. (para. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: McKibben is a mighty orator on the page here, just as he was in The End of Nature (1989) and Eaarth (2010), and his call for creating more compassionate and equitable societies is inspiring." -- Pacific Standard " Falter is McKibben''s most powerfully argued book, and maybe his most important since The End of Nature 30 years ago. For example, some may think that all environmental groups should be judged by the tactics of those who spike trees to prevent logging or ram whaling ships. Portes and Armony (2018) posed an interesting question about the reason why there has been such little progress improving the transportation system in Miami: "[W]hat good is it to build a multibillion-dollar rapid transit system when a few decades from now it may be underwater?" Lucy's attitudes and behavior are representative of the new white South African and, because they are in direct conflict with David's attitudes and behavior, point to the humble position that David must learn to accept in the new South African society. Auden's poem accurately interprets Brueghel's painting, demonstrating the point of the painting: Far from being innocent about the suffering of others, we turn away and pretend to be oblivious. The novel's protagonists - Shadrack, Nel/Sula, and the community of people who live in the Bottomrepresent an anti-war theme through overlapping and connected plots (Reddy 31). What does Sula overhear Hannah saying about her (Sula)? Birds, as the descendants of dinosaurs, have evolved and been on the planet longer than humans, and as Franzen (2018) reminded his readers "their indifference to us ought to serve as a chastening reminder that we're not the measure of all things" (p. 40). 350.org has been active at the recent climate summits at Copenhagen, Cancun, Durban, and Doha. Using the quotation above from an article about Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Which is the better thesis? Pay close attention to punctuation. The concept of Kairos has to do with using the best argumentative approach, given the historical and social moment in which an argument is made. While some readers might argue that Sylvia does not realize the importance of being humble and grounded in reality, Sylvia's determination that "ain't nobody gonna beat me at nuthin" is the key that will lead her to achieving her goals. The sentence at the end of this question is connected to the passage below. . (Choose all that apply): (1) Through personal experience that makes him or her an expert on the topic (2) Through education and other certifications (3) By citing other experts. The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: --Joseph McLaren "Masterplots: Sula" online article, no page number We are able to see how Eva has shaped Hannah and how Hannah, in turn, has shaped Sula. It is not a fiction that "the sea is reclaiming the [Florida] peninsula and, most urgently, its southern part" (Portes & Armony, 2018, p. 176). We cannot do both. Epstein argues these strong correlations between per-capita fossil fuel use and increasing life expectancy is causal, and that studies that ignore the benefits of fossil fuels are carried out by immoral activists. The following thesis statements are for an argument essay on the topic of de-extinction, or bringing extinct species back to "life" via scientific experimentation (Jurassic Park style). When Gregor comes out of his room, Gregor's father________. McKibben writes of our earth's environmental cataclysm, addressing such core issues as the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and the depletion of the ozone layer. In our data, we found her more extreme calls to shred capitalism had a far more limited effect in the public debate. I try to burrow as deeply as I can into characters. The following thesis statements are for literary analysis papers comparing the characters in the short stories "Pillow Talk" by Alisdair Gray and "Everything is Green" by David Foster Wallace. runs after the wagon until his lungs give out. De-extinction is a moral responsibility since it will revitalize struggling ecosystems and developing new genetic tools to help endangered species. The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: For example, he says that (check all that apply): "crop fields polluted with salt can no longer be cultivated and people have had to move away 5 out of 5 points Selected Answers: Answers: "ice melting in the coasts leaves towns, cities, and villages without protection from ocean . His new book, which offers some dark visions of the future and hope for real change, is called. He makes it so easy for the rest of us to be reasonable. Brower, the first Executive Director of the Sierra Club, was a controversial figure who pushed the environmental movement to take more aggressive actions. (5) Purpose: What are the motivations behind the writing of this text? Some are good and some are bad, but most of them are bits of both. Which of the following is a metaphor? Question 9 Selected Answer: False Response Feedback: To prevent extinctions in the future, it's not enough to curb our carbon emissions. It is often a good idea to include a transition word or phrase in a topic sentence to help readers understand the relationship between the previous paragraph and the new one that has begun. --Howard Gardner, "Test for Aptitude, Not for Speed" Reprinted in Current Issues and Enduring Questions, Ed. Nothing of consequence would be lost by getting rid of timed tests by the College Board or, indeed, by universities in general. The novel takes place in a town which is on the hills of a city called Medallion. The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric, Lawrence Scanlon, Renee H. Shea, Robin Dissin Aufses, Edge Reading, Writing and Language: Level C, David W. Moore, Deborah Short, Michael W. Smith, Hematologic or Immunologic Dysfunction (Exam, Week 5: Depressive Disorders CHP 25, Cognitiv, NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH DISORDERS RELATE. 12). As a teacher, I want my students to read, write and think well; I don't care how much time they spend on their assignments. Morrison typically frames her tales within mythic narrative structures, thus creating a heroic context for her themes and characters. By celebrating National Suicide Day, Shadrack had hoped to ward off the shock that death might bring, but after Sula's death, "he began to suspect that all those years of rope hauling and bell ringing were never going to do any good" (Morrison 158). ", refill the buckets of water for the painter's brushes. The following thesis statements are for an argument essay on the topic water quality. But getting into college, or doing satisfactorily once there, is not in that category. Her approach to life is one of discovery. Assistant Professor at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and Education Director at the Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan. to look cooler and younger than he is in order to attract young women. Using the quotation above from Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Fossil fuel companies created the Global Climate Coalition which lobbied in Washington, was connected to members of government, and created a propaganda campaign to emphasize the lack of scientific certainty about climate change. In fact, as critic Kelly Winters writes, "The book focuses on two friends, Sula and Nel, but both have been shaped, and continue to be shaped, by their experiences with their families, particularly their mothers.". "Despite its title, Sula actually has three protagonists: Shadrack, Sula/Nel, and the community of black people who live in the Bottom. (Choose all that apply): (1) The fog comes/on little cat feet (2) my boss Rob was waiting for me when I showed up for work five minutes late todaythe snake! According to the story, what is a soldier's greatest fear? Use phrases to combine the sentences, following the directions given in parentheses. McKibben explains that a question arises about coastline retreat: Where should people go? Nothing of consequence would be lost by getting rid of timed tests by the College Board or, indeed, by universities in general. Which of the following is a simile? (Lister). (Remember the guidelines for writing good thesis statements that you have studied in this lesson). Which is the better thesis statement? are insulted by Gregor's presence and give notice they will leave. (3) The specter of death hangs over all the characters. Without her mockery affection for others sank into flaccid disrepair. Why is Connie alone in the house when Arnold Friend visits her? However, scholarship in the 2010s showed that, while climate events do affect climate-induced migration, they are not the only factor: sea-level rise, higher temperatures, and disruption of water cycles, known collectively as "climate processes," are perhaps more significant push factors than climate events. Russell Train, second administrator of the EPA, articulated the positive radical flank effect in the 1970s when he quipped, Thank God for David Brower. It was in 2012 that McKibben and 350.org staked the radical flank by mobilizing students to pressure their colleges or universities to liquidate their investments in fossil fuel companies. The sentence at the end of this question is connected to the passage below. Answer: Most sports have rules of conduct discouraging participants from unsporting behavior. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau, p. 23 Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: In these conditions, direct challenges are likely to meet unyielding resistance, while a more indirect route may create space for incumbents, such as established corporations, opinion leaders and politicians, to positively re-evaluate climate activist positions. Solar panels are a means of democratizing access to energy. Selected Answer: Fals e End of preview. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: The soldiers carry objects that are necessary, but they also carry objects that (check all that apply): (1) are good luck charms (2) remind them of home, a junior at Mount Sebastian College, Jimmy Cross's love interest. The following thesis statements are for literary analysis papers comparing the characters in the short stories "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara and "The Stolen Party" by Liliana Hecker. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: The soldier's humor (i.e. A prevalent theme in Sula is the influence of family and friends on the characters. The Anthropocene is described as our current era because (check all that apply): (1) Humans have controlled nature (2) Human actions have affected every aspect of the Earth. Is the following sentence, which uses the excerpt above, plagiarized or acceptable? Although changes in the water cycle do not always lead to migration, "the associated increase in food instability does" (Skinner, 2018, para. Her novels reflect the workings of communities, the dilemmas faced by these families, and the problems encountered in their relationships. Using the quotation above from an article about Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. In fact, Morrison has said as much in an interview: "The people in these novels are complex. Is the following sentence, which uses the excerpt above, plagiarized or acceptable? --Toni Morrison, Sula, page 153 But the environment alone may not persuade most people to consider having just one child, as eighty percent of Americans have siblings. With every product having a byproduct, our ability to extract and consume an immense bounty of natural resources has generated a correspondingly monstrous amount of waste in the form of physical garbage, atmospheric pollution, and other forms of environmental degradation. In the first part of the story, the father tells the son far too often and always in the same way ________. The following thesis statements are for literary analysis papers that are to make an argument about whether W.H. At the beginning of the story, we find ________. Few tasks in lifeand very few tasks in scholarshipactually depend on being able to read passages or solve math problems rapidly. Ethical appeals have to do with the credibility of the speaker. --Claire Skinner, "Climate-Induced Migration," 2018, a database article --IPCC, "Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C," p. 4 Carefully compare the sentence with the original passage and decide whether it is plagiarized, inaccurate, or acceptable. Topic sentences are okay in high school papers, but good writers should not really use them because it makes their papers seem simplistic. Rochelle, Helene's prostitute mother, wears a canary yellow dress. Nel and Sula become friends precisely because they are so similar. --Rachel Lister, "Literary Contexts in Novels: Toni Morrison's Sula," database article with no page numbers The role of mothers in the novel is often underestimated. Which sentence seems most true about the nature of Sula and Nel's situation? McKibben argues that, starting with coastlines, parts of the planet are becoming inhabitable for humans. The novel does this by putting characters from whom we expect heroic actions in "mundane reality," an everyday reality that reverses "the reader's expectations" that some heroic event that will save the characters will occur (49). Using the quotation above from an article about Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Few tasks in lifeand very few tasks in scholarshipactually depend on being able to read passages or solve math problems rapidly. Using the quotation above as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau, p. 23 Pay close attention to punctuation. The book focuses on two friends, Sula and Nel, but both have been shaped, and continue to be shaped, by their experiences with their families, particularly their mothers. Using the quotation above from Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Maggie and Mama put the everyday objects of their lives to use. These deaths, as Nel's thoughts about the grave markers suggest, are linked to wider scenes of death, to war and to the longing for peace, and, significantly, to freedom through the formal structure of the novel." When conducting research, it is usually the case that most of the sources a student reads will make it into her or his paper. The following thesis statements are for an argument essay on the topic big game hunting. According to Kathleen Newland's 2011 report "Climate Change and Migration Dynamics," there are four major drivers of climate-induced migration: sea-level rise; higher temperatures; droughts, floods, and other changes in the water cycle; and severe storms. 14). When Martin Luther King Jr. first began speaking his message, it was perceived as too radical for the majority of white America. Sula wears a purple and white belt. Morrison is interested in themes connected to black communities, the dilemmas faced by the families in these communities and the problems encountered in their relationships (McLaren). She also has addressed historical issues such as nineteenth-century slavery. while Aristotelean arguments focus on the validity of their point while addressing counterarguments, Rogerian arguments focus on compromise in order to establish common ground, Matching questions on Chapter 7 - Argument. Its "Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C" explains, "Human activities are estimated to have caused approximately 1.0C of global warming above pre-industrial levels, with a likely range of 0.8C to 1.2C" (IPCC, 2018, p.4). Which of the following sentences makes a plausible statement about the novel's theme? . . McKibben argues that, starting with coastlines, parts of the planet are becoming inhabitable for humans. Few tasks in lifeand very few tasks in scholarshipactually depend on being able to read passages or solve math problems rapidly. The publication of this new 10th . true McKibben argues that the reality of climate change is too far gone and that there is little hope that the human species will survive. When Sula dons a green ribbon, however, Ajax reads this as a sign of her burgeoning dependence on him. These rules discourage participants from unsporting behavior. a community divided by class" (McLaren). Question 1 5 out of 5 points McKibben argues that, starting with coastlines, parts of the planet are becoming inhabitable for humans. "75 percent of American Christians think the saying 'God helps those who help themselves' can be found in the Bible," he writes. Gardner explains that few tasks in life require being able to read passages quickly or solve math problems quickly (23). The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: --Kelly Winters, "Critical Essay on Sula," database article with no page numbers A good place for students to begin their research process is the college's library and database archive. The CRAAP test allows us to determine the credibility and value of sources. It also helped translate McKibbens radical position into new issues like stranded assets and unburnable carbon, the idea that existing fossil fuel resources should remain in the ground. Question 8 Answers:"McKibben extols the virtues of . Although Morrison's novels are not written in the style of Magical Realism, they do share some similarities with this tradition (McLaren). Which of the following is a narrowed research question? In such cases, all members of a movement both moderate and radical are viewed with the same critical lens. (Check all that apply): Who is the author of "The Things They Carried? (5) Slippery slope: If we begin thinking that non-human species have rights, people will soon be marrying bacteria (6) False dichotomy: We either save the economy or we save the planet. The father in the second part of the story is ________. William Cronon, one of McKibben . Maggie and her mother awaiting Dee's arrival. (Select all that apply): (1) The novel's title is fitting because several characters undergo change or metamorphoses. Javi and the painter are similar in terms of ________. Sula, however, is not primarily concerned with the social conflict between the white and the African American communities of Medallion. a guy wags his finger and says, "gonna get you, baby". Other mothers who defended their children from Sula's malevolence (or who had defended their positions as mothers from Sula's scorn for the role) now had nothing to rub up against. --Joseph McLaren "Masterplots: Sula" online article, no page number In addition to looking at the formal elements in a literary text, writers might also look at (choose all that apply): (1) the philosophies that the work addresses (2) the work's cultural context. The following thesis statements are for literary analysis papers of the novel "Disgrace" by J. M. Coetzee. " 5 out of 5 points True False. The term Kafkaesque refers to (check all that apply): (1) nightmarishly complicated and frustrating experiences (2) ghoulish, horror-like situations. Check off all the things that were used to make the quilt. to read this seminal offering first published over a decade ago when the phenomenon of global warming was a hotly argued and angrily debated issue. Furthermore, by pitting contrasting figures against one another, Morrison repeatedly reverses the reader's expectations. Pay close attention to punctuation. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: I don't come up with all good or all bad" (qtd. the capable girl of nine in the first part of the story. Bill McKibben is a well-known economist and leader in the environmental movement. . This argument can . Her novels reflect the workings of communities, the dilemmas faced by these families, and the problems encountered in their relationships. For example, he says that (check all that apply): Selected Answers: crop fields polluted with salt can no longer be cultivated and people have had to move away ice melting in the coasts leaves towns, cities, and villages without protection from ocean waves . When Helene and Nel enter the train car for white people in error and the conductor asks to "get [their] butts on in" to the black train car, ________. . The story of Nel and Sula is inscribed within the other, equally sorrowful stories of the Bottom. She also has addressed historical issues such as nineteenth-century slavery. Gardner argues that timed tests would provide students the opportunity to prove themselves and their ability "to read, write, and think well" (23). What kind of relationship does Gregor have with his boss? True. (2) The soldiers are often high. For those few jobs where speed is important, timed tests may be useful. Climate change displaces people in numerous and complex ways, for short and indefinite periods of time. Global climate change has been the most severe consequence of our society's excessive atmospheric pollution. But this is not the first time nature's meaning has changed. Gardner writes, "As a teacher I want my students to read and write; I don't care how much time they spend on their assignments" (23). The building of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the United States should proceed since it would benefit the U.S economy, it is safe, and since the United States is not switching to cleaner energy sources, it is better that oil be imported from stable, democratic nations such as Canada. The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: Want to read all 4 pages? Pay close attention to punctuation. Because the United States is one of the leading polluters in the world, it must lead the fight against climate change. Whose point of view does the story present? (2) Gregor's metamorphosis is an allegory for an overdemanding family and an uncaring society that turns works into significant creatures. When Javi drops his mother off at a church in Los Angeles offering sanctuary to undocumented immigrants, ________. Which is the better thesis? --Toni Morrison, Sula, page 158 But in doing a network text analysis of news articles, we found that by other measures the effort has been a success. Pay close attention to punctuation. --Nelly McKay, "An Interview with Toni Morrison," database PDF article, page 420 The fact is, however, that, indifferent to interethnic struggles, political compromises, banking strategies, and traffic congestion, the sea is slowly reclaiming the peninsula and, most urgently, its southern part. Sula wears a purple and white belt. These three protagonists are at the centers of different but overlapping and intricately interconnected plots that in turn convey various aspects of [the novel's] anti-war theme." Match each component of CRAAP to its definition. In Sula, characters adjust to their marginalized roles within the constraints of "a community divided by class" (McLaren). Painful events from the past can be understood in different ways that can help people heal. Death is present in throughout Sula, and its significance has to do with war and the longing for peace and to freedom as well (Reddy 29). Which is the better thesis? Several metamorphoses occur in the story; in other words, several characters change. As a teacher, I want my students to read, write and think well; I don't care how much time they spend on their assignments. The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: Explain. Javi's mother has done many jobs, including (check all that apply): (1) selling water bottles by the side of the road (2) taking care of children. It was then he began to suspect that all those years of rope hauling and bell-ringing were never going to do any good. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: He also debated Bill McKibben, an American environmentalist, author and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of .

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