Tuesday, February 5, 2006

Today you are going to write a journal (Topic: Describe a fear that you have. Is it rational? Explain).
After this, I am going to have each pairing group present at least one of their attention getters to the class for discussion.
We are then going to hand those attention-getters in.
I will be providing you with the reading from "The Future is Now"
You are to read it actively and answer the questions fully for tomorrow.
If you were not here, the reading will be in your portfolio
The questions are listed below:

from THE FUTURE IS NOW


Answer the following questions. Then in detail, explain why you chose the answer you did (how you came to it and why you didn’t pick something else). Be sure to also write down your SECOND choice

25. The “comic anticlimax” that the writer notes in line 10 is a reference to

A. “the farther away the better” (line6)
B. “deep shelters, bombproof cellars” (line 7)
C. “get under a stout table” (line 7)
D. “too nervous to throw them back” (line 9)

Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
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What would your second choice have been? _____________________________

26. In context, the word “coddled” (line 12) means

A. warmed
B. pacified
C. restricted
D. submerged

Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
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What would your second choice have been? _____________________________


27. The purpose of the details in lines 13 to 19 and the details in lines 24 to 36 is to

A. Elaborate on the nature of an urban setting
B. Introduce the contrasting ideas in this excerpt
C. Reinforce the writer’s subjective point of view
D. Illustrate the predictability of human responses

Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
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What would your second choice have been? _____________________________

28. The writer believes that the sight of the lovers is “reassuring” (line 48) because it

A. represents an affirmation of life
B. provides distraction from the task at hand
C. reinforces the differences between generations
D. provides proof that customs are imported from elsewhere

Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
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What would your second choice have been? _____________________________


29. The responses of both the young soldier and the young apprentice author (lines 64 to 72) reflect an attitude of

A. selfish greed
B. immature optimism
C. urgency and practicality
D. anger and frustration

Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
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What would your second choice have been? _____________________________

30. The writer assumes that the young apprentice author has adopted her philosophical stance superficially rather than through careful consideration (lines 71 to 76) because the girl

A. habitually contradicted herself
B. expressed herself in a sarcastic manner
C. did not attempt to put her theory into practice
D. did not create the impression of being intellectually mature

Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
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What would your second choice have been? _____________________________


31. The reference to the young apprentices author and the young man polishing the table suggest a contrast in

A. skill
B. attitude
C. knowledge
D. background

Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
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What would your second choice have been? _____________________________

32. In the context of the whole excerpt, the writer is most comforted by the “quieting sense of the continuity of human experience” (line 53) through her observation of the

A. young soldier
B. young lovers
C. young apprentice author
D. young man polishing the table


Why you picked the choice you did: ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What would your second choice have been? _______