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Unit1: Life Stories
Literature 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is likely to be the main character in a memoir( the protagonist)? | the author of the memoir |
| What type of text is a memoir? | expository |
| As "A Cub Pilot" progresses, the narrator grows increasingly frantic. This is an example of which plot element? | rising action |
| In "A cub Pilot" Mr. Bixby advises the narrator to never let anybody else shake his confidence in himself. This is an example of what plot element? | falling action |
| What is the significance of Angelou's admiration for William Shakespeare? | She loves beautiful language and appreciates many kinds of writers. |
| Think about the events related in" Cub Pilot" and the excerpt from "Barrio Boy." Given these events, which action would the authors of the two memoirs most likely praise? | A person works through her doubts to achieve a worthwhile goal. |
| Twain and Baker lived at different times, yet in some ways the narrators of "A Cub Pilot" a "No Gumption" are alike. Which is a similarity that the two share? | Both experience events that test their self-assurance |
| Which is a main conflict when Douglass is sent to work under Covey? | Douglass suffers mental torture a well as physical violence. |
| When Douglass thinks about escaping, what is one of his main conflicts? | Douglass is heartbroken about leaving his fellow slaves. |
| Douglass believes the underground railroad is no secret, which puts escaping slaves in danger. Which passage supports the inference? | I have never approved of the very public manner in which some of our western friends have conducted what they call the underground railroad, but which I think, by their open declarations, has been made most emphatically the upper-ground railroad. |
| Which is the best example of a complicating incident? | Frederick Douglass's mistress refuses to continue his education. |
| Which of the following is most likely to be shackled? | a. a baby b. a hamster c. a car d. a slave |
| Which is a run-on sentence? | a. He book report is due Thursday she hasn't read the book yet. b. her cookies are delicious, so she entered them into the county fair. |
| Which sentence is in inverted order? | a. The mayor of the town lives in that house. b. In the house lives the mayor of the town. |
| Which conjunction best fixes the run-on sentence? | Wayne had climbed the tree, _____ he couldn't get down. a. but b. or |
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