The uplifting story of Tyler Perry

The best alternate headline for this Article would be

• Prolific entertainer picks up the tab for Holiday Gifts in Atlanta

• Tyler Perry Studios Provides opportunities for Black Actors

• Tyler Perry keeps the laughs coming with series of Madea films

• Prolific entertainer uses his fame to encourage others

Mark the synonyms for the word perspicacity?

• A person who notices, understands things quickly, realizes ...

• very slow, understands but needs lots of explanations to get to a conclusion

• Astuteness

• facetiounesds

The article states: He's also been known to pick up the tab for people's groceries and holiday gifts at stores in Atlanta and New Orleans, and he once sent 65 kids from Philadelphia on an all-expense-paid trip to Walt Disney World

The author's purpose for writing this passage was to..

• emphasize the fact that Perry primarily gives back to people who live in Atlanta or New Orleans

• Give examples of some of the ways Perry has used his wealth to give back to the community

• explain how Perry is viewed by his fans as well as people in the entertainment industry

• Show how much money Perry has amassed through his box office profits and business dealings

INFERENCE: The reader can infer from the Article that ....

• Perry believes it is more important to have success than help people

• Perry does not give up easily in the face of setbacks

• Perry does not like to talk about his life

• Perry focuses most of this time and energy on producing plays

Which of these statements from the article contains an opinion...?

• Perhaps one reason Perry is so generous is that he has experienced hard times himself.

• When the play opened in 1992... only about 30 people came to the show, which closed after one weekend

• In 2008, Perry founded the Tyler Perry studios, America's first major film and television studio owned by a Black producer

• Profiled on the documentary series Ophrah's Master Class, in all his work , "the intention is to lift and encourage"

Read this sentence from the Article: " Those are merely a few examples of Perry's munificence - over the years, he's contributed millions of dollars to combat homelessness and hunger, advance civil rights, and aid survivors of natural diseases."

In the sentence , the work munificence refers to

• Flagrant decadence

• perpetual idealism

• lavish benevolence

• wanton egotism

In your own words what is EGOTISM?

which passage from the article best supports the notion that Perry aims to boost people's spirits as well as entertain them?

• In the years that followed, Perry wrote, directed, and acted in a string of popular plays, and it wasn't long before he made the move to TV and movie screens

• Since his career began, many people have applauded Perry for providing opportunities to Black actors and other professionals in the entertainment industry, which hasn't always been very receptive to people of color

• Tyler might be renowned for making people laugh, but this big-hearted humanitarian is serious about his commitment to lifting up and encouraging others.

• In his first feature film, released in 2005, Perry played three different characters, including Madea, a spirited, sharp-tongued matriarch who went on to headline a whole series of hit movies.

Tyler Perry known character is...

• Mrs Brown

• Madea

• Super Man

• Mr. Brown

What evidence supports Tyler Perry's claim that the intention of all his work is to "lift and encourage"?