Unit 2 Animal Allies

Which of these features best explains why something might be a memoir?

• It gives the writer’s opinions about a topic.

• It tells about a memorable time in the writer’s life.

• It presents details about animals the writer has known.

• It includes precise descriptive details about a topic.

Which of these BEST supports the idea that a memoir tells about a memorable time in a person's life?

• In the summer of 1880 I set out from Fort Wrangel in a canoe to continue the exploration of the icy region of southeastern Alaska. . . .

• Nobody could hope to unravel the lines of his ancestry.

• In all the wonderfully mixed and varied dog-tribe I never saw any creature very much like him.

• On closer inspection you might notice his thin sensitive ears, and sharp eyes with cunning tan-spots above them.

Read the following quotation from a passage about a little dog named, Stickeen.

On our trip he soon proved himself a queer character—odd, concealed, independent, keeping invincibly quiet, and doing many little puzzling things that piqued my curiosity.

                Which of the following inferences about the author's purpose is most clearly supported by this passage?

• The author is going to entertain readers with interesting stories about Stickeen's behavior.

• The author is going to persuade readers not to travel with dogs by telling about Stickeen's behavior.

• The author is going to inform readers about the intelligence of dogs using examples of Stickeen's behavior.

• The author is going to describe what the Arctic wilderness must look like seen through Stickeen's eyes.

Which of the following quotations best supports that an author might be trying to entertain readers with interesting stories about a dog's behavior?

HINT: Think about the OVERALL idea that the author might be trying to get through to the reader.

• I like dogs, but this one seemed so small and worthless that I objected to his going. . . .

• But his master assured me that he would be no trouble at all

• Nobody could hope to unravel the lines of his ancestry.

• But I discovered that somehow he always knew what was going on.

What elements might be found in a work of historical fiction? Choose three options

• It takes place during an actual historical event. 

• It includes details from both the past and the present.

• It tells about a relationship between people and an animal. 

• It combines a real-life setting with fictional characters and details.  

• It uses real-life and fictional elements to express a theme.  

Imagine a story in which the CONFLICT is that a mother hates her daughter's (Mei-Ling) cat. What quote best supports that conflict?

• Mei Ling’s mother scolded her daughter, but, because she knew that she couldn’t change the girl’s feelings, she grumpily tolerated the Cat.

• It was the Cat outside their open window, joined by a chorus of other stray cats in the neighborhood.

• He had lived through earthquakes in China before coming to California, and he knew what was coming.

• The family felt as if they were being grabbed and throttled by some angry force that lived under their floor,

What are elements of a lyric poem?

• it is a moment of time

• it shows insight from the speaker

• it uses literary devices, like figurative language

• it reveals strong feelings

• all of these are elements of a lyric poem

What is a stanza?

• a "paragraph" in a poem separated from the other stanzas by a space

• one line in a poem

• words that rhyme at the end of a line

• the title of a poem

Which of the following words has the same denotation as the word paddle in the following:

They paddle in the cold

• walk

• swim

• fly

• eat

What is the most likely reason a poet would chose the word paddle instead of swim in a poem about swans?

• He wanted readers to find the swans somewhat comic.

• He wanted readers to see the precise movements of the swans’ feet.

• He wanted to show that the swans are more beautiful than other birds. 

• He wanted to show how large the swans are compared to other birds.