Vocabulary
Define diversity
variety of different ethnic or
cultural groups
What are the four different types of Author's Purposes?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Reflect
What major event had occurred?
9/11
According to Quindlen, how have people’s attitudes about her being a product of a mixed marriage changed over time?
Peoples attitudes about mixed marriages have changed from incendiary to quiant tolerance
When you get a test, what is the first thing you do?
Put your name
What is an antonym?
a word that means the opposite of another word
comparison of two unlike things that works to clarify an idea
Analogy
What ideals are in constant conflict in the US?
Community and Individualism
What does Quindlen think unified America’s diverse ethnic groups before the end of the cold war?
Quindlen thinks that America was unified to get rid of a threat.
What are things you should NOT be doing during a test?
Using a device, talking, passing notes, sleeping
Define pluralistic
having multiple parts or
aspects
What is the main purpose of Quilt of a Country?
to reflect on how America is united despite diversity.
How is the United States similar to a quilt?
It is patched together by dissimilar parts
According to Quindlen, how have other countries often handled deep ethnic divisions?
Often, other countries divided into new nations with new names when handling deep ethnic divisions.
If you don't know the answer to a question what do you do?
Skip it and come back
Define Discordant
unrelated; out of place
What is the analogy that Quindlen compares the United States to?
A Quilt
What is most likely the reason that many Americans accept new immigrants to this country?
Reminder of how our ancestors adapted to the US
In “A Quilt of a Country,” what point is the author making when she discusses her father’s old neighborhood in Philadelphia, “in which Jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the Irish divide of Chester Avenue”?
Conflicts and divisions between immigrant groups have appeared throughout history.
Where do you turn in your test when youre done?
The turn in box in the back
Define coalescing
coming together in one
body or place
How does she compare America to a Quilt (evidence)
Bits and pieces...,Out of many, one...,built in nobody’s image paragraph 1
How did the two world wars and the Cold war unite people in the United States?
Common enemy
What is the effect that Quindlen creates by repeating the word enormous in this sentence from “A Quilt of a Country”?
Perhaps they understand it at this moment, when enormous tragedy, as it so often does, demands a time of reflection on enormous blessings.
The effect is to help the reader shift from one idea, tragedy, to its opposite, blessings
How do you prepare for this test?
Study notes, reread the text, overlook annotations, come prepared on test day with any questions you may have.