ENGLISH 12 A- UNIT 2 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Term
Which action relies heavily on a person's cognitive abilities?
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cooking a meal from scratch playing a game of poker
playing a musical instrument running a marathon
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Definition
An example demonstrates a detailed account of how one
individual survived a horrific situation by committing to
organized action.
A quotation from an expert establishes a credible source
for the
story of one individual surviving a horrific situation by
committing to organized action.
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Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival."
This bears repeating: Survival is not about equipment and training
alone. It's about what's in your mind and your emotional system. Living
in a low-risk
environment dulls our abilities. We must make a conscious effort to
learn new things, to force ourselves out of our comfort zones.
How does the author's tone enhance the rhetorical effect of the text?
Read the excerpt from the Be Cool section of "Everyday Survival."
Examine the way you handle yourself under pressure: Do you blow
up when you're stuck in traffic or when someone cuts you off? Are
you able to accept
failure philosophically and move on with resolve to do better next time?
If you're rejected—in love, in business, in sports—do you stew over it?
Practice being calm in the face of small emergencies and you'll be
more prepared to deal with large ones.
Which options correctly describe how the author uses rhetoric in the
excerpt to influence the audience?
(Select all that apply.)
, Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival."
And yet almost any organized action can help you recover the
ability to think clearly and aid in your survival. For example, Pvt.
Giles McCoy was aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was
torpedoed and sank at the end of World War II, tossing some 900
men into the black of night and the shark-infested Pacific. McCoy,
a young Marine, was sucked under the boat and nearly drowned.
He surfaced into a two-inch-thick slick of fuel oil, which soaked his
life vest and kept him from swimming—although he could see a
life raft, he couldn't reach it. So he tore off his vest and swam
underwater, surfacing now and then, gasping, swallowing oil, and
vomiting.
After getting hoisted onto the raft, he saw a group of miserable
young
sailors covered in oil and retching. One was "so badly burned that
the skin was stripped from his arms," Doug Stanton writes in his
gripping account of the event
Read the excerpt from "Primates, Empathy, and Making Connections."
Shared laughter is just one example of our primate sensitivity to
others. Instead of being Robinson Crusoes sitting on separate
islands, we're all interconnected, both bodily and emotionally.
Which option correctly identifies the way figurative language is
used in the excerpt?
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Term
Read the excerpt from "Primates, Empathy, and Making
Connections."
Shared laughter is just one example of our primate
sensitivity to others. Instead of being Robinson Crusoes
sitting on separate
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS.
1 of 20
Term
Which action relies heavily on a person's cognitive abilities?
Give this one a try later!
cooking a meal from scratch playing a game of poker
playing a musical instrument running a marathon
Don't know?
, 2 of 20
Definition
An example demonstrates a detailed account of how one
individual survived a horrific situation by committing to
organized action.
A quotation from an expert establishes a credible source
for the
story of one individual surviving a horrific situation by
committing to organized action.
Give this one a try later!
Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival."
This bears repeating: Survival is not about equipment and training
alone. It's about what's in your mind and your emotional system. Living
in a low-risk
environment dulls our abilities. We must make a conscious effort to
learn new things, to force ourselves out of our comfort zones.
How does the author's tone enhance the rhetorical effect of the text?
Read the excerpt from the Be Cool section of "Everyday Survival."
Examine the way you handle yourself under pressure: Do you blow
up when you're stuck in traffic or when someone cuts you off? Are
you able to accept
failure philosophically and move on with resolve to do better next time?
If you're rejected—in love, in business, in sports—do you stew over it?
Practice being calm in the face of small emergencies and you'll be
more prepared to deal with large ones.
Which options correctly describe how the author uses rhetoric in the
excerpt to influence the audience?
(Select all that apply.)
, Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival."
And yet almost any organized action can help you recover the
ability to think clearly and aid in your survival. For example, Pvt.
Giles McCoy was aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was
torpedoed and sank at the end of World War II, tossing some 900
men into the black of night and the shark-infested Pacific. McCoy,
a young Marine, was sucked under the boat and nearly drowned.
He surfaced into a two-inch-thick slick of fuel oil, which soaked his
life vest and kept him from swimming—although he could see a
life raft, he couldn't reach it. So he tore off his vest and swam
underwater, surfacing now and then, gasping, swallowing oil, and
vomiting.
After getting hoisted onto the raft, he saw a group of miserable
young
sailors covered in oil and retching. One was "so badly burned that
the skin was stripped from his arms," Doug Stanton writes in his
gripping account of the event
Read the excerpt from "Primates, Empathy, and Making Connections."
Shared laughter is just one example of our primate sensitivity to
others. Instead of being Robinson Crusoes sitting on separate
islands, we're all interconnected, both bodily and emotionally.
Which option correctly identifies the way figurative language is
used in the excerpt?
Don't know?
3 of 20
Term
Read the excerpt from "Primates, Empathy, and Making
Connections."
Shared laughter is just one example of our primate
sensitivity to others. Instead of being Robinson Crusoes
sitting on separate
