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English 11A Final Exam Questions AndAnswers
1A) Which statement best expresses how the author
achieves a particular purpose in paragraphs 5 and 6? -
correct answer The author builds an explanation of the
limitations of a spaceship's speed as a transition to a
description of how warp speed theory works.
1B) Select two details from the passage that together
best support the answer to Part A. - correct answer
"...we could maybe get to 30, 50, or 75 percent of light
speed." (paragraph 6)
"That's assuming the starship itself has to move."
(paragraph 7)
2) Select two statements from paragraphs 8-11 that best
demonstrate how the author uses rhetoric to help readers
better understand the relationship between Einstein's
theory and Alcubierre's discovery. - correct answer
Imagine that the wave carrying the surfboard did not
come from the wind, but instead were generated by a
engine on the surfboard itself, and you'll understand the
concept of warp drive
, English 11A Final Exam Questions And
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Concepts are great, but can we learn to actually squeeze
and stretch space like the Spandex of out workout pants
3A) What does the author mean when he writes that
space is a fabric that's warped by gravity in paragraph 9?
- correct answer Gravity can distort space.
3B) Select the detail from paragraphs 7-10 that best
supports the answer to Part A. - correct answer tiny
area of space in front of a ship could be compressed,
while an area of space behind the ship is expanded
4) Select two central ideas of the article and place them
in the appropriate boxes labeled Central Idea 1 and 2.
Then, match each central idea with the detail from the
article that best supports it. - correct answer Central
Idea 1:
Fiction can persuade people to believe what had seemed
impossible might actually be possible.
Evidence for Central Idea 1:
"...when did warp change from an imaginary technology
to an actual theory studied by real-life scientists?"
(paragraph 8)
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