What Are You Afraid Of? by Akiko Busch

Which sentence best states the main idea of the article "What Are You So Afraid Of?"

• We are afraid of snakes for good reasons.

• Our fears are generally quite useful to us

• Our fears are in many cases not rational.

• We can use fear to change our behavior

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the author of "What Are You So Afraid of?" conclude may be the most frightening thought related to fear?"

• Few of us take our fears seriously enough.

• We do not fear the real threats all around us.

• We make a game of trying to scare ourselves.

• Our fears focus on things that are no longer dangerous.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

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CCSS.RL.8.6

Using context, choose the most likely meaning of rogue as it is used in the excerpt for "What Are you so Afraid Of?"

Yet what seems most likely to me is the possibility that fear is simply an unpredictable rogue impulse that all too often remains indifferent to the genuine threats around us.

• lacking in compassion

• happening very quickly

• not able to be controlled

• no able to be fully explained

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

According to the author of :What Are You So Afraid Of?" why is it reasonable for us to experience fear?

• Fear can protect us from real dangers around us.

• Fear can make us more conscious of how we live.

• Fear can motivate us to solve problems in our world.

• Fear can reinforce our awareness of what it means to be human.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6