Making a difference Unit Test Review

Participants in a formal discussion use language that is ___________.

sophisticated

Cinta reviewed her notes about genealogical research before the class discussion. She was ready to share her information with her classmates and then answer questions. When Mr. MacGregor asked if she was ready, Cinta smiled and nodded her head. What is the purpose of the class discussion?

to educate

Read the excerpt from Free the Children. "School," I had asked him, "would you like to go to school?""What is school? What is it like? What do people do there?""What do you hope for the future?" I said."I will do the same job. I will work to pay the debt. I will work to eat. One day I will take a loan from the owner. My children will have to pay." Why does the author most likely include this interaction?

to emphasize the generational cycle of debt slavery

Look at the frames from Iqbal. Read the excerpt from Free the Children. "He was crying and he was confused," said the translator.I knew it could not have been all that Liaqat had said, but we had no way of probing further."Then what happened?" I asked."They were taken to the police station. They put their thumbs on a blank sheet of paper and were told to leave." Which statement best describes a similarity in purpose between the frames and excerpt?

Both inform the reader that Faryad and Liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station.

Read the excerpt from Iqbal. Hussain Khan looked at us and growled, "What do you think you're looking at? Get back to work." We bent to our looms, but then we quickly peeked over our shoulders. Hussain brought the new boy over to an empty loom in the row next to mine, pulled out a rusty shackle, and locked it on the boy's right ankle. "This will be your place, here's where you'll work," he said. Based on the excerpt, which inference can be made about the setting?

Children are used to working in unfair conditions.

Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference. That night, Neto, Jesse, and another teammate walked into the coach's office and handed him their uniforms and pads. They explained why they were leaving and expected him to understand, but they were disappointed. "The coach said, 'Quitting will just make it worse,'" Neto remembers. "He said the fans would call us losers and quitters instead of respecting us. Nothing could convince him. After a while we just walked out." Now there was no turning back. Which statement best describes the change in Neto since the beginning of the story?

Neto is fully committed to putting an end to the racist comments coming from the fans.

Cynthia is writing a fictionalized story about the real life of a nurse. She used a scene from her favorite television sitcom as the source material for her research on the life of nurses. How will Cynthia's teacher most likely critique her source material?

The teacher will say that Cynthia did not make a good choice in source material because a nonfiction source would be more reliable.

The _______________ of a discussion keeps the group on track.

moderator

Which sentence uses an objective tone?

A garden would provide numerous benefits to the students.

Read the excerpt from Iqbal. Suddenly I realized that I had to get back to work. My mind had wandered. Just in time I managed to recapture a thread I was about to lose. Then the sunbeams were blocked and the two swords of light stopped fighting. We all turned around to see the master standing in the doorway. His big body filled it. He was dressed for traveling, with a long coat that almost reached his feet and boots covered with red dust. Based on the descriptive details in the passage, what inferences can be made about the setting? Select 3 options.

It is a work environment. It is daytime. The room holds several people.

Which statement best represents a claim?

The benefits of mandatory voting in the United States far outweigh the potential drawbacks.

Read the excerpt from Iqbal. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We followed, but stopped at the door like a group of frightened baby chicks. We saw Iqbal's knees scrape on the stones on the ground, his arm bang against the edge of the well. The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it slowly open on rasping hinges. We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, jerking Iqbal after him. Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep: the grate of the Tomb as it was raised and then bang! as it fell closed. The sound echoed in the heavy heat of the courtyard. Which details from the excerpt best indicate that the tomb is a frightening place? Select 3 options.

The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it open on rasping hinges. We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, Then we heard the awful, terrifying sound that haunted our sleep

To indicate that one's purpose for writing is to inform, an author would include clues such as ____________.

facts

In an e-mail that addresses a problem, the writer should express a viewpoint in the

first body paragraph.

What is one reason that an author may choose to relate events in memoir form?

to tell significant stories from one's life