Exam 10: Defining

Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph. Cool is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as "not excited; calm and controlled" and by A Dictionary of Catch Phrases as "unafraid, unflustered." A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English describes cool as a "hippy expression for confidence or selfassuredness." The Dictionary of American Slang characterizes cool as being "in complete control of one's emotions; hip but having a quiet, objective, aloof attitude; indifferent to those things considered nonessential to one's individual beliefs, likes, and desires." -Richard Majors and Janet Mancini Billson -How do the authors organize the paragraph?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -I'm just not fully sure how to ______________ with it.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -In some places there is a surplus commodities program.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -A robot with fewer responsibilities seemed like a logical starting point. So Hsiao and Osentoski began building a bot for ______________, instead of protection.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -According to Jo Goodwin Parker, the _______________ always listen.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Despite their poverty, the poor still have

How do Rama Ramaswami and Dian Schaffhauser organize their paragraph?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Simon ends his essay by saying, "And bonus: Kuri will never chew up your slippers or assault your postal carrier." Why do you think Simon returns to the metaphor of the dog at the end of the essay? Is this an effective conclusion?

There are _____________ possible ways to define your term.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -How much money does the author and her children have to live on each month?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -When the author asks her audience, "Can you be silent too?" What do you think she is asking the audience to do?

A two-step process, using a category to define a term means to

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What does the author identify as "unrivaled companions?"

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -What they originally conceived of was a security robot that would patrol the home.

But at some life juncture, roughly one out of every eight people becomes so timid that encounters with others turn into a source of overwhelming dread. The heart races, palms sweat, mouth goes dry, words vanish, thoughts become cluttered, and an urge to escape takes over. This is the face of social phobia, the third most common mental disorder in the United States, behind depression and alcoholism. Like Woody Allen in the film Annie Hall, some social phobics can barely utter a sentence without obsessing over the impression they are making. Others refuse to use public restrooms or talk on the telephone. Sometimes they go mute in front of the boss or a member of the opposite sex. At the extreme, they build a hermetic life, avoiding contact with others. -Joannie Schrof and Stacey Schultz -What is this paragraph defining?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -At the beginning of the essay, the author, Jo Goodwin, asks her audience to do what?

The simplest way to define a term, using a synonym, means to

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Matt Simon begins his essay with an illustration of how dogs have evolved to be companions to humans. Is this an effective opener? Why or why not?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Not exactly as useful as, say, Rosie from The Jetsons , but hey, it's early days.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What part of Kuri's design is key to making it seem lifelike?