Part A Which statement is a main idea of “Dorothy Vaughan Biography”?

A. She helps write a manual about how machines do math.

B. Dorothy works equally with white and African-American women throughout her career.

C. She was a high school educator before joining NACA.

D. Dorothy deserves credit as a pioneer for her accomplishments at NASA.

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A. “Vaughan came to the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in 1943...leaving her position as the math teacher…”

B. “…she collaborated with other well-known (white) computers...on projects such as compiling a handbook for algebraic methods for calculating machines.”

C. “Dorothy Vaughan was assigned to the segregated West Area Computing unit, an all-black group of female mathematicians."

D. “…Vaughan was both a respected mathematician and NASA's first African-American manager.”

answer: life tends to copy things that already exists rather than taking old ides and making it into something new

explanation:

god

explanation:

which of the following statements about considering your audience and purpose is false?

you should think about what your audience already knows about your topic.- first choice

32.how is the rhythm in a lyric poem created?

by stressing certain words or syllables- first choice

33. which of the following describes an elegy?

a poem expressing sorrow for someone who has died- third choice

34.how does the audience know that the play is moving on to a new scene?

the scenery, lighting, and props change.-last choice

35. the internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer systems all over the world.- third choice

36. which of the topic sentences below best states the paragraph’s main idea?

there are several ways for students to earn money.- third choice

37.what tone does this passage convey?

satirical- third choice

38.what point is he trying to make by wearing the veil for most of his life?

he means to show that everyone, not just he, has experienced sin and sorrow and should therefore try not to hide it from others or from god.- first choice

39.based on the sentence’s context clues, how do you think the character feels?

excited- third choice

40.what tone does this passage convey?

pessimistic- second choice