Answers2026 Summer 305 ELAESOL CR_Grade 8Setting Goals: Evaluating a Speech by Randy Pausch

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Read the sentences from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.And I assure you I am not in denial. It’s not like I’m not aware of what’s going on.

A
He wants to convince them that they should stop focusing on his illness.
B
He wants them to remember that he is in a difficult situation.
C
He wants them to feel comfortable and accept his positive attitude.
D
He wants to encourage them to have sympathy for him.
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Read the sentence from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.All right, so what we’re not talking about today, we are not talking about cancer, because I spent a lot of time talking about that and I’m really not interested.

A
he has chosen not to focus on his cancer.
B
he is only interested in things he has never talked about.
C
they will get what they are expecting from the speech.
D
speeches about cancer are not interesting.
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Which sentence from Last Lecture supports the idea that it's important to have far-reaching goals?

A
I was going back through the family archives, and what was really amazing was, I couldn’t find any pictures of me as a kid where I wasn’t smiling….
B
When you are 8 or 9 years old and you look at the TV set, men are landing on the moon, anything’s possible.
C
I did not dream of being an astronaut, because when I was a little kid, I wore glasses and they told me oh, astronauts can’t have glasses.
D
And he showed up for practice the first day, and you know, there’s big hulking guy, we were all scared to death of him.
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The overall structure of Pausch's Last Lecture supports his purpose of enabling the childhood dreams of others because it allows him to

A
explain the problems he had in realizing his dreams and how he solved them.
B
earn his audience's attention and then relay details about his experiences and learned wisdom.
C
illustrate why one's dreams need to be pursued in a logical order if success is to be obtained.
D
compare his dreams and successes to those of famous or respected people.

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