Understanding Angela Duckworth's Grit

How does Duckworth use diction that is connotative and compelling to develop her purpose throughout the passage?

• To entertain the audience with personal anecdotes and research findings.

• To persuade the audience that grit is more important than intelligence for success.

• To challenge the traditional education system's focus on standardized testing and grades.

• To inform the audience about the latest psychological research on motivation and learning.

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer chosen in Part A?

• a. "What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference between my best and my worst students."

• b. "Our data show very clearly that there are many talented individuals who simply do not follow through on their commitments."

• c. "When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more demanding: teaching."

• d. "We need to measure whether we've been successful, and we have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to start over again with lessons learned."

How does Angela Duckworth use reasoning to develop her argument at the beginning of the text?

• She incorporates abductive reasoning to introduce her observations of the trends of IQ and generalizes the need for other factors.

• She incorporates inductive reasoning to introduce her observations of the limitations of IQ and inferring the need for other factors.

• She incorporates inductive reasoning to introduce facts about the limitations of IQ and provides new observations about the need for other factors.

• She incorporates deductive reasoning to introduce facts about the limitations of IQ and withholds new information about the need for other factors.

Which logical fallacy does the author make in this paragraph?

• Duckworth uses slippery slope fallacy to maintain that if your IQ is high, then you will be successful.

• Duckworth uses a strawman fallacy to state clear, evidence based facts to simplify her viewpoint of grit.

• Duckworth uses a red herring fallacy to highlight her findings from research, and distract from the limited information known about grit.

• Duckworth uses circular reasoning to claim that to learn more about grit, we must practice and model grit in our everyday life.

How does Angela Duckworth use reasoning to develop her argument throughout the text?

• She analyzes individual success stories to reveal a general principle about grit.

• She presents anecdotal evidence to uncover a universal truth about human behavior.

• She illustrates the connection between IQ and success, and denies an influential relationship.

• She starts with a hypothesis and narrows down predictors of success to draw her conclusion about grit.

Select two sentences that best support your answer to Part A.

• Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina.

• In all those very different contexts, one characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success.

• So if doing well in school and in life depends on much more than your ability to learn quickly and easily, then what else matters?

• When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more demanding: teaching.

• We need to measure whether we've been successful, and we have to be willing to fail, to be wrong, to start over again with lessons learned.

Which word from paragraph 3 comes from a Latin word meaning to "inspect, look through, look closely at"?

• Ability

• Conclusion

• Perspective

• Motivational

How does Duckworth address the topic of student success differently than Obama?

• Duckworth claims success is determined by a person's grit - the ability to persevere; whereas Obama argues that success is dependent solely on hard work.

• Duckworth claims success is determined solely on hard work.

• Duckworth claims success is determined by a person's IQ level; whereas Obama argues that success is dependent on the level of support a person receives.