Main Ideas
*BONUS QUESTION!!*
What is the problem that the author describes in the article?
The author had difficulties communicating in English because she learned academic English but did not know communicative English/slang.
8) The author's cousins thought that she spoke English __________.
C) in an oddly formal way
9) The word "contemporaries" in paragraph J refers to ________.
A) people the author's own age.
*BONUS QUESTION!!*
What is the purpose of this article?
A) To inform
B) to entertain
C) to persuade
B) to entertain - this means that the author is telling a story. It can be a narrative of their own experience or any story.
5) What is the main topic of paragraph G?
D) The author's love of literature
3) The author does NOT compare her grandmother's use of language to ________.
B) a cart being pulled across stone streets
4) The word "it" in the first sentence of paragraph E refers to ________.
A) the English used in cowboy movies
1) The author's attitude towards the English language can best be described as _________.
(B) Both positive and negative
*BONUS QUESTION!!*
What is the main idea of "The Secret Language"?
The article states that Daisy Zamora had difficulties communicating with people in English in the U.S. because the education and what she learned about the English language was different. She had to practice communicating and repeating the language she heard people use not to feel excluded and to learn the language.
2) What did the author's grandmother do when she was 14?
C) move to Nicaragua
6) The word idyllic in paragraph I is closest in meaning to _______.
B) peaceful and pleasant
10) When the author first visited the United States, she __________.
D) was the same age as her grandmother had been when she went to Nicaragua
*BONUS QUESTION!!*
Describe one similarity between Daisy Zamora's experience in the United States and the two Kenyan men in "Warrior Road Trip.
Zamora and the Kenyan men (Boni and Lemarti) experienced culture shock--specifically the English language/vocabulary. The meaning of certain words was dissimilar to how they used in in their culture, or the language was misunderstood.
7) In paragraph I, what does the author say she remembers most clearly about her first visits to the United States?
D) her experiences communicating in English
*BONUS QUESTION!!*
Explain why the English language in cartoons is straightforward than the English in school?
The English in cartoons used expressive thoughts, emotions, and feelings. The phrases used are short and fast.
*BONUS QUESTION!!*
In paragraph B, the author says, "For me, that English lacked charm" Which English was she referring to?
She referred to the English in school/English textbooks.