AnswersMO-English Language Arts 10 AAnalyzing a Memoir

Comparing Genres: Biography and Editorial Answers

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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.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."We should also make it easier for children to apply as refugees when they are still in Central America, as we have done for people in Iraq, Cuba, countries in the former Soviet Union, Vietnam and Haiti. Those who showed a well-founded fear of persecution wouldn’t have to make the perilous journey north alone.

A
Both include information that ask people to help children from Central America.
B
Both offer solutions that show how victims from other countries have been helped.
C
The excerpt from Enrique’s Journey uses quotations to show that it is better for these children to be sent back, and “Children of the Drug Wars” uses examples describing how other countries have dealt with the issue.
D
The excerpt from Enrique’s Journey tells a story about what happened to one victim, and “Children of the Drug Wars” uses words that create an emotional response to persuade readers to take action.
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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.
D
They show that there is a desperate need for all countries to be willing to help refugees.
E
They show that the United States has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis.
F
They show that the United States has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis.
G
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.He was five years old when his mother left him. Now he is almost another person. In the window glass, he sees a battered young man, scrawny and disfigured.It angers him, and it steels his determination to push northward.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. But lately something has changed, and the predictable flow has turned into an exodus. 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.

A
In the first excerpt, the author uses facts and statistics, while in the second excerpt, the author uses words that appeal to readers’ emotions.
B
In the first excerpt, the author relies on third-person point of view, while in the second excerpt, the author uses first-person point of view.
C
In the first excerpt, the author uses words to persuade the reader, while in the second excerpt, the author uses language to entertain the reader.
D
In the first excerpt, the author uses narrative techniques and figurative language, while in the second excerpt, the author includes facts to persuade.
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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.
D
Both indicate the tragic problems and their consequences that children in Central America must face.
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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.

A
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 "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.

A
“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."If many children don’t meet strict asylum criteria but face significant dangers if they return, the United States should consider allowing them to stay using humanitarian parole procedures we have employed in the past, for Cambodians and Haitians. It may be possible to transfer children and resettle them in other safe countries willing to share the burden.

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to express an opinion about US asylum policies
B
to prompt feelings of sympathy in the reader
C
to suggest a suspenseful atmosphere about the asylum process
D
to provide facts and details about Cambodian and Haitian children
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Read the excerpt from Enrique’s Journey.During his first attempts north, a chance meeting saved Enrique from the worst of the gangs. As he set out on his trip, he noticed another teenager, a gangster named El Brujo, at the bus station in Honduras waiting to go to the Mexican border. Enrique doesn’t like gangs. But as the two spent hours traveling through Honduras and Guatemala together, they became friends. On their first train ride through Chiapas, El Brujo introduced Enrique to a dozen other MS members, among them Big Daddy, who is skinny and short; El Chino (the Chinaman), who has slanted eyes; and El Payaso (the Clown), who has a big mouth and eyes. On subsequent trips, when he was deported, he always stuck with one of these gang members to protect himself from any attacks.

A
It helps create an element of suspicion.
B
It shows that Enrique is resourceful.
C
It shows that Enrique is a gangster.
D
It explains Enrique’s motives for traveling north.
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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?

A
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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How does the meaning of the underlined word, prowl, support the author’s purpose in this excerpt? Select two options.

A
It illustrates that the police overlook the gangsters’ crimes.
B
It shows what happens when police allow gangsters to operate.
C
It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.
D
It explains why the gangsters were sent back to their home countries.
E
It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.

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