Introduction to Making a Difference: It's Our World, Too!

Question 1

The author chooses to tell about Neto’s real-life experience in the form of a narrative text, or story. What does this choice reveal about the author’s purpose?

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He wants to help readers imagine Neto’s story and understand his conflict.

Question 2

Neto missing a football game✔ something Jesse saysa false rumor

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✔ something Jesse says

Question 3

✔ person vs. selfperson vs. otherperson vs. nature

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✔ person vs. self

Question 4

Read each detail from the assignment text. Then, identify whether the detail indicates that the author’s purpose is to inform, to entertain, or to persuade.

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“Many Hispanics spoke only Spanish, and most whites spoke only English.”: to inform; “He knew he had the courage to blast through tacklers and the toughness to work all day in the beet fields, but this seemed harder.”: to entertain; “There were only two days before the next game.”: to inform

Question 5

to inform✔ to entertainto persuade

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✔ to entertain

Question 6

✔ to informto entertainto persuade

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✔ to inform

Question 7

✔ Neto questions whether he can keep playing football.Neto questions whether Jesse is a true friend.Neto questions whether the fans will accept him.

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✔ Neto questions whether he can keep playing football.

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