Voyageurs
To communicate or express
What is convey?
To represent or characterize
What is depict?
To give assistance example: The author's evidence will _______ his argument.
What is support?
To bring attention to
What is highlight?
To show, indicate, or reveal
What is express?
Imagery used to show the ripples that the otters left as they were swimming.
What is "dragging a V"?
fringe of trees, glacier-smooth outline, poured creamy light, stubble with beards, are examples of what type of figurative language
What is imagery?
Zoos benefit everyone by helping animals and educating people.
What is the main idea of the essay?
Not easily seen. Paragraph 3
What is obscured?
Questions do both authors have about wildlife are _____________.
What is mankind's ideal relationship with wild animals?
Crawled awkwardly
What is clambered?
The author compares the otter's tails to "wands" why does he use this comparison?
What is magical?
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)
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?
One difference between the two essays is ____________________.
"Voyaguers" describes animals in their natural habitat while "Our Lives with Animals" describes animals in captivity.
The author includes the information in paragraph 7 to _________.
How does scientific knowledge impact delight?
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?
The author uses ________ to support her message.
What are personal observations and reflection?
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?
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)
The theme or main message of the passage is _____________.
What is acceptance?
"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.
In paragraph 5, why does the author include the quote from the wolf?
Provide a short summary of the essay. Take 2 minutes.
Answers will vary. Beginning, Middle, End.
The similarity between the two authors is _________________________.
What is a connection to animals?