Last Unit Test
The context of a piece of writing is the environment in which it was written. denotative meaning of its language. author's ideas about a specific topic. central idea and how it is developed.
environment in which it was written.
Which excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines" best supports the theme "When people work together through difficult times, they can impact future generations"? Although racial separation was embraced by many, there were some individuals and organizations that worked toward unity of the races. When the miners still continued to strike, Alabama Governor Braxton Bragg Comer sent in state militia members to break up the tent city, resulting in the end of the work stoppage. Members of the UMWA, however, resisted the tradition of racial separation, believing that such divisions defeated their common goals. Although the strike was defeated, the unity of the UMWA workers laid the groundwork for successful interracial organizing in the decades to come.
Although the strike was defeated, the unity of the UMWA workers laid the groundwork for successful interracial organizing in the decades to come.
Which excerpt from the letter to the editor includes an opinion? Our city currently has a dense downtown area and then a massive amount of sprawl reaching out in every direction—the sprawl takes up seventy-five percent of the city's land. We need to ask for a change at this critical juncture, as our city rapidly expands at an unprecedented rate. The residents who live in these faraway suburbs often work downtown, where the majority of businesses are still located. Besides the business district, the city university, our two museums, and the most popular places to shop—including four grocery stores—are all in the center of the city, to name just a few key places.
Besides the business district, the city university, our two museums, and the most popular places to shop—including four grocery stores—are all in the center of the city, to name just a few key places.
Which line from President Reagan's Address at Moscow State University shows that one purpose of the speech was to build connections between the Soviet Union and the US? I led my union out on strike, and I'm proud to say we won. We Americans make no secret of our belief in freedom. Our ties to you are more than ones of good feeling; they're ties of kinship. Democracy is the standard by which governments are measured.
Our ties to you are more than ones of good feeling; they're ties of kinship.
Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines." The UMWA's efforts were so successful that they influenced practices in other trade unions as well. In 1901, arguments raised by UMWA members led to the repeal of discriminatory practices at the Birmingham Trades Council, the organization to which all unions in the city of Birmingham belonged. Two years later, in 1903, the coal companies began to assert significant power against the union, denying union contracts and instituting policies of hiring only non-union employees. In 1908, under the auspices of the Alabama Coal Operators Association, company owners voted to cut worker wages by seventeen percent. What is the effect of telling this story in chronological order? It helps the reader understand how the UMWA affected labor movements through history. It helps the reader understand how the UMWA and the coal companies began working toward the same goal. It helps the reader understand how the coal companies responded to the repeal of discriminatory practices. It helps the reader understand how the coal companies eventually started following nondiscriminatory practices.
It helps the reader understand how the UMWA affected labor movements through history.
Read the excerpt from Outcasts United. Teachers learned to call Luma when her players' parents couldn't be found or were at work. The families showed their gratitude by offering Luma tea and inviting her to dinner. Luma felt needed, and couldn't help but notice how much better this kind of work felt than running Ashton's. In fact, Ashton's was losing money—and fast. Luma was worried. She didn't want to disappoint her investors, and she had wanted more than anything to prove to her parents that she could succeed on her own. But lately, she had begun to wonder how much longer she could keep the place open. Whose thoughts and feelings are revealed by the narrator? the families' Luma's the investors' the narrator's
Luma's
Which sentences state a claim? Check all that apply. Driver education programs are offered to sophomores at local high schools. Students should have vision tests before they can operate motor vehicles. Driving classes should add instruction about the dangers of texting and driving. Mr. Graber is the Behind-the-Wheel instructor at our high school. Behind-the-wheel courses ought to include driving time on local highways.
Students should have vision tests before they can operate motor vehicles. Driving classes should add instruction about the dangers of texting and driving. Behind-the-wheel courses ought to include driving time on local highways.
Read the excerpt from Outcasts United. A few minutes later, Luma arrived. Members of the Under Fifteens and Seventeens were warming up when she walked onto the field past Fornatee, without making eye contact. Luma blew her whistle and told the two teams to gather at opposite ends of the field. "She's more than a coach—that's why," Fornatee said, almost to himself. "She's a great person. I'm going to go over there and tell her, 'That's my team.'" Fornatee hesitated. I asked him if he was nervous about talking to Coach. He laughed anxiously, then composed himself. "Nah—I'm not nervous," he said. What conclusion can be drawn about this scene based on the narrator's decision to write in the first-person point of view? The narrator experienced this event in person. The narrator also wants to play on the team. The narrator is an expert soccer player. The narrator longs to be a part of the story.
The narrator experienced this event in person.
Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address. Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together. What type of rhetorical appeal does President Obama use in this section of the speech? an appeal to credibility an appeal to reason an appeal to emotion an appeal to character
an appeal to emotion
Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines." The southern state of Alabama was a stronghold for Jim Crow practices. Nevertheless, the UMWA was able to bridge the racial divide in that state, forming a powerful interracial labor union fifty years before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s would make racial integration the rule of the land. In the context of Alabama in the 1900s, the UMWA was culturally and historically significant because it supported the civil rights movement. was a segregated organization. was an interracial organization. supported coal mining companies.
was an interracial organization.
Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address. But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers we'll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people. How is the underlined portion of this excerpt best characterized? as fact as a substantiated opinion as evidence as an unsubstantiated opinion
as a substantiated opinion
Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address. For the American people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers we'll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people. How is President Obama using an appeal to reason, or logos, in this excerpt? by explaining why each person must work hard in order to succeed by explaining why working together is necessary for success by explaining why attempts at working together in the past failed by explaining why each person must look out for him or her self
by explaining why working together is necessary for success
Chronological order is useful when a writer wants to help readers understand the points of view of several characters. any events that happened previously. details and connections about the story's events. how two different elements compare to each other.
details and connections about the story's events.
Read the excerpt from "Finding Unity in the Alabama Coal Mines." Nevertheless, the UMWA was able to bridge the racial divide in that state, forming a powerful interracial labor union fifty years before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s would make racial integration the rule of the land. What is the connotation of the word powerful? muscular loud energetic influential
influential
Which are types of third-person point of view? Check all that apply. limited personal omniscient capable infinite
limited omniscient
Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," the historian Daniel Boorstin wrote. That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal. Which techniques does the author use to develop her idea in this excerpt? Check all that apply. metaphors facts and statistics contradictions neutral language loaded language imagery
metaphors contradictions loaded language imagery
Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." What is the point of this splintered whole? What is the point of a nation in which Arab cabbies chauffeur Jewish passengers through the streets of New York—and in which Jewish cabbies chauffeur Arab passengers, too, and yet speak in theory of hatred, one for the other? In this excerpt, the use of the word splintered has which type of connotation? positive negative abstract neutral
negative
The recurrence of words or phrases in a rhetorical device is known as allusion. rhythm. repetition. opinion.
repetition.
A science teacher gives the following speech. Prepare a brief speech to accompany your science project. The speech will be presented to a faculty panel selected as judges. Include a summary of your hypothesis, methods, and results. Provide an explanation of any pictures or charts on your poster. Also, please share any complications you encountered during the science fair process. Who is the intended audience for the teacher's speech? young students peers at the science fair teacher evaluators science professionals
young students
Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address. We know that America thrives when every person can find independence and pride in their work; when the wages of honest labor liberate families from the brink of hardship. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American; she is free, and she is equal. Read the excerpt from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal" speech from 1932. What do the people of America want more than anything else? To my mind, they want two things: work, with all the moral and spiritual values that go with it; and with work, a reasonable measure of security--security for themselves and for their wives and children. Work and security--these are more than words. They are more than facts. They are the spiritual values. Which idea is emphasized in both speeches? the idea that hard work breeds both satisfaction and dignity the idea that those who work hard deserve to be treated fairly the idea that only those who work hard deserve respect the idea that hard work and sacrifice lead to success
the idea that hard work breeds both satisfaction and dignity
Read the excerpt from Outcasts United. Tryouts were to be held on the field of the Clarkston Community Center, an old brick and cream-colored clapboard building on Indian Creek Drive. At the time, the center was run by an energetic African American named Chris Holliday and governed by a board of trustees made up mostly of longtime Clarkston residents. But it was the refugee community that seemed to really embrace the center. The person point of view is used in this excerpt.
third
Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech. In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. What effect does Roosevelt hope to have on Americans with this appeal to emotion? to convince them that they should be fearful should they decide not to fight to inform them that it is their duty to fight for democracy around the world to inform them that he is knowledgeable about what lies ahead for America to convince them that they must fight today to secure tomorrow's freedoms
to convince them that they must fight today to secure tomorrow's freedoms
Read the excerpt from Obama's Second Inaugural Address. This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience. A decade of war is now ending. An economic recovery has begun. America's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it -- so long as we seize it together. What is President Obama's purpose in this section of the speech? to inform the American people about his plans for the future of the country to highlight to the American people the importance of personal success to inspire the American people to collectively work toward a better future to show the American people that success is more fulfilling as a group
to inspire the American people to collectively work toward a better future
Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech. Since the beginning of our American history, we have been engaged in change—in a perpetual peaceful revolution—a revolution which goes on steadily, quietly adjusting itself to changing conditions—without the concentration camp or the quick-lime in the ditch. The world order which we seek is the cooperation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory. What were the intended effects of the rhetorical appeals used in this section of Roosevelt's speech? Select 3 options. to describe for Americans the potential dangers of not joining in the war to remind Americans that they have always stood and fought for democracy to convince Americans that joining in the war was the absolute right thing to do to encourage Americans to enlist in the military so as to help fight in the war to persuade Americans that support for the war would ultimately lead to victory
to remind Americans that they have always stood and fought for democracy to convince Americans that joining in the war was the absolute right thing to do to persuade Americans that support for the war would ultimately lead to victory