Paired Passage Review

The poet includes stanza 2 in order to show that-

• Gertrude had tried to swim the English Channel before

• Many people had swum across the English Channel

• It is extremely difficult to swim across the English Channel

• The distance across the English Channel is 35 miles

Which of the following things you should NOT do when you are reading paired passages?

• Read passage 1 . Then answer the questions to passage 2.

• Read passage 2 . Then answer the questions to passage 1.

• Make connections to both passages.

• Skip reading the passages and directly answer the questions.

When you see a paired passage, the best thing to do SECOND is...

• Locate the second passage and the questions that go with it. Read the questions. Then read the passage. Next answer the questions that go with the second passage.

• Skip reading the passages and directly answer the questions.

• Read the questions first before reading any passage.

• Read passage 1 . Then answer the questions to passage 2.

When you see a paired passage, the best thing to do FIRST is...

• Locate the first passage and the questions that go with it. Read the questions. Then read the passage. Answer the questions that go along with it.

• Skip reading the passages and directly answer the questions.

• Read the questions first before reading any passage.

• Read passage 2 . Then answer the questions to passage 1.

What are paired passages?

• Passages that are written together.

• Passages that have no questions.

• Passages with different topics and characters with two sets of questions.

• Passages that have something in common with three sets of questions.

What is a paired passage?

• Is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary.

• Paired passages are simply two text passages that feature similarities, differences, and connections.

• Is any true story that refers to literature based in fact.

What does SIMILARITY mean in a paired passage?

• Different

• How the stories the same or similar.

In a paired passage, you must

• focus on comparing and contrasting the two passages

• only read the first passage

• only read the second passage

• ignore the questions

A paired passage is...

• two passages about a similar topic

• two passages from different genres

• a single passage with multiple authors

• a passage and a poem

Genres that you may encounter on a paired passage include...

• fiction + poem

• nonfiction (informational) + drama

• poem + nonfiction

• drama + drama