Exam 9: Dividing and Classifying

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Thinkers can get trapped in their love of analysis, becoming overcautious and indecisive .

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -If they're affluent, they have a tie that shows they met the rigid qualifications for entry to a topranked school.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Oils are high in calories, but they are also an important source of nutrients like vitamin E.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -In addition to other updates, food labels will now include "added sugars" on the nutrition facts label to inform consumers of their sugar intake.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Look at the order in which the author lists the Food Groups. Why do you think they are listed in this order? Is this order effective? Why or why not?

What is the main point of Sarah Hodgson's paragraph?

Answer the following questions about the essay. -Lavington titles her essay, "Rapport: How to Ignite It." If you had to interview people from each personality, what would be the first question you would ask them? Explain how each question is tailored to each personality.

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What type of protein should you consider eating at least twice a week instead of other types of meat?

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Whole grains can help you add fiber to your diet.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -People who act from the heart and the gut are called ________________.

Why should your overall purpose for writing be stated in your topic sentence?

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Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -What does SoFAS stand for?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Other than vegetables, in which group can beans and peas be included?

Choose the correct answer for each of the following questions about the essay. -Instead of using intuition, sensers use

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Starchy vegetables are food like corn, green peas, and white potatoes.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Some vegetables get a bum rap , which is a shame because delicious vegetables come in a wide variety of colors and flavors.

Choose the correct definition for each of the following underlined words from the essay. -Also, they can be domineering and lacking in trust.

Answer the following questions about the essay. -The author lists many examples of foods within each food group. How do these examples strengthen the essay?

Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions after each paragraph. Consider three ideas, proposed in perfect seriousness to explain that greatest of all titillating puzzles-the extinction of dinosaurs. Since these three notions invoke the primally fascinating themes of our culture-sex, drugs, and violence-they surely reside in the category of fascinating claims… . 1. Sex: Testes function only in a narrow range of temperature (those of mammals hang externally in a scrotal sac because internal body temperatures are too high for their proper function). A worldwide rise in temperature at the close of the Cretaceous period caused the testes of dinosaurs to stop functioning and led to their extinction by sterilization of males. 2. Drugs: Angiosperms (flowering plants) first evolved toward the end of the dinosaurs' reign. Many of these plants contain psychoactive agents, avoided by mammals today as a result of their bitter taste. Dinosaurs had neither means to taste the bitterness nor livers effective enough to detoxify the substances. They died of massive overdoses. 3. Disasters: A large comet or asteroid struck the Earth some 65 million years ago, lofting a cloud of dust into the sky and blocking sunlight, thereby suppressing photosynthesis and so drastically lowering world temperatures that dinosaurs and hosts of other creatures became extinct -Stephen Jay Gould -What is Gould's general message or purpose in this paragraph?