Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.After she graduated from Washington Elementary, where she was a drum majorette in the marching band, Arnetta moved on to Ullman High School. In tenth grade, she and seven friends started the Peace Ponies, a social and savings club. Members volunteered to help younger students and saved their money to give to needy families. In early April 1963, the Peace Ponies went to a mass meeting at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the sermon that night.What does this characterization of Arnetta reveal?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.When Reverend and Mrs. Shuttlesworth and their daughters, Pat and Ricky, arrived at Phillips, one of the city's four all-white high schools, a crowd of white men attacked them. They beat and kicked the minister nearly senseless and scarred his face, stabbed Mrs. Shuttlesworth, and slammed the car door on Ricky's ankle.Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
Read this paragraph.Youths who were offered a chance at social activism turned out in droves at Milbrook High School yesterday afternoon. A poster in the hall had advertised simply, "Get involved! You can change lives!” This raised students’ curiosity, and many attended a meeting that introduced a neighborhood tutoring program. More than fifty students signed up to tutor children at nearby elementary schools.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.As King finished speaking, a young white man named Roy James jumped onto the stage and attacked him with brass knuckles, slugging him in the back and jaw. Rather than return the blows or even cover his face, King dropped his hands by his side and looked at his assailant. Other ministers rushed to restrain James, but King stopped them."Don't touch him," he cried. "We have to pray for him." King put his arm around the man who had been attacking him. They talked quietly. The man, a member of the American Nazi Party, started crying and admitted that he had come there to prove that King was not nonviolent. The minister did not even press charges.What does this characterization of Martin Luther King reveal?
Read this paragraph.Curtis sat in the third row with his mother and father. They were quiet and reverential as the concert began. Occasionally, Curtis bowed his head as if in thought. When they stood at intermission, he took his mother’s arm and held her hand.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Like James, she was so light-skinned that her friends sometimes called her names. "When they would get angry, they would call me ‘half-white' . . . ," she said. "It would really, really hurt my feelings." Although she had friends who passed, "I was black, and it was no doubt about it in my mind," she said. Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.To help the teens weigh the risks and ponder if they could remain nonviolent, workshop leaders got them to talk about how they felt. Bernard Lafayette, one of the trainers, said, "We didn't want anyone to . . . participate in the demonstrations and then regret that they did." He found it was "easier for the girls to talk about feelings than boys . . .”Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
Read this paragraph.Carla began to connect more with her peers than her family – I’m sure you have seen this in your community. Youths often prefer the company of their friends, seeking them out at the pool, the park, the mall. They no longer seek shelter behind mothers and fathers, you understand. Instead, they venture boldly into new social circles.Which statement describes the narrative voice of this paragraph?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Arnetta's father told her and her sisters, "You are made by God." He taught them that their family's light skin didn't make them any better or worse than anyone else. "We . . . did not think that race should have been an issue," she said.How does the author use third-person narration in this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.Just before fourth grade, Arnetta asked to switch to public school so she could be with her neighborhood friends. Her parents preferred that she and her sisters stay at St. Mary's but, Arnetta said, "We had a fit." Which part of the narrative structure does the author develop in this excerpt?
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