U2L10 Jose Born to Dance Author's Purpose

U2L10 Jose Born to Dance

Author's Purpose

Multiple Choice

In what ways is the example "New York is a jungle of stone" a metaphor?

• A. It compares the city of New York to something very different.

• B. It does not use the word like or as.

• C. It makes readers think about New York City in a new and different way.

• D. All of the above.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the metaphor "New York is a cemetery.?'

• A. It means that New York was quiet.

• B. The buildings looked like gravestone.

• C. Both A and B

Multiple Choice

What is the genre of the story Jose Born to Dance?

• A. Realistic Fiction

• B. Biography

• C. Autobiography

• D. NonFiction

Multiple Choice

What is the first event in the biography?

• A. Jose Limon was born in 1908.

• B. Jose's family took a train in Nogales.

• C. He took the job as a janitor.

• D. Jose danced with Doris and Charles.

Open Ended

What do you think the author wants you to learn from Jose's story?

Multiple Select

To inform the reader about the life of a dancer Jose Limas and to show that people can be successful if they have a goal and work hard are the authors purposes of the story.

Check all the details that support the purposes of the author.

• A. Jose saw different kinds of performances when he was a child in Mexico.

• B. He studied dance for eleven years.

• He toured the world with his own dance company.