But the environment alone may not persuade most people to consider having just one child, as eighty percent of Americans have siblings. The CRAAP test allows us to determine the credibility and value of sources. "Despite its title, Sula actually has three protagonists: Shadrack, Sula/Nel, and the community of black people who live in the Bottom. reduce the fear of the unexpected nature of death, Which sentence seems most true about Shadrack's word, "always?". A conventional approach might collapse these goals into a plan to directly challenge specific targets, as when a labor campaign elicits public support to unionize a workplace or an environmental campaign seeks to shut down a specific pipeline. According to the story, what is a soldier's greatest fear? she does not want to be named after the people who oppress her. (Remember the guidelines for writing good thesis statements that you have studied in this lesson). . As one critic explains, "The story of Nel and Sula is inscribed within the other, equally sorrowful stories of the Bottom. Use phrases to combine the sentences, following the directions given in parentheses. In this analysis, we found that the divestment campaign expanded rapidly as a topic in worldwide media. Examining the cultural context of a work can involve examining gender roles, race relations, class boundaries, and the historical time period. She does not go to a barbecue with her family. Against the cold darkness of outer space, the Earth looks like a vibrant blue marble. The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: As a teacher, I want my students to read, write and think well; I don't care how much time they spend on their assignments. Upload your study docs or become a Course Hero member to access this document Continue to access Term Fall The publication of this new 10th . Their mothers, in turn, have been shaped by their own mothers, in a chain reaction passing through the generations.-- Kelly Winters, "Critical Essay on Sula," database article with no page numbers Which is the better thesis? McKibben argues that, starting with coastlines, parts of the planet are becoming inhabitable for humans. Selected Answer: Fals e End of preview. 14). Which is the better thesis? When the mother, Aanakwad, leaves with the sister in the first part of the story, the young boy ________. Federal regulations on water pollution must be stricter to protect the public from dangerous chemicals released into waterways through farming, factories, and other sources. I try to burrow as deeply as I can into characters. --Howard Gardner, "Test for Aptitude, Not for Speed" Reprinted in Current Issues and Enduring Questions, Ed. Using the quotation above as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Bill McKibben is the author of Eaarth, The End of Nature, Deep Economy, Enough, Fight Global Warming Now, The Bill McKibben Reader, and numerous other books. The sentence at the end of this question is connected to the passage below. For those jobs that require speed, timed tests are useful (Gardner 23). The higher ups in Miami and in state government do not like to talk about it. Nel and Sula become friends precisely because they are so similar. We do not need stronger EPA regulations on water quality since our water is safe and further regulations would burden farmers and small businesses. Hannah says she loves Sula but does not like her. The following thesis statements are for an argument essay on the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. Sula's beginning and ending are circular: The opening chapter tells about the death of a neighborhood, the Bottom while the ending finds Nel in a cemetery finally dealing with her grief for Sula (Reddy 29). Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau, p. 23 --Maureen T. Reddy "The Tripled Plot and Center of Sula" PDF article, page 29 Which is the better thesis? Pay close attention to punctuation. Using the quotation above from an article about Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Using the quotation above from an interview with Toni Morrison as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. For example, he says that (check all that apply): Selected Answers: crop fields polluted with salt can no longer be cultivated and people have had to move away ice melting in the coasts leaves towns, cities, and villages without protection from ocean waves . When Eva tells Sula that she should get married and have children, Sula replies that ________. Sula wears a purple and white belt. McKibben argues forcefully for a "World War III" type of societal and economic mobilization that would involve a massive transformation of our energy economy, with clear winners and losers. He might as well sit forever on his riverbank and stare out of the window at the moon. Which of the following is a narrowed research question? We are able to see how Eva has shaped Hannah and how Hannah, in turn, has shaped Sula. Use isolatedisolatedisolated in a sentence about a camping trip. Using the quotation above as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. By his way of dressing, Arnold Friend seems to be attempting ________. (2) Gregor's metamorphosis is an allegory for an overdemanding family and an uncaring society that turns works into significant creatures. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, Committee Member - MNF Research Advisory Committee, PhD Scholarship - Uncle Isaac Brown Indigenous Scholarship, Associate Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature. The relationship between Connie and her mother is mostly ________. Her approach to life is one of discovery. De-extinction is morally problematic, expensive, and unrealistic. --Maureen T. Reddy "The Tripled Plot and Center of Sula" PDF article, page 29 For those few jobs where speed is important, timed tests may be useful. "Yes, the wind still blows - but no longer from some other sphere, some inhuman place" (41). These rituals that were part of National Suicide day had not protected him from the unexpected anguish of Sula's death. Resistance is not traditionally regarded as a technology, but McKibben argues that it is a uniquely human practice. McKibben argues that the reality of climate change is too far gone and that there is little hope that the human species will survive. For example, football teams whose players taunt opposing players or criticize officials are penalized 151515 yards. Dee decides to change her name to Wangero because ________. William Cronon, one of McKibben . Comparing and contrasting characters or even texts is not usually a good way to discuss the meaning or value of a work. Pay close attention to punctuation. Her fiction celebrates survival and defines black identity as multifaceted." Big game hunting should not be banned: It is a noble sport that actually helps conservation efforts in important ways. Arguing that birds are more likely to adapt to serious climatic changes, Franzen (2015) wrote that although many birds have adapted in the past, the larger and healthier and more diverse our bird populations are, the greater the chances that many species will survive, even thrive. What individual items carried by the soldiers reveal their personalities? Using the quotation above from Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Using the quotation above from Sula as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. Carefully compare the sentence with the original passage and decide whether it is plagiarized, inaccurate, or acceptable. Climate change displaces people in numerous and complex ways, for short and indefinite periods of time. She also has addressed historical issues such as nineteenth-century slavery. The gray ball of fur just outside Nel's field of vision most likely serves as a symbol of ________. Whose point of view does the story present? These three protagonists are at the centers of different but overlapping and intricately interconnected plots that in turn convey various aspects of [the novel's] anti-war theme." Question 9 Selected Answer: False Response Feedback: The Anthropocene is described as our current era because (check all that apply): (1) Humans have controlled nature (2) Human actions have affected every aspect of the Earth. Example: Most sports have rules of conduct. (3) What is the meaning of the character's name? In a literary analysis essay, the thesis statement makes an assertion that the rest of the paper must prove. He is the founder of the environmental organizations Step It Up and 350.org, and was among the first to warn of the dangers of global warming. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: a 100-page letter detailing his grievances to his father. The author reports that rising sea levels and melting ice caps were originally predicted to occur at the end of this century, but they are occurring now. According to some researchers, human beings need to be planning their retreat from coastal towns and cities rather than waiting for an emergency to strike and having to leave in panic. McKibben argues that the economic expansion of the last several decades has been misinterpreted by politicians on both the left and the right, and by a lot of economists to boot . For example, McKibben reports that (select all that apply): (1) a two-degree temperature rise will create serious drought and fertile land will become desert (desertification) (2) low water levels reduced the corn harvest in Germany in 2018 (the year the article was written) (3) as temperatures rise, it is predicted that corn and soybean harvests will be reduced between 22 and 49 percent in the U.S. (4) moving north to the Arctic is not a possibility because land there is not arable (5) because of overpumping of aquifers near arable land, there is little water, so irrigation could become impossible. Which strategies can writers use to support an idea in the body paragraphs? He makes it so easy for the rest of us to be reasonable. Brower, the first Executive Director of the Sierra Club, was a controversial figure who pushed the environmental movement to take more aggressive actions. The novel takes place in a town which is on the hills of a city called Medallion. Her novels reflect the workings of communities, the dilemmas faced by these families, and the problems encountered in their relationships. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: Want to read all 4 pages? (3) Accuracy: How valid and true is the information in the text? A shift to renewable energy will level the playing field for billions of people. In summary, McKibben argues that the inhabitable planet is shrinking because (select all that apply): new species are taking over the places where humans used to live consistently higher temperatures will likely make certain areas uninhabitable desertification will reduce the amount of harvestable land coastlines are being lost to sea level rise The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: --Claire Skinner, "Climate-Induced Migration," 2018, a database article in McKay 420). The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Is the following sentence, which uses the excerpt above, plagiarized or acceptable? But the larger and healthier and more diverse our bird populations are, the greater the chances that many species will survive, even thrive. with no page numbers, quote is from paragraph 14 McKibben writes of our earth's environmental cataclysm, addressing such core issues as the greenhouse effect, acid rain, and the depletion of the ozone layer. Pay close attention to punctuation. Bill McKibben (on right) speaks at a 2015 event to pressure Harvard University to divest from its financial stakes in fossil fuel companies. Socialist policies are against our democratic values (4) Ad-hominem: The president says global warming is not occurring, but how can we believe him when he eats McDonald's burgers for lunch every day? His new book, which offers some dark visions of the future and hope for real change, is called. But getting into college, or doing satisfactorily once there, is not in that category. Which of the following sentences makes a plausible statement about the novel's theme? McKibben's argument is that human beings have endured wars, famines, terrorism, tyrants and, in the same way, they will endure climate change. In a recent article in the New Yorker, Bill McKibben argues that the emissions reductions achieved by the US over the last 15 years are largely illusory. In each pair of sentences below, one of the sentences adds detail to the other. dismissive of Gregor and calls him a dung beetle, quietly, deciding that he should disappear. The people in these novels are complex. At the end of the story, the son tells his father (select two items): (1)"Think that your sister sacrificed herself with full intention." Changes in a region's water cycle, which can include more frequent droughts, changes in the type of precipitation (e.g., snow to rain), and excessive flooding, do not always cause mass, long-term migration, but the associated increase in food instability does. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau, p. 23 When Sula dons a green ribbon, however, Ajax reads this as a sign of her burgeoning dependence on him. he realizes that he will probably never see his mother again. The radical otherness of birds in integral to their beauty and their value. (Choose all that apply): Bent double, like old beggars under sacks. In such cases, all members of a movement both moderate and radical are viewed with the same critical lens. . Russell Train, second administrator of the EPA, articulated the positive radical flank effect in the 1970s when he quipped, Thank God for David Brower. Here is the original text from which the quotations in the options below are taken: Furthermore, he urges that "we" (ALL humans) are the deciding chip in said bond. (2) The soldiers are often high. is set in a cemetery where Nel Wright Greene is finally beginning to mourn the death of her friend Sula Peace, twenty-five years after the fact. Is the following sentence, which uses the excerpt above, plagiarized or acceptable? (5) Purpose: What are the motivations behind the writing of this text? According to the text, credibility refers to the reliability and accuracy of the author, the writing, and the publisher while use value refers to whether to use a text and how to use it. a guy wags his finger and says, "gonna get you, baby". he feels guilty about Ted Lavender's death. Is the following sentence, taken from the excerpt above, plagiarized or acceptable? (Change the second sentence to a prepositional phrase that begins with for.). Using the quotation above as reference, choose the correctly quoted and cited option below. The difference between the low projection of 8 billion in 2050 and the high projection of 10.5 billion in 2050 is 2.5 billion, which was the total world population in 1950. (Choose all that apply): (1) The fog comes/on little cat feet (2) my boss Rob was waiting for me when I showed up for work five minutes late todaythe snake! But in doing a network text analysis of news articles, we found that by other measures the effort has been a success. (2) What are the effects on respiratory illness due to climate change in South Florida? the capable girl of nine in the first part of the story. It has become a rogue industry, reckless like no other force on Earth. One song has stuck with the philosopher, now in her early forties: Steeleye Span's "Black Jack Davy". These rules discourage participants from unsporting behavior. We know the nature of Kafka's difficult relationship with his father because he wrote ________. For example, he writes that (select all that apply): (1) rising temperatures are increasing the number of heat-related deaths (2) in some places, temperatures are staying in the three-digit range, even at night (3) the amount of work people can do outdoors has been reduced by ten percent (4) heat waves that used to happen once in a generation are predicted to occur for several weeks yearly, leading to mass migration and famine (5) employees have walked away from work because it was too hot to continue. But, it is important to note that this works in some circumstances and not others. true McKibben argues that the reality of climate change is too far gone and that there is little hope that the human species will survive. William Ernest McKibben (born December 8, 1960) [1] is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. Bill McKibben is one of civilization's most civilized critics. 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