Show:
"The Trouble with Television"
"Saving Water"
"Because of Libraries We Can Say These Things"
"Escaping"
Vocabulary
100
Too much television being bad for your is the author's __________ in this essay.
What is Thesis?
100
The sentence "So show some respect," reveals the argument by the author that we should do our best to _________ water.
What is conserve/save?
100
The main character of this poem is...
What is a girl?
100
In one word, what is the main idea that the author is trying to convey to readers?
What is perseverance?
100
This word means easy.
What is simplistic?
200
According to the author, this is the main goal of most television programming.
What is capturing and keeping the attention of viewers?
200
Lamb explains how water is used and re-used, as well as how water is clean. This explanation is a rhetorical device known as...
What is logos?
200
The most important thing in the world to the girl is a...
What is book?
200
Zdenko Slobodnik wrote this essay and told a story about his parents escaping from ______________.
What is Czechoslovakia?
200
If I _________ his belongings, that means that I take possession of them.
What is usurp?
300
The author believes that television contributes to the lack of ______________ in this country.
What is literacy?
300
Lamb discusses how her sister traveled on boats and learned to use only 1/4 cup of water to brush her teeth. This story is part of the rhetorical device known as...
What is ethos?
300
The girl reads on a step outside, but when it is too hot or when her parents are talking about money, she goes to her...
What is bed/bedroom?
300
One of the sentences in this essay reads, "Yet we marched on because the freedom of America glistened in our souls." Here, the author's use of __________ reveals just how passionate and perseverent his parents are.
What is diction?
300
I have __________ time for you to review by using this jeopardy game.
What is allotted?
400
The author points out that television takes advantage of our short ___________ _______.
What is attention span?
400
Fact or opinion: "The more we process our water, the more chance it has to become contaminated."
What is fact?
400
The poem mentions that the girl has two families. The first is her real family, and the second is...
What is the world of the book?
400
Slobodnik's story is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is ethos?
400
I consider it ____________ that you know these vocabulary words, as they are used daily by many people.
What is imperative?
500
The author uses these rhetorical devices in his essay by giving us logical motives of television programming, helping us see the tragedy in our lack of focus, and using various statistics and studies to help make his point.
What are logos, pathos, and ethos?
500
Fact or opinion: "There's not much we can do at home about the unequal distribution of water in the world. But the other major problems, contamination and waste, we can do something about."
What is opinion?
500
The girl likes to read because she gets lost in the "wilderness of new solutions." In other words, the book appeals to her...
What is imagination?
500
Slobodnik continuously refers to how difficult the journey was for his parents, but that they did not give up. We are inspired by his use of this rhetorical device.
What is pathos?
500
Superman seems ________________, but he is vulnerable to Kryptonite.
What is indomitable?