What is Cousteau's attitude towards SPACE exploration? Be sure to pick out words, phrases, and the tone of Cousteau that led you to this conclusion.
According to the author, why is the descent of Walsh and Picard to the deepest part of the ocean “largely forgotten today”?
Other ocean explorers soon descended deeper.
Walsh and Picard did not discover anything of value.
The location of the Mariana Trench was too far away to be of interest.
People were more interested in the race to the moon.
Why does the author think that the time may now be right to focus on ocean research?
The space shuttle program has come to an end.
There is nothing more to be learned from space research.
Ocean research will cost less than the space program.
Ocean researchers can learn from discoveries made in space.
What evidence does Cousteau give to support his claim that “we've only dipped our toes in the water” of ocean exploration?
The ocean covers more than 70 percent of our planet.
His grandfather co-invented the SCUBA system.
We've explored only about 10 percent of the ocean.
The ocean supports life as we know it.
Why does Cousteau compare the ocean to “unopened presents under the tree”?
The ocean contains knowledge waiting to be discovered.
People will be surprised at what the ocean reveals.
Ocean exploration is like a gift from his father and grandfather.
People do not appreciate the ocean as they should.
Why does the author mention that the space shuttle program had “an estimated price tag of nearly $200 billion”?
to suggest that the money was not well spent
to suggest that the money might now be available for ocean research
to suggest that the scientific advances were worth the cost
to suggest that exploring the oceans will cost less
What is Philippe Cousteau's main purpose for writing this commentary?
to tell stories about his father and grandfather
to summarize the history of the space program
to persuade readers of the importance of exploring the oceans
to explain how people have polluted the oceans
Choose the situation that is the better match with the meaning of the vocabulary word.
diplomat
Leaders discuss policy with leaders of other countries.
Political leaders are chosen on Election day.
Choose the situation that is the better match with the meaning of the vocabulary word.
sustain
Laws limit the kinds of fish that can be caught.
Fishing boats overfish local fishing stocks.
Choose the situation that is the better match with the meaning of the vocabulary word.
steward
The city ignores its local fishing industry.
Citizens rely on their city to clean up polluted areas.
Choose the situation that is the better match with the meaning of the vocabulary word.
exploit
Young children attend school for six hours a day.
Young children work long hours in factories.
Which statement from the story best supports Cousteau's enthusiastic tone?
We now have a golden opportunity and a pressing need to recapture that pioneering spirit.
Despite this life-giving role, the world has fished, mined and trafficked the ocean's resources.
In the long term, destroying our ocean resources is bad business with devastating consequences.
With an estimated price tag of $200 billion, the program had its champtions and its detractors.
A statement that is given as support but is really an error in reasoning is called
an argument
a claim
a logical fallacy
an author's tone
Which of these is an example of a hasty generalization?
Either he supports our position wholeheartedly, or he wants us to fail.
Cats are more pleasant than dogs, because cats have better personalities.
Athletes spend a lot of money on their sports equipment and sports drinks.
She thinks that curfews are a good idea, but she's a dull person.
"The school parking lot should be expanded because it needs to be bigger."
This is an example of which logical fallacy?
circular reasoning
either/or fallacy
overgeneralization
bandwagon fallacy
"If you don't send white roses, you're just going to have to send red ones."
This is an example of which logical fallacy?
circular reasoning
either/or fallacy
overgeneralization
bandwagon fallacy
"I know all dogs chew on shoes because my own dog does."
This is an example of which logical fallacy?
circular reasoning
either/or fallacy
overgeneralization
bandwagon fallacy
Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
No one in your family surfs? But I thought you said you lived in California before this.
hasty generalization
appeal to nature
name-calling
circular reasoning
Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
Of course the city is perfectly safe. Look at me—I've been living here for years and I'm fine!
hasty generalization
bandwagon
either/or fallacy
circular reasoning
The writer's attitude toward his or her subject is called
Claim
Evidence
Tone
Counterargument
What tone best describes this passage?
I am furious by the amount of garbage people still generate! It is a simple matter to carry a bag with you so you don't have to take yet another plastic one home, just to throw it away!
Sarcastic
Joyful
Outraged
Captivated
What tone best describes this passage?
Songster Sam Day made quite a spectacle in his lime green suit, yellow shirt, and classy pair of red boots. With "taste" like that, who needs a stylist?
Excited
Sarcastic
Complimentary
Furious
Select the passage that has a more disgusted tone.
His thin lips were constantly compressed into a rude—it might almost be called a vicious—smile. A special feature of his face was its death-like paleness, which gave to the whole man a starved appearance in spite of his hard look.
She was what is called a fine looking woman for her time of life, and must have been handsome; she was tall, but not thin, and dressed in black velvet, and looked rather pale, but with a proud and commanding expression, though now agitated.
The pure black cat is such a noble, gentlemanly fellow. If well-bred and trained—and he is capable of a very large amount of training—he is one of the best and most useful cats you can have in the house. There is no namby-pambiness about black Tom, and no delicateness either.
Shoooooooossssh! Like a silver flash, the contents of a water jug descended upon the back of the moth-eaten sandy cat, engaged in excavating Mrs. Bindle's geranium bed. A curve of yellow, and Mrs. Sawney's "Sandy" had jumped the dividing wall between No. 7 and No. 9 in one movement.
Select the passage that has a more affectionate tone.
I grew very fond of him, he was so gentle and kind; he seemed to know just how a horse feels, and when he cleaned me, he knew the tender places and the ticklish places; when he brushed my head, he went as carefully over my eyes as if they were his own.
I had begun to watch the bird out of boredom; I ended in keen excitement. The sight of it seemed to open up my eyes. I realized the zest of liberty, the passion of life again. I felt that beyond this dim underworld there was the great joyous earth, and I longed for it. I wanted to live now.
It was almost worse to see so much misery in one so young. He regarded himself with bitter contempt and abhorrence—he feared, with a kind of insane terror, to see the child again, whose eyes, so like hers, he had robbed of all expression of happiness, and clouded by eternal sorrow.
Select the passage that has a more energetic tone.
The catastrophe served him right. Unquestionably he should not have taken the car without asking. He had never run it all by himself before. Goodness only knew what was the matter with the thing. Probably something was smashed, something that might require days or even weeks to repair. How angry his father would be!
For some time the two men amused themselves with watching the movement of vague forms on the edge of the firelight. By looking closely and steadily at where a pair of eyes burned in the darkness, the form of the animal would slowly take shape. They could even see these forms move at times.
It was a fire! A fire in the meadow grass! Some one had dropped a lighted match, and now little red flames were running through the grass in all directions. The Merry Little Breeze hastened to tell all the other Little Breezes and all rushed over as fast as they could to see for themselves.
But as I walked down the steps I saw that the evening was not quite over. Fifty feet from the door a dozen headlights illuminated a bizarre and tumultuous scene. In the ditch beside the road, right side up, but violently shorn of one wheel, rested the new sports car which had left Gatsby's drive not two minutes before.