06-11-2002, 09:57 PM | #1 |
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Literacy Survey(Please read and answer!)
In math class at my school we were assigned to choose a topic, make up five questions about it and survey at 20 people using those questions. The topic I choose was books and I figured that the people on this message board would be good people to survey. All you have to do is answer these five questions:
1) Do you like to read? 2)About how many books do you read in a month? 3)About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? 4)What is your favorite genre: Fanstasy Science Fiction Mystery Non-Fiction General Lit. 5)Who is your favorite author? Thank You!
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06-11-2002, 10:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: Literacy Survey(Please read and answer!)
Arn't they going to think it is wierd when all people answer Tolkien as their fav?
1) Do you like to read? YES 2)About how many books do you read in a month? about 7 3)About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? 2.5 4)What is your favorite genre: Science Fiction 5)Who is your favorite author?J.R.R.T. himself. |
06-11-2002, 10:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: Literacy Survey(Please read and answer!)
1) Do you like to read?
Yes. 2)About how many books do you read in a month? About 1 - 2. 3)About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? Probably about 2 - 2 and a half hours, but I haven't timed myself! 4)What is your favorite genre: Fanstasy Science Fiction Mystery Non-Fiction General Lit. Sci Fi. 5)Who is your favorite author? Frank Herbert of Dune fame.
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06-11-2002, 11:38 PM | #4 |
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1. Very much so.
2. If I rounded it... 30 (A book a day keeps the doctor away.) 3. One hour, 23 minutes, 38 secs (my sister timed me.) 4. Fantasy 5. Veeeerrrrry close tie between J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling, but J.R.R. T wins by a fractional amount (If you like, you can just put down J.K. R for variety )
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06-12-2002, 05:33 AM | #5 |
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1) Do you like to read? YES!!!
2)About how many books do you read in a month? about 10 3)About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? 2 hours ish 4)What is your favorite genre: Fantasy! 5)Who is your favorite author? Terry Pratchett
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06-12-2002, 05:40 PM | #6 |
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1) Do you like to read? Yeah, baby!
2)About how many books do you read in a month? Depends, anywhere from 2 - 5 3)About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? I would guess 2 - 3 hours. 4)What is your favorite genre: It's a tie between Fanstasy and Non-Fiction. 5)Who is your favorite author? Oh dear, at the moment I guess JRRT!
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06-13-2002, 12:04 AM | #7 |
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1/ Yes
2/ About 1-4 (depends if I'm on holidays or not) 3/ 3 hours 4/ Fantasy and sci-fi (I can't choose from them) 5/ The good professor (Tolkien, of course!)
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06-13-2002, 02:46 AM | #8 |
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1) Do you like to read? Sometimes.
2) About how many books do you read in a month? One 3) About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? I don't read "medium difficulty" books. 4) What is your favorite genre: Non-fiction 5) Who is your favorite author? Fiction? Tolkien I guess. Haven't read too much fiction, though. Don't remember the others. |
06-13-2002, 01:09 PM | #9 |
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1) Yes!
2) 4/5 3) about 3 hours 4) General lit. 5) Evelyn Waugh
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06-13-2002, 03:11 PM | #10 |
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Re: Literacy Survey(Please read and answer!)
1) Do you like to read? Yes
2)About how many books do you read in a month? hmmm 3-4 (on average) 3)About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? What do you define as "medium difficulty"? can I go with "usual difficulty"? 3-5 hours 4)What is your favorite genre: I like to read books by dead people 5)Who is your favorite author? Charles Dickens
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06-16-2002, 01:19 AM | #11 |
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1) Do you like to read? Heck yes!! Nothing better!
2) About how many books do you read in a month? Usually 8-10 3)How long for a two hundred page book? 3 hours or so 4) Favorite genre(s)? Fantasy/scifi, historical fiction, and classics 5) Tolkien and Orwell
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06-16-2002, 03:06 AM | #12 |
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1) I like to read cerial bockses
2) How ever many bockses of cerial we have in one month. It vairies cus sometimes my cusins come over 3) A book? I dunoo if I ever red a book. 4) Health information is Non-Fiction and that's what I read 5) Quaker Oats. That guy is the greatest. ( Ha ha! Take that Willow!)
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06-16-2002, 07:49 AM | #13 |
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1) Yes.
2) 2-5. 3) 2-3 hours. 4) Mystery and Suspense, crime etc. 5) Sir. A. C. Doyle.
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06-16-2002, 11:17 AM | #14 |
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1) No . . . aw, he!l, who am i kidding? BOOKS RULE!!!!!!!!!
2)Anywhere from 10-42. That's counting stuff I re-read. 3)1-2 hours 4) Fantasy 5) No duh, JRRT
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06-16-2002, 01:25 PM | #15 |
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1) Do you like to read?
Do birds have wings? Off course I like to read. 2)About how many books do you read in a month? normally: 5-10 depends on the month: june never more than two, july about 30-35 3)About how long(in hours) does it take you to read a 200 page book of medium difficulty? mothertongue: 2 English: 2,5 -3 4)What is your favorite genre: Fantasy with science fiction close behind 5)Who is your favorite author? Tolkien just a bit more than Terry Pratchett
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06-16-2002, 08:16 PM | #16 |
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1) Hell yeah.
2) Depends on the length of the works, and the time I have. Could be anywhere from 1 to 8... 3) I'm not sure how difficulty has anything to do with length... it really depends on how involved and invested I am in a given book as a result of the quality of the prose. I'll make a guess and say three hours. That's probably way off in either direction, though. 4) What kind of books do I like to read? Good ones. As is also the case with my opinion on film, genre is nothing. 5) I'm tempted to say Tolkien just because The Lord of the Rings is my favourite novel, but it's hard to make such a judgment because Tolkien produced such a small body of work. So I really don't know how to answer this question...
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06-16-2002, 09:50 PM | #17 |
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Oooh...survey...
Sorry. 1) Yes! 2) I usually read about 2-4, depends on school, free time, and such 3) About three hours, if I apply myself. 4) Mysteries 5)Laurie R. King; Rex Stout
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06-27-2002, 11:50 PM | #18 |
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1) Do you like to read? Yes, if the book isn't assigned.
2)About how many books do you read in a month? 2-4 3)About how long (in hours) does it take you to read a book of medium difficulty? About 1 to 2 hours 4)What is your favorite genre? Fantasy or General Literature. 5)Who is your favorite author? Christopher Paul Curtis and J.R.R. Tolkien |
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07-03-2002, 03:09 AM | #20 |
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1. mmmm.......YES!!! Of course! That's pretty much all I do...
2. About 3 to 5? Not sure... 3. 2 or 3 I think. 4. Fantasy 5.My favorite author is either J.R.R. Tolkien or J.K Rowling. (feeling really original right now..... ) Could I add on a question? What is your favorite book after LotR? Mine would be either the Odessey(misspelled most likely...), Harry Potter, or The Giver.
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