Simplexity

The science of maximizing workplace efficiency is also known as...

• Ergonomics

• Fluid Dynamics

• Space physics

• Simplex reasoning

The main idea in Kluger's article is...

• How to make things easier

• Why complex things become simple

• Why simple things become complex

• How humans complicate everything

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The expression en masse means

• Together as one

• Doubled up

• Separated from

• Non-existent

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A(n) _______________ is an event that leads another event to happen;

• cause

• effect

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

The __________ is the event that results from something

• effect

• cause

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Re-read lines 81-82. Is the use of the word 'particle' functional or technical in this paragraph?

• Functional

• Technical

In lines 138-141 the phrase 'the towers themselves turned into ticking clocks' is...

• a hyperbole

• a simile

• an allegory

• a metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to the text, a(n) ____________ can help people evacuate a building more easily

• Clearance

• Wide door

• Obstacle

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Re-read line 53 and state whether the use of the word 'noise' is literal or metaphorical.

• Metaphorical

• Literal

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which is the correct order?

• -Workers stampede the stairway

  -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

  -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

• -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

  -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

  -Workers stampede the stairway

• -Workers stampede the stairway

  -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

  -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

• -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

  -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

  -Workers stampede the stairway

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5