Unit 1 (Against All Odds) Review

What two strategies does Steve use to cope with his situation?

• Sneaking Food

• Running Away

• Reading

• Taking Walks

• Staying with the Levins

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

How does paragraph 32 contribute to the development of the author’s ideas?

"At every opportunity I would steal down to the cellar to dive into my cardboard chest of hidden treasures, planting myself right in the middle of those adventures."

• by emphasizing the importance of having a challenging reading list

• by providing details of the author’s escape into the world of books

• by describing how his books were gradually destroyed

• by describing his secret reading place in the cellar

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which statement best describes the purpose of A Chance In the World?

• To demonstrate the cruelty of the Robinsons

• to describe the books Steve read during this time

• to describe how Steve confronted and overcame hardships

• to show how the American foster system works

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"But had they known those books would sow the seeds of my rebellion, they would have torched them the minute Mrs. Levin was out of their sight."

This is an example of what type of figurative language.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

________________ is a unique combination of ideas, values, feelings, and beliefs that influences the way the writer looks at a topic.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Which sentence states a claim central to the author’s argument in Is Survival Selfish?

• Running away is the best way to survive a disaster.

• Heroes have to fight their survival instinct to save others.

• People who save themselves are cowards who lack courage.

• People are sometimes criticized for saving themselves.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

How do paragraphs 7 and 8 of Is Survival Selfish (the airplane story) contribute to the development of the author’s ideas?

• By arguing that in some cases, selfish actions cost people their lives

• by demonstrating that in some cases

• saving your life is the right action, by offering an example of what to do in an airplane fire or similar disaster

• by criticizing the other passengers for not trying to save themselves

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

The author of "Is Survival Selfish?" concludes her argument with —

• Recommendations for what to do in a live-or-die situation

• Another example that explains what being selfish in a crisis means

• A story about a friend who says you have to be brave and foolish

• A reflection that it can be hard to distinguish between smart and selfish action

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

What is an anecdote?

• How the reader feels while reading the story

• How the author feels about the topic

• A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or a real person

• The central idea of the story

"If survival is an instinct, it seems to me that there must be something equally instinctive that drives us, sometimes, to run into danger instead of away from it."

This is an example of what?

• Reason

• Fallacious Reasoning

• Claim

• Evidence

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3