The Meaning of Life: A Question Worth Asking?
Grammar: Rhetorical structures: antithesis, periodic sentences, and apposition
A Level 6 English lesson exploring psychology.
What's in this lesson
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL lesson on psychology, practising rhetorical structures: antithesis, periodic sentences, and apposition. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary and discussion questions.
From the reading: The Meaning of Life: A Question Worth Asking?
Nobody chose to be born. That single fact, unremarkable as it sounds, carries a philosophical charge that most people spend a lifetime ignoring. If the origin of your existence was never in your hands, how could its meaning be? The question of why we are here may be less a puzzle awaiting a solution than a mirror reflecting back our own assumptions about order, language, and the deep human need to feel that things add up.
Vocabulary
- a party to the dispute
- a wild-goose chase
- warts and all
- without ever asking why
- beyond
- in
- of
- out of
- without
Discussion questions
- Is it possible to live well without knowing why you are alive?
- Should philosophy try to answer big questions or simply ask better ones?
- What is the most honest answer a person can give to the question 'Why are you here?'
The Meaning of Life: A Question Worth Asking?
Grammar: Rhetorical structures: antithesis, periodic sentences, and apposition
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