1. based on your reading of the following passage and the author's use of the words regal, princeliness, and nobility in conjunction with his description of nelson mandela, what do you think mandela looked like when he emerged from his long prison stay?

i wonder if my children will remember when their mother and i woke them up early on a sunday morning, just to watch nelson mandela walk out of prison, and how it took a couple of hours for him to emerge, and how they both wanted to go back to bed and, then, to watch cartoons? and how we began to worry that something bad had happened to him on the way out, because the delay was so long? and how, when he finally walked out of that prison, we were so excited and teary-eyed at mandela's nobility, his princeliness, his straight back and unbowed head? i think i felt that there walked the negro, as pop might have said; there walked the whole of the african people, as regal as any king. and that feeling i had, that gooseflesh sense of identity that i felt at seeing nelson mandela, listening to mahalia jackson sing, watching muhammad ali fight, or hearing martin luther king speak, is part of what i mean by being colored.

work cited:

gates, henry louis jr. “on honoring blackness.” american enterprise 6.5 (sept/oct. 1995): 49.

he looked tearful.
he looked like he had been beaten many times.
he carried himself with great dignity.
he looked sad.
2.
read the following passage from “the world of doublespeak” by william lutz and note the bolded word.

doublespeak is language that pretends to communicate but really doesn't. it is language that makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive or at least tolerable. doublespeak is language that avoids or shifts responsibility, language that is at variance with its real or purported meaning. it is language that conceals or prevents thought; rather than extending thought, doublespeak limits it.

work cited:

lutz, william. “the world of doublespeak.” doublespeak. new york: harper perennial, 1989. print.

by using context clues, what do you think tolerable means?

the ability to be tolled or taxed
the ability to communicate
the ability to avoid responsibility
the ability to be endured
3. by using your knowledge of context clues, what do you think esoteric means in the following passage?

but jargon, like the euphemism, can also be doublespeak. it can be — and often is — pretentious, obscure, and esoteric terminology used to give an air of profundity, authority, and prestige to speakers and their subject matter. jargon as doublespeak often makes the simple appear complex, the ordinary profound, the obvious insightful. in this sense it is used not to express but impress.

work cited:

lutz, william. “the world of doublespeak.” doublespeak. new york: harper perennial, 1989. print.

related to the earth
simplistic
known by a small group
related to being outside
4. by using your knowledge of context clues, what do you think gumption means in the following passage?

closer examination, however, finds the mcdonald's kind of job highly uneducational in several ways. far from providing opportunities for entrepreneurship (the lemonade stand) or self- discipline, self-supervision, and self-scheduling (the paper route), most teen jobs these days are highly structured — what social scientists call “highly routinized.”

true, you still have to have the gumption to get yourself over to the hamburger stand, but once you don the prescribed uniform, your task is spelled out in minute detail.

work cited:

etzioni, amitai. “working at mcdonald's.” the miami herald. 24 aug. 1986. web.

a. initiative
b. structure
c. entrepreneurial sense
d. uneducational

Use context, including antonyms, to determine the meaning of the word hysterical as it is used in fahrenheit 451. write your definition of hysterical here.

Acommunity park it was friday, and as she walked home from school, samara thought about what she would do that weekend. everyone would be at the fund-raiser for new sports equipment at the high school on saturday. as she was trying to remember if any good movies were coming out this weekend, she noticed a group of kids playing tag. samara thought they looked comical running around in circles on a small plot of land between two houses. “well, they certainly seem happy,” thought samara as the light turned and she crossed the street. on the opposite side of cherry street, samara saw mr. peters sitting on a bench. he was reading his newspaper as the heavy traffic of the town’s main thoroughfare whizzed by him. she wondered how he could concentrate. later, as she took the last turn onto her street, samara saw her neighbor planting her annual vegetable garden. every year, mrs. yang grew eggplant, cucumbers, and bok choy, because that’s all she had room for. “the garden looks good so far, mrs. yang,” samara called. “ you, dear,” mrs. yang said. “you know, if i had room, i would plant enough vegetables to feed the entire neighborhood! my mother had a garden that was one square acre when i was a little girl in korea.” as samara nodded and waved goodbye, she started thinking about what she had seen on her walk home that day. she realized that pine grove did not have any open public spaces where everyone could go to relax and enjoy nature. the only unused space was a vacated plot on cedar avenue that was completely overgrown. suddenly, samara had a great idea. she decided to spend her summer campaigning for a new community park. the only problem was that she had no idea where to start. that evening, she went to the library and learned about what she would need to do in order to get the idea in front of the town zoning board. it was all a little intimidating, but wanda, the reference librarian, samara break it down into manageable steps. when samara mentioned the cedar avenue plot, wanda’s eyes lit up. “that is a perfect spot,” wanda said. “it’s right in the middle of town, and better yet, the town owns it.” samara spent many afternoons over the next few weeks at the library with wanda and a few other librarians drawing up a detailed plan to present to town officials. samara and the librarians even planned and priced out irrigation necessary for the area that was designated as a garden. when the day of the zoning board meeting arrived, samara felt nervous, but wanda and the other librarians were there for moral support. samara thought she at least sounded confident as she presented her idea to the board. when she finished her presentation, she was ready to wait patiently for an answer; wanda told her that this kind of decision might take weeks, so samara was surprised when the board members asked her to stay while they deliberated. the president of the board explained that samara’s presentation had been the last order of business for the day, and he wanted his board to be able to agree on one thing before they left. after about 15 minutes, samara was informed that the community park had been approved. samara had been telling her neighbors and friends about the park from the moment she thought of it, and it seemed as though everyone wanted to be a part of making her vision a reality. as soon as her idea was approved, samara called a meeting for anyone interested in collaborating. at the meeting, residents voted on what would be included on the land: a playset for young children and one for older children, a swing set, several park benches, and a dog run. it was also decided that there would be a cooperative organic vegetable garden and an herb garden at the north end of the park. residents agreed that mrs. yang would manage the gardens. at wanda’s suggestion, samara asked a representative from a nearby horticultural society to come and advise the group on the design of the park, the best native shrubs to plant, and where to put them. samara also asked local businesses to sponsor the park by the square foot so that the community would be able to afford equipment and plants. surprised by the response, samara went to the bank to open an account where the surplus would be saved for next spring. in a few weeks’ time, the space had been cleared and residents were beginning to roll out sod and plant small vegetable plants and summer flowers. by midsummer, the community was able to enjoy the new, peaceful space. samara was happy to have been part of creating not only a beautiful space, but a common area where residents could come together. which conclusions can be drawn from the last paragraph of this story? select each correct answer. a.wanda is eager to begin gardening with samara and mrs.yang. b.samara's family proudly joins the park staff. c.samara feels a sense of accomplishment. d.samara will run a workshop for less-experienced gardeners. e.business owners in pine grove support its beautification.

Shawn is a 55-year-old man. what health screening will his healthcare provider most likely recommend that shawn receive? a. blood test for anemia b. vision test c. mammography for breast cancer d. prostate exam e. immunization for pertussis