Answers26-27 Ignite English 12 NG KY-English Language Arts 12Part 2: Summarizing an Author’s Viewpoint in an Informational Text

Part 3: Using Media to Extend Understanding of an Informational Text Answers

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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, was one of the media stars of the First World War. The famous recruitment poster has him pointing straight at us in full uniform, finger in the foreground, handlebar moustache not far behind, with the words 'Your country needs YOU'.

A
The author asks a question.
B
The author gives an anecdote.
C
The author uses a quotation.
D
The author provides a description.
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What does pausing before a certain word in the middle of a sentence provide for the listener?

A
a signal that a sound effect will occur soon
B
a reason to go back and quickly reread the text
C
a cue that an important word might follow
D
a moment to look up new terms
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Read the paragraph.Each year between April and October, millions of baseball fans head out to fields across America to watch their favorite teams compete against each other. But how and when did baseball become recognized as the national sport of the United States?

A
to make the reader understand how baseball became a national pastime for many Americans
B
to make the reader wonder how baseball became the national sport of the United States
C
to make the reader guess which baseball teams are the most popular in the United States
D
to make the reader curious about which teams will most likely win in the next baseball season
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.This object has on it the image of a king, but this particular example has been appropriated by women – disfigured by a slogan as an act of female protest against the laws of the state. It is a British penny with King Edward VII in elegant profile, but his image has been defaced in what was then a criminal act. Stamped all over the king’s head in crude capitals are the words VOTES FOR WOMEN. This suffragette coin stands for all those who fought for the right to vote.

A
that the laws of the state only applied to women
B
that women were often breaking laws to make a point
C
that the penny was not considered a useful form of currency
D
that women wanted to change existing laws and gain the right to vote
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When do listeners benefit from listening? Select three options.when the narrator emphasizes key wordswhen they analyze text features on their ownwhen the narrator pauses for effectwhen they reread text for claritywhen sound effects are used

A
when the narrator emphasizes key words
B
when they analyze text features on their own
C
when the narrator pauses for effect
D
when they reread text for clarity
E
when sound effects are used
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.In 2001 the UK National Census recorded that more than 1 in 20 Londoners were of black African descent, a figure that has continued to rise in the years since. Modern British life and culture now have a strong African component. This development is merely the latest chapter in the history of relations between Africa and western Europe, and in that long and turbulent history the Benin Bronzes, as they used to be known, hold a unique place.

A
by giving an anecdote that makes the reader interested in modern British life
B
by providing a quotation that makes the reader interested in current census data
C
by presenting a series of interesting facts that make the reader curious about the significance of the Benin Bronzes
D
by providing a description of the Benin Bronzes that makes the reader interested in how they were made
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.In the early nineteenth century Japan had been effectively closed off from the world for 200 years. It had simply opted out of the community of nations.Kings are burning somewhere,Wheels are turning somewhere,Trains are being run,Wars are being won, Things are being done In the early nineteenth century

A
It gives the reader detailed information about the subject that will be discussed at length in the passage.
B
It makes the reader wonder how the quotation from the poem relates to the topic of the passage.
C
It interests the reader into figuring out what was happening in Japan over 200 hundred years ago.
D
It makes the reader understand the cultural atmosphere in Japan in the early nineteenth century.
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In the future, which method of communication will be considered culturally significant as a representation of the 2020s?

A
social media
B
email
C
mailed letters
D
telephone calls
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Which quotation from A History of the World in 100 Objects best reveals the historical significance of the chronometer?

A
The chronometer for the first time allowed absolutely accurate charting of the oceans, with all that implied for establishing safe and rapid shipping routes.
B
Darwin’s voyage on the Beagle and his subsequent work on evolution pushed human origins...into an unthinkably distant past.
C
Geologists had already demonstrated that the Earth was far older than previously believed, undermining the calculation made by Archbishop Usher.
D
Thanks to clockmakers like Earnshaw, precise and reliable clocks and watches became ever more affordable.
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.The process of redefining the British political nation was a slow one. It began in the 1820s, and by the 1880s roughly 60 per cent of the male population had the right to vote – but no women. The campaign for women's suffrage had begun shortly after the Great Reform Act of 1832, but the battle only really got going at the start of the twentieth century, when the suffragette movement was born and with it a new level of female assertiveness, indeed violence. Here are the words of Dame Ethel Smyth, who composed the song ‘March of the Women’, which was a battle hymn of the suffragettes.

A
a recording of the song "March of the Women"
B
sound effects of women marching
C
sound effects from a large crowd of people
D
a recording of someone reciting the Great Reform Act of 1832

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