Read this paragraph.When the curtain closed, I breathed a sigh of relief. "We did it!” I exclaimed to Riya, knowing she would be equally thrilled. I wiped the sweat from my brow and prepared to take a bow when the curtain reopened. The thundering applause of the audience suggested that it approved.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Arnetta's father told her and her sisters, "You are made by God." He taught them that their family's light skin didn't make them any better or worse than anyone else. "We . . . did not think that race should have been an issue," she said.How does the author use third-person narration in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Washington Elementary, which James and Wash also attended, was a shock to her. All of the teachers were black. The classes were more crowded, and the classrooms were less well equipped than those at St. Mary's.In addition, she had a long walk to school. Every day, she passed by Elyton Elementary, the white school that was closer to her home. "My father would always say, ‘One day, black children will be able to go to Elyton.’" Arnetta wasn’t sure she believed that would ever happen.How does the author use third-person narration in this excerpt?
Read this paragraph.Curtis sat in the third row with his mother and father. They were quiet and reverential as the concert began. Occasionally, Curtis bowed his head as if in thought. When they stood at intermission, he took his mother’s arm and held her hand.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.As King finished speaking, a young white man named Roy James jumped onto the stage and attacked him with brass knuckles, slugging him in the back and jaw. Rather than return the blows or even cover his face, King dropped his hands by his side and looked at his assailant. Other ministers rushed to restrain James, but King stopped them."Don't touch him," he cried. "We have to pray for him." King put his arm around the man who had been attacking him. They talked quietly. The man, a member of the American Nazi Party, started crying and admitted that he had come there to prove that King was not nonviolent. The minister did not even press charges.What does this characterization of Martin Luther King reveal?
Read this paragraph.Youths who were offered a chance at social activism turned out in droves at Milbrook High School yesterday afternoon. A poster in the hall had advertised simply, "Get involved! You can change lives!” This raised students’ curiosity, and many attended a meeting that introduced a neighborhood tutoring program. More than fifty students signed up to tutor children at nearby elementary schools.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read this paragraph.Carla began to connect more with her peers than her family – I’m sure you have seen this in your community. Youths often prefer the company of their friends, seeking them out at the pool, the park, the mall. They no longer seek shelter behind mothers and fathers, you understand. Instead, they venture boldly into new social circles.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March."[M]y daddy decided that we weren't going to sit on the back of the bus that day. He got us and he sat us up in the front . . . ," Arnetta said, "The bus driver pulled over . . . and he told my father that either he [her father] was going to move back or he [the driver] was going to call the police . . . We were crying . . . All we knew was that the bus driver was going to call the police on our daddy."How is this part of the story mostly told?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.When Reverend and Mrs. Shuttlesworth and their daughters, Pat and Ricky, arrived at Phillips, one of the city's four all-white high schools, a crowd of white men attacked them. They beat and kicked the minister nearly senseless and scarred his face, stabbed Mrs. Shuttlesworth, and slammed the car door on Ricky's ankle.Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.After she graduated from Washington Elementary, where she was a drum majorette in the marching band, Arnetta moved on to Ullman High School. In tenth grade, she and seven friends started the Peace Ponies, a social and savings club. Members volunteered to help younger students and saved their money to give to needy families. In early April 1963, the Peace Ponies went to a mass meeting at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the sermon that night.What does this characterization of Arnetta reveal?
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