How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldua
Authored by Janet Perez
English
11th Grade
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This quiz focuses on advanced literary analysis of Gloria Anzaldúa's essay "How to Tame a Wild Tongue," requiring students to demonstrate sophisticated reading comprehension and rhetorical analysis skills appropriate for 11th-grade English. The questions assess students' ability to identify and analyze rhetorical techniques including definition, analogy, and cause-and-effect reasoning, while also examining their understanding of complex literary devices such as paradox, parallel syntax, and figurative language. Students must demonstrate deep comprehension of cultural identity themes, interpret nuanced passages about self-definition versus imposed definition, and analyze the author's use of multiple languages and cultural perspectives. The quiz demands mastery of advanced analytical skills including identifying rhetorical functions of specific paragraphs, understanding authorial tone and purpose, recognizing the strategic use of quotations and endnotes, and synthesizing complex themes about Chicana identity and linguistic diversity. Created by Janet Perez, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 11. This assessment serves as an excellent tool for evaluating students' mastery of complex literary analysis following close reading instruction of Anzaldúa's seminal work. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a summative assessment after completing a unit on multicultural literature or Chicana studies, as a formative assessment to gauge comprehension during guided reading sessions, or as homework to reinforce analytical skills practiced in class discussions. The quiz effectively supports instruction by requiring students to move beyond surface-level comprehension to demonstrate sophisticated analytical thinking about rhetorical strategies, cultural themes, and authorial craft. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4 for analyzing author's choices in word meaning and tone, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5 for analyzing text structure and rhetorical effectiveness, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6 for evaluating point of view and cultural experience in literature.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This passage utilizes which of the following rhetorical techniques?
I. definition
II. analogy
III. cause and effect
I only
III only
I and II only
I and III only
I, II, and III
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In paragraph 36, "state of soul" refers to
the author's mixed racial heritage
the religious beliefs that bind a particular community
the predominance of the author's spanish ancestry
the way a cultural group envisions itself
the importance of the author's geographical roots in Mexico
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The conversation in paragraph 37 serves to
stress the importance of the author's family ties
indicate the deliberate choices that define the author's identity
illustrate that the author easily shifts languages and registers within languages
contrast with the Mexican saying previously quoted
shift the viewpoint from the author to her siblings
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The rhetorical function of paragraph 38 is to
demonstrate the author's confusion about her identity
list the richly complex heritage the author enjoys
emphasize the inaccuracy of labels
validate the grounds for the author's belonging to many cultures
establish the author's knowledge of her cultural history
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Paragraphs 39 and 40 contain each of the following EXCEPT
cumulative sentence
parallel syntax
paradox
slang
figurative language
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The principal contrast in this passage is
Chicano versus Anglo
self-definition versus imposed definition
Spanish versus English
Anglo-American versus Mexican cultural values
assimilation versus separation
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The quotation that opens the passage does which of the following?
summarizes a viewpoint that contrasts with the author's
demonstrates that a person of an ethnicity different from the author's can have a similar viewpoint
suggests that identity cannot be known, only intuited
authenticates the premise that the author is exploring
states abstractly what the author will demonstrate concretely
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.6
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
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