John Green - How and Why We Read

Do you like reading?

• Absolutely love it - I read all of the time

• I will read for school - but not for pleasure

• Reading is a chore that I would rather avoid

• I would rather get a root canal than read

Writing and knowing how to read it is /are...

• the sign of a good education

• not very important overall

• the markers of civilization

• the most important part of your education

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Many stories started as part of a/an ______ tradition.

• acted

• oral

• scripted

• inherited

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

We "privilege" reading and writing because it allows us to ____ and _____ (choose 2 answers)

• hear the voices of the dead (the past)

• communicate directly with people who live far away

• collect them together

• use them to teach lessons

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Writing is an outgrowth of the urge to

• to communicate complex ideas and experiences between people

• teach people moral lessons and have them remember them later

• explain the rules and structures of communication

Reading is always an act of _____

• aggravation

• enjoyment

• empathy

• curiosity

Answer explanation

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Author's intent does not matter as much as we think it does.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

the author is not that important -- whether they intended a symbolic interpretation or not is irrelevant. All that matters is that it is there!

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The book exists as a ____ between an author and a reader.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"My heart is shattered into a million pieces" is an example of ...

• onomatopoeia

• kairos

• pathos

• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The word "nuanced" means _____

• overly fancy and complicated

• characterized by subtle shades of meaning or expression.

• simple and direct; too the point

• characterized by flirtatious behavior

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4