Unit 3 EA 2

Dominic is creating a presentation about Nelson Mandela. To help his audience better understand the suffering Mandela endured, the best photograph to include would be

• one of Mandela visiting the sick in the hospital

• one of Mandela accepting a humanitarian award

• one of Mandela sitting in a prison cell

• one of Mandela speaking to a large group of people

Read the lines from the poem "Invictus."

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

Which event in Nelson Mandela's life best illustrates the idea expressed in these lines?

• graduating from college in 1942

• getting out of prison after 27 years

• overturning the National Party's apartheid policies

• being elected president of the African National Congress

Read the excerpt from Nelson Mandela's Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

Moved by that appeal and inspired by the eminence you have thrust upon us, we undertake that we too will do what we can to contribute to the renewal of our world so that none should, in future, be described as the "wretched of the earth."

The excerpt highlights Mandela's leadership qualities by showing that he

• understood his role in helping those people who cannot fight for themselves.

• expected his efforts in South Africa to be duplicated by others across the world.

• wanted to support the fight for freedom across the world, not just in South Africa.

• shared the responsibility for helping others rather than taking all the credit himself.

Marissa is writing an essay about the far-reaching influence of Nelson Mandela. Which sentence from the The Nobel Peace Prize 1993: Biography of Nelson Mandela would best support the idea that Mandela was popular and influential?

• "In June 1961, the ANC executive considered [Mandela's] proposal on the use of visual tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in Mandela's campaign would not be stopped from doing so by the ANC."

• "Mandela was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labor."

• "[Mandela] was widely accepted as the most significant black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength."

• "In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after the organization had been banned in 1960, Mandela was elected president of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, became the organization's National Chariperson."

How is a biography different from an autobiography?

• A biography introduces specific claims, while an autobiography is based on opinions.

• A biography relies on logic, while an autobiography appeals to the emotions of the reader.

• A biography uses a highly structured organization, while an autobiography uses informal style.

• A biography presents information from an outside point of view, while an autobiography is written in first-person.