain of legal reasoning?
It is part of the analysis in the case, because it considers whether local regulations could be limited if the court finds that students’ rights were violated.