Nonfiction - Wagoner
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8 questions
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Read these sentence fragments from paragraph 3:
"Takes comfort in knowing we're on the best route. According to the navigation software, anyway."
The author is implying:
Read these sentence fragments from paragraph 3:
"Takes comfort in knowing we're on the best route. According to the navigation software, anyway."
The author is implying:
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The author's main purpose for writing this article is to --
The author's main purpose for writing this article is to --
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Why does the author include the quotation from Eric Riback in paragraph 7?
Why does the author include the quotation from Eric Riback in paragraph 7?
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Read this quotation from paragraph 4:
"I'm not even going to get into how, in choosing the single most efficient route to your desired destination, GPS excludes other routes and destinations you might not realize you desire to see, and removes serendipity--which as any undergrad with a Penguin Classics edition of On the Road knows, is the very oxygen that makes a roap trip come alive."
In this statement, the author shows that he thinks --
Read this quotation from paragraph 4:
"I'm not even going to get into how, in choosing the single most efficient route to your desired destination, GPS excludes other routes and destinations you might not realize you desire to see, and removes serendipity--which as any undergrad with a Penguin Classics edition of On the Road knows, is the very oxygen that makes a roap trip come alive."
In this statement, the author shows that he thinks --
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In paragraph 12, the word mettle means--
In paragraph 12, the word mettle means--
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On the advantages of using paper maps, the author's wife is mostly --
On the advantages of using paper maps, the author's wife is mostly --
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Which detail about printed maps is most important to the author's argument?
Which detail about printed maps is most important to the author's argument?
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Why does the author being the selection with the words "Call me a fossil?"
Why does the author being the selection with the words "Call me a fossil?"