Will the article be negative or positive in relation to the Why? What argument about the topic might it present? What makes you think so? Turn the into a question (or questions) to answer after you have read the text. Activity 6: Understanding Key Vocabulary When you read Change of Heart about Animals,” you will need to know the following terms “A to understand the text: humane and inhumane cognitive genetically wired empathy and are clearly related to refers to the best “Humane” “inhumane” “human.” “Humane” qualities of humanity—kindness, tenderness, mercy—while means the “inhumane” opposite. Think of animal shelters, which often are run by an organization called the Society.” “Humane 2. is the adjective form of The Latin root is cognoscere, to “Cognitive” “cognition.” become acquainted with or to know. For example, the philosopher René Descartes is famous for saying ergo sum,” which in English means think, therefore I am.” “Cogito, “I We could say that means of or related to the process of thinking. “cognitive” 3. wired” is an interesting metaphorical phrase. is from “Genetically “Genetic” which refers to the origin or beginnings of something (e.g., the book of “genesis,” Genesis in the Bible). Genes are the parts of a cell that contain coded instructions for how the cell will develop and grow; thus, to say that a characteristic is “genetically wired” is to compare the coding in a gene with the wiring of an electronic circuit. Think about words that you know that sound similar to these words and may be related. For example, is related to and is related to the “humane” “human,” “empathy” Greek word in Ways to Persuade.” “pathos” “Three Consider a word tree based on the root of a word from the text or one listed above. Here is an example of a word tree for “cognitive.”
Will the article be negative or positive in relation to the Why? What argument about the topic might it present? What makes you think so? Turn the into a question (or questions) to answer after you have read the text. Activity 6: Understanding Key Vocabulary When you read “A Change of Heart about Animals,” you will need to know the following terms to understand the text: humane and inhumane cognitive genetically wired empathy “Humane” and “inhumane” are clearly related to “human.” “Humane” refers to the best qualities of humanity—kindness, tenderness, mercy—while “inhumane” means the opposite. Think of animal shelters, which often are run by an organization called the “Humane Society.” 2. “Cognitive” is the adjective form of “cognition.” The Latin root is cognoscere, to become acquainted with or to know. For example, the philosopher René Descartes is famous for saying “Cogito, ergo sum,” which in English means “I think, therefore I am.” We could say that “cognitive” means of or related to the process of thinking. 3. “Genetically wired” is an interesting metaphorical phrase. “Genetic” is from “genesis,” which refers to the origin or beginnings of something (e.g., the book of Genesis in the Bible). Genes are the parts of a cell that contain coded instructions for how the cell will develop and grow; thus, to say that a characteristic is “genetically wired” is to compare the coding in a gene with the wiring of an electronic circuit. Think about words that you know that sound similar to these words and may be related. For example, “humane” is related to “human,” and “empathy” is related to the Greek word “pathos” in “Three Ways to Persuade.” Consider a word tree based on the root of a word from the text or one listed above. Here is an example of a word tree for “cognitive.”
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