Master’s Reading and Writing Quiz 1 Name:
Read Designate a Place for Each Thing, P.413-415. Answer the following questions. For each question, you will be evaluated on your idea, how you support it, and spelling
and grammar. Idea is worth 3 points, support
is worth 1, spelling and grammar is worth 1 for each question.
1. In
this story, Marie Kondo goes through a specific daily ritual. What is this ritual and what is the purpose
of it? Give details from the reading (5
points)
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2. Based
on this reading, would you describe Marie Kondo as an organized or disorganized
person? What facts in the reading give
you this impression? (5 points)
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Read
the passage below and answer the question.
Since we were young, people have been trying to get us
to organize our things. Perhaps it was a
teacher at school or our parents. They
would discipline us or ground us for the weekend if our desks in school or our
rooms were filthy. Despite this,
organizing a room is a great challenge for many of us, and many people need
advice on how to do this appropriately, or else their areas and space
remain utter messes. I can’t say this is
ideal, but here are my steps for putting your room together.
First, like Marie Kondo said, I think you should designate
a place for specific things. There
should be a place for clothing, both clean and dirty, a place for pocket
items, such as wallets, keys, and phones, and places for your books. Perhaps, it can be a box for the pocket
items, a closet for shoes or clothes, or a corner of the room where you place
things. This is important because it can
be very confusing to know where to put things without a designated place, and
it can also lead to the bad habit of just tossing your things in a
random place, something that is certain to make you misplace your things
more easily. So, make sure everything
has its own place.
Now that you know where to put your things, it is time
to establish a time to clean and tidy up the place. Perhaps it will be every day, every two or
three days, or maybe once a week. But,
you should create a time to do cleaning of some kind. I say that because it is easy to forget to
clean as we get preoccupied with our busy lives. Something like cleaning can fall by the
wayside if you don’t set a time to do it.
And one really critical thing I’ve learned is that you don’t have
to clean it all at once. Perhaps you can
clean one part of the room on certain days and another part of the room on
others. Or, you can designate 10 minutes
a day that you do some small tidying up.
Little steps lead to big results.
Organizing a room is not everyone’s favorite activity,
but it is one that should not be overlooked if you want a comfortable
living space. Remember to make sure that
your things have a specific area they are located in, and also make sure you
establish a certain time to keep it neat.
If you do that, your room should be in good condition. Thank you and have a nice room!
Questions:
3. In
Designate a Place for Everything by
Marie Kondo, she says, “The reason every
item must have a designated place is because the existence of an item without a
home multiples the chances that your space will become cluttered again.” Do you think the writer of the passage above
shares the same view? What tells you
this? (5 points)
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4. Kondo
states at the end of the passage that one of the reasons for rebound is the
failure to designate a place for specific items. What does she mean by this (5 points)?
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