Suketu Mehta "Uppity Immigrant"

Mehta believes immigrants in America should be grateful to be here

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mehtu thinks America has too many problems and is therefore, a bad place for immigrants to live

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

American exceptionalism according to Mehtu is

• our healthcare system

• our judicial system

• our clash of civilizations

• our respect for our elders and neighbors

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

Mehtu loves

• Amy Chua

• Amy Wax

• 4Chan

• Seinfeld

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mehtu includes

• metaphors

• allusions

• examples

• cause and effect

• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Mehtu starts his essay with a startling statistic

• true

• false

Mehtu starts his essay with an example of anti- immigration sentiment

• true

• false

Mehtu has never experienced racism because he is Indian American

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mehtu's exigence is

• his newly published book

• his experience at a Catholic high school

• Trumps comments to The Squad to go back

• the growing anti-immigration sentiment

Mehtu's purpose is to

• convince Americans to secure the border

• chastise Americans for their unwillingness to accept immigrants freely

• to inspire immigrants to own their place in America

• to explain why immigrants have to come to America

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6