No Dream is Impossible English I

The selection is mainly about--

• the importance of luck in finding success in Hollywood

• the need for adult guidance

• the limited career opportunities for women in Arkansas

• the importance of trusting oneself

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

^{One honest glance told me that only by unglamorous hard work over quite a few years would this gangling, unseen Arkansas girl be transformed into my dream of a fine actress.}

In this sentence, the author admits that--

• her quest would be more difficult than she had thought

• Hollywood directors didn't think she had much talent

• it was time to start thinking about a different career

• acting was not as much fun as it had once seemed

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which line demonstrates the author's realization that she may have overestimated her abilities?

• But of course what really made me feel like catching the next bus for Arkansas was that in all the offices I managed to invade, not one casting man had looked at me with sudden interest and exclaimed, "That girl has something."

• Since then I've found this inner voice always spoke the truth or made me try to find it for myself.

• No one in my entire family had ever had artistic yearnings, so they looke dupon my girlish dreams as a rather silly and impractical phase, which I would surely outgrow and then settle down in Arkansas like my more sensible cousins.

• It tells me no dream is impossible because faith in my inner self will guide me to its fulfillment.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In paragraph 2, the author suggests that--

• she knew she would become a successful actress as long as she worked hard

• failing would be acceptable as long as she had made the effort to succeed

• life in Hollywood was made more difficult by pressure from her family

• it would have been wise to have gotten a good job before pursuing her dream

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2