Writing Workshop: Visual Media Analysis

Question 1

Choose the statement that best describes your experience of reading the excerpts from the novel.The excerpts from the novel were very difficult to understand.The excerpts from the novel were somewhat difficult to understand.The excerpts from the novel were easy to understand.

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A: The excerpts from the novel were very difficult to understand.

Question 2

Identify the element of magic realism found within the passage.

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D: the meeting between Lourdes and her dead father

Question 3

Based on the entire excerpt, identify the statement that best describes the Cuban exiles in Dreaming in Cuban.

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D: They respond differently to their situation.

Question 4

Identify the element of magic realism.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: Pilar hears Celia speaking to her from Cuba.

Question 5

You may have used some of the comprehension strategies below while reading the excerpts from Dreaming in Cuban. Select any of the comprehension strategies you used.

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A: breaking up long sentences into shorter phrases; B: slowing down and rereading the passage, or reading it aloud; C: relating the confusing segment to what came before; D: looking up unfamiliar words; E: looking for something familiar that I can relate to personal knowledge

Question 6

How does the text structure reflect the way Cubans – both those who left and those who stayed – respond to history, politics, and cultural influences?

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B: Multiple narrators show how history is interpreted by different generations.

Question 7

What image is created by combining this element of magic realism with the narrative structure?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: the image of family members who are separated by distance yet united by love

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