Space Exploration Should Be More Science Than Fiction

The author opens the text with questions most likely to --

• introduce the topics that she will cover in the selection

• suggest that her essay will attempt to answer the questions

• note that science fiction fuels our interest in science

• remind readers that there is much we still don't know

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

In paragraph 2, the author brings up the example of the International Space Station to make the point that space exploration —

• has come a long way since the 1960s

• encourages cooperation among scientists

• has led to a permanent human outpost

• requires a great deal of human investment

The author mostly supports her ideas with —

• expert opinions

• interesting anecdotes

• scientific evidence

• references to other texts

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

The author of “Space Exploration Should Be More Science Than Fiction” most likely wrote this selection for —

• an audience interested in stopping the efforts to further space exploration

• people who might be convinced that space exploration should continue

• readers who wanted to know the history of the space exploration program

• individuals who can demonstrate why past space exploration plans failed

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6