Lizzie Borden Article 3

What is the rhetorical effect of the metaphor in paragraph one: "There was the stage and the stage setting with all of the supporting company, bt none of the principal characters arrived on stage?"

• The metaphor reveals the disorganization of the police

• The metaphor revelas that the police have solved the case

• The metaphor dramatizes the anticipation and excitement of an arrest

• The metaphor dramatizes the brutality of the crime

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does this statement reveal as the motivation behind the lack of an arrest in the cas: "So general became the popular demand for an arrest and so unanimously did the public sentiment point to the one person as the perpetrator of the double murder that the family became alarmed and lost no time in exerting itself to such measures as would secure at least a stay in the preceedings until there was no reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the person suspected?"

• The Borden family put a stop to an arrest so that they could carry their own investigation.

• The newspapers have accused Lizzie Borden of the murder, so the police decided to wait as long as possible to arrest her out of respect for her family.

• The Borden family paid an attorney to put a stop to the arrest and could afford to do so because of their wealth an influence in the community.

• The newspapers have accused Lizzie Bordern of the murders, so the family decided to fight for a delay in the proceedings until there was no doubt of her guilt.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

How does the followig metaphor from paragraph 11 characterize the press: "the wiser night-hawks on the lookout for news flew home to bed."

• It implies the prowess of the press to know when the police will announce important news

• It implies that the press relentlessly seek out news all day and night

• It shows that the press have great respect for the police

• It shows that the press is prepared for an arrest in the case

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is the purpose of including the section entitled "Mysterious Robbery?"

• To show that the home had been robbed before these murders

• To show that someone was able to enter and exit the home undetected in the past

• To show that the murderer might be the same person who robbed the Borden home before the murders

• To show that the police may have missed a key to the crime.

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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

Which sentence provides the BEST summary of the text?

• The judge listens to the evidence, and the police prepare for an arrest by interviewing two key people in the case, Lizzie Borden and Miss Sullivan, while key players weigh in on the murders.

• The police have failed tomake an arrest in the case because the judge is hearing the evidence.

• Lizzie Borden's family stands behind her innocence, and Alderman Beattie gives his view of the case.

• Public opinon about Lizzie Borden's guilt has changed, and the legal inquest into the case has begun.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

So far, using evidence from the three articles you have read, do you feel Lizzie Borden is guilty, or is she being falsely accused and judged? Are there any other potential suspect? ANswer below using evidence from any of the three text to support your position.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7