Unit 4 Informational and Argumentative Study Guide

Which sentence from the passage supports the following conclusion?

The 3–D glasses on your face are making everything appear realistic.

• 3–D movies have been around longer than you may think.

• Why is it that we humans like to alter what our bodies do naturally?

• A big bug with wings just flew past your face, and you quickly swat it away...

The author concludes that 3–D movies are exciting partly because they cause viewers to feel a sense of danger.  Which details from the text best support this conclusion?  Select two options.

• When you take off the glasses, the pictures become blurry because your eyes aren't working together anymore.

•  It's dark and chilly, but you're sweating with fear.

• You chuckle as you see others ducking to avoid the virtual bugs.

• Why do we humans like to play with our natural reactions? Maybe it's because it feels exciting or because it gives us a sense of control over how we react to the world.

Read the sentences.

You chuckle as you see others ducking to avoid the virtual bugs. You wonder who came up with this kind of entertainment.

What does the information presented in the text reveal about the author's purpose?

• The author wants the reader to wonder how 3–D movies came about in case the reader was not already wondering that.

• The author wants the reader to do some research to find out who may have started this form of entertainment.

• The author wants the reader to laugh at the thought of seeing moviegoers ducking to avoid approaching insects.

• The author wants the reader to focus on a topic other than insects in case the thought of insects makes the reader feel uncomfortable.

Which statement from the passage is persuasive?

• That is why you reach out and try to fend off the huge winged insect....

• Your eyes process the two images, but independently of one another.

• It must be that it produces a feeling of adventure or daring.

• 
  3–D movies have been around longer than you may think.

A book on which topic would be most related to the main idea of this passage?

• A movie history

• Insect worms

• 3-D Glasses

• School history

Read the following notes taken by a student reading "Experiencing Reality"

Which of the student's notes is incorrect?

1. The first 3-D film was made in 1950.
2. 3-D films actually have two images.
3. 3-D glasses make your eyes process the two images separately

• 1

• 2

• 3

• None of the above

Which statement from the text is not supported?

• We, the students of Eighth Street Middle School, are concerned about the decision to remove the three trees that are in front of the school.

• When they think of Eighth Street Middle School, they always remember the trees.

• The trees shade the classrooms from the Sun.

• The trees were also there when some of our parents went to this school.

The author of the letter states the following conclusion.

If you let them cut down the trees, it will destroy our families' memories.

Why is it appropriate for the author to state this conclusion?

• It tells the principal the facts that explain what would happen without the trees.

• 
  It is used to make the principal think about how others might feel about the trees.

• It shows the principal what the school would look like without the trees.

• 
  It explains the author's opinion, which should not be used in this type of letter.

Which statement from the passage is used as a form of propaganda in support of saving the trees?

• Our school windows face south...

• ...it would save money because we don't use the air conditioner a lot during the hot months.

• All three of the trees have been in front of the school since the 1950's.

• 
  ...it will destroy our families' memories.

How is the narrator's point of view that people have an emotional connection to the trees developed in the letter?

• The size and beauty of the trees are mentioned.

• The shade provided by the trees is mentioned.

• The parents of the speakers are mentioned.

• The cost of air conditioning is mentioned.