Part 3: Using Media To Extend Understanding Of An Informational Text

25 August 2022
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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'. Which technique does the author use to engage the reader?
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The author provides a description.
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Which quotation from A History of the World in 100 Objects best reveals the historical significance of the chronometer?
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The chronometer for the first time allowed absolutely accurate charting of the oceans, with all that implied for establishing safe and rapid shipping routes.
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In the future, which object will be historically significant as a representation of the 2000s?
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mp3 players
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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. How does the author engage the reader?
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by presenting a series of interesting facts that make the reader curious about the significance of the Benin Bronzes
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Which techniques are used to engage a reader? Check all that apply.
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using a quotation giving an anecdote presenting a series of interesting facts asking a thought-provoking question
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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? Why does the author end the paragraph with a question?
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to make the reader wonder how baseball became the national sport of the United States
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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. What could be added to an audio version of this text that would best enhance the listening experience?
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a recording of the song "March of the Women"
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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 How does the author's hook engage the reader?
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It makes the reader wonder how the quotation from the poem relates to the topic of the passage.
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What an object conveys about the important events, advancements, and people of a specific time period is called the
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historical significance.
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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? To engage the reader, the author
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asks a thought-provoking question.
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What does pausing before a certain word in the middle of a sentence provide for the listener?
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a cue that an important word might follow
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects. What could be more domestic, more unremarkable, more British, than a nice cup of tea? You could of course put the question the other way round and ask what could be less British than a cup of tea, given that tea is made from plants grown in India or China and often sweetened by sugar from the Caribbean. The author hooks the reader by asking a question that
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makes the reader think about the link between tea and Britishness.
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects. The drum was found by Kitchener's army near Khartoum after the Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of the city. Once again it was re-carved - or re-branded - to make a political statement: near the tail of the bush calf Kitchener added the emblem of the British Crown. It was then presented to Queen Victoria. Which conclusion about historical significance can be drawn from this information?
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The carving on the slit drum is representative of British rule over African territories.
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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. What does the suffragette-defaced penny reveal about life in England during that time period?
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that women wanted to change existing laws and gain the right to vote
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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. Why does the author include this description of the penny in beginning of the chapter?
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to make the reader visualize the coin and become interested in learning more about the culturally significant artifact
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Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects. This thinning would materially change the sound of the drum, evidence that although it might continue to be used for its original purpose of music-making or calling people to arms, it would now do so with a different voice. A musical instrument had become a trophy, and the new carvings were in fact branding, a statement of the north's political dominance over Central Africa and of allegiance to Islam.The drum had come to Khartoum at a critical moment in Sudanese history. In an audio version, stressing the word "branding" would do what for the listener?
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emphasize the word's importance and the idea that follows