Vocabulary
This is the idea that, in America, you have the opportunites for success and freedom.
The American Dream
At least how many times does Mr. Spires suggest reading a poem?
3
This amendment ensures the right to free speech.
1st Amendment.
The Bill of Rights refers to the first ten amendments added to the:
Constitution
Syntax refers to:
Organization of words
This refers to facts used to support an argument.
Evidence
This strategy is used for visual texts.
OPTIC
This amendment ensures the right to bear arms.
2nd Amendment
Roberto Acuna's interview was concerned with what type of work?
Farm work (lettuce farming)
According to an article we read in class, how many meanings of "free speech" are there?
2
This refers to an author's attitude.
Tone
This strategy is used for written or audible nonfiction texts.
SOAPSTone
The 5th amendment gives you the right to:
stay silent
This former president gave the Keynote Address to the 2004 DNC.
Barack Obama
Claims without evidence are always
Invalid
This refers to a direct statement of the truth of something.
Claim
Questioning the text can be broken down into how many levels?
3
This amendment ensures the right to fair punishment.
8th Amendment
These type of Americans were interviewed for Wallechinsky's "Is the American Dream Still Poossible?" article.
Middle-class Americans
A question that requires merely looking at the text for an answer is a:
Literal question
This refers to an author's choice of words.
Diction
This is the highest level of questioning a text.
Universal
The 6th amendment gives you the right to:
fair trial
In Walt Whitman's famous poem, what was everyone singing?
America
This amendment ensures that you do not have to protect soldiers in your house during times of war.
3rd Amendment