Exit Ticket: Ada and the Thinking Machines

Words that include the Latin root -vis- refer to which of the senses?

• sight

• hearing

• taste

• smell

Read the passage from “Ada and the Thinking Machines.” Then she [Ada] leaped ahead of Babbage … She envisioned all kinds of uses, from writing new music to figuring out how much fabric to buy for a gown. Use your knowledge of the Latin root -vis- to choose the most likely meaning of the word envisioned in the passage.

• made predictions about something

• wrote vivid descriptions of something

• drew up plans for something

• pictured in her mind something that did not yet exist

Suppose you are writing a story about a wristband that can keep other people from seeing you. Which of the following words best names the power in that wristband?

• invisibility

• advisability

• revisionism

• visualization

What is the main difference between print features and graphic features?

• Print features usually have far fewer words than graphic features do.

• Print features are more helpful to the reader than graphic features are.

• Print features add information to a text; graphic features do not.

• Print features are mainly verbal; graphic features are mainly visual.

“Ada and the Thinking Machines” includes a pair of portraits with this caption: “Ada’s parents, Annabella and the poet Lord Byron, had a short and unhappy marriage. Byron’s temper and need for excitement dismayed Annabella, and her prim ways drove him crazy.” Which of the following most clearly explains the purpose(s) of the caption?

• It identifies the people in the portraits and explains why Ada Lovelace knew only one of them.

• It provides information about Ada Lovelace’s parents and family life.

• It reveals that Ada Lovelace’s father was a nobleman.

• It shows what two important people in Ada Lovelace’s life looked like.

Suppose a science article about radiation includes these subheads: What Is Radiation?, The Discovery of Radiation, Types of Radiation, Uses of Radiation Today. Under which subhead would you be most likely to find information about the role of radiation in medical research?

• What Is Radiation?

• Types of Radiation

• The Discovery of Radiation

• Uses of Radiation Today

Which of these words is a conjunctive adverb?

• unless

• however

• but

• either

Read this pair of sentences from “Ada and the Thinking Machines.” By the age of eight, she was in love with numbers. Equations and calculations became her delight, and she read all the latest news in science. Which of the following conjunctive adverbs would make the most sense if added to the beginning of the second sentence? What punctuation should follow the conjunctive adverb?

• comparatively, a comma

• however, a period

• indeed, a comma

• meanwhile, a semicolon

Which sentence correctly uses punctuation and a conjunctive adverb to show cause and effect?

• Storms blew into the area; indeed, the soccer game was rescheduled.

• Storms blew into the area; likewise, the soccer game was rescheduled.

• Storms blew into the area; consequently, the soccer game was rescheduled.

• Storms blew into the area; additionally, the soccer game was rescheduled.