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Which sentence or phrase most directly supports the topic presented in the heading for this section?

  • In 2018 studies of social media by the Pew Research Center and We Are Social showed that Facebook reigned supreme among social media platforms:
  • 'New media does a lot of things.'
  • As each new avenue of communication opens, the pressure to conduct oneself honestly and ethically grows. (correct)
  • 'Social media relationships operate with the same rules as offline ones.'

    • What idea is the evidence presented in the bulleted list intended to support?

  • More connections between people results in less honesty.
  • Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the world.
  • More connections between people results in more honesty. (correct)
  • Facebook has the highest percentage of users who log on at least once a day.

    • Which sentence best summarizes the second section of the text?

  • This section provides examples of real instances in which misinformation was spread, poses a theory about why it is so common, and offers suggestions about how to minimize its impact. (correct)
  • This section offers readers a glimpse into the reporting and editing process, so that they are able to understand how reporters ensure their news stories minimize bias and avoid conflicts of interest and misinformation.
  • This section uses a meme to give readers who might not know what a meme is an example of the misinformation they might encounter online.
  • This section gives readers a comprehensive list focused solely on how to combat misinformation as consumers of daily online news.

    • Which of the following answers best explains why the author included the third section of this article?

    <p>To inform readers about the process behind the other side of the news stories they read daily and connect the idea of misinformation to responsible reporting and editing practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The author shows that the spread of misinformation is a problem mainly by:

    <p>Spreading and describing how easy it is to spread information that is biased or fake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which passage from the text best offers supporting evidence for the correct answer to Question 5?

    <p>The item about the pope and Trump was the most widely shared story on Facebook in the final months of the 2016 presidential campaign. It originated on WTOE5news.com (a self-described 'fantasy news website' whose name sounds like it could be a local television news site) and was picked up by EndingtheFed.com, an anonymously-registered website that had several of the most widely shared items on Facebook during the campaign (all of which were fake).</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which is most likely an opinion of the author of this excerpt?

    <p>Responsible reporters should not publish stories that contain their own biases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The main purpose of the chart is to show—

    <p>How often leading social media platforms are used by social media users.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The main reason the author includes the chart in the essay is to support the point that—

    <p>So many people use Facebook every day that users feel pressured not to lie.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

    <p>In a way she almost took pride in her decision, for it enabled her to seek refuge in a mystery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement best analyzes the theme that is revealed by details like characters' thoughts, setting, and narrator's tone in this passage?

    <p>The story's surprise ending is foreshadowed by the narrator's revelation of Shukumar's secret, which takes readers from the couple's home to a hospital.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What theme is strongly suggested by details like characterization, setting, point of view, and plot events in this passage?

    <p>You cannot hide from the truth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which evidence best supports the answer chosen in Part A?

    <p>He was relieved and yet he was sickened. This was what she'd been trying to tell him for the past four evenings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following options best explains the link between postcolonial literature and the British Empire?

    <p>Both A and B</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The passage below adds to the development of the text mainly by...

    <p>Explaining that the colonies' struggles were far from over once Britain left.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Postmodern literature is best characterized as a(n)...

    <p>Experimental, playful form interested in disrupting boundaries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The passage below adds to the development of the text mainly by...

    <p>Summarizing the origins and concerns of postcolonial literature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What best explains the connection between postcolonial literature and postmodernism?

    <p>Postcolonial literature is sometimes written in a postmodern style.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which selection from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 5?

    <p>As contemporaneous movements, postcolonial literature shares some similarities with postmodernism, and some postcolonial authors write in a postmodern style.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A postcolonial writer might choose to write in English mainly because...

    <p>It allows the writer to reappropriate English.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 7?

    <p>Writing in English, these authors reclaim and define their own identities and tell their own stories, from their perspectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the description of Bryan in the first paragraph add to the development of Shadia?

    <p>It explains her religious views.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the following lines from the text most likely reveal about Shadia's relationship with Fareed?

    <p>Shadia and Fareed do not have common morals and beliefs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Museum is told in the tense, from a(n) point of view.

    <p>Past; third-person</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the story best supports the idea that Shadia is interested in Bryan?

    <p>Shaida looked at Bryan and he was different, different without the earring and the ponytail, transformed in some way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following inferences about Shadia is best supported by the text?

    <p>Shadia feels pressured to follow tradition and marry Fareed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

    <p>'You are a lucky, lucky girl,' her mother had said, and Shadia had rubbed soap in her eyes so that Fareed would think she was weeping about his father's death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following inferences about Bryan is best supported by the text?

    <p>Bryan wants to impress Shadia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

    <p>He lifted his hand to his ear and tugged the earring off.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following inferences about the narrator, Nwoye, is best supported by the story's first paragraph?

    <p>He believes that superstitions are seen as a sign of intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Ghosts' is told in the tense, from a point of view.

    <p>Past; first-person</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on the passage, Nyerere is most likely...

    <p>A radical philosopher.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement about Nwoye is best supported by the following passage?

    <p>His dead wife's visits gave him the faith that most people seek at church.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which inference is best supported by the following passage?

    <p>Nwoye thinks that the war didn't really matter in the end.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which line from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 5?

    <p>Perhaps nothing would have changed even if we had won.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best summarizes Nwoye's attitude in the passage?

    <p>Nwoye maintains a calm, philosophical attitude about the fallout of the civil war in Nigeria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these options are correct? (Select all that apply)

    <p>Nwoye has not thought of Josephat with anything but contempt in a long time, and is surprised to remember him from long before.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the passage most strongly supports the answer to the question about Nwoye's feelings towards Josephat?

    <p>I felt a strange gratitude that Ikenna's memories were frozen at a time when I still thought Josephat to be a man of integrity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these quotes mainly reflects Shoba and Shukumar's estrangement?

    <p>All of the above quotes reflect their estrangement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage?

    <p>Shukumar realizes how much his relationship with Shoba has changed, but he is anxious to rekindle their love.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The passage below mainly shows that before the loss of their baby, Shoba was the type to prepare for surprises, good and bad.

    <p>Shoba tried to plan ahead and be prepared.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these inferences is best supported by the final paragraph in the story?

    <p>Turning the lights off has allowed the couple to feel vulnerable again and express their grief.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best explains why Shukumar remembers his cab ride to the airport so vividly?

    <p>It was the first time that Shukumar felt excited about the future aspects of parenthood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer regarding Shukumar's reflections?

    <p>Once, these images of parenthood had troubled Shukumar, adding to his anxiety that he was still a student at thirty-five. But that early autumn morning, the trees still heavy with bronze leaves, he welcomed the image for the first time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of these statements best explains Shoba's relief that she didn't know her baby's gender when it died?

    <p>It gives her comfort that she could not fully envision, in specific detail, the baby that she lost.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer regarding Shoba's relief?

    <p>In a way she almost took pride in her decision, for it enabled her to seek refuge in a mystery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which inference about the narrator is best supported by the opening line of the text?

    <p>She is frustrated by the seeming lack of awareness of her audience.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    As described by the narrator, the past actions taken by the 'you' of the text could best be described as:

    <p>Brutal exploitation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements best characterizes the narrator's views on capitalism?

    <p>Capitalism is a rigged system that has been used to exploit people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which excerpt from the text best supports the correct answer regarding the narrator's views on capitalism?

    <p>Well, it's because we, for as long as we have known you, were capital, like bales of cotton and sacks of sugar...</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Counterpoint author argues that most people don't believe in the honesty of social media-based relationships mainly because:

    <p>They romanticize the old ways, and are unwilling to accept that technology is changing the way our species interacts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on the passage, the Counterpoint author most likely believes that PostSecret allows people to anonymously share their secrets, which helps both those who send in the secrets and those who read them on social media platform.

    <p>Anonymity on social media does not always result in harmful deceit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which idea is best supported by both Point and Counterpoint texts?

    <p>As usage of social media platforms increases, the nature of human relationships is evolving.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Point author most likely included the following passage to:

    <p>Prove that deception is commonplace on social media, even if much of it is small and most people aren't fully masquerading as someone else.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following selections best states a central idea of the Point essay?

    <p>Being in charge of how people will perceive us online, combined with the assumption that others are lying, causes us to lie on social media more than we do in our face-to-face lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following selections best states a central idea of the Counterpoint essay?

    <p>Social media, by virtue of the number of people who could be looking in and verifying facts, encourages users to avoid deception.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement from the Counterpoint essay most strongly supports the correct answer regarding the nature of social media?

    <p>As each new avenue of communication opens, the pressure to conduct oneself honestly and ethically grows. These connections and exchanges—and their visibility to others—affect our behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which inference is best supported by this paragraph?

    <p>The narrator loves Nigeria despite its problems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which evidence from the paragraph best supports the answer regarding the narrator's love for Nigeria?

    <p>...I will be forced to live a life cushioned by so much convenience that it is sterile.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Key Quotes and Themes in Literature

    • Characters grappling with secrets and their impacts on relationships.
    • Shoba’s relief in not knowing her baby's gender is a significant emotional element.
    • The narrative perspective shifts illuminate crucial themes of truth and revelation in marital conflicts.

    Postcolonial Literature Insights

    • Postcolonial literature directly addresses the legacy of British colonization.
    • Revelations about the struggles faced by newly independent nations post-colonization.
    • The relationship between postcolonial literature and postmodernism; both address colonial impacts, but the former often incorporates a postmodern style.

    Character Development and Relationships

    • Shadia's observations on Bryan highlight cultural differences and personal adjustments to a new environment.
    • The contrast between Shadia and Fareed illuminates differing morals and expectations, particularly regarding marriage traditions.
    • Nwoye's character reflects complex relationships with his past and societal beliefs, especially concerning superstitions and heritage.

    Narrative Techniques and Perspectives

    • Third-person limited points of view deepen understanding of character emotions and conflicts.
    • The descriptions of settings and characters serve to enhance thematic elements of identity and colonial legacy.
    • Flashbacks and changes in narrative perspective are strategically used to build tension and reveal critical secrets in character arcs.

    Important Contextual Themes

    • Ethnic tensions resulting from arbitrary colonial borders emphasize the fragility of nationhood.
    • Postcolonial writers confront themes of identity, racism, and cultural dominance often through the reappropriation of language.
    • The evolving understanding of character identities through their interactions reflects broader social and cultural shifts, especially in postcolonial contexts.### Estrangement of Shoba and Shukumar
    • Their relationship has declined to the point of avoidance, with each spending time on different floors of their home.
    • Shukumar strategically positioned his desk in a room Shoba avoids, highlighting their separation.
    • Communication has become a struggle, with Shukumar feeling compelled to find engaging topics just to capture Shoba's attention.

    Shukumar's Reflection on the Past

    • Shukumar longs for the connection they once had, reminiscing about when Shoba was bold and hopeful.
    • The couple has stopped participating in social activities together and avoids being photographed, indicating their emotional distance.
    • The memories of Shoba during her pregnancy weigh heavily on Shukumar, evoking feelings of loss and nostalgia.

    Shoba's Planning Nature

    • Shoba's preparedness for life's surprises is evident in her habits, such as buying items in doubles and stocking the pantry extensively.
    • Unlike Shukumar's mother, Shoba maintains her composure and practical thinking in the face of life's challenges.

    Vulnerability Through Darkness

    • Shukumar and Shoba’s act of turning off the lights symbolizes their shared vulnerability and acknowledgment of grief.
    • Their combined weeping suggests an emotional breakthrough, indicating a moment of connection amid their sorrow.

    Shukumar's Anticipation for Parenthood

    • A potent memory of him taking a cab to the airport signifies a pivotal moment of hope regarding future parenthood.
    • Shukumar recalls feeling excited about the anticipation of having children during that trip, marking a contrast to his later sorrow.

    Shoba's Relief About Gender Ignorance

    • Shoba finds solace in not knowing the gender of the baby they lost, as it helps shield her from deeper emotional pain.
    • She appreciates the ambiguity surrounding their loss, which allows her to grieve without a specific attachment.

    Narrator's Frustration with the Audience

    • The narrator expresses frustration over their audience's lack of awareness regarding societal issues, particularly in the context of exploitation.
    • The memories of brutal exploitation encapsulate the narrator's critical view of the past actions that have negatively impacted her community.

    Critique of Capitalism

    • The narrator views capitalism as a rigged system that exploits individuals, noting a lack of genuine benefit for the majority.
    • The reference to Swiss banks serves to underscore a critique of the wealthy and powerful who embezzle resources.

    Social Media Relationships

    • Skepticism regarding the authenticity of online relationships stems from a romanticization of traditional social interactions.
    • Anecdotes about personal experiences illustrate the prevalence of deception facilitated by selective digital presentations.

    Anonymity and Honesty Online

    • The notion that anonymity can foster honest sharing contrasts with assumptions of deceit in online forums.
    • PostSecret exemplifies how sharing secrets helps create connections, thereby mitigating the potential harm of anonymity.

    Central Ideas in Essays

    • The Point and Counterpoint essays reflect insights about the evolution of human relationships and honesty within social media.
    • A mutual recognition of the changing dynamics in interpersonal communication suggests ongoing adaptation to technology's impact.

    Importance of Responsible Reporting

    • The articles emphasize the significant role of responsible journalism in mitigating misinformation while enhancing public understanding.
    • Misinformation's pervasive nature necessitates a careful approach to both information consumption and dissemination.### Misinformation and Social Media
    • Misinformation is often created or shared to incite chaos, troll individuals, or gain social media recognition through likes and shares.
    • The prevalence of social media status updates is staggering, with around 1 billion posts made daily on Facebook alone.
    • An individual would need 11,574 days (approximately 32 years) to read all posts from just one day on Facebook, highlighting the sheer volume of content.

    Case Study: The Pope and Trump Misinformation

    • The most widely shared story in the final months of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign involved a fabricated story about the pope and Donald Trump.
    • This story originated from WTOE5news.com, labelled as a "fantasy news website" and gained traction via EndingtheFed.com, an anonymous site known for disseminating fake news.

    Impact of Misinformation

    • Misinformation can spread due to innocent errors, humor, profit motives, or purposeful distortion for political agendas.
    • Such inaccuracies result in tangible consequences, including the development of misguided beliefs, erosion of trust in institutions, and harmful actions taken by individuals based on falsehoods.

    Implications for Media Reporting

    • It is argued that responsible journalism should filter out biases to ensure credibility and truthfulness in reporting.
    • Misinformation's widespread impact poses a serious threat to societal cohesion and trust.

    Social Media Usage and Misinformation

    • An emphasis is placed on how frequently leading social media platforms are utilized, with a heavy reliance on platforms like Facebook and Snapchat.
    • The pressure of daily use may influence user behavior, with the notion that high visibility could deter dishonesty among users.

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