People value life more when they realize they are not immortal.
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What moral question does the presence of robots and cyborgs in science fiction most often inspire
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what is the difference between humans and machines?
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How does Vonnegut most clearly create irony in his story Harrison Bergeron
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George thinks of his son's arrest but doesn't recognize him on the TV screen.
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In exhalation what is the inscription hypothesis
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The belief that memory is recorded as writing in the brain
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How does Bradbury create irony in his story the pedestrian
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Mead goes to a psychiatric center for participating in a ordinary activity (apex)
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Which technology was originally predicted by a science fiction writer
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There are lots of such technologies. Here are two examples: * Something very similar to cell phones appears in Star Trek. I am not sure which writer thought about that, though. * Robert Heinlein invented a water bed, but never patented it.
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Why does Postman compare watching TV to a game of peek-a-boo
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Because each is entertainiAPEXA
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Which is a main idea in ted chiang's exhalation
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The power of the scientific method
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What reason do people in exhalation initially give for the discrepancy between the clock and the town criers
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The clocks malfunctioning
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How does the narrator and exhalation most clearly change from the beginning to the end of the story
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at the story’s beginning , he is a methodical thinker , but by the end , he becomes more introspective
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Which sentence is an example of chronological structure in The City Without Us
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After 20 years, rusted beams in buildings will cause them to start collapsing.
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What is the subject matter of the story Exhalation
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brain dissection
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How does the narrator most clearly change from the beginning to the end of the story
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By the end of the story, he is more philosophical than scientific.
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Which story element most clearly categorizes Exhalation as a work of science fiction
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Its mechanical characters
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What idea is the narrator in Exhalation most clearly promoting to the reader
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The importance of seeing beauty in mere existence.
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What is one main idea in ted chiangs exhalation
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The power of the scientific method.
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In "The Pedestrian", what idea mostly clearly indicates that mead is an unusual person in his society
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his choice of walking for enjoyment
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he dont have a TV
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Which statement best describes the effect of word choice on the tone of the excerpt
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words like “violence“ and “bloodshed” give the excerpt a threatening tone
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Which is most clearly a theme of exhalation
People value life more when they realize they are not immortal.
What moral question does the presence of robots and cyborgs in science fiction most often inspire
what is the difference between humans and machines?
How does Vonnegut most clearly create irony in his story Harrison Bergeron
George thinks of his son's arrest but doesn't recognize him on the TV screen.
In exhalation what is the inscription hypothesis
The belief that memory is recorded as writing in the brain
How does Bradbury create irony in his story the pedestrian
Mead goes to a psychiatric center for participating in a ordinary activity (apex)
Which technology was originally predicted by a science fiction writer
There are lots of such technologies. Here are two examples: * Something very similar to cell phones appears in Star Trek. I am not sure which writer thought about that, though. * Robert Heinlein invented a water bed, but never patented it.
Why does Postman compare watching TV to a game of peek-a-boo
Because each is entertainiAPEXA
Which is a main idea in ted chiang's exhalation
The power of the scientific method
What reason do people in exhalation initially give for the discrepancy between the clock and the town criers
The clocks malfunctioning
(apex)
How does the narrator and exhalation most clearly change from the beginning to the end of the story
at the story’s beginning , he is a methodical thinker , but by the end , he becomes more introspective
Which sentence is an example of chronological structure in The City Without Us
After 20 years, rusted beams in buildings will cause them to start collapsing.
What is the subject matter of the story Exhalation
brain dissection
How does the narrator most clearly change from the beginning to the end of the story
By the end of the story, he is more philosophical than scientific.
Which story element most clearly categorizes Exhalation as a work of science fiction
Its mechanical characters
What idea is the narrator in Exhalation most clearly promoting to the reader
The importance of seeing beauty in mere existence.
What is one main idea in ted chiangs exhalation
The power of the scientific method.
In "The Pedestrian", what idea mostly clearly indicates that mead is an unusual person in his society
his choice of walking for enjoyment
or
he dont have a TV
Which statement best describes the effect of word choice on the tone of the excerpt
words like “violence“ and “bloodshed” give the excerpt a threatening tone