Read this excerpt from the end of "The Land of Laughter.”And sometimes they thought of the Land of Riches, and said, "Ah! well"; and sometimes of the Land of Power, and sighed a little; and sometimes of the Land of Sacrifice—and their eyes were wistful. But they soon forgot, and laughed again.
Which repeated statement in "The Land of Laughter” introduces conflict in the story?
Which statement about "My Escape from Slavery” and "Crossing the River” is true?
In "The Land of Laughter,” when the author repeats the phrase "and sometimes” while the main characters think about the other lands, what does it most likely show about the characters?
In "The Land of Laughter,” how do readers most likely feel when the lady sends the boys away because they cannot smile?
Readers can tell that a text is nonfiction when it
Read this excerpt from "The People Could Fly.”Another and another fell from the heat. Toby was there. He cried out to the fallen and reached his arms out to them. "Kum kunka yali, kum . . . tambe!” Whispers and sighs. And they too rose on the air. They rode the hot breezes. The ones flyin were black and shinin sticks, wheelin above the head of the Overseer. They crossed the rows, the fields, the fences, the streams, and were away. "Seize the old man!” cried the Overseer. "I heard him say the magic words. Seize him!” The one callin himself Master come runnin. The Driver got his whip ready to curl around old Toby and tie him up. The slaveowner took his hip gun from its place. He meant to kill old, black Toby. But Toby just laughed. Say he threw back his head and said, "Hee, hee! Don’t you know who I am? Don’t you know some of us in this field?” He said it to their faces. "We are ones who fly!” Read this excerpt from "My Escape from Slavery.”But I had a friend—a sailor—who owned a sailor’s protection, which answered somewhat the purpose of free papers—describing his person, and certifying to the fact that he was a free American sailor. The instrument had at its head the American eagle, which gave it the appearance at once of an authorized document.Both the fictional text in "The People Could Fly” and nonfictional text in "My Escape from Slavery” show that:
How is the fictional text in "The People Could Fly” different from the nonfictional text in "Crossing the River”?
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