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When a writer tells his or her life story from the first-person point of view, using the pronoun I, and typically focuses on the most significant events that happened to him or her
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Autobiography
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When a writer uses the first-person point of view to relate events from his or her own life
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Memoir
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When a writer uses the third-person point of view to write about the life of someone else
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Biography
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When a writer uses either first or second-person point of view to relate a true story in a short composition
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Narrative essay
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The order in which events occur
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Chronological order
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Going back in time to present incidents that occured before the beginning of the story
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Flashback
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Explain a topic
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Expository essay
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Promote an opinion or a position
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Persuasive essay
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St. Louis
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Where was Twain going in "Life on the Mississippi"?
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New York
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Where was Twain coming from in "Life on the MIssissippi"?
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Train
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How was Twain traveling to St. Louis in "Life on the Mississippi"?
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People dress differently, they chew tobacco, and lots of people are wearing boots
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Name three observations Twain made on his train ride to St. Louis.
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If people think that he is an outsider, they are more likely to tell him interesting stories.
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Why does Twain say, "...it would be an advantage to disguise our party with fictitious names"?
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No
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Is Twain able to deceive the hotel clerk?
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The water has a lot of dirt in it and it isn't filtered.
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What do you learn about the water in St. Louis?
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It has doubled in size since he was last there. The architecture has also changed and the houses are nicer. There is also a new park that is very big and beautiful.
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What has changed in St. Louis since Twain was last there?
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He talks about the steamboat transportation and how now they don't use them anymore and only use trains
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Summarize Twain's remarks in the last four paragraphs.
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He values sophistication and the steamboat culture
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What do Twain's remarks tell you about what he values?
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He is impressed by forest park and how they preserved the green places
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As Twain surveys "present day" St. Louis, what changes seem to impress him most?
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It starts positive and humorous and then towards the end it gets more factual
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How does the writer's tone change between the beginning and the end of the selection?
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They are a Mexican-American family
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Describe Sandra Cisneros's family.
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His opinion and approval is very important to her
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Why does Cisneros write more about her father in this essay than about any other family member?
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It has been positive for her because it has given her a lot of time alone so she had time to work on her writing. It is also negative because her father doesn't have any expectations for her other than finding a husband
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Explain how being the only daughter, and only a daughter, has proven to be both a positive and negative experience for Cisneros.
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He thought of it as a good way for her to find a smart husband so she could get married
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What was the father's attitude toward a college education for his daughter?
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He wants his sons to have a good life and be smart and provide for their families
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What was the father's attitude toward a college education for his sons?
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It doesn't affect her because it lets her study what she wants to
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Was Cisneros affected by her father's attitude?
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She says that her father reading and loving the story was the best thing that had happened to her
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How does Cisneros react to her father's request for copies of her story?
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It is translated into spanish and it takes place in his hometown
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Why does her father react differently to the story that she gives him at Christmas than to all the other work she had done?
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Since the majority of people aren't readers, writers have to write really good stories so that other people will engage in it and enjoy it
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By writing "My father represents....the public majority," what might Cisneros be saying about her father - and about society?
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She is who she is today because she is the only daughter in a family of six brothers
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"I am the only daughter in a family of six sons. That explains everything" In what ways does the essay confirm Cisneros's statement? In what way does the essay contradict it?
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The printing shop
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Where are they going on the field trip?
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They are scared and upset
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How do the children react after the incident?
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They are calm and trying to help
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How do the adults react after the incident?
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The kids are traumatized and start having nightmares
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How do the children react over the next couple of days?
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They wrote letters to the lady who was hurt
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How do they move past the incident at the printing shop?
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The things we worry about are never the things that happen. And the things that happen are the things we never could have dreamed
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What is the thesis of "Field Trip"?
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On the day that Robert Kennedy was shot, the author was at a chocolate factory. Once when she was at a camping trip, some donkeys escaped their field and trampled her.
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What are two unexpected things that happened to the author on other field trips or outings?
