Writing Workshop: Visual Media Analysis — Unit test Answers

Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.Why does the Supreme Court conclude that the plaintiffs have been denied their rights?

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.Mrs. Turner was a milky sort of a woman that belonged to child-bed. Her shoulders rounded a little, and she must have been conscious of her pelvis because she kept it stuck out in front of her so she could always see it. Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of dialect in this excerpt?

Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.[T]here are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors.The Supreme Court is most likely interested in these findings because it hopes to determine whether

Look at the advertisement.Which persuasive media technique is used in this advertisement?

Read the excerpt from Dispatches. You came to love your life, to love and respect the mere fact of it, but often you became heedless of it in the way that somnambulists are heedless. Being good meant staying alive, and sometimes that was only a matter of caring enough at any given moment. Based on the excerpt, which best describes a good soldier?

Read the following writing prompt.Examine a Department of Education advertising campaign that promotes literacy. Analyze the campaign to discover the target audience and the advertising techniques used. Then evaluate the effectiveness of these advertising techniques. Write a formal essay in which you explain how the advertising campaign effectively promotes literacy to a range of audiences. Now, review the prompt for hints about the audience. Who will read your writing?

Which excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron" best illustrates irony?

Read the lines from "Harlem."Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Read the lines from "The Weary Blues."He did a lazy sway . . .He did a lazy sway.Which best describes the relationship between these lines?

Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron."The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General. Vonnegut uses satire in this excerpt by

Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." “I think I’d make a good Handicapper General.”“Good as anybody else,” said George.“Who knows better’n I do what normal is?” said Hazel.“Right,” said George. He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail, about Harrison, but a twenty-one-gun salute in his head stopped that.How does the dialogue between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s message that advanced technology dehumanizes individuals?

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. How does King support this claim in the rest of his letter?

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application.How does King support this claim?

What are the plaintiffs seeking for their children in Brown v. Board of Education?

Use the following definitions to answer the question.emerge:1. (verb) to come up, appearimmerge:1. (verb) to sink into, immerseWhich sentence contains correct word usage?

The speaker in "The Weary Blues" is most likely