Chapter 1 notes for Publisher's Excercises
Going into these excercises, I thought I would do well the first time around, but I can see (and I already knew) vocabulary is one of my weakest links. Also, I included my references at the bottom of the page, but I could not get them to format properly. If anyone knows how to do so, please let me know at [email protected], Thanks!
Exercise 1:
Vocabulary words I missed the first time:
ecumenical - of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches (Woolf, pp
360)
explicitly - explicit - free from all vagueness and ambiguity (Woolf, pp
404)
prevailed - prevail – to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority (Woolf, pp
912)
Exercise 2:
Yeah! I got all the answers correct on the first round!
Exercise 3:
Vocabulary words I missed the first time:
insatiable– incapable of being satisfied (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insatiable)
covert– not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covert)
conjecture– a proposition before it has been proved or disproved (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conjecture)
Exercise 4:
Vocabulary words I missed the first time:
acquiesce– to accept, comply, or submit, or passively (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquiesce)
scion– descendant, child; especially: a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scion?show=0&t=1314755332)
inchoate– imperfectly formed or formulated (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inchoate)
internecine– of relating to, or involving conflict within a group
(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internecine)
limned– to outline in clear sharp detail (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limned)
References
Acquiesce. (2011).An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquiesce
Conjecture. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica
Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conjecture
Covert. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covert
Inchoate. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inchoate
Insatiable. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insatiable
Internecine. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internecine
Limned. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limned
Scion. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scion?show=0&t=1314755332
Woolf, H.B. (1974). Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (8th ed.): Springfield, MA: G&C Merriam Co.
Exercise 1:
Vocabulary words I missed the first time:
ecumenical - of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches (Woolf, pp
360)
explicitly - explicit - free from all vagueness and ambiguity (Woolf, pp
404)
prevailed - prevail – to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority (Woolf, pp
912)
Exercise 2:
Yeah! I got all the answers correct on the first round!
Exercise 3:
Vocabulary words I missed the first time:
insatiable– incapable of being satisfied (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insatiable)
covert– not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covert)
conjecture– a proposition before it has been proved or disproved (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conjecture)
Exercise 4:
Vocabulary words I missed the first time:
acquiesce– to accept, comply, or submit, or passively (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquiesce)
scion– descendant, child; especially: a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scion?show=0&t=1314755332)
inchoate– imperfectly formed or formulated (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inchoate)
internecine– of relating to, or involving conflict within a group
(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internecine)
limned– to outline in clear sharp detail (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limned)
References
Acquiesce. (2011).An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquiesce
Conjecture. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica
Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conjecture
Covert. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covert
Inchoate. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inchoate
Insatiable. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insatiable
Internecine. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/internecine
Limned. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/limned
Scion. (2011). An Encyclopedia Britannica Company; Merriam-Webster. Retrieved on August 31st, 2011 from (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scion?show=0&t=1314755332
Woolf, H.B. (1974). Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (8th ed.): Springfield, MA: G&C Merriam Co.
Chapter 2 notes for Publisher's Exercises
Review MC Exercise
On my first round, I got question 5 incorrect: ‘We can accurately infer that B)
sharing, especially food, is a common virtue for hunter-gatherers’ (Spears,
2009). My answer was incorrect because the San’s are referred to many times as
the researchers explain their lifestyle and eating habits.
The correct answer for question 5 is ‘A) anthropologists
have studied the San more carefully than other hunter-gather societies’(Spears,
2009).
Essay Exercise #1
The main ideas for the passages read:
Passage 1: Just as every living organism is unique to its
species, each organism is unique in its own distinguishable way. Therefore,
humans are not the single unique organism in nature.
Passage 2: Due to the locations of some agricultural
farmlands in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Main, they have been able to keep
their original and distinct characteristics of their earliest
days.
Passage 3: Topeka, had customs and laws (Jim Crow), that
continued to segregate the blacks from whites unfairly in education, public
places such as restaurants, movie theaters, and the public
pools.
Passage 4: Throughout China and India, different customs cause the people to eat or
not to eat certain foods, depending on culture, purpose of the animal, or
uncertainty of its safety to eat.
Passage 5: There are three kinds of book owners; book
collectors, the casual reader, and the book master.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
From # 2;
wholly – to the whole amount or extent; totally; entirely
(Agnes, 2003, p737)
From # 3;
anachronism – anything out of its proper historical time
(Agnes, 2003, p22)
enclaves – a territory surrounded by another country’s
territory (Agnes, 2003, p215)
Exercise # 1
For this exercise, I got a 100% for choosing the best
title for each passage.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
From # 1;
microcosm – something regarded as a world in miniature
(Agnes, 2003, p408)
Exercise # 2
My answers for Modes of Discourse and Main Ideas from
passages:
Passage 1:
Mode of Discourse: Description
Main Idea: Amotape is a remote desert like place with
some eucalyptus trees and herds of goats, some mules and a
shepherd.
Passage 2:
Mode of Discourse: Description
Main Idea: N'da Ali, a mountain found in Cameroon, has a
great stance and many moods depending on the weather and the time of day, that
seems to stare over the land and people near it.
Passage 3:
Mode of Discourse: Narration – this was my first choice
because the passage seemed to be narrated about Johnny Appleseed.
The correct mode of discourse is exposition because it is an informative
passage and it had some facts within it.
Main Idea: Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) had obsessive
single-mindedness which could be observed with his obsession to plant apple
seeds over 100,000 square miles and maintain an un-kept image of
himself.
Passage 4:
Mode of Discourse: Exposition – this was my first choice
because the passage seemed to be informative and not trying to influence or
create an opinion. The correct
modes of discourses for this passage are narration and description.
The author of this passage is telling a story about an event and
describes it in a way to help the reader understand what it is like to be there
visually and emotionally, and with descriptions of the sounds.
Main Idea: Republicans and Free Staters started the civil
war on a June night in Dublin intimidated with their machine guns and rifles
shooting into the night.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
From # 2;
glowering – stare with sullen anger; scowl (Agnes, 2003,
p277)
Exercise # 3
This exercise stumped me on passages 2 and 3.
Passage 2 was hard for me. I had a hard time deciphering what was the major support and minor
support. It took me four tries. I think it was more challenging
because I could identify the main idea, but this passage had more major
supportive sentences than minor supportive sentence.
The two sentences that I had a hard time deciding major or minor was
“Almost no restaurants served colored customers” and “Before World War II, a
number of the better beaneries in town had a sign in the window reading:
‘Negroes and Mexicans served in sacks only’” (Spears, 2009).
For passage 3, I incorrectly labeled sentence 2 with
major support when the correct answer is minor support.
I incorrectly labeled sentence 3 with major support when the correct
answer is minor support. Sentences 2 and 3 are both supportive sentences for
sentence 1. I also incorrectly labeled sentence 4 with minor support when the
correct answer is major support.
Sentence 4 gave another supportive detail for the main idea of the
passage.
Exercise # 4
I got a 100% in choosing the correct main idea for each
passage.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
Question # 3;
veneration – to look upon with feelings of deep respect
(Agnes, 2003, p715)
References
Agnes, M. (2003).Webster’s New World Dictionary (4thed.). New York, NY: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Spears, D. (2009) Reading for the Main Idea and Author’s Purpose Quiz. In
Developing Critical Reading Skills (Chapter 2). Retrieved from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073385735/student_view0/chapter2/
On my first round, I got question 5 incorrect: ‘We can accurately infer that B)
sharing, especially food, is a common virtue for hunter-gatherers’ (Spears,
2009). My answer was incorrect because the San’s are referred to many times as
the researchers explain their lifestyle and eating habits.
The correct answer for question 5 is ‘A) anthropologists
have studied the San more carefully than other hunter-gather societies’(Spears,
2009).
Essay Exercise #1
The main ideas for the passages read:
Passage 1: Just as every living organism is unique to its
species, each organism is unique in its own distinguishable way. Therefore,
humans are not the single unique organism in nature.
Passage 2: Due to the locations of some agricultural
farmlands in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Main, they have been able to keep
their original and distinct characteristics of their earliest
days.
Passage 3: Topeka, had customs and laws (Jim Crow), that
continued to segregate the blacks from whites unfairly in education, public
places such as restaurants, movie theaters, and the public
pools.
Passage 4: Throughout China and India, different customs cause the people to eat or
not to eat certain foods, depending on culture, purpose of the animal, or
uncertainty of its safety to eat.
Passage 5: There are three kinds of book owners; book
collectors, the casual reader, and the book master.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
From # 2;
wholly – to the whole amount or extent; totally; entirely
(Agnes, 2003, p737)
From # 3;
anachronism – anything out of its proper historical time
(Agnes, 2003, p22)
enclaves – a territory surrounded by another country’s
territory (Agnes, 2003, p215)
Exercise # 1
For this exercise, I got a 100% for choosing the best
title for each passage.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
From # 1;
microcosm – something regarded as a world in miniature
(Agnes, 2003, p408)
Exercise # 2
My answers for Modes of Discourse and Main Ideas from
passages:
Passage 1:
Mode of Discourse: Description
Main Idea: Amotape is a remote desert like place with
some eucalyptus trees and herds of goats, some mules and a
shepherd.
Passage 2:
Mode of Discourse: Description
Main Idea: N'da Ali, a mountain found in Cameroon, has a
great stance and many moods depending on the weather and the time of day, that
seems to stare over the land and people near it.
Passage 3:
Mode of Discourse: Narration – this was my first choice
because the passage seemed to be narrated about Johnny Appleseed.
The correct mode of discourse is exposition because it is an informative
passage and it had some facts within it.
Main Idea: Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) had obsessive
single-mindedness which could be observed with his obsession to plant apple
seeds over 100,000 square miles and maintain an un-kept image of
himself.
Passage 4:
Mode of Discourse: Exposition – this was my first choice
because the passage seemed to be informative and not trying to influence or
create an opinion. The correct
modes of discourses for this passage are narration and description.
The author of this passage is telling a story about an event and
describes it in a way to help the reader understand what it is like to be there
visually and emotionally, and with descriptions of the sounds.
Main Idea: Republicans and Free Staters started the civil
war on a June night in Dublin intimidated with their machine guns and rifles
shooting into the night.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
From # 2;
glowering – stare with sullen anger; scowl (Agnes, 2003,
p277)
Exercise # 3
This exercise stumped me on passages 2 and 3.
Passage 2 was hard for me. I had a hard time deciphering what was the major support and minor
support. It took me four tries. I think it was more challenging
because I could identify the main idea, but this passage had more major
supportive sentences than minor supportive sentence.
The two sentences that I had a hard time deciding major or minor was
“Almost no restaurants served colored customers” and “Before World War II, a
number of the better beaneries in town had a sign in the window reading:
‘Negroes and Mexicans served in sacks only’” (Spears, 2009).
For passage 3, I incorrectly labeled sentence 2 with
major support when the correct answer is minor support.
I incorrectly labeled sentence 3 with major support when the correct
answer is minor support. Sentences 2 and 3 are both supportive sentences for
sentence 1. I also incorrectly labeled sentence 4 with minor support when the
correct answer is major support.
Sentence 4 gave another supportive detail for the main idea of the
passage.
Exercise # 4
I got a 100% in choosing the correct main idea for each
passage.
Vocabulary words I came across I did not
know:
Question # 3;
veneration – to look upon with feelings of deep respect
(Agnes, 2003, p715)
References
Agnes, M. (2003).Webster’s New World Dictionary (4thed.). New York, NY: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Spears, D. (2009) Reading for the Main Idea and Author’s Purpose Quiz. In
Developing Critical Reading Skills (Chapter 2). Retrieved from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073385735/student_view0/chapter2/
Chapter 3 Notes for Publisher's Exercises
MC Exercise 1-A:
I missed the first multiple choice answer on this
exercise. I should have chosen the
answer that was ‘probably incorrect’, but I was looking for ‘not in the passage’
and just chose one. Obviously the
‘probably incorrect’ still fits the passage better than the ‘probably correct’
answer.
MC Exercise 1-B:
I missed the third exercise question in this
exercise. I second guessed myself
for the meaning of the “wrong class origin” (Spears, 2009) and it meaning the
land owning class. The correct answer to this exercise question is ‘probably
accurate’.
MC Exercise
2-A:
I missed the first exercise question where it asked the
mode of discourse for the passage. My first choice was exposition because the
passage seemed to be informative without trying to influence an opinion. It seemed to be a passage on the
history and present of astrology.
The correct answer for this passage was persuasion because the passage is
informative of the history of astrology and then it proceeds to explain why
astrology was used in history was incorrect.
I also missed the second exercise question. I chose that
“Astrology developed in the ancient world largely because…it was part of their
traditional mythology” (Spears, 2009). The second time I took this quiz, I
chose “people believed that the stars ad planets were deities” (Spears,
2009). I see that this answer is
incorrect because it does not state this in the passage.
The correct answer for this question is “they were scientifically
ignorant” (Spears, 2009). The reason this answer is correct is because the
passage states that “these distances can and have been calculated, we can see
how infinitesimally small are the gravitational and other effects produced by
the distant planets and the far more distant stars”(Spears,
2009).
MC Exercise
2-B:
I missed the mode of discourse because to me, this
passage seemed to be persuasive in the way that the scullery at that time was
disgusting. The correct mode of discourse is description.
The author of the passage was very descriptive of the dining room area
and the scullery area and how different they were.
I missed question 5 because I did not clearly read the
statement to choose the correct answer.
The correct answer being that the dining room patrons would have probably
been shocked to see the scullery.
I also missed question 7, but I do not agree with the
correct answer. The correct
answer says it is probably correct that sanitation was not a big concern in the
1920’s. To me, the way the dining area was described does not mean that the
customers would have eaten there if they were aware of the scullery’s disgusting
secrets. I can understand the
mannerisms of the waiters supporting the correct answer for question 7
though.
Exercise 1:
I got the answer on this question correct. “The federal
government does not want foreign governments’ contributions to influence
political candidates’ positions on important issues” (Spears,
2009).
Exercise 2:
For this exercise, we had to mark PA, PI, or NP. I have to say that I struggled with
doing the book exercises, but the practice must be paying off.
I got a 100% on the first attempt!
Exercise 3:
I missed one for this exercise with PA, PI, or NP. I
missed question 2. I choose PI instead of NP. The details of hypnosis always
being performed was not mentioned in the passage.
Exercise 4:
I missed two questions out of eight on this
exercise. Question 2, I marked as
NP because the passage does not specify that “Pemberton was known as Doctor
because he liked to dispense free medical advice to his customers” (Spears,
2009). Per the publisher’s web site the correct answer is PI, sentence 3, but it
also states that this statement causes a gray area and that NP could also be a
reasonable answer.
For question 7, I marked it as NP because the inference
“Pemberton recognized immediately that Coca-Cola, his new invention, would be
used mostly as a refreshment” (Spears, 2009) was not stated in the passage. The correct answer is PI, sentence 10
because Pemberton did state that this was for headaches.
References
Spears,
D. (2009) Reading Between the Lines: Making Accurate Inferences. In
Developing Critical Reading Skills (Chapter 3). Retrieved from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073385735/student_view0/chapter3/
I missed the first multiple choice answer on this
exercise. I should have chosen the
answer that was ‘probably incorrect’, but I was looking for ‘not in the passage’
and just chose one. Obviously the
‘probably incorrect’ still fits the passage better than the ‘probably correct’
answer.
MC Exercise 1-B:
I missed the third exercise question in this
exercise. I second guessed myself
for the meaning of the “wrong class origin” (Spears, 2009) and it meaning the
land owning class. The correct answer to this exercise question is ‘probably
accurate’.
MC Exercise
2-A:
I missed the first exercise question where it asked the
mode of discourse for the passage. My first choice was exposition because the
passage seemed to be informative without trying to influence an opinion. It seemed to be a passage on the
history and present of astrology.
The correct answer for this passage was persuasion because the passage is
informative of the history of astrology and then it proceeds to explain why
astrology was used in history was incorrect.
I also missed the second exercise question. I chose that
“Astrology developed in the ancient world largely because…it was part of their
traditional mythology” (Spears, 2009). The second time I took this quiz, I
chose “people believed that the stars ad planets were deities” (Spears,
2009). I see that this answer is
incorrect because it does not state this in the passage.
The correct answer for this question is “they were scientifically
ignorant” (Spears, 2009). The reason this answer is correct is because the
passage states that “these distances can and have been calculated, we can see
how infinitesimally small are the gravitational and other effects produced by
the distant planets and the far more distant stars”(Spears,
2009).
MC Exercise
2-B:
I missed the mode of discourse because to me, this
passage seemed to be persuasive in the way that the scullery at that time was
disgusting. The correct mode of discourse is description.
The author of the passage was very descriptive of the dining room area
and the scullery area and how different they were.
I missed question 5 because I did not clearly read the
statement to choose the correct answer.
The correct answer being that the dining room patrons would have probably
been shocked to see the scullery.
I also missed question 7, but I do not agree with the
correct answer. The correct
answer says it is probably correct that sanitation was not a big concern in the
1920’s. To me, the way the dining area was described does not mean that the
customers would have eaten there if they were aware of the scullery’s disgusting
secrets. I can understand the
mannerisms of the waiters supporting the correct answer for question 7
though.
Exercise 1:
I got the answer on this question correct. “The federal
government does not want foreign governments’ contributions to influence
political candidates’ positions on important issues” (Spears,
2009).
Exercise 2:
For this exercise, we had to mark PA, PI, or NP. I have to say that I struggled with
doing the book exercises, but the practice must be paying off.
I got a 100% on the first attempt!
Exercise 3:
I missed one for this exercise with PA, PI, or NP. I
missed question 2. I choose PI instead of NP. The details of hypnosis always
being performed was not mentioned in the passage.
Exercise 4:
I missed two questions out of eight on this
exercise. Question 2, I marked as
NP because the passage does not specify that “Pemberton was known as Doctor
because he liked to dispense free medical advice to his customers” (Spears,
2009). Per the publisher’s web site the correct answer is PI, sentence 3, but it
also states that this statement causes a gray area and that NP could also be a
reasonable answer.
For question 7, I marked it as NP because the inference
“Pemberton recognized immediately that Coca-Cola, his new invention, would be
used mostly as a refreshment” (Spears, 2009) was not stated in the passage. The correct answer is PI, sentence 10
because Pemberton did state that this was for headaches.
References
Spears,
D. (2009) Reading Between the Lines: Making Accurate Inferences. In
Developing Critical Reading Skills (Chapter 3). Retrieved from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073385735/student_view0/chapter3/