Into the Air Wright Brothers

What is the text structure for both "Into the Air" and "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane"?

• problem and solution

• chronological order

• cause and effect

What is the genre of "Into the Air"?

• biography

• autobiography

• graphic biography

What is the genre of "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane"?

• autobiography

• biography

• graphic biography

• photobiography

What is the central theme for both passages?

• The Wright brothers were criticized for their failures, yet they never gave up.

• The Wright brothers could have given up on their dream, but they did not. Instead, they worked together to build the first airplane.

Which is NOT a print feature found in the selection "Into the Air"?

• caption box

• summary

• speech balloon

• thought bubble

What is an example of an adverb?

• preserve

• prepare

• carefully

• defeated

What was the author's purpose of including the afterword in the selection "Into the Air"?

• The author wants readers to be entertained with the illustrations and dialogue.

• The author wants the reader to know the brothers never gave up, and wanted to convince others that flight was possible.

Which key idea is central to both "Into the Air" and "The Wright Brothers"?

• The Wright brothers were not always confident that they would succeed.

• Building an airplane was very expensive to do and took a lot of time.

• Despite the importance, building an airplane was not the most remarkable feat in history.

The authors of both "Into the Air" and "The Wright Brothers" organized their selection-

• by comparing and contrasting the achievements of the Wrights with others

• by cause and effect explaining how building the wind tunnel changed the Wrights' designs

• by chronologically describing the path the Wrights took to achieve flight

• by identifying problems with the Wrights' designs and how they solved the problems

What Notice and Note signpost was used in the selection "The Wright Brothers"?

• Numbers and Stats

• Compare and Contrast

• Tough Questions