Read the excerpt from "Bluesman on the Move.”All I want— to find a place where I fit in.
Read the excerpt from "Dorothea Lange.”When she graduated high school in 1912, she told her mother she wanted to be a photographer, and soon after, she began training with Arnold Genthe, a photographer famous for his portraits.
Which best describes the author’s purpose in "Dorothea Lange”?
Read the excerpt from "Dorothea Lange.”Early on in her training, she steered clear of formal poses. She instead focused on capturing moments based in authenticity that were more than what met the eye.
Read the excerpt from "Dorothea Lange.”Seven years later, she contracted polio, a disease that left her with a weakened foot and lower leg, causing her to limp for the remainder of her life. Lange would later say of the disease, "I think it was the most important thing that happened to me, and formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me, and humiliated me.”
How should a reader analyze indirect characterization? Select four options.by noticing adjectives that provide details describing the characterby noticing how the character interacts with other charactersby noticing details about what the character says, does, and thinksby noticing how the other characters perceive the characterby noticing the context, and use it to make inferences about the characterby noticing statements the narrator makes about the character’s personalityby noticing statements the narrator makes about the character’s appearance
Read the passage from "Initiation.”For tonight was the grand finale, the trial by fire. There really was no doubt now that she would get in. She could not think of anyone who had ever been invited into the high school sorority and failed to get through initiation time. But even so, her case would be quite different. She would see to that.
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Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" contains language that best reveals that Carlos is still tied to his Dominican origin?
How do the events in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” most influence Maya Angelou’s later poem, "The Caged Bird”?
Read the passage from Initiation."Remember the part about talking back and smiling," Louise Fullerton had put in, laughing. She was another celebrity in high school, pretty and dark and Vice-President of the student council. "You can't say anything unless your big sister asks you something or tells you to talk to someone. And you can't smile, no matter how you're dying to." The girls had laughed a little nervously, and then the bell had rung for the beginning of afternoon classes.
Read the passage from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line.
What should the reader study to make inferences about the personality traits of people in a text? Select three answers.
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, author Maya Angelou’s purpose is to tell about her childhood, while her shows how she thinks and feels about her childhood.
Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" reveals Laura’s Dominican origin through unique pronunciation?
What variations in language can a reader look for to better understand a character? Choose four answers.voicepronunciationvolumevocabularysyntaxgrammar
One way an author uses direct characterization is by telling the reader about the character through
Read the passage from “Initiation.”Millicent and Bev took a bus ahead of the rest of the girls; they had to stand up on the way to Lewiston Square. Bev seemed very cross about something. Finally she said, "You were talking with Herb Dalton at lunch today.""No," Millicent said honestly."Well, I saw you smile at him. That's practically as bad as talking. Remember not to do it again."
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Which situation from “Initiation” is an example of internal conflict?
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