The author has positive feelings about edible cutlery.
"Edible Cutlery Sees Way Out of Plastic Pollution"
by Valerie Flynn
Plastic waste covers our oceans and landfill. The past 70 years of plastic waste have resulted in pollution so ubiquitous scientists say it’s a marker of a new geological epoch, the manmade Anthropocene. Plastic cutlery is a contributor to this enormous problem – estimates suggest the US alone uses 40bn plastic utensils a year – but the founder of Indian cutlery company Bakeys thinks he might have a solution. Cutlery you can eat. The vegan friendly spoons are made from rice, wheat and sorghum, an ancient grain originally from Africa. Sorghum was chosen as a primary ingredient for its tough quality (it doesn’t go soggy in liquids) and because it is suitable for cultivation in semi-arid areas. The cutlery comes in three flavours – savoury (salt and cumin), sweet (sugar) and plain. “It tastes like a cracker, a dry cracker because we don’t put any fat in it. It can complement any food. The taste of the food gets into the spoon,” says company founder Narayana Peesapaty.
Use the passage to answer the question.
Based on the excerpt, what is the author’s point of view regarding edible cutlery?
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Responses
The author has negative feelings about edible cutlery.
The author has negative feelings about edible cutlery.
The author has neutral feelings about edible cutlery.
The author has neutral feelings about edible cutlery.
The author has positive feelings about edible cutlery.
The author has positive feelings about edible cutlery.
The author has uncertain feelings about edible cutlery.
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"Lonesome George's Genome Offers Clues to Long Life"
by Vicky Stein
Lonesome George, a wizened Galapagos giant tortoise, was the last of his kind.
Use the sentence to answer the question.
Which type of rhetoric does the author use in this sentence?
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inductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
pathos
pathos
logos
logos
ethos
by Vicky Stein
Lonesome George, a wizened Galapagos giant tortoise, was the last of his kind.
Use the sentence to answer the question.
Which type of rhetoric does the author use in this sentence?
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Responses
inductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
pathos
pathos
logos
logos
ethos
The author uses pathos in this sentence.
Use the paragraph to answer the question.
An electrician is a person who does electrical work. When the electricity goes out, an electrician can help!
Based on the context in the paragraph, what part of speech is the word electrical?
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verb
verb
noun
noun
adjective
adjective
pronoun
An electrician is a person who does electrical work. When the electricity goes out, an electrician can help!
Based on the context in the paragraph, what part of speech is the word electrical?
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verb
verb
noun
noun
adjective
adjective
pronoun
The word "electrical" is an adjective.
Which phrase best describes a characteristic of an affix?(1 point)
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gives a word its principal meaning
gives a word its principal meaning
has meaning on its own
has meaning on its own
added to a base or root
added to a base or root
the smallest meaningful unit in a language
Responses
gives a word its principal meaning
gives a word its principal meaning
has meaning on its own
has meaning on its own
added to a base or root
added to a base or root
the smallest meaningful unit in a language
The phrase that best describes a characteristic of an affix is "added to a base or root."
Which word has a neutral connotation?(1 point)
Responses
odor
odor
aroma
aroma
stench
stench
smell
Responses
odor
odor
aroma
aroma
stench
stench
smell
The word with a neutral connotation is "smell."
"Community Newspaper Under Siege"
by Tim Grobaty
Last February, just moments after the president declared that the media is “the enemy of the American people,” a friend and now former colleague of mine spun around in his chair and proclaimed, or rather predicted (Andrew mostly spoke in prophecies), that “journalists will be killed because of this.”
So, here we are, just a little over four months later, mourning the deaths of five newsroom employees—four journalists and an advertising assistant—at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland.
The shooter reportedly had a grudge against the newspaper going back long before the president’s incendiary words, and it’s certainly unclear that those words had any influence on the shooter’s motives, but nevertheless, these are times when a growing number of people are feeling emboldened to act on long-subsumed biases and hatreds.
Use the passage to answer the question.
What reason does the author give to convince the reader that their claim is believable?
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Responses
The deaths of five local newspaper employees shows that a growing hatred toward the media is dangerous.
The deaths of five local newspaper employees shows that a growing hatred toward the media is dangerous.
The author’s former colleague predicted that journalists will be killed because of the president’s words.
The author’s former colleague predicted that journalists will be killed because of the president’s words.
It is unclear whether the president’s words inspired the shooter to act on his hatred of the press.
It is unclear whether the president’s words inspired the shooter to act on his hatred of the press.
It is clear that more people are becoming emboldened to act on their hatred of the media.
by Tim Grobaty
Last February, just moments after the president declared that the media is “the enemy of the American people,” a friend and now former colleague of mine spun around in his chair and proclaimed, or rather predicted (Andrew mostly spoke in prophecies), that “journalists will be killed because of this.”
So, here we are, just a little over four months later, mourning the deaths of five newsroom employees—four journalists and an advertising assistant—at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland.
The shooter reportedly had a grudge against the newspaper going back long before the president’s incendiary words, and it’s certainly unclear that those words had any influence on the shooter’s motives, but nevertheless, these are times when a growing number of people are feeling emboldened to act on long-subsumed biases and hatreds.
Use the passage to answer the question.
What reason does the author give to convince the reader that their claim is believable?
(1 point)
Responses
The deaths of five local newspaper employees shows that a growing hatred toward the media is dangerous.
The deaths of five local newspaper employees shows that a growing hatred toward the media is dangerous.
The author’s former colleague predicted that journalists will be killed because of the president’s words.
The author’s former colleague predicted that journalists will be killed because of the president’s words.
It is unclear whether the president’s words inspired the shooter to act on his hatred of the press.
It is unclear whether the president’s words inspired the shooter to act on his hatred of the press.
It is clear that more people are becoming emboldened to act on their hatred of the media.
The reason the author gives to convince the reader that their claim is believable is: The deaths of five local newspaper employees shows that a growing hatred toward the media is dangerous.
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