Which of these lines from the video best explains why some people choose to use sign language only?
In the video, the fading out of the actors’ voices adds to the development of the author’s point mainly by _______________.
Which of these inferences about lipreading is best supported by the video?
The following passage (paragraph 69) mainly shows that ______________________.
"That sounds bleak, but it isn’t really. With utter darkness comes resignation, a kind of peace. When it is completely dark, the responsibility for communication is no longer mine. Lipreading, writing, seeing: There is nothing more that I can do. I am free to retreat into the solace of my thoughts—which, in the end, is where I can feel most comfortable."
What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraph 54)?
"Accents are a visible tang on people’s lips. Witnessing someone with an accent is like taking a sip of clear water only to find it tainted with something else. I startle and leap to attention. As I explore the strange taste, my brain puzzles itself trying to pinpoint exactly what it is and how I should respond. I dive into the unfamiliar contortions of the lips, trying to push my way to some intelligible meaning. Accented words pull against the gravity of my experience; like slime-glossed fish, they wriggle and leap out of my hands. Staring down at my fingers’ muddy residue, my only choice is to shrug and cast out my line again."
Which of these sentences from paragraph 54 best supports the correct answer to Question 5?
Which of these inferences about paragraph 71 is best supported by the passage below?
"With lipreading, each day brings a moment in which I literally cannot do it anymore. I grow too tired of the guessing game that I can never quite win. The muscles behind my eyes ache from the strain. (Hearing is very different from sight, in that it does not involve muscular tension. I think of ears as very passive, whereas
eyes are continuously moving to focus and see.) Often my corneas go dry; my vision gets blurry. The words on people’s lips melt away, sliding down their faces like condensation on glass. I am back in the blind spot again."
Which of these sentences from paragraph 71 best supports the correct answer to Question 7?
Take in and assimilate
In an essential way
An obsessive notion
Filling one's mind or thoughts
High spirits and exhilaration
inherently
Absorbed
Match the source, whether video or essay:
Essay
Essay
Essay
Essay
Video
VIdeo
Video
Video
"When I watched people's lips, I am trying to learn something about sound when they eyes were not meant to hear."
"I am deaf but my world is a hearing one."
"Most people, once they figure out that I have such difficulty understanding them, stop trying.
"But real conversations don't take place in a studio."
The foundation for my success with communication was laid in my earliest years, at a deaf preschoo."
"THE TERM "LIPREADING" implies that the skill is, in a sense, exactly like reading—in
which the words on the page are clear and perfectly legible. "Can you read my
lips?" strangers ask when they meet me. (Never mind that the question is
inherently illogical: If I couldn't lipread, how on earth could I answer?) As they
ask it, I can see the other, unspoken questions reeling in their heads—What if she
can't? What will I do then? Mime?"
Explain the author’s use of the word lipreading in paragraph 28 (above) as it applies to that skill. Explain both the connotative and denotative meanings of this word in the passage.
The author writes about people who are nervous about communicating with her, saying, “I wish only for them to be comfortable, not agitated or guilty. I want them to perceive me as more skilled, more normal, more approachable than they first thought.”
Think about a time in your life when you wanted someone to see you as “more skilled, more normal, more approachable than they first thought.”
In a personal narrative, write how you would describe your personal experience to make that person more comfortable.