AnswersEDG English 2AAnalyzing Author's Purpose and Perspective in a Travelogue

Comparing Genres: Biography and Editorial Answers

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Which statement best supports the author’s purpose in "Children of the Drug Wars,” which is to persuade readers that the United States should do more to help immigrant children from Honduras?

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“Three years ago, about 6,800 children were detained by United States immigration authorities and placed in federal custody; this year, as many as 90,000 children are expected to be picked up.”
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“These children are facing threats similar to the forceful conscription of child soldiers by warlords in Sudan or during the civil war in Bosnia. Being forced to sell drugs by narcos is no different from being forced into military service.”
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“Judges, who currently deny seven in 10 applications for asylum by people who are in deportation proceedings, must better understand the conditions these children are facing.”
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“By deporting them directly from the refugee centers, the United States would discourage future non-refugees by showing that immigrants cannot be caught and released, and then avoid deportation by ignoring court orders to attend immigration hearings.”
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Hours later, the Red Cross asked Cancino if he could help an injured migrant. It was the same Honduran teenager. His right ribs were broken. His entire chest and face were badly bruised. He spoke slowly, in a whisper, clasping his chest. Two gangsters had overheard his description and kicked him mercilessly. "Next time, we kill you," the gangsters told him. The teenager, afraid for his life, asked to be deported.Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."But, as I learned when I returned to Nueva Suyapa last month, a vast majority of child migrants are fleeing not poverty, but violence.

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She provides detailed descriptions of how humanitarian groups help victims.
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She tells of the struggles through a narrative of child migrants trying to get out of Central America.
C
She gives an account of actual violence inflicted on a teenager in Central America.
D
She offers a reason why getting sent back is easier than being given refugee status.
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars.”By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence,” says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees.

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They draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children.
B
They draw attention to the opinion that the United States is not doing enough to help these children.
C
They show that there is a desperate need for all countries to be willing to help refugees.
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They show that there is a desperate need for all countries to be willing to help refugees.
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They show that the United States has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis.
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They show that the United States has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis.
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They make it clear that the United States will lose the respect of other nations if it does not help these children.
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They make it clear that the United States will lose the respect of other nations if it does not help these children.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Before the train leaves, the gangsters roam the Tapachula depot, eyeing which migrants are buying food and where they stash their cash afterward. They try to get friendly with the migrants, telling them they have already done the train ride. Maybe they can offer tips? Many of the gangsters wear white plastic rosaries around their necks so the migrants will be less suspicious. They ask, "Where are you from? Where are you going? Do you have any money?"

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It helps create uneasiness.
B
It helps create trust.
C
It helps create hope.
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It helps create calmness.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Enrique greets the dawn without incident. The stars recede. The sky lightens behind the mountains to the east, and mist rises off the fields on both sides of the tracks. Men trot by on burros with tin milk containers strapped to their saddles, starting their morning deliveries.

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The author uses dialogue to evoke a sense of happiness.
B
The author uses characterization to show bitter feelings.
C
The author uses structure to show the sequence of events.
D
The author uses setting to show a sense of accomplishment.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.He was five years old when his mother left him. Now he is almost another person.Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."Children from Central America have been making that journey, often without their parents, for two decades.

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Both point out the tragic nature of situations in which children make journeys without their parents.
B
Both describe what immigrant children must do to survive when traveling to the United States.
C
Both explain why most children want to leave Central America without their parents.
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Both indicate the tragic problems and their consequences that children in Central America must face.
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In Enrique’s Journey, Sonia Nazario tells readers about Enrique’s emotional journey as he tries to leave Honduras. Why does writing about this in the form of a biography support her purpose?

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She is able to provide her opinion about Enrique’s difficult situation.
B
She is able to encourage the reader to do something to help Enrique.
C
She is able to include all the details about Enrique’s life from beginning to end.
D
She is able to give an objective account about one part of Enrique’s life.
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars.”By sending these children away, "you are handing them a death sentence,” says José Arnulfo Ochoa Ochoa, an expert in Honduras with World Vision International, a Christian humanitarian aid group. This abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. It would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since October, many of them legitimate refugees.

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“handing them a death sentence”
B
“abrogates international conventions we have signed”
C
“turned its back on the 52,000 children”
D
“legitimate refugees”
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Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars.”To ensure this isn’t a sham process, asylum officers and judges must be trained in child-sensitive interviewing techniques to help elicit information from fearful, traumatized youngsters. All children must also be represented by a volunteer or government-funded lawyer. Kids in Need of Defense, a nonprofit that recruits pro bono lawyers to represent immigrant children and whose board I serve on, estimates that 40 percent to 60 percent of these children potentially qualify to stay under current immigration laws—and do, if they have a lawyer by their side. The vast majority do not. The only way to ensure we are not hurtling children back to circumstances that could cost them their lives is by providing them with real due process.

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It emphasizes that it is easy for children to get immigration status.
B
It reminds readers that young, innocent lives are being harmed by failed policies.
C
It helps to convince readers that immigration laws for children should be changed.
D
It helps to convince readers that more lawyers are needed to defend children.
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.Enrique’s head throbs. The sun reflects off the metal. It stings his eyes, and his skin tingles. It drains the little energy he has left. He moves around the car, chasing patches of shade. For a while, he stands on a narrow ledge at the end of a fuel tanker. It is just inches above the wheels. He cannot let himself fall asleep; one good shake of the train, and he would tumble off.

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to tell when and where the story takes place
B
to explain how difficult it is to travel in some climates
C
to show how dangerous it is to leave Honduras
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to introduce the main character and describe his traits

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