Unit 5

Question 0

How are facts different than opinions

Answer 0

A fact is a statement that can be proved and and opinion are beliefs that may or may not be based on facts

Question 1

How much t.v. Do people watch?

Answer 1

10000 hours each decade

Question 2

The authors purpose is to

Answer 2

The authors purpose is to persuade the reader that t.v. Is only bad for you and is counterproductive. Also that we should look at t. V. More critically

Question 3

The main points of this article are

Answer 3

TV causes illiteracy. That TV is discouraging our concentration and it encourages us to apply no effort. Also the way that TV delivers the new is inefficient info and isn’t getting the point across easily. Finally the essay is saying join me in protest for TV

Question 4

Constructive

Answer 4

Leading to improvement

Question 5

Trivial

Answer 5

Of little importance

Question 6

Diverse

Answer 6

Distracts; amuses

Question 7

Unanimous

Answer 7

In complete agreement

Question 8

Fugitives

Answer 8

People fleeing from danger

Question 9

Invariably

Answer 9

All the time

Question 10

Why was Canada a good place

Answer 10

Because it was secret and land where the slave could be free

Question 11

Harriet motivated the slaves to keep going by

Answer 11

Telling them the treasures that lay up ahead and the brave people that promoted slavery freedom

Question 12

Being free means

Answer 12

Changing jobs, keeping money you earned, sit on juries, vote, and be elected into office

Question 13

There was a contest because

Answer 13

It would bring the split nation together in honor of the dead soldiers

Question 14

The rules of the contest were

Answer 14

The design had to honor the memory of the Americans that died in the war

A design of high artistic merit

A design that be harmonious with its site

A design that could take place in the historic continuity of Americas Naipaul art
And
A design that would be build able durable and easy to maintain

Question 15

Why did maya compete

Answer 15

Because it was a school assignment and her professor encouraged her to

Question 16

What was Maya’s family like.

Answer 16

Her family was very structured around art and literature. Her parents both were professors of the arts/literature and maya was interested in sculpting since she was a young girl

Question 17

Maya won the contest by

Answer 17

Having here design for the criteria the best, be the finest and most appropriate, and be very harmonious with the site

Question 18

The judges were surprised because

Answer 18

Maya was a young women, a 21 year old grad student and one the the top architectures/sculptors in America was predicted to win