Unit 8 - Community

evoking emotion, especially pity or sadness, in the audience or reader

• pathos

• ethos

• allusion

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

To whom is the Letter from Birmingham Jail addressed?

• ministers who criticized King's efforts
• whites who arrested King for no reason
• his coworkers in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• his wife and his lawyer

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why was King in Birmingham?

• he was invited to help fight the segregation there

• he lived there

• he gave a speech there but drove over the speed limit on his way out of town

• he picked Birmingham as the next place to hold a non-violent protest

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"the stinging dart of segregation"

• metaphor
• simile
• allusion
• negotation

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has been advertised on television"

• pathos
• ethos
• metaphor
• allusion

"Let us all hope that . . . in the not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."

• metaphor

• allusion

• direct action

• pathos

King believes that resentment and frustration over racism should be channeled into...

• non-violent direct action.
• violent protest.
• religious belief.
• political discussions.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Thoreau's tone throughout most of the essay can be described as

• philosophical yet didactic

• cynical yet passionate

• disdainful yet reverent

• polemical yet objective

• reportorial yet curious

Which of the following best describes the author's purpose in including the following sentence: "It has always bothered me that I can think of no other way to describe it other than 'broken,' as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness" (para.8)?

• to criticize the limited terminology used to describe her mother's speech

• to persuade readers that her mother's speech is poor

• to educate readers about the correct terms to use in reference to immigrant English speakers

• to mock her mothers speech

• to concede that terms like "broken" are teh best way to describe her mother's English

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following best characterizes the tone of "Mother Tongue"?

• objective and informal

• personal and reflective

• ironic and candid

• subjective and argumentative

• illogical and formal