English 12 A- Lesson 13

Which phrases from "The Real Reasons We Explore Space" include an appeal to pathos by the author when he discusses the reasons for space travel? Select all that apply.

To have "the urge to know what's over the next hill" "... to be ... the first or the best in some activity"

In which excerpt from "President Kennedy's Moon Speech" does Kennedy appeal to the audience's sense of ethos to justify America's involvement in space exploration?

William Bradford, speaking in 1630 of the founding of the Plymouth Bay Colony, said that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.

Read the excerpt from "President Kennedy's Moon Speech." If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space. Which options best analyze how Kennedy appeals to the audience's sense of pathos in the excerpt to convey his point? Select all that apply.

Kennedy appeals to the audience's curiosity with his claim that the exploration of space is an adventure. Kennedy appeals to the audience's competitive spirit with his claim that the exploration of space will go on with or without the United States.

Read the excerpt from "President Kennedy's Moon Speech." For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. In the excerpt, Kennedy's point of view is that the United States should continue space exploration. Which options effectively explain how Kennedy uses an appeal to pathos in the excerpt to convey his point of view? Select all that apply.

Kennedy implies that the United States is the only country that will keep space science peaceful. Kennedy implies that if the United States does not remain the leader, space science will be used for the wrong purposes.

Read the excerpt from "The Real Reasons We Explore Space." And presidential science advisor Jack Marburger has said that questions about space exploration come down to whether we want to bring the solar system within mankind's sphere of economic influence. Which option most accurately restates the author's implied question: Do we want to bring the solar system within mankind's sphere of economic influence?

Should we use our economic power to advance our knowledge of the solar system?

Read the excerpt from "President Kennedy's Moon Speech." We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Which option best conveys the meaning of the metaphor "We set sail on this new sea" as it is used in the excerpt?

The metaphor presents the idea of space travel as an adventurous journey of discovery.

Read the passage. The youth group members are baking cookies tonight they plan to sell them at a bake sale. To raise money for the local food bank. Which options show ways to revise the passage and make it correct? Select all that apply.

The youth group members are baking cookies tonight. They plan to sell them at a bake sale to raise money for the local food bank. The youth group members are baking cookies tonight, and they plan to sell them at a bake sale to raise money for the local food bank.

Read the sentence from "President Kennedy's Moon Speech." It is for these reasons that I regard the decision last year to shift our efforts in space from low to high gear as among the most important decisions that will be made during my incumbency in the office of the Presidency. If your younger brother, Pete, asked you what "my incumbency in the office of the Presidency" meant, what would you most likely say to him? Select all that apply.

You would say, "Pete, the best place to find the meaning of the word incumbency is the dictionary. Go look it up!" You would say, "Pete, 'the office of the Presidency' is a context clue for the meaning of the word incumbency. That clue will help you understand the word!"

Read the excerpt from "President Kennedy's Moon Speech." For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding. Which phrases contain figurative language? Select all that apply.

banner of freedom and peace eyes of the world

Read the excerpt from "The Real Reasons We Explore Space." When Charles Lindbergh was asked why he crossed the Atlantic, he never once answered that he wanted to win the $25,000 that New York City hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered for the first nonstop aircraft flight between New York and Paris. Which option most accurately explains how the author uses an appeal to ethos in the excerpt to influence his audience?

by using an important American to support his claim that accomplishment is not just about money

Read the passage, which highlights the differences between representational and abstract art. (1) Representational artists and abstract artists have different ideas about the purpose of art. (2) Many people don't like abstract art because they think it is strange. (3) While representational artists strive to depict real-life images as accurately as possible, abstract artists strive to suggest real-life images through plays of light and shadow. (4) A representational painting can be as lifelike as a photograph. (5) An abstract painting can be simply an arrangement of colors, shapes, or other symbols that reflect the artist's ideas. Which sentence could be eliminated because it fails to support the passage's main idea?

sentence 2

Read the concluding paragraphs of "President Kennedy's Moon Speech." But if I were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, ... and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing heat about half that of the temperature of the sun—almost as hot as it is here today—and do all this, and do it right, and do it first before this decade is out—then we must be bold. ... Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, "Because it is there." Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked. Which options most accurately identify phrases from the excerpt that represent a call to action? Select all that apply.

... space is there, and we're going to climb it ... and do all this, and do it right, and do it first before this decade is out—then we must be bold

Read the excerpt from "The Real Reasons We Explore Space." The greatest strategy for national security, more effective than having better guns and bombs than everyone else, is being a nation that does the kinds of things that make others want to do them with us. Which option effectively explains how the author uses an appeal to pathos in the excerpt to explain his point of view on the benefits of the space program?

The author appeals to the audience's desire to be part of something larger than themselves.