Quarter 2 Review

Units 11 – 20

Autonomy, State Power, and Social Friction

Mastering the Nuance.

Over the last ten units, we have examined deeply polarized issues where the line between right and wrong is constantly shifting. Prove you can hold your own in these debates by commanding the exact vocabulary and structural nuance required.

Section 1: The Vocabulary of Power

Drag the correct terms from Units 11-20 into the statements below.

terminate
cruel
harvest
dysphoria
weapon
target
cruelty
retaliation

U11 (Abortion): Women must have the legal right to a pregnancy if their life is in danger.

U12 (Torture): The military was accused of using incredibly methods to extract information from the prisoner.

U13 (Organ Trade): Criminal groups sometimes kidnap vulnerable people to their organs for wealthy buyers.

U14 (Gender): The deep psychological pain of gender can be devastating if it is ignored.

U15 (Gun Control): A gun is a deadly that requires strict background checks to purchase.

U16 (Borders): Politicians often use immigrants as an easy to blame for the failing economy.

U17 (Animal Rights): Factory farming involves extreme towards highly intelligent animals like pigs.

U18 (Harassment): She was afraid to report her manager because she feared immediate professional .

[IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: Q2 Symbolic Collage]

Designer Prompt: A moody, high-contrast 1990s pop-art collage. The composition includes overlapping, symbolic elements: a heavy black CCTV camera, a sterile surgical scalpel, scattered brass bullet casings, and a heavily redacted legal document. The mood is tense and secretive. Deep blacks, stark whites, and harsh crimson accents. Absolutely no human figures, hands, or faces are present. Clean, striking, provocative image.

Section 2: The Grammar Gauntlet

Test your mastery of the advanced structures needed to debate these topics.

1. Cleft Sentences for Emphasis (Unit 11 - Bodily Autonomy)

Which sentence places dramatic emphasis on 'the Supreme Court'?

2. Participle Clauses (Unit 12 - Torture)

Which clause explains the government's motivation?

3. The Subjunctive Mood (Unit 16 - Borders)

How do you state a formal international demand?

4. Advanced Comparatives (Unit 17 - Animal Rights)

How do you express a proportional relationship?

5. Double Negatives for Nuance (Unit 19 - Surveillance)

How do you say it is fairly common for apps to track us without sounding too blunt?

6. Modals of Deduction (Unit 20 - Age Gaps)

You are 99% sure she did NOT marry him for love. How do you express this?

Section 3: Heavy Idioms

Type the missing words to complete these conversational phrases.

1. The company knew about the harassment for years, but they just tried to sweep it under the .

2. Innocent citizens shouldn't have to suffer; they are getting caught in the .