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Paragraph Response  Write unified paragraph(s) for each of the following statements. Marks will be assigned in the Communication/Application/Knowledge and Understanding achievement categories. NOTE: Your answers will be assessed, in part, for spelling, punctuation, sentence structure etc. Proofread your answer carefully.

 In the line “and stand poised ready to plunge headfirst”, poised means:

“The shock of falling in was so great she didn’t even register the near- freezing coldness of it.” Register means:

How are people’s bodies often portrayed in the media? How can this be harmful? How is media shifting to be more inclusive? Please answer in one well written paragraph. 

Instructions For Exam Part One Attached is the short story “Not Ever Again” written by Karleen Bradford.  Please read this story and then answer the following questions referring directly to the sight passage “Not Ever Again” as support for your answers. Not Ever Again Short Story 2P exam.pdf

The woods, the lake, and the absence of other people are all part of the

“Three, four times she went down. Each time she looked up at the clear    green underside of the ice…she had to struggle so hard to reach it…”      This sentence describes what type of conflict?

Which one of the following thoughts DOES NOT go through Sonia’s mind while she is drowning?

6. How would you gather your data which could address your research question? Explain your research design in this answer. Don’t forget to mention if your data are qualitative or quantitative. Example: I’d identify students from several school districts whose parents would sign informed consent waivers and report their child’s time spent on YouTube kids weekly, per phone/tablet/account tracking, over a one year period. Number of disciplinary infractions at school would also be gathered weekly to look for correlations in data. This quantitative data could also be supplemented with qualitative interviews with teachers and school administrators to better understand the nature of the infractions. At the end of the year, any potential correlations could be identified, and a further study with an experimental design to test causality would be proposed. 

4. Look at your research question from #3 and tell me which variable is your independent variable and which variable is your dependent variable.