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These are examples of what

  • Description
  • Chronological Order/Sequence
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Problem and Solution
  • Cause and Effect
  • Frame story

What are some different ways texts can be structured?

100

This could be described as "Religious and anti-war folks at the Riverside Church in New York City in 1967."

What is the intended audience of "Speech on the Vietnam War 1967"?

100

The narrator of "Ambush" experiences this as exhibited in paragraphs 1 and 8.

What is internal conflict?

100

What main idea does Hurston imply in paragraph 14 of "How It Feels to be Colored Me"?

Hurston implies her life is glamorous when she "ha[s] no race...the cosmic Zora emerges."

200

You can infer this based on the setting of the speech/where it was delivered, the vocabulary used, who the speaker addresses, etc.

What is the intended audience?

200

Using paragraph 26 as evidence, the reader can conclude that the author feels how about US soldiers in Vietnam?

Dr. King is "deeply concerned" about the troops there.

200

The narrator of "Ambush" uses this structure tool to tell his story. 2 correct options, points will be awarded for either.

2 options:

What is flashback?

What is a frame story?

200

Hurston's ___________ could best be described as joyful, full of pride. Hint: it's not "tone."

What is the author’s perspective on her race in “How It Feels to be Colored Me”?

300

This is the guiding idea of an entire nonfiction text.

What is central idea?

300

Dr. King includes a Langston Hughes quote to demonstrate...

HOPE for the future--that America will someday be all that Hughes (and King) hoped it would be.

300

I can infer the following about the narrator's character from paragraphs ___ to ___. Must be exact paragraphs for points.

-The narrator felt bad about his actions immediately after he completed them.

-The narrator was not comforted by his platoon mates.

-The narrator will likely continue to feel bad about this for a long time.


What are inferences about the narrator’s character from paragraphs 5-7 of the passage?

300

The author includes an anecdote from her childhood of welcoming travelers to her town to demonstrate this about herself…

Zora Neale Hurston demonstrates she has always been an enthusiastic, lively person.

400

This is the focus of a paragraph or set of paragraphs.

What is the main iea?

400

This evidence supports King's reasoning for what: "To me, the relationship of this ministry to the making of peace is so obvious that I sometimes marvel at those who ask me why I am speaking against the war."

This best supports King's reasoning for the relationship between his job as a reverend and his anti-war stance.

400

What context does this provide: "Shortly after midnight we moved into the ambush site outside My Khe."

This provides a clue that the flashback takes place during the Vietnam War, and the entire story occurrs after the war.

400

In the Hurston excerpt, which words best convey a tongue-in-cheek tone: “I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief.”  Two correct answers, must have a section from either or both for points.

-I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances...

-...whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief.