Voyageurs
Voyageurs
Our Lives with Animals
Our Lives With Animals
Paired Questions
100

To communicate or express

What is convey?

100

To represent or characterize

What is depict?

100

To give assistance example: The author's evidence will _______ his argument.

What is support?

100

To bring attention to 

What is highlight?

100

To show, indicate, or reveal

What is express?

200

Imagery used to show the ripples that the otters left as they were swimming.

What is "dragging a V"?

200

fringe of trees, glacier-smooth outline, poured creamy light, stubble with beards, are examples of what type of figurative language

What is imagery?

200

Zoos benefit everyone by helping animals and educating people.  

What is the main idea of the essay?

200

Not easily seen. Paragraph 3

What is obscured?

200

Questions do both authors have about wildlife are _____________.

What is mankind's ideal relationship with wild animals?

300

Crawled awkwardly

What is clambered?

300

The author compares the otter's tails to "wands"  why does he use this comparison?

What is magical?

300

What does the author mean with this quote?  "It's the wide, wild world in miniature, and it's human architects are conscientious stewards."  

How have people built and controlled the animals live in and who cares for the animals?  (answers will vary)

300

The author uses "conscientious stewards" in paragraph 1.  What does it mean to be a conscientious steward? 

What is a person who is doing what is right when it comes to the zoo?

300

One difference between the two essays is ____________________.  

"Voyaguers" describes animals in their natural habitat while "Our Lives with Animals" describes animals in captivity. 

400

The author includes the information in paragraph 7 to   _________.

How does scientific knowledge impact delight?

400

In paragraph 13, the authors asks a series of questions.  Why does he do this?

What are the things he is thinking about while watching the otters?  

400

The author uses ________ to support her message.  

What are personal observations and reflection? 

400

The author says we are "consumers at odds with our own motives" in paragraph 4.  What does she mean?

Why are we at the zoo?  What are we there to purchase, to see, to do?  (Answers will vary?

400

The author of "Our Lives with Animals" sees zookeepers as the "conscientious stewards" of wild animals, while the author of "Voyaguers" wishes he could _______________________.  

What is acceptance from neighbors and strangers? (answers will vary)

500

The theme or main message of the passage is _____________.

What is acceptance?

500

"I desired their instruction-- as if, by watching them, I might learn to belong somewhere as they so thoroughly belonged here."  What does this quote depict?

It shows that the author also wants to connect, to fit in, know his role, spot, place, purpose. 

500

In paragraph 5, why does the author include the quote from the wolf?  

What is acceptance?  What is forgiveness from the wolf? 
500

Provide a short summary of the essay.  Take 2 minutes.  

Answers will vary.  Beginning, Middle, End. 

500

The similarity between the two authors is _________________________.  

What is a connection to animals?  

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