Module B Review

Which sentence is using the word sensitive wrong?

• The sensitive fork hit the ground.

• Some people are very sensitive to things.

• Her plants were sensitive to the cold and began to wither.

• If you use a more sensitive detector, such as a radio receiver, you will hear crackling sounds.

If an author wanted to use logos, or logic, to show the importance of something, they would do it by...

• explaining

• comparing

• providing facts

• making a connection

Which answer choice explains deductive reasoning?

• Specific examples lead to general conclusions

• General ideas lead to specific conclusions

• Observations of patterns lead to the "most likely" conclusions

Which two answers are examples of deductive reasoning?

• My dog likes to play fetch. My neighbor's dog also likes to play fetch. Maybe all dogs like to play fetch.

• All actors in the Harry Potter movies are from the United Kingdom. Emma Watson plays Hermione in the Harry Potter series. Emma Watson is from the UK.

• When a jury hears evidence in a court case and must decide which side of the case provided the best explanation for what happened.

• All dolphins are mammals. All mammals have kidneys. All dolphins have kidneys.

What is the central idea of the passage?

Millions of acres of tropical rainforest have been destroyed. Many animals and people lose their homes when the rain forest is cut down. Today, people are destroying the forests so quickly that the animals are unable to adapt. Many of these animals, such as the leopard, need miles and miles of untouched rain forest in order to live. Furthermore, as more of the rainforest is destroyed, the risk of air pollution and loss of oxygen increases.

• Forests provide oxygen for humans and animals.

• Leopards are losing their homes.

• The destruction of the rain forest is an interesting subject.

• The destruction of the rain forest is harming humans and animals.

Connotations refers to a meaning that is implied by a word. Connotations are often decided by cultural and emotional meanings. If someone called you childish, would it be considered a negative or positive connotation?

• positive

• negative

McDonald's is an inexpensive meal. If you change the word inexpensive to cheap, the word now has a ____ connotation.

• positive

• negative

Which two sentences use the word imperative properly?

• Water is imperative for survival.

• It is imperative you get a good night's sleep before a morning race.

• This computer is imperative.

Illustrate does not always mean to draw. It also means to demonstrate something clearly. Which sentence helps illustrate the idea that aquariums are helpful to marine life?

• Clearwater Marine Aquarium’s rescue team responds to sick, injured and deceased marine animals along the west coast of Florida.

• Dolphins and whales do not have enough space to swim in aquarium tanks.

How does paragraph 11 help develop ideas in the passage?

• It explains how aquariums help animals feel like they are in their natural habitat.

• They show why animals like being in aquariums.

• 
  They describe why people should not put animals in aquariums.