Avaricious - extreme greed for wealth (wealth representing water in this case ha)
Flimsy - light, weak, unstable
This excerpt is taken from the short story “The Open Window”, written by Saki or also known as H.H. Munro. In his story he ridicules the customs of English society by using chaotic scenes.
Question: How does the author use characterization to create satire?
Answer: He uses the niece’s unexpected lies to highlight flaws in her character and those around her.
The details that support the author's main idea that "In the digital age, we're seeing more sophisticated limbs" are:
1. The thought-controlled bionic leg that Zac Vawter used to climb the floors of Willis Tower.
2. Glen Lehman's nerve-controlled bionic hand.
3. The artificial hand known as i-limb Ultra.
4. Cathy Hutchinson's robotic arm controlled by a device in her brain.
- This question refers to the article "Are Bionic Superhumans on the Horizon?" by Ramez Naam.
- In paragraph 4, the author states that more sophisticated limbs are being developed in this digital age we live in.
- In the following paragraph, he presents details that support that main idea. That is, he gives examples that prove his idea is right and credible.
- He offers four examples of limbs developed through science and technology that gave different people the ability to use their legs, arms, or hands again.
- The four examples or details are:
1. Zac Vawter's thought-controlled bionic leg.
2. Glen Lehman's nerve-controlled bionic hand.
3. The artificial hand known as i-limb Ultra.
4. Cathy Hutchinson's robotic arm.
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Alex Haley's Roots: The Saga of an American Family encouraged black Americans to explore their past and helped to popularize oral history and family history in the United States. His writing reminds us that oral history recording taps into a vast, rich reservoir of oral traditions sustained through family, community and national memories.As a boy, Alex Haley spent his summers on his grandmother's front porch in Henning, Tennessee. listening to her and her sisters tell stories of the family's history back through the days of slavery. The "Furthest–Back person" they spoke of was an ancestor they called "the African," who was kidnapped in his native country, shipped to Annapolis, Maryland, and sold into slavery. He remembered hearing:"Yeah, boy, that African say his name was 'Kin-tay'; he say the banjo was 'ko,' an' the river 'Kamby-Bolong,' an' he was off choppin' some wood to make his drum when they grabbed 'im!"These stories stayed with young Alex throughout his life. And he became obsessed with finding his family's roots in Africa.With the help of some friends and a linguist from West Africa, he learned that some of the words in his grandmother's stories were like Mandinka words (a language spoken by some tribes), and that the river she spoke of as 'Kamby Bolong' was probably the Gambia River. Alex knew that he must get to the Gambia River.With the help of Gambian officials, he learned that a griot, or oral historian, knew the history of a Kin-tay family. Could this be his own family? Alex Haley began his own trip up the Gambia River to find out.
