Using Strategies and Word Patterns: The Code Book

Question 1

What word in Excerpt B has the same root word as intercept from Excerpt A?

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: interception; : -ion; What part of speech is this new form of the word, as used in Excerpt B?: noun

Question 2

Based on the -ly ending and clues in the sentence, what is the meaning of securely?

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D: done to keep safe from attack

Question 3

Which two words share a root word meaning hidden?

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B: encrypted/decrypt

Question 4

What word in Excerpt B has the same root word as intercept from Excerpt A? What word part is used to change the part of speech of the word intercept to the new part of speech of the word in Excerpt B? What part of speech is this new form of the word, as used in Excerpt B?

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A: interception

Question 5

adjectiveadverb✔ noun

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C: noun

Question 6

What is the central idea of this passage?

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C: Information on the Internet is not protected well enough.

Question 7

Which details support the central idea that information on the Internet is not protected well enough? Check all that apply.

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A: “only a small fraction … is securely encrypted”; B: “the remainder is poorly encrypted”; E: “anybody … can get their hands on more information”

Question 8

What is the central idea of the passage?

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B: People can invade your Internet privacy even if you code your information.

Question 9

What is the author’s purpose in writing this paragraph?

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B: to inform readers that many people have great motivation to decode the RSA cipher

Question 10

inter--cept✔ -ion

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C: -ion

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