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When examining primary sources, it is important to evaluate the creator’s __________.

Two-thirds of those interned in the US between 1942 and 1945 were __________.

Which piece of textual evidence from the short story "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe can be used to defend the claim that violence has not ended despite the end of war?

Read the selections below from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe and answer the question that follows. He had come out of the war with five inestimable blessings—his head, his wife Maria's head and the heads of three out of their four children. As a bonus he also had his old bicycle—a miracle too but naturally not to be compared to the safety of five human heads. . . . It was unbelievable. He rubbed his eyes and looked again and it was still standing there before him. But, needless to say, even that monumental blessing must be accounted also totally inferior to the five heads in the family. This newest miracle was his little house in Ogui Overside. Which claim could use the excerpts given above as textual support?

Read the excerpt below from the short story "The Body" by Stephen King and answer the question that follows. The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you are ashamed of, because words diminish them—words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear. Source: King, Stephen. "The Body." Different Seasons. New York: Penguin Group, 1982. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011. What is the point of view of the passage?

How does voice affect the credibility of a text?

Which excerpt taken from the poem “Birmingham Sunday” by Richard Fariña is an example of sensory language?

What is the historical context of Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic?

Anne Frank lived in __________ during the __________.

Sensory language is also known as __________.

What is figurative language?

An interview is a(n) __________ in which one-on-one or small group question-and-answer sessions are conducted.

Zlata Filipovic lived in __________ during the __________.

Read the excerpt below from the short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King and answer the question that follows. In all my years at Shawshank, there have been less than ten men whom I believed when they told me they were innocent. Andy Dufresne was one of them, although I only became convinced of his innocence over a period of years. If I had been on the jury that heard his case in Portland Superior Court over six stormy weeks in 1947-48, I would have voted to convinct, too. Source: King, Stephen. "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." Different Seasons. New York: Penguin Group, 1982. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011. How does the point of view in the excerpt affect the characterization in the text?

How do you identify the speaker’s purpose?

Which point of view acts like a camera and reveals only what can be physically observed through seeing or hearing?

What is one definition of the central or main idea?

What is an elegiac broadside?

The narrator of a poem is known as the __________.

How does the focus of the poem “Birmingham Sunday” by Richard Fariña differ from the focus of the poem “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall?

Who were the aggressors in the war that is discussed in Zlata’s Diary?

What impact has the Nigerian Civil War had on Jonathan's point of view?

Which phrase describes the author’s perspective in Zlata’s Diary best?

Read the selection below from "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe and answer the question that follows. Came the day of the windfall when after five days of endless scuffles in queues and counter-queues in the sun outside the Treasury he had twenty pounds counted into his palms as ex gratia award for the rebel money he had turned in. It was like Christmas for him and for many others like him when the payments began. They called it (since few could manage its proper official name) egg rasher. Which historical fact helps the reader understand the passage best?

Read the excerpt below from "Villa Accepts a Medal" by John Reed and answer the question that follows. The officers of artillery, in smart blue uniforms faced with black velvet and gold, were solidly banked across one end of the audience hall, with flashing new swords and their gilt-braided hats stiffly held under their arms. From the door of that chamber, around the gallery, down the state staircase, across the grandiose inner court of the palace, and out through the imposing gates to the street, stood a double line of soldiers, with their rifles at present arms. Four regimental bands grouped in one wedged in the crowd. The people of the capital were massed in solid thousands on the Plaza de Armas before the palace. Source: Reed, John. "Villa Accepts a Medal." Insurgent Mexico. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1914. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011. What is the point of view of the excerpt?