Formative Friday: Hearts and Hands

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: A rhetorical question....

• is asked to emphasize a point.

• is not asked to get an answer.

• is asked to get a response.

• has no purpose for being asked.

2. Read this excerpt:

“Young!” exclaimed the first speaker, “why — Oh! Didn’t you catch on? Say — did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?” (paragraph 24)

What is the author's purpose for using the rhetorical questions in paragraph 24 of Hearts and Hands? (R.3.4)

• The speaker is frustrated by the inaccurate description of the men being discussed.

• The speaker is shocked by the other person’s lack of understanding of the prisoner’s situation.

• The speaker is annoyed by having to explain the prisoner’s situation to the other passenger.

• The speaker is confused and trying to get answers and clarity about the situation with the prisoner.

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ELA.7.R.3.4

What is a theme of Hearts and Hands?

• Slow and steady wins the race.

• It's good to lie to your friends.

• Never give up on finding love.

• Appearances are not always what they seem.

How are the themes “expectations can blind you to the truth” and “appearances are not always what they seem” developed similarly in the passage? (R.1.2)

• Miss Fairchild shows that while she carries an air of wealth and money, it is not as important to her as being happy.

• Mr. Easton tries to court Miss Fairchild’s affection by telling tales of adventure and excitement as a marshal in the West as they travel east together.

• Mr. Easton tries to avoid conversation with Miss Fairchild because he is embarrassed at the idea of having to admit to being a criminal and counterfeiter.

• Miss Fairchild sees two men, one of whom is a handsome member of her own class, whom she knows socially; the other is a rough-looking man whom she has never met.

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ELA.7.R.1.2

Select two ways the setting of the train impacts the plot of the story. (R.1.1)

• It provides a common location for the characters to talk about and bond over.

• It allows the marshal and Mr. Easton to leave without the truth being revealed to Miss Fairchild.

• It causes Miss Fairchild to doubt Mr. Easton’s story based on his train ticket and destination.

• It creates the circumstances for the characters to be in close conversation but also to be overheard by other passengers.

• It allows the truth to be revealed when the train arrives at the station and the characters exit to their destinations.

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ELA.7.R.1.1

6. Read this excerpt:

“And so now you are one of these dashing Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers.” (paragraph 10)

What is the significance of the irony in paragraph 10? (R.3.4)

• Miss Fairchild believes Mr. Easton to be a hero rather than the criminal he actually is.

• Miss Fairchild is worried for Mr. Easton’s safety as a marshal who captures criminals.

• Miss Fairchild is excited by the change in Mr. Easton’s status from a person of society to a cowboy.

• Miss Fairchild thinks that Mr. Easton is much more attractive now that she knows he is a hero of the West.

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ELA.7.R.3.4

The narrator of Hearts and Hands is someone outside the story who knows the feelings of Miss Fairchild and Mr. Easton. What type of point of view is this?

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

Select two ways a third person omniscient narrator influences the text? (R.1.3)

• The first person narrator prevents the audience from seeing what Ms. Fairchild is like when she’s back east.

• The first person narrator allows the audience to question Mr. Easton’s reliability when he’s explaining his job.

• The omniscient third person narrator allows the audience to witness the interactions between Ms. Fairchild, Mr. Easton, and the glum-faced man.

• The omniscient third person narrator allows the audience to find out the glum-faced man lied to help Mr. Easton.

• The limited third person narrator allows the audience to view each character’s internal perspective about the handcuffs.

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ELA.7.R.1.3

I love the West,” said the girl irrelevantly. Her eyes were shining softly. She looked away out the car window. She began to speak truly and simply without the gloss of style and manner: “Mamma and I spent the summer in Denver. She went home a week ago because father was slightly ill. I could live and be happy in the West. I think the air here agrees with me. Money isn’t everything. But people always misunderstand things and remain stupid — ”

What does this description reveal about Miss Fairchild's perspective of her peers back East?

• Miss Fairchild appreciates her peers’ honesty.

• Ms. Fairchild dislikes the importance that her peers place on money.

• Miss Fairchild is annoyed that she had to leave her peers to go to Denver.

• Miss Fairchild doesn’t want her peers to find out that she likes Mr. Easton because he's a criminal.

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ELA.7.R.1.3

1. Read this excerpt:

“He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining “bracelet” to the left one of his companion. The glad look in the girl’s eyes slowly changed to a bewildered horror. The glow faded from her cheeks. Her lips parted in a vague, relaxing distress. Easton, with a little laugh, as if amused, was about to speak again when the other forestalled him. The glum-faced man had been watching the girl’s countenance with veiled glances from his keen, shrewd eyes.” (paragraph 6)

What does forestall mean in this excerpt? (V.1.3)

• to joke

• to watch

• to distract

• to interrupt

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ELA.7.V.1.3