Determine Value of Text: Compare Criteria

After establishing personal criteria, what should you do next in order to determine the value of a text? A. Search online for professional reviews and interpretations of the text. B. Ask an English teacher to give a professional opinion. C. Compare the characteristics and elements of the text to your own criteria. D. Discuss the text in a literature circle or book club.

What event in "Diary 24" from The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers gives the author hope that he has a home and a future? A. moving into a new house B. tearing the eviction letter C. boarding the school bus D. going to Room 203

Read the excerpt below from Raise Happy Chickens and Other Poultry and answer the question that follows. Once you have decided that keeping chickens is feasible, which breed will suit you? If you sort out your priorities, you will find this out. You need to decide whether you want lots of eggs per week or only a few; meat; beauty; rare breeds; pets; your vegetable garden weeded. No single type or breed will fulfill all of these requirements and it is so important that you like the look of the hens you buy as they will become part of the family. Source: Roberts, Victoria. Raise Happy Chickens and Other Poultry. New York: Macmillan, 2010. xii. Print. Based on this excerpt, what is the author's purpose for writing? to persuade to inform to express self to entertain

Read the excerpt below from the American Red Cross website and answer the question that follows. Every minute of every day, someone needs blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor, a person like you who makes the choice to donate. There is no substitute for your donation. When you make a blood donation, you join a very select group. Currently only 3 out of every 100 people in America donate blood. From its beginning, the American Red Cross has formed a community of service, of generous, strong and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The American Red Cross blood donor embodies this principle. Please join us in our mission to maintain a safe and stable blood supply by making your appointment to donate blood today. Source: "Give Blood." RedCross.org. The American National Red Cross, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. Based on this excerpt, what is the author's primary purpose for writing? to teach to record to entertain to persuade

Tone in literary nonfiction refers to __________. the overall presence of a personality behind the text description that appeals to the five senses the attitude that the author or narrator has toward the subject nonfiction that uses elements and devices common in fictional stories

Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. his lawyer, suddenly interrupted my thoughts questions by busting out. What is wrong with this sentence? The rules of syntax have been broken. The rules of diction have been broken. The imagery is not effective. This is a poem, but it should be literary nonfiction.

Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. In my life for the first time and, the image made me believe of my mother that I could change were the way things. What is wrong with this sentence? The rules of diction have been broken. The rules of syntax have been broken. The imagery is not effective. This is a poem, but it should be literary nonfiction.

Read the excerpt below from "Swimming Away" by Clare Reddaway and complete the statement that follows. Running in slow motion. She must go faster, her legs are rocks, she is dragging them and then she is in the water, diving, gasping, down, under, eyes open, arms out stretching, searching, empty, up for air, screaming 'Help!', swallowing and choking, then under again, into the swirl of the waves, the water thick, roaring in her ears, blocking her but clear and clean and she sees floating down a flash of white and thrusts towards it, grabbing and pulling, bubbles coming from a tiny mouth, hair weed flowing from a tiny head and out of the water bursting, gasping, holding her daughter in her arms and crying and hugging and struggling to the shore, she puts the little body flat on the sand and wipes the hair from the face. Source: Reddaway, Clare. "Swimming Away." EastoftheWeb.com. Hyperfiction, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2011. In this excerpt, the author purposefully breaks the rules of __________ in order to capture the frantic experience of a mother diving into the ocean to save her daughter from drowning. diction imagery voice syntax

Which question would help you evaluate a text to determine its value to yourself? What is my background and expertise? How many books have I read? Would my teacher agree with my opinion? What do I personally expect from a piece of writing?

What is the moral dilemma that the author faces in "Diary 33" from The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers? He must decide between being homeless and selling drugs to make money. She must decide between attending class and babysitting her younger siblings. She must decide between remaining loyal to her family and telling the truth. He must decide between living in the pastor's friend's house and living on the streets.

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