Brown Girl Dreaming and Cap Review

what is the definition of author's purpose?

• 1. The main reason for writing the text 

• 1. Supporting details that support the main idea

• 1. Topic Sentence

persuade

• 1. The author wants us to do something

• 1. The author is trying to inform us with factual information

• 1. The author is trying to amuse us

author is trying to amuse us

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

In the poem “late autumn,” what fiction signpost do we see? (pg.8)

• memory moment

• again and again

• aha moment

• contrast and contradiction

inform

• author is giving us lots of factual information

• author is amusing us

• author wants us to do something

memoir

• aha moment

• story about the author's life, written in first person

• story about someone else's life, written in third person

why is the book Stevie important to the author?

• it has people of color in it

• it is the first book Jackie can read

• it is the first library book she checks out

Which words best describe the author's sister?

• helpful and kind

• intelligent and studious

• competitive and ambitious

True or False?

You should not capitalize the first letter in every sentence.

• False

• True

Answer explanation

False. You always capitalize the first letter in a sentence.

How does the author’s family react to her desire to become a writer?

• they encourage her

• they suggest more realistic goals

• they reveal how much they love her stories