Analyze Craft and Structure of "Future Space Exploration"

Read this quotation from the news article.

[T]he 100-Year Starship project aims to develop the tools and technology necessary to build and fly a spaceship to another planetary system within the next 100 years.

How does this statement most clearly help develop the ideas in the news article?

• It identifies the order in which the information in the article will be presented.

• It provides a transition that links two key ideas in the article.

• It provides background information that the reader needs to understand the rest of the article.

• It presents the central idea of the article.

Which of these quotations from the news article most clearly develop the idea of including many people in the space program? Choose three options.

• The program isn't necessarily concerned with building the ship itself as much as it seeks to foster innovation and enthusiasm for interstellar travel.

• Mars may be one of the closest planets humans want to colonize, but it certainly isn’t the only one.

• To get there, Jemison emphasized that everyone must be involved in the process.

• The 100-Year Starship program not only includes engineers and astrophysicists, but also artists and science fiction writers.

• Without the development of a method to warp or shrink space-time, or a new propulsion system--both ideas that the 100-Year Starship program is exploring--humanity would need to find a way to overcome some of its instability problems.

Read this quotation from the news article.

Traveling to another star takes far more time than just developing the necessary technology.

Which ideas in the text does this transition link?

• the time contributed by science fiction writers and the time contributed by scientists

• the time needed to fund space programs and the technological benefits of doing so

• the time needed to build public involvement and the current lack of involvement

• the time it would take to reach another star with today's technology and political instability

In what part of the article does Redd explain what the 100-Year Starship projec is? Why does she describe it in this part of the article?

• Redd explains the 100-Year Starship project in the middle of the article, in the sixth paragraph. She does this so the reader will be in suspense for the first half of the article.

• Redd explains the 100-Year Starship project at the beginning of the article, in the second paragraph. She does this so the reader will understand information she will present later in the article.

• Redd explains the 100-Year Starship project at the end of the article, in the thirteenth paragraph. She does to summarize her main ideas at the end of the article.

Where in the article does Redd first quote Mae Jemison? Why does she quote her in this part of the article?

• Redd first quotes Mae Jemison in the final paragraph. She quotes her in this part of the article because Jemison is not one of the article’s experts, so she isn't important enough to introduce right away.

• Redd first quotes Mae Jemison in the first paragraph. She quotes her in this part of the article because Jemison is one of the article’s experts and Redd wants to introduce her early.

• Redd first quotes Mae Jemison in the third paragraph. She quotes her in this part of the article because Jemison is one of the article’s experts and Redd wants to introduce her early.

• Trick question! Jemison wrote the article and she quotes Redd, not the other way around.

Why does Redd include the statement Jemison makes in paragraph 7?

• This statement lets the reader know what is the one and only goal of the 100-Year Starship program.

• This statement is an answer to the argument that the space program should not be funded when there are humanitarian needs that have to be met on Earth.

• This statement reveals that Jemison thinks space travel should be reserved for scientists and no one else.

Why does Redd conclude the article as she does?

• Redd concludes the article this way because it is a general summary about the future of space travel for the United Statess, and it supports the reader in understanding her main points.

• Redd concludes the article this way because it’s an interesting quotation from one of the article’s experts, and it supports the idea that everyone should be involved in space exploration.

• Redd concludes the article this way because it is a transition that links the main ideas to her article to the next story in Unit 2.

• Redd concludes the article this way because it provides background information about one of the programs mentioned in the article, and it supports the idea that this program ishould be very exclusive.

Which of the following types of details does the author use in her article. Select all that are used in the article.

• context and background

• use of quotations

• use of paraphrases from interview

• use of transitions to link ideas

• concluding idea

According to the background paragraph, why is Mae Jemison considered an expert on the topic of this article?

• this person is a NASA engineer

• this person is a science and astronomy writer

• this person is a former astronaut

• this person is the first astronaut to walk on the Earth's moon

According to the background paragraph, why is Adam Steltzer considered an expert on the topic of this article?

• this person is a NASA engineer

• this person is a science and astronomy writer

• this person is a former astronaut

• this person is the first astronaut to walk on the Earth's moon