Part 3: Using Media to Extend Understanding of an Informational Text

Question 1

Why does MacGregor begin the chapter on the slit drum with facts about Horatio Herbert Kitchener?

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to make the reader wonder how the slit drum helped make Kitchener famous

Question 2

He asks a question.He gives an anecdote.He provides a description.

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He provides a description.

Question 3

It makes the reader curious about Edward VII.It helps the reader visualize the coin.It links the reader personally to the suffragettes.

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It helps the reader visualize the coin.

Question 4

Queen Victoria’s reign over Great BritainGreat Britain’s rule over SudanEgypt’s control of the East African slave trade

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Great Britain’s rule over Sudan

Question 5

“found by Kitchener’s army”“added the emblem of the British Crown”“the increasingly Christian African south”

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“added the emblem of the British Crown”

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