Author's Purpose: "Danger!"

Author's Purpose: "Danger!"

Author's Purpose Multiple Choice Practice

• Please have the "Danger!" document open.

• When you are finished with the quiz, please review your questions to figure out what you need help on.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the blog entry is an example of stereotyping?

• With current technology, the journey takes more than eight months each way.

• More important, Danckert and Kring say, bored people are also prone to taking risks, subconsciously seeking out stimulation when their environment bores them.

• The 2013 class, for instance, had more than 6,000 applicants and only 8 were chosen.

• At McMurdo Station, the 1983 winter crew created costumes, learned lines, and acted out scenes from the movie Escape From New York.

Multiple Choice

Reread this sentence from paragraph 4.

Most living things constantly seek out sensory stimulation - new smells, tastes, sights, sounds, or experiences.

The sentence suggests that the author believes -

• The brain wants something to do.

• The body can lose physical functions in space.

• Astronauts should not have scheduled relaxation time.

• NASA should do more brain research.

Multiple Choice

Reread the following sentences.

What if, millions of miles from home, a chronically bored astronaut forgets a certain safety procedure? What if he gets befuddled while reading an oxygen gauge?

What is the purpose of these rhetorical questions?

• to persuade readers to keep their minds active

• to ask readers for their thoughts about the topic

• to question the reliability of astronaut training

• to highlight the possible dangers of boredom

Multiple Choice

The drawing at the end is included in the article to

• express the risks involved when astronauts become bored

• allow the reader to see how far away Mars is from Earth

• convey the complexity of the space shuttles

• help the reader visualize the astronaut training program

Multiple Choice

What is the author’s purpose in using the loaded language in paragraph 1?

• Words like “windowless” and “subsist” underscore the barren environment

• Words like “outside” and “exit” highlight the safety of the structure in contrast to the outside

• Words like “clad” and the phrase “in simulated spacesuits” convey the scientific purpose of the article

• Words like “geodesic” and the phrase “game of pretend” show the immaturity of some of the astronauts

Multiple Choice

The author’s primary purpose for writing the article is to -

• argue that a variety of rockets and engines should be tested

• persuade young people to become astronauts

• provide research about space travel and boredom

• assert that astronauts need things to keep their brains active

Poll

How are you feeling about the Author's purpose Minor tomorrow?

• I totally get it. I feel confident.

• I think I will do fine, but I could use some practice.

• I don't get author's purpose at all. I'll see you in tutorials.