First Encounters

The intended audience impacts

• author's purpose

• diction

• tone

• content

• all of these

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following are issues with primary sources? Select all that apply.

• They are never correct.

• You only get one point of view.

• Primary sources might contain bias (prejudice).

• They are second-hand accounts and might, therefore, contain incorrect information.

Which of the following would be considered a primary source? Select all that apply.

• critical essay

• autobiography

• textbook

• journal

• letter

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following texts would be considered primary sources?

• La Relación

• Of Plymouth Plantation

• The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

• All of these

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In La Relación, because Cabeza de Vaca's audience was the King of Spain, his main purpose in writing it was to relate his __________________.

• thoughts

• experiences

• political views

• feelings

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL. 11-12.9

Which is NOT a hardship faced by the Spaniards in the excerpts of La Relación?

• hostile natives

• lack of provisions

• poor health

• extreme cold

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following did the Karankawas do in the selection of La Relación?

• provide food for the Spaniards

• take the Spaniards back to their huts

• lament the loss of the Spaniards who died when the boat capsized

• force the Spaniards to act as medicine men

• all of these

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of the following BEST describes Cabeza de Vaca's overall interaction with the Native Americans?

• aggressive

• pleasant

• torturous

• violent

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Based on context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word in the text below:

"That was not much, but valuable to us in that bitter November cold, our bodies so emaciated we could easily count every bone and looked the very picture of death."

• vibrant and beautiful

• robust and powerful

• abnormally thin and weak

• youthful and fit

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What can be inferred about the author based on the following text?

"If they looked behind them, there was the mighty ocean which they had passed and was now as a main bar and gulf to separate them from all the civil parts of the world."

• He believes Europe to be the only civilized part of the world.

• He has been separated from the rest of the men with whom he was traveling.

• He is uneducated.

• He doesn't believe in being hospitable to strangers.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6