1a. What does William Clark want placed on all stereo equipment?
2a. What are some temporary changes in hearing?
3a. What are the two factors in hearing damage?
1b. Why do you think he wants this done?
2b. What do these changes signify? What alarm could they send to the person affected by the changes?
3b. Which of the two factors is more damaging? Why?
4a. List possible precautions you can take to preserve good hearing.
4b. If society became as concerned about hearing loss as it is about other issues—such as smoking, drinking, exercise, and diet—how do you think our world might change? What precautions would go into effect?
5a. The warnings in this article are based on facts. Knowing this, why do you think people ignore warnings like these? What does this say about human nature?
5b. If you were writing this article, what additional information would you include? what facts? what precautions? What, if anything, would you omit?
Statistics. How does the use of statistics make the article stronger? How does it make the journalist's argument more valid?
Cause and Effect. What causes are mentioned in this article? what effects?
1. A Surgeon General's Warning is placed on cigarettes because they cause lung cancer. Write a similar type of warning for a rock concert, informing attendees that going to the rock concert could damage their hearing.
2. Write five sentences that include basic statistics about hearing issues.
3. Imagine you manage a large industrial factory, where noise levels are frequently at or near 100 decibels. Create a poster reminding employees to wear their ear plugs.
Using a Thesaurus and a Dictionary. Look up the word noise in a thesaurus. Write down the words you find. Sometimes the words listed have a slightly different meaning from that of what you looked up. Choose five words from your list to look up in the dictionary and write down their definitions.
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Using Cause-and-Effect Language. In the selection you read, the article discussed hearing loss and the events that led up to it—creating a cause and effect relationship. When writing cause-and-effect paragraphs, you might find it useful to use certain linkers, or transitional words and phrases, for the reader to clarify cause-and-effect relationships. These words and phrases include after this, as a result, because, consequently, if/then, in order that, since, so, then, therefore, thus, while. They can help signal a cause-and-effect relationship for the reader. For each of the following sentences, first indicate the cause and then the effect.
1. Because she'd trained so intensely, Trina ran her best race yet.
2. The wind was so cold that I had to wear earmuffs.
3. Because of a broken toe, I had to sit out the rest of the football season.
4. I ended up losing my voice because I screamed so loud at the horse races.
5. The much needed rain helped produce a healthy crop of corn.
6. I was tired all day because I was up all night studying.
7. The dog got into the garbage and made our house stink.
8. The sad movie made my mom cry.
9. Dad's brand new white shirt turned pink because I accidentally washed it with my red dress.
10. As a result of being late for practice, I had to run ten laps around the track.
