Trivial Quiz II

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Unit 1

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QUESTION 1/6 - Story Elements

Question 1/6 - Story Elements

Explanation

Science fiction's biggest identifiers are being set in the future or alternate reality as well as having a focus on realistic facts with a bit of imagination. (Like space or time travel) Scicene fiction also have similar themes that discuss the effects of technology and human nature. Some great examples of Science Fiction are: Star Wars, Dune and Star Trek

QUESTION 2/6 - Story Elements

Question 2/6 - Story Elements

Explanation

Exposition: Often refered to as the begining of the story. Characters, setting and conflict are established here. Rising Action: Characters start facing obstacles in the story and the tension begins to grow Climax: The highest point of tension in the story. Falling Actions: Consequences of the climax take place and the story begins to wrap up Resolution: Story's main conflict is resolved and other plot elements are wraped up.

QUESTION 3/6 - Story Elements

Question 3/6 - Story Elements

Explanation

Theme is the main message or moral of the story. Themes can be applied outside the source material to other media and even real life. Good examples of theme are: Love conquers all, family is deeper than blood, and technology isn't always dependable. Bad examples of theme are: Don't let a energy drink ruin your applicances and don't trust what the Joker says

QUESTION 4/6 - Story Elements

Question 4/6 - Story Elements

Explanation

Conflicts are usually shown with a Character VS something. Conflicts are problems the characters face through the story. Conflicts can be anything from problems with the self (Character vs Self) to nature (character vs nature), to society (character vs society/government)

QUESTION 5/6 - Story Elements

Question 5/6 - Story Elements

Explanation

Whenever the idea of a chaarcter "propelling the story forward" is dicussed it refers to when a character takes an action or a series of actions that keep the story going. An exmaple of this would be, in Brave Little Toaster when Mister Toussaint tries the many ways to get rid of LOONY GOONY.

QUESTION 6/6 - Story Elements

Question 6/6 - Story Elements

Explanation

Situtational Irony is a type of irony (something happening in the opposite way to what is expected) that refers to when a the result of an action or a situational is different than what is expected. A good example of situational irony is the police station beign robbed.

QUESTION 1/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

QUESTION 1/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

Explanation

The main idea and the central idea are the same thing. It is a statement that describes what the text is about. Topic and Central Idea are NOT the same. Example of a central idea: The effects of energy drinks on students under the age of 10 Example of a topic: Energy drinks/effects of energy drinks

QUESTION 2/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

QUESTION 2/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

Explanation

Using graphic features like photos and graphs allow for a visual repsentation that can help emphasize the point the author is trying to make. Think about the graphs in Automation Paradox and how those not only helped in visualizing statistics but also made a clear point on how automation was helping.

QUESTION 3/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

QUESTION 3/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

Explanation

All of those are examples of ogranization methods you can find in nonfiction texts.Question & Call to Action: Where the author poses questions in hopes that the reader may think deeper or do something about the issue or topic. Cause & Effect: Where the author shows the causes of some topic or issue and follows up with how that creates an impact. Main Idea & Details: Where the author states a main idea and provides supporting details to support it. Chronolgical: Where the author describes events or the topic in order of time Compare & Contrast: Where the athor describes the similarities and ifferences between two realted things.

QUESTION 4/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

QUESTION 4/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

Explanation

All of these are examples of rheotric, the art of using language in a persuasive manner to get more people to agree with you.Logos: Appeal to logic. Using facts, examples and stats to get the reader on your side.Pathos: Appeal to emotion. Using emotions of the reader to get them on your side. Direct Address: Directly addressing the reader . Rheotical Question: A question with an obivous answer that doesn't need a reply

QUESTION 5/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

"...the two conditions that dominate her days: loneliness and disability. She has a well-meaning, troubled daughter in a faraway state, a caregiver who comes twice a week, a friend who checks in on her periodically, and she gets regular calls from volunteers with the Friendship Line. It’s not enough. Like most older adults, she doesn’t want to be “locked up in one of those homes.” What she needs is someone who is always there, who can help with everyday tasks, who will listen and smile."

QUESTION 5/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

Explanation

When author appeals to emotion they will typically try to make readers feel empathy, anger, guilt or happiness towards their topic. In the passage the author paints a sad picture of this womens life with words like " loneliness and disability." and "It’s not enough."

QUESTION 6/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

QUESTION 6/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

Explanation

The counterclaim is where the author addresses the other side of the argument but still proves their side right. This is shown with a "Yes...But" statment.

QUESTION 7/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

QUESTION 7/7 - Nonfiction Strategies

Explanation

When an author asks questions they most likely want the reader to be thinking about their own points of view and to use those points of view to think deeper about the topic.

QUESTION 1/5 - Vocabulary

QUESTION 1/5 - Vocabulary

Explanation

An antonym is a word that means the OPPOSITE of another. Examples: Glad/Sorrowful Rage/Calm Stunned/Aware

QUESTION 2/5 - Vocabulary

QUESTION 2/5 - Vocabulary

Explanation

A synonym is when words have the same or similar meaning. Examples: Glad/Happy Rage/Furious Stunned/Shocked

QUESTION 3/5 - Vocabulary

QUESTION 3/4 - Vocabulary

Explanation

If agitated means to be nervous or troubled then we would look for words that show happiness or feeling content. Calming and comfort are the only two words that have those meanings.

QUESTION 4/5 - Vocabulary

QUESTION 4/5 - Vocabulary

Explanation

When you are asked to synthesize something you are taking all the parts and putting them together. Much like how you would in the "Both" side of a compare and contrast.

QUESTION 5/5 - Vocabulary

The following day, the program repeated what had been studied previously. Of course, it was possible to switch subjects around somewhat to take arithmetic before history, or, in place of one rule of grammar, to take another. But these were small changes that didn’t really matter, so nothing ever really happened to disrupt the regularity of the lessons.

QUESTION 5/5 - Vocabulary

Explanation

Looking at the context of the word we can figure that regularity comes from the word regular. Regular refers to routnies or things that happened repatedly. So, we can use the line " ...repeated what had been studied previously." for those clues.

QUESTION 1/6 - Grammar

The world’s people produce a lot of trash, and unfortunately, some of that trash ends up in the ocean.

QUESTION 1/6 - Grammar

Explanation

The transition "unfortunately" is used correctly and is formated correctly with a comma after. Likewise and otherwise are compare/contrast transitions and there is no compare/contrast. Therefore is a result transitions, while this is showing a result it wouldn't like sense over unfortunately.

QUESTION 2/6 - Grammar

A student who loves two walk along the beach and see marine animals, Anna wanted to do something to help.

QUESTION 2/6 - Grammar

Explanation

To: used before a verb. (TO go, TO walk)Too: In addition (I would like to go TOO) or a high degree of something (Youre going TOO fast) Two: The number 2

QUESTION 3/6 - Grammar

Their both helping the environment.

QUESTION 3/6 - Grammar

Explanation

They're: Conjunction that means "they are." There: A direction. (They are over THERE. THEREit is!) Their: Possessive. (This is their jacket.)

QUESTION 4/6 - Grammar

This device was created by a group from the University of San Diego in California with help from a nonprofit organization called Clear Blue Sea.

QUESTION 4/6 - Grammar

Explanation

Active voice shows when the subject PERFORMS an actionEx: The BOY played the piano The STUDENT writes the problem

QUESTION 5/6 - Grammar

The prototype of this floated garbage collector has a conveyor belt attached to two pontoons, or rafts.

QUESTION 5/6 - Grammar

Explanation

Participles are verbs that act like adjectives. Particples can be past, in which they'd end with -ed, or present, in which they'd end with -ing.

QUESTION 6/6 - Grammar

When the bin is full, the trash is carried by the robot to a ship for pickup.

QUESTION 6/6 - Grammar

Explanation

Active voice shows when the subject PERFORMS an actionEx: The BOY played the pianoThe STUDENT writes the problem

QUESTION 1/3 - ACE Responses

Synthesize the ideas presented for and against robot helpers in Passages 1 and 3.

QUESTION 1/3 - Ace Responses

Explanation

Whenever you start an ACE response you need to RESTATE the question and ANSWER it. Avoid using "I thinks..." be confidant!

QUESTION 2/3 - ACE Responses

QUESTION 2/3 - Ace Responses

Explanation

Answer the questions: How does this quote prove your claim and Why does this matter to help develop your explain. Your explain is you explaining you point and why your answer is right

QUESTION 3/3 - ACE Responses

QUESTION 3/3 - Ace Responses

Explanation

In-text citations go after any direct or paraphrased quote to show that your information came from a source. Your in-text citation should include the author's LAST NAME and page number (if applicable)

QUESTION 1/2 - Testing Tips

QUESTION 1/2 - testing Tips

Explanation

At least one question is going to be clearly wrong if you read the text. Make sure you elimate that one or two to increase your chances.

QUESTION 2/2 - Testing Tips

QUESTION 2/2 - testing Tips

Explanation

ALWAYS go back a reread the text if there is a paragraph number given. This will help remind you of the context or help remind you of details from the text.

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