Fighting for Equality Unit Test 100%

Read the short speech. Household chores are rarely exciting. Sorting laundry and unloading dishes does not quicken the pulse. Few people smile at the prospect of mopping. However, chores are building blocks for a firm foundation. Young children who help in the kitchen gain confidence preparing food. When teens help in the yard, they learn valuable home-maintenance skills. These experiences provide support for future independence and success. Identify the metaphor in the speech.

"However, chores are building blocks for a firm foundation."

Which words does Martin Luther King, Jr. include in his "I Have a Dream" speech to highlight the limitations of segregation? Check all that apply.

"crippled" "poverty" "racial injustice"

Read the excerpt from President Kennedy's Report to the American People. This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama. How did President Kennedy structure this excerpt?

He used cause and effect to explain the events in Alabama.

The author chose to tell Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy from the perspective of children rather than adults. Which best describes the effectiveness of this strategy in recounting the story?

It is effective because the reader is able to better understand how young people are experiencing the racial conflict between Phippsburg and Malaga.

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. And that was how Lizzie saw him as she came up the coast: his back to her, wearing a white shirt fit for glory, throwing rocks up into the air and swinging at them with a piece of driftwood If she had figured he had come for a place to breathe, she might have been more understanding—even if she had wondered about him some. If she had figured he was absolutely and completely crazy, she would have let him be. But as far as she knew, he was standing with his left leg forward on her shore, in a place where she had come to clam and to breathe. It was as if he were telling her to move on. And she had had enough of that. How does the setting in this excerpt contribute to Lizzie's internal conflict?

Lizzie is upset because Turner is standing on the beach she is used to having to herself.

Which sentence from "American Indian Civil Rights" best describes the conflict the author develops in the text?

Relationships between the Europeans and American Indians turned hostile, and rights were one by one stripped away from American Indians.

Read the excerpt from "My First March." "Exactly!" Mama said. "By marching, we'll be letting the government know that we want those unfair laws to be changed. And while we march we're going to chant, and after we chant, we'll sing some songs. One way or another, we're going to make sure the government hears our message." Based on the excerpt, what is the best reason why the reader would conclude that Mama values integrity?

She teaches her child that equality is essential.

Read the excerpt from "American Indian Civil Rights." Over the years, American Indian activists have valiantly fought for reform and for the government to honor certain treaty obligations. Sarah Winnemucca, a member of the Northern Paiutes tribe, campaigned for better living conditions for her tribe in the late 1800s. She lectured around the country in an effort to increase support for her cause. Physician and lecturer Charles Eastman, who was part of the Sioux tribe, also strove to improve the circumstances of American Indians in the early 1900s through public speaking and serving in organizations such as the Society of American Indians. What is the best reason to conclude that the author wants the reader to admire American Indians?

The author uses words, such as "valiantly," that have strong emotional connotations of courage and respect.

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's true. It matters what people think. It matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It doesn't matter at all how she got you out there." "It matters to me," Turner whispered. "Speak up!" "It matters to me." How does Turner's perspective affect this part of the story?

The reader is able to see that Turner cares more about his friendship with Lizzie than the social taboo of hanging out on Malaga Island.

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. "Gentlemen," said Reverend Buckminster slowly, "there clearly are real dangers I had not anticipated." He looked at Turner, and Turner saw in his eyes—distrust. "Perhaps the Lord is leading you in your efforts. And if so, then what else could the minister of First Congregational say but that he is with you in this?" "That, Reverend, is what we came to ask," said Mr. Stonecrop. "And it will not be long before Phippsburg is free from this sordidness, and we can start to rebuild ourselves. Someday soon, the settlement on Malaga Island will be no more. What conflict is developing in this excerpt?

The townspeople of Phippsburg are going to remove the people from Malaga Island.

Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Reverend Buckminster sighed. "It doesn't matter if it's true. It matters what people think. It matters that my congregation can tell me what to think when my son goes out to visit a Negro girl on Malaga Island. It doesn't matter at all how she got you out there." "It matters to me," Turner whispered. "Speak up!" "It matters to me." In this excerpt, the reader is able to see how important Lizzie's friendship is to Turner. Which explains the factor that is most likely affecting Turner's perspective in this excerpt?

Turner's age is not allowing him to fully understand his father's concerns over the racial conflict.

Read the excerpt from "My First March." "Hey, Mama?" I asked. "How can all these buses be going to the same place we're going? I've never seen a building that could hold this many people." "Well, we're not going to a building," Mama said. "We're going to a march today. That means we'll be walking through the streets all over our nation's capital." Now read the excerpt from "2000 Buses." Two thousand buses, Twenty-one chartered trains, Ten special airlines, More cars than one could name A mass meeting they called it, The March for Jobs and Freedom Equal access, Equal justice, For all, and not just some What event do both excerpts describe?

a civil rights rally

Read the excerpt from "My First March." I had never seen so many buses in my life! Whether I looked through the front windshield or the window by my seat, an ocean of buses was all I could see. Yellow school buses, silver Greyhounds, and buses in all kinds of colors that didn't have any writing on them. Mama said they were all going to the same place as us, which didn't seem possible. What kind of place could hold all those people? Telling this excerpt from a child's perspective helps the reader to share the child's

amazement

Read the excerpt from "My First March." A group in the back started fanning themselves and singing the song "Heatwave," making everyone laugh and sing along. The author conveys the joy in the excerpt through the use of

an allusion

Read the excerpt from President Kennedy's Report to the American People. It ought to be possible, therefore, for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops. It ought to be possible for American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, such as hotels and restaurants and theaters and retail stores, without being forced to resort to demonstrations in the street, and it ought to be possible for American citizens of any color to register and to vote in a free election without interference or fear of reprisal. It ought to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color. In short, every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. In the excerpt, President Kennedy emphasizes his point most by using

anaphora to emphasize the lack of equality.

Read the excerpt from My Story. She took me up a flight of stairs (the cells were on the second level), through a door covered with iron mesh, and along a dimly lighted corridor. She placed me in an empty dark cell and slammed the door closed. She walked a few steps away, but then she turned around and came back. She said, "There are two girls around the other side, and if you want to go over there with them instead of being in a cell by yourself, I will take you over there." I told her that it didn't matter, but she said, "Let's go around there, and then you won't have to be in a cell alone." It was her way of being nice. It didn't make me feel any better. How does Rosa Parks help the reader understand her emotions in this excerpt?

by describing in detail the order of what happened to her

The dates in the excerpt help the reader to determine that "American Indian Civil Rights" is structured by cause and effect.

chronological order

Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that: Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. The most likely reason King uses allusions in this part of his speech is to

encourage listeners to envision freedom everywhere.

Read the excerpt from "American Indian Civil Rights." One of the most sweeping blows to the American Indian community occurred in 1830 when President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. As a result, the government negotiated with tribes to move them to land west of the Mississippi River. The government then acquired their previously inhabited land. Some tribes reluctantly went along with the act. However, many did not want to abandon their homelands. In this excerpt, the setting

fuels the external conflict.

Which phrase in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is an example of an allusion?

let freedom ring from every hill

A literary analysis should be written with a tone that is

objective

Read the short speech. Patriotism is often taught through school routines. Young Americans may stand to say, "I pledge allegiance to the flag." They may attend special assemblies or programs honoring veterans. Career studies may include descriptions of armed service professions. Even the study of geography is an exercise in patriotism, as students learn the names of states and capitals. The author includes an allusion to allow readers to

recall a familiar text.

Read the excerpt from "American Indian Civil Rights." One of the most sweeping blows to the American Indian community occurred in 1830 when President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. As a result, the government negotiated with tribes to move them to land west of the Mississippi River. The government then acquired their previously inhabited land. Some tribes reluctantly went along with the act. Which phrase from the excerpt uses a strong emotional connotation to help the author emphasize the tragedy that the American Indians suffered?

sweeping blows

Read the excerpt from My Story. Here it was, half a century after the first segregation law, and there were 50,000 African Americans in Montgomery. More of us rode the buses than Caucasians did, because more whites could afford cars. It was very humiliating having to suffer the indignity of riding segregated buses twice a day, five days a week, to go downtown and work for white people. The first-person narration in this excerpt best helps readers understand

the anger black people felt.

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. They stood together quietly, in the dark, in the growing cool of the night, and the sea breeze gave up on them and played in the dark leaves above, and the sound of the waves came in with the quiet. The stars popped in the night sky like distant firecrackers, and beyond them the great streak of the Milky Way came down out of heaven and draped a swathe into the ocean beyond. Turner could almost feel the globe sliding under his feet. Lizzie felt it, too and she reached out and took his hand for a moment—as if for balance—and then dropped it. What are some clues that the narrator's point of view is third-person omniscient? Check all that apply.

the use of the pronouns "they" and "she" thoughts and feelings of both Lizzie and Turner