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    Anton Horvath O' Connor Honors English 9 28 April 2016. Activity 8: Noticing Language Change the forms of the vocabulary words. Answer the following questions: 1. What is the author's apparent main purpose? 2. What clues indicate this purpose?

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    Anton Horvath O' Connor Honors English 9 28 April 2016. Activity 8: Noticing Language Change the forms of the vocabulary words. Answer the following questions: 1. What is the author's apparent main purpose? 2. What clues indicate this purpose?

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    Anton Horvath O' Connor Honors English 9 28 April 2016. Activity 8: Noticing Language Change the forms of the vocabulary words. Answer the following questions: 1. What is the author's apparent main purpose? 2. What clues indicate this purpose?

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    Activity8:NoticingLanguage

    Changetheformsofthevocabularywordstocompletethetable.

    Ifnoformofthewordexiststofillaparticularslot,putanXinthatbox.Thefirstrowhasbeen
    completedforyouasanexample.

    NOUN

    VERB

    ADJECTIVE

    ADVERB

    (amelioration/amelior
    ator)

    ameliorate

    (ameliorative/amelior
    atory)

    X(possibly
    amelioratively...)

    aptitude

    Apt

    Aptly

    consciousness

    Conscious

    Consciously

    depression

    depress

    depressive

    Depressively

    Discrimination

    discriminate

    discriminate

    discriminately

    Inevitability

    inevitable

    Inevitably

    Inherence

    Inhere

    inherent

    inherently

    Innateness

    Innate

    innate

    Innately

    Salience

    salient

    Saliently

    society

    societal

    societally

    stereotype

    stereotype

    stereotypical

    Stereotypically

    http://www.merriamwebster
    .com/dictionary/ameliorate

    Activity9:AnnotatingandQuestioningtheText

    1.Labelthefollowingpointsinthelefthandmargin:

    Introduction

    Issueorproblembeingaddressed

    Authorsownpoints

    Pointstheauthorcitesfromothers(scholars,research)

    Conclusion

    2.Writeintherighthandmarginyourreactionstowhattheauthorissaying.

    Personalconnectionsthatsupportorrefutetheauthorspoints

    Reflectionsonthequalityoftheevidenceorexamples

    Questionsabouttheauthorsideasorassumptions

    Questionsaboutmissingperspectives

    Challengestotheauthorsinferencesorconclusions

    Now,answerthefollowingquestions:

    1.Whatistheauthorsapparentmainpurpose?
    Theauthorsmainpurposeistoprovidealotofinformationandclarityastowhatthe
    topicofstereotypethreatandtheracesandgendersthataffectedofitactuallyare.He
    wantstobringawarenesstothevictimsofthisideainsociety.
    2.Whatcluesindicatethispurpose?
    Cluesthatindicatethismainpurposeincludethefirstexperimentwritteninthearticle
    thatdiscusseslowertestingscoresofAfricanAmericanswhenquestionedbythe
    oppositerace.Anotherclueisthatwomenandminoritiesarewrittentooutperformwhen
    thereisnostereotypethreatpresentintheenvironment.Thesetwoexampleswrittenin
    thearticlegivehinttothelargerpictureofwhathispurposeisabout.
    3.Whatotherpurposesdoyouseetheauthorpursuing?
    OtherpurposesIseetheauthorpursuingincludeinaccuratetestingandpredictionsof
    womenandminorityabilitiesandskills.Theyareunfairlyjudgedbasedonaninaccurate
    testandnotreflectingtruepotential.Theauthor,however,seemstostickwiththetopic
    ormainpurposeformostofthearticle.
    4.Whatcluessuggesttheseotherpurposes?
    CluesthatsuggesttheinaccuratetestingincludelinefifteenofthearticlewhereSpencer
    discussesjusthowmisrepresentativetheyare.Itbringsreaderstothesurfaceofthe
    entirescenarioofpoorlyweightedtestsandhowmuchtheyshouldcountforpotential
    andfuturebusinessandcareers.Asmentionedbefore,theauthormakessuretostick
    withhismainpurposeofthearticlewithouthintingofmuchelse.

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