Question

1.1.8 quiz: analyze expository writing

international astronomical union (iau), prompted by pressure from the professional community of planetary scientists as well as from the general public, brought plutos planethood to a vote at a triennial general assembly in prague, czech republic. the result? pluto was formally downgraded from \planet\ to \dwarf planet,\ thereby helping to diffuse the negative attention that we had been receiving for six years running.

— neil degrasse tyson, the pluto files

interview:

over the years, people started realizing that maybe that kind of makes sense, and six years later, the international astronomical union, they took a vote, and basically they said pluto should be reclassified. so we were, in the end, kind of vindicated.

— neil degrasse tyson, interview by melissa block, \astrophysicist chronicles battle over pluto\

how are the excerpts from the preface of the pluto files and the interview, \astrophysicist chronicles battle over pluto,\ different?

a. the preface shows the author’s emotion while the interview displays the author’s attitude in a less emotional way.

b. the preface contains run-on sentences and \filler\ words while the interview uses more complex sentences.

c. the preface is not clearly structured while the...

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The preface (from The Pluto Files) has a more formal tone with subtle emotion (e.g., "diffuse the negative attention"), while the interview uses a more conversational tone (e.g., "kind of makes sense", "kind of vindicated") that still shows attitude but less emotionally charged. This matches the difference.
• Option B: The preface has well - structured sentences, and the interview has more casual, less complex sentences (e.g., short, conversational phrases), so this is incorrect.
• Option C: The preface is clearly structured (explaining the IAU's vote and its result), so this is incorrect.

Answer:

A. The preface shows the author’s emotion while the interview displays the author’s attitude in a less emotional way.