Remarks at the Dedication

Who is Kennedy's audience? (Lines 1-13)

• The entire American public

• NASA astronauts

• People at the Aerospace Medical Health Center

• the media

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The purpose of Kennedy's speech is ...

• A call to action for people to do something new and pioneering

• An urge for people to remember the good old days

• A reminder of sticking to tradition

• A proposal to do things how they've always been done

What is Kennedy's main (first) CLAIM? (lines 31-42)

• The study of medicine in space will make everyone's lives happier and healthier.

• Space research can improve technology.

• Space research can help us learn about our environment.

• Medical discoveries may be made.

Kennedy's second CLAIM is that America should... (Lines 89-96)

• focus solely on medical space research.

• divide the work among other nations.

• take the lead in space exploration.

• partner with other superpowers.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which word matches this definition?
an injury or weakness

• tedious
• impetus
• metabolism
• impairment

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

All the processes that allow for growth and life of living things.

• metabolism

• impairment

• tedious

• impetus

A long journey involving travel by sea or in space.

• era

• voyage

• partisan

• tedious

A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.

• partisan

• pioneer

• endeavor

• voyage

What does this sentence contribute to the passage?

“And nothing makes this clearer than the fact that medicine in space is going to make our lives healthier and happier here on earth.” (paragraph 3)

• A. It emphasizes the importance of studying medicine in space

• B. It shows that medicine can improve everything.

• C. It shows how medicine will change life

• D. It emphasizes the lack of importance of studying medicine in space.

What does this sentence contribute to the passage?

“And second, medical space research may revolutionize the technology and the techniques of modern medicine.”

• A. It provides examples of medical technology.

• B. It emphasizes the importance changes needed in medical space research.

• C. It emphasizes the importance of medical medicine.

• D. It describes the need for medical space research.