Read the passage from an article about gravity.
imagine riding in an elevator to the top floor of a very tall building. at the top, the cables supporting the car break, causing the car and you to fall to the ground. (in this example, we discount the effects of air friction on the falling car.) since you and the elevator car are falling together, you feel like you are floating inside the car. in other words, you and the elevator car are accelerating downward at the same rate due to gravity alone. if a scale were present, your weight would not register because the scale would be falling too. the ride is lots of fun until you get to the bottom! nasa calls this floating condition microgravity. the condition is experienced in orbit and in transit between planetary bodies.
which words are domain-specific terms used in the passage?

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?

What is the best prediction of the meaning of thrilling based on the context clues?