Forest Fire/Why Leaves Turn Color/The Season's Curmudgeon

Forest Fire/Why Leaves Turn Color/The Season's Curmudgeon

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Literary Analysis: Comparing Types of Organization

Types of Organization

To present information in the most useful way possible, writers can choose among several types of organization. Here are three of the most common organizational plans.

• Chronological order relates events in the order in which they occurred.

• Cause-and-effect order examines the relationship between an event and its result or results.

• Comparison and contrast shows similarities and differences.

Open Ended

Why is chronological order the best type of organization for “Forest Fire”?

Open Ended

Why is cause-and-effect order the best type of organization for “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”?

Open Ended

Why is comparison and contrast the best type of organization for “The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the Light”?

Multiple Choice

Whom does the narrator of Forest Fire assist when the fire is forcing people to pack their cars?

• her neighbor's children
• her elderly neighbors
• her parents
• her close friends

Multiple Choice

How did the narrator of “Forest Fire” probably react when a reporter criticized her for saving books, not items of more obvious “human interest,” from the fire?

• The narrator probably wondered if the reporter was right.

• The narrator probably wanted to cry about all she was losing.

• The narrator probably continued to believe in the value of her diaries.

• The narrator probably wanted to force the reporter to read her diaries.

Multiple Choice

What word might the author of “Forest Fire” use to describe the fire burning around her home?

• irritating

• slight

• bothersome

• destructive

Multiple Choice

For what reason does the author of “Forest Fire” describe the mudslides that occur in January?

• She wants to boast about a second natural disaster she lived through.

• She wants to explain how she got to know the forest rangers.

• She wants to impress readers with her skill in photography.

• She wants to describe the bad results the fire had on the environment.

Multiple Choice

According to Why Leaves turn color in the fall, why do trees stop sending nutrients to their leaves in the late summer?

• the trees run out of nutrients
• tree trunks and branches need the nutrients
• the trees need to prepare for new leaves in spring
• scientists do not know the answer

Multiple Choice

What natural force helps leaves fall from trees in “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”?

• wind

• rain

• snow

• people

Multiple Choice

For what purpose does the author of “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” organize the essay according to cause and effect?

• She wants to describe how cold weather affects nature.

• She wants to explain the process by which the color green disappears from leaves.

• She wants to explain the scientific process called photosynthesis.

• She wants to describe how the fall colors affect her.

Multiple Choice

What is the author’s main purpose in “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”?

• She wants to persuade readers to stop pollution.

• She wants to inform readers of scientific facts about autumn leaves.

• She wants to explain the origin of macabre fall holidays.

• She wants to entertain readers with an imaginative fable about leaves.

Multiple Choice

In “The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the Light,” which season is the author’s favorite, according to the beginning of the essay?

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

Multiple Choice

According to the final statement in “The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the Light,” what is the author’s thought about the season she originally disliked?

• Spring gives us a fresh start.

• Spring rains are fun for splashing in.

• Fall fashions are sophisticated.

• Winter activities are wholesome.

Multiple Choice

What kind of organization is used in "The Season's Curmudgeon Sees the Light?"

• chronological order

• cause and effect order

• comparison and contrast

• narrative

Multiple Choice

Which organization style tells you the reasoning and then the effects the reasoning causes?

• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• narrative
• chronological order

Multiple Choice

Which kind of organization describes events in the order in which they occurred?

• chronological order

• cause-and-effect order

• comparison and contrast

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What are evacuees usually trying to avoid when they leave a place?

• noisy crowds

• chores and responsibilities

• excessive heat or cold

• life-threatening dangers

Multiple Choice

Firefighting is difficult work; handling the water hoses requires a

_____________________ grip.

• pungent

• consoling

• tenacious

• macabre