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1. Identify What is the central idea thd li
essay? What key points support that central idea?
2. Summarize Why is using our five senses to understand the more complicated
aspects of the world around us a problem, according to the author?
3. Interpret The author says, "we register the world's stimuli in logarithmic rather
than linear increments." In your own words, explain what he means.
4. Analyze The author provides a brief explanation and discussion of
parapsychology. Although it may seem like a digression, it serves his larger
purpose. What function does this discussion serve?
5. Synthesize Why does the author begin the essay with a quotation by Edwin
P. Hubble and then later suggest a revision of the quotation? How do the two
versions of the quotation help shape and refine the essay's central idea?
6. Interpret Tyson writes, "In modern times, if the sole measure of what's out there
flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you." Explain what he
means by this statement.

Check your knowledge of dialects. read the following prompt and decide what is being described. then find the words that exist in various dialects to name the object. select all that apply. the container that most stores put purchases into is called a bag box sack knapsack

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

What human capital are students acquiring when they take a robotics , an honors class divided into teams for tool acquisition , design , and public relations?