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Exercise 5

1.    Does this passage give you information about Eleanor Roosevelt’s childhood?
2.    What is most of this passage about?
3.    Does this passage give a positive or negative impression of Mrs. Roosevelt? How can you tell?
4.    What did Mrs. Roosevelt feel was greatest accomplishment?
5.    What can you tell about Mrs. Roosevelt as a person?
Answer :
1.    No, it doesn’t.
2.    It is most about Mrs. Roosevelt’s career accomplishment track, especially in human rights and politics.
3.    I think it gives a positive impression of Mrs. Roosevelt. We can know it by analyzing the main idea in each paragraph which mentions her great role and accomplishment for people.
4.    By getting it, she feels having a duty as one of ambassador for the common man and woman.
5.    According to me, she can be an aspirator for another. People can learn her behaviors, life-striving and accomplishments.

Exercise 6

1.    What information does the encyclopedia entry add to what you already know about Mrs. Roosevelt?
2.    In which ways are two passages similar? In which ways are they different?
3.    If you were writing a report on Mrs. Roosevelt’s life, which source would be more useful, the web page or the encyclopedia entry? Why?
4.    If you were writing a report about the United Nations, which source would be more useful, the web page or the encyclopedia entry? Why?
5.    Which is easier to skim, the web page or the encyclopedia entry? Why?
Answer:
1.    It adds Mrs. Roosevelt’s life journey, political activities, contributions, and achievements especially in human rights.
2.    »The two passages have similarity in the general information about Mrs. Roosevelt’s life history and contributions.
        »The two passages have difference in how to present the information about Mrs. Roosevelt. In first passage, the information was arranged in article form that looks like a story and can be expressed more flexible. In other hand, the second one was arranged in pointing form (giving bolded subtitle in front of paragraph and exposing just the most Mrs. Roosevelt’s data).
3.    If I were writing a report on Mrs. Roosevelt’s life, I will choose web page because I can make it more interesting by arranging it freely likes as a short story, without changing the real data.
4.    If I were writing a report about United Nations, I will choose encyclopedia entry because it contains more points and fact information.
5.    In my opinion, it’s easier to skim encyclopedia entry because we can quickly find the general ideas in the bolded subtitles.