Structure and Narrative: Rosa Parks' Memoir, My Story

Question 1

Read the excerpt from the poem "On the Bus with Rosa Parks."RosaHow she sat there,the time right inside a placeso wrong it was ready.That trim name withits dream of a benchto rest on. Her sensible coat.

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It shows the poet’s perspective of Rosa Parks.

Question 2

Read the excerpt from My Story.Back in the spring of 1955 a teenage girl named Claudette Colvin and an elderly woman refused to give up their seats in the middle section of a bus to white people. When the driver went to get the police, the elderly woman got off the bus, but Claudette refused to leave, saying she had already paid her dime and had no reason to move. When the police came, they dragged her from the bus and arrested her.

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gives readers a clear picture of the sequence of events.

Question 3

cause and effectchronologyproblem and solutionquestion and answer

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chronology

Question 4

Read the excerpt from My Story. I did not go down with the others to present that petition to the bus company and the city officials, because I didn’t feel anything could be accomplished. I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.

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She did not go with her friends to present the petition.

Question 5

How is the tone in My Story different from the tone in "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

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The memoir has an angry tone; the poem has an admiring tone.

Question 6

Read the excerpt from My Story.It was unfair to segregate us. But neither the bus company nor the mayor nor the city commissioners would listen. I remember having discussions about how a boycott of the city buses would really hurt the bus company in its pocketbook. But I also remember asking a few people if they would be willing to stay off the buses to make things better for us, and them saying that they had too far to go to work. So it didn’t seem as if there would be much support for a boycott.

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Rosa Parks asked a few people if they were willing to boycott the buses.

Question 7

In My Story, when Rosa Parks writes about her famous bus ride and arrest on December 1, 1955, she mostly uses a chronological text structure because she wants

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readers to understand what occurred to her that day.

Question 8

Which statement correctly compares and contrasts My Story and "On the Bus with Rosa Parks"?

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Both the memoir and poem describe the bus ride of Rosa Parks, but the memoir includes more facts.

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